Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-11-12
SUICIDES AND ACCIDENTS.

Plalnneld, was accidentally shot In thu
wrist Oct. 81 by a New York man whC
had come into the state TO hunt deer
The accident occurred in camp, thu
huntsman's rife going off as he wa
extracting cartridge.
Frank o. Wyatt Of Ferrisburg. {
brakeman on the Rutland railroad
whose left leg was cut off by the car,
at Brandon two weeks ago while
switching in the railroad yard, died Of
blood poisoning at Proctor hospital
about midnight Nov. 5. He left wife
and four children.
Harrison Deney of Walden, aged 16,
shot and killed his brother, Israel, aged
20, Nov. l. The brothers were eating
apples in the orchard and young Deney
was fooling with the gun, which acct
dentally went Off in his hands. The
charge struck his brother in the eye
and he died in four hours.
The new boiler which had just been
installed in the Newport House. New
port, blew up Monday morning ,Nov.2,
at o'clock, the water being too low.
No one was seriously injured. G.. F.
Goode, the proprietor, who closed the
Memphremagog House and moved in
only the Saturday before, was Obliged
TO move back to the Memphremagog
house. Another new boiler will be re-
quired for the Newport House.
Frank Newton of Marshfield, while
out hunting last week, met with an
accident which resulted in the loss OF
an arm. He was standing on a stump,
the butt of his gun resting near his
feet, when the gun slipped from its
foundation, the trigger striking the
edge OF the stump and discharging the
weapon. The entire charge of shot
entered the arm, shattering the bone
and making amputation necessary.
It has leaked out that ]. C. Weld.
deputy collector of customs at West
Berkshire, made an attempt to commit
suicide recently. He had barred his
throat and was apparently intending
TO shoot himself either there or in the
breast with a revolver when detected
and restrained by his son. Mr.. Weld,
so il is said, is confined to the he'd by
prostration. Various rumors
are afloat as to the reason Tor Mr..
Yields act.
Monday forenoon the body Of Solo
mon Walker was found in Lake Cham
plain opposite the Walker Grocery
Co.'s warehouse in Burlington. the
man having been missed since Satur-
day. The drowning was accidental.
The deceased was widely and favorably
known. He was 65 years of age and
was born in Ferrisburgh. He was
identified with the interests of the
wholesale grocery house in Burling-
ton. where he had resided nearly 80
years.
Gilbert Leonard, aged IA years, old
est son of John leonard, was drowned
in Stone pond in Glover Nov. 8. He
started for the old Vance place with
their horse and lumber wagon after
some wood, and it is thought that he |
drove the team into the pond, although |
for what purpose no one knows. The |
horse was drowned and when young
Leonard's body was recovered a few
hours later he was clinging to the |
animals neck with his feet tangled up
In the reins.
Arthur, the ten-year-old son of Chas. |
Lawson OF Barre, was seriously injured |
in that city while out with a party of |
youths who were celebrating Hallowe- /
en-. He was in the rear of the Currier |
and ran to get through gate |
which suddenly was pushed sharply /
against him. He was thrown 10 the |
ground and the gate struck his head in
such manner that he was nearly |
'calped. When he was taken home it
vas found that the scalp was almost
orn from his head, nineteen stitches
)eing required to replace it.
Louis Allen, son of c. +. Allen, and
by the Swift Beef Co., met
With a painful accident near the West II
liver bridge, Brattleboro, Nov. 4.
The horse which he was riding became
frightened at an automobile in the
ridge, and after passing the vehicle
he animal bolted. throwing young
Allen into the gutter and kicking him
vice in the head. He was taken up
n an unconscious condition and car
led to the office OF a doctor. where
everal stitches were required in dress
no the wounds, which included cuts
9th on the head and ear.
Henry Provencia, an employee at
obey & Catlin's sawmill in Winooski,
net with a painful and serious acct
ent Nov. 2. Provencia was at work
t a circular saw when his right arm
Tas drawn into the machine and
ably injured. His injuries consisted
+ cut extending from a point below
he elbow to the arm pit, eleven inches
ing and three inches wide, and
mother running down the other side
bout five inches long. The saw also
at into the elbow joint and two pieces
t bone are missing. Horace White,
mill hand at Wright's sawmill in
lost part of the thumb and
)refnger of the right hand and the