Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-05-28
SUICIDES AND ACCIDENTS.

COWs killed on the 4 O'Clock train the
morning Of May % They were on
the railroad track.
Mrs. Ambrose Grow of Bristol COM
mltted suicide about noon the 18th by
hanging herself. attaching a rope to q
stair rail. She had been in poor
health Tor over three years and had
made previous attempt three years
ago by taking carbolic acid She was
a woman held in high esteem. She is
survived by a husband, one sister and
a brother
Thomas Lane of Barre had the mis-
fortune TO be struck by train and
then be arrested for intoXlcation May
q. Lanes escape from death was re-
markable. He was sitting on the edge
OF the Central Vermont railroad track
on the bridge which crosses Blackwell
street in Barre when a freight train
hove in sight. He did not move until
be was iorcibly moved by the engine,
which struck him on the right side and
sent him headlong against some rocks.
In the contact with the rocks Lanes
face was badly disfgured.
Adelbert, aged 10 years, only son OF
Mr.. and Mrs Luke Alger, was in the
electric power station at Richmond
the night OF May p between s and 3
o'clock when he thoughtlessly backed
up to the shaft OF the dynamo. He
was instantly thrown over the other
side. His clothes were stripped from
him and the flesh from his knee half
way down the calf OF his leg was torn
to the bone. Neighbors carried him
home some 25 rods. DR.. Falby was
called and dressed the wound and
found no bones were broken. The
next morning he was doing as well as
could be expected.
A fatal accident occurred in the Pat
terson mill OF the Vermont Marble Co.,
at Proctor about 80 a. m. May p,
when one of the night force, Janos
SZlaby. a Hungarian sawyer, was
caught in the balance wheel OF one OF
the gangs and received injuries which
resulted in his death at the Proctor
hospital at o'clock. SZlaby was
alone in the mill at the time and il is
thought that he was trying 10 loosen a
broken belt from an overhead shaft
and fell on the wheel. His body stop
ped the gang and be was discovered a
few minutes later in an unconscious
state by fellow workman.
W. +. Pollard OF the Pollard Manu-
featuring Co. Of Chester and Charles
A. Parker, a business man there, mar
rowly escaped a serious accident near
Rockingham, May p. Accompanied
by their wives, they were returning to
Chester in automobiles and half way
up a steep hill met a team. In at
tempting to avoid a collision Mr.. |
Parkers machine was forced out OF
the road down a steep embankment.
Mrs. Parker becoming frightened
jumped, falling on her shoulder and
hip, sustaining severe bruises. The
front end OF the auto was badly
wrecked.
Peter Miller sustained fatal injuries
in Norton Bros slate quarry near
Pawlet May 22. He was putting
stone on car when it tipped and
hurled him into the pit, which is 200
feet deep. When picked up he was
alive but unconscious. His skull was
fractured and many bones in his body
were crushed. He lived about two
hours. He left wife and one child. |
John +. Williams was also injured in
the same accident. In another quarry |
John III. Owens was badly injured, |
some stones falling and one striking
him on the head. In attempting 70 es-
cape, his feet became entangled in a |
rope. which prevented his getting I
away. He was badly cut and bruised |
about the head aud shoulders before
he could be taken out.
Passengers ON a fast west bound /
train on the Boston IL Maine railroad 4
Tuesday night, May 10, had q h't
scare and the train came near benz
wrecked. As the train was making its
usual speed OF close TO mile minute
on the down grade near Pownal, an
east bound freight train passed and
door on one of the cars OF the freight
being loose swung out, catching the
front end of one of the coaches and
smashing l3 windows on that side OF
the car. OF the passengers in that car
about one-third were seated on the
side on which the windows were
smashed. and although fine bits OF
glass were scattered over them in pro-
fusion not one suffered a scratch. The
car swayed and rocked from the force
of the contact but neither it nor the
freight left the rails.
The prospects are that Joseph II.
Socia, formerly resident of Rutland,
who was married a short time ago TO
Miss Ethel b. Ballard of that city, in
spite OF the fact that he already had
wife living at Fort Ann, n. Y. will
not have to pay any penalty for his
act, although bigamy is supposed 70
be more or less of a misdemeanor in
Vermont and also in New York, says
a Rutland correspondent. This seems
TO be because the authorities do not
care to make an arrest unless some
body makes a complaint, and the Bal
lard family, who are abont the only
people vitality interested in the matter,
do not seem to wish TO have S0eia
arrested. 1t is understood that Socia
has been forgiven and that plans are
already hpin0 made to have him secure I