Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-07-16
SUICIDES AND ACCIDENTS.

suffering with serious injuries on the
head, but how received no one appears
to know. The accident occurred
while discharging fireworks on the
evening of the Fourth.
The two-year-old daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. +. NJ, Whit
comb OF Essex junction, fell on her
nursing bottle one day recently and
cut the tip of her nose nearly off. A
/ physician was called and found It nee
essary to take large number OF fine
stitches.
Richard, the young son OF III. Nj.
Cutler. treasurer OF the National Lite
Insurance Co., Montpelier, suffered
bad burns on his right hand Friday
evening, July 8, by an exploding fire
cracker. No serious results are anticl-
pated. Young Cutler suffered slml-
lar accident year ago.
Mrs. GammeIl of West Danyille was
accidentally shot Saturday noon, July
1. BY her brother-in-law, who was eX-
amining a gun that he thought was
not loaded. He attempted to load the
gun, when its contents were diseharg-
ed into Mrs. Gammell's foot. Her leg
was amputated at the knee.
Patrick Mcdonald was killed on the
railroad about two miles north OF
Westminster, July 6. The body was
picked up by the morning express and
taken TO the Westminster station and
was later placed in the tomb there by
the town authorities. Mr.. Mcdonald
had been employed by the railroad
company putting in the new double
track and it is thought he was return
inc nom Bellows Fails TO his work.
/ +. Mazzoni. proprietor OF bottling
works in Barre. died July as the re-
suit of taking a dose of poison instead
OF glass of water. Mazzoni had been
suffering from infammatory rheuma-
tism and was attended by DR.. j. +.
MeSweenev. who left medicine con-
tanning morphine. Shortly after mid
nioht Mazzoni awoke, reached for a
; class of water and instead got the
class OF medicine. He drank nearly
the whole and died few hours later,
despite the efforts of two physicians.
He was a native of Italy and went 70
Barre from Burlington year ago. lie
LEFT A wife and five children, the eldest
being only six years old.
An accident occurred about 8 o'clock
! Thursday afternoon, July z, IN the VI
j cinity of the electric car barn on Nofth
Winooski avenue, Burlington. sever
+, al BOYS were amusing themselves with
. small cannon. The cannon had
|. been loaded with powder and string
was attached, which was to serve as a
/, fuse. The string was lighted, but as
II ala not burn readily Moses Pearl.
man the sixteen-year-cld son of Isaac
Pearlman. started to dig the powder
ont. AS he was in the act Of so doing,
= The cannon exploded, badly SCATTERING
!. three fingers of his left hand. Louis
Pearlman. Younger brother, was MI
in the leg by the flying pieces and
laroe niece OF flesh was torn out.
The five year-old son of Thomas
Lynch, former member OF the gran
j lite manufacturing firm OF Lynch x NC
/ Mahon and Lynch Brothers, Montpel
I Ter. was accidentally shot IN the sld'
!. July IL. Lynch was tooling with
b loaded revolver at his home on Charles
: street in Montpelier, when one cham
d her was discharged. The ball wen
> through partition and struck the Lao
+ who was in an adjoining room. Or.
}, q. r. Chandler extracted the ball ane
: the bows life is not in danger. Lynct
T was arrested and taken before Judge
!, Woodward on a charge OF breach o
n the peace, but was allowed 70 go OF
i his own recoguizance, bail IN the SUI
/ of $3.50 being furnished.
g The body of Harry Seward, the II
nj - ATr and Mrs NJ. W
e Seward of Burlington, who was drown
t ed in the Winoosh river Tuesday alt
e ernoon, July Z, was found the mex
r nioht at about O'Clock, floating nea
r the hank of the river about two mile
It below the railroad bridge. Their
2, we're no marks ON the body and 1t wa
not bloated. The boy, with several Q
his companions. was playing on a.
island a short distance above the ran
a road bridge. They went swimmin!
ii and Young Seward was swept away b.
1t the swift current, disappearing imme
4 diately but coming up short distance
rs down the river crying for help. Ina
n was the last seen of him until the SIN
,r ne the bovs who were with him wer
ID unable to go to his assistance.
D. CAR turner ol oouAh bu1N"
re drowned July while swimming i
le Wards pond at Moretown. 10,
Hntehins. who was swimming wit
q him. narrowly escaped drowning
ii After sinking the third time, Hutchin
r was taken from the water in an ul
Ie conscious state and was resuscltate9'
le after some moments OF thorough work
es Harry Bruce was swimming with then
il and gave the alarm when ne saw
lie Hntchins begin to founder. Turner
re swimming easily. started to the rescu
"a when he sank and did not rise. seV
m eral persons had now arrived bu
81 o9Iy alter diving and making thol
he ouch search was the body found. A
r. though Turner had been in the wate
ID for about twenty minutes there wa
D. no water in his lungs and II IS though
e that the immediate cause Of death wa
o a drowning accident occurred q
n Eddy Bros ice pond south OF kullan
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