Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-01-29
ACCIDENTS.


of file to loosen the laclng. The file
slipped and struck the ball of his right
eye with considerable force but not
permanently injuring it.
Mrs. Florence De S. Sabin of Wal
lingfOrd. well known throughout
southern Vermont as musician, was
the victim of a peculiar accident the
goth. She was at work near stove
when her hair, which was braided and
hanging down her back, caught fire.
\ Before the flames could be eXtinguish-
ed nearly all her hair was gone and
she was severely burned about the
hands and head.
Harry Gilman was horribly injured
! the 18th while at his work in the perd
Mont mills in Ludlow. He was at
work cleaning one of the feeders in
the mill when Unexpectedly the ma
chinery was put in motion and he was
thrown into place between two large
wheels. One of his legs and an arm
were horribly mangied before his sit
nation was learned and the machinery
stopped. 1t was feared for time
! that amputation of the limbs might be
necessary but Mr.. Gilman is now re-
covering much better than it was
feared he would and such action will
probably not be taken.
John Leclair. night Waterman at st.
Adams Street Railway Cos. car barn,
narrowly escaped death by electrocu-
ton the DIST He was on top OF car
and grasped the trolley wire with both
hands to prevent himself from falling
Il. n. Files, motorman, was near and
realizing the situation he Immediately
raised the trolley pole to the wire, thus
shifting the current. When the trolley
wheel touched the wire, Leclair's hold
on the wire loosened and he fell from
the ca to a pit beneath, a distance OF
about fifteen feet. He was unconscious
and badly burned about the arms and
hands but will recover.
The hot water front of the kitchen
stove in the residence Of c. w. Seiple
of Vergennes exploded the 18th,
wrecking the stove and throwing some
of the parts through the windows. Mrs
Seiple, who was working over the
stove preparing the morning meal,
narrowly escaped injury and possibly
death from one of the pieces which.
living by her, struck the copper boiler,
cutting into it and letting about sixty
gallons of water on the floor. The ex-
plosion was caused by the water in the
hot water tank and in the pipes con-
Meeting with it being frozen when the
fire was started in the stove in the
morning. The damage is estimated
TO be $75.
Edwin Evans of Poultney, the well
known singer, as the result of an ac-
cident may lose one of his hands.
While he was working with steel
tool several months ago very thin
piece OF steel about the size OF needle
entered his hand and got beneath the
skin completely so that the physicians
were unable TO locate and extract 1t.
Ii travelled about in his flesh as pieces
OF steel of that shape are likely to do
and, altho' physicians have attempted
to find il at various times they have
been unable to do so. Now blood
poisoning has set IN and unless II can
be cured the hand will have 10 be am
putated. The hand is somewhat
swollen but does not give any indica-
ton of the location of the piece OF
steel.
Albert Wood is confined at the home
of his parents, who live on the Brink
place. east OF the village of Brandon,
with bullet hole through his lett arm
and another through his hat, and tells
a thrilling story OF being waylaid on
the public highway by four men who
inflicted the wound from which he is
suffering. Mr.. Wood is young man
about 80 years OLD, employed at the
Backus factory and has always borne a
good reputation. There was no indi-
cation of his having used alcohol.
When Mr.. Wood went into the house
his coat was on fire and he was so eX-
cited that he went into commissions.
Previous TO this be has had short spells
of being mentally unbalanced and 1t Is
the opinion of some most conVersant
with the case that the young man shot
himself in attempting to kill an Inn
aginary foe.
Col. L. ID. Taylor of Governor Nc
/ Cullough's staff saved Willie Cud-
worth. the four-year-old son of Ralph
Cudworth, from drowning the 22d.
The lad was coasting down Elm street
hill in Brattleboro. lost control OF his
sled. struck against a sluiceway and
was Knocked unconscious and then
dropped into the canal. His brother,
two years older, gave an unintelllgl0le
alarm and Colonel Taylor, who hap
pened 10 be on Elm street, ran across
the bridge down the sluiceway, climbed
over snow and ice and reached the
boy, who was being turned over and
over and carried swiftly down the
canal. He would have been under the
ice OF the mill pond in a minute but
Colonel Taylor reached him just IN
time. pulled him out, rolled him in the
snow to get the water out of him, and
then carried him TO the Rockwell \
Sherwin factory, where he regained
consciousness.
AROUND THE CAMPFIRE
Constructing Quartermaster La
moreux has issued proposals for eXten-