Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-04-30
SUICIDES ANp AccIoEN1s.


Herbert Perry committed suicide al
! his home in Chester April q by taking
laudanum. Perry was about thirty
five years old and ii is said that family
trouble was the cause of the deed.
| A two-year-old child of James Flood
of Bakersfield was drowned Wednes-
day, April p. The child went to a
brook near the house with pail to get
water, unobseryed by anyone, and
fell in.
The right foot of H. +. Thornton, a
Central Vermont brakeman, was run
over near Amhers., Mass, April 2l
while he was adjusting part OF the To-
connective. The injured man was
taken to Brattleboro and about half
of his foot was amputated. He was
making his first run on the road.
In Montpelier a dog. supposed to be
mad, ran wildly about the street one
evening and before it was shot by
Special Officer j. ii. Campbell it had
bitten Officer Campbell and Moses
DEMO. The men at once had their
wounds cauterized by physician and
no serious results are anticipated.
Mark Cobb, a teamster of Stowe,
aged "a years, was killed April % by
being thrown from a load of wood on
Brush hill near the village. A hold
back strap broke while going down
the hill and Mr.. Cobb was thrown to
the ground, a wheel passing over his
head crushing it beyond recognition.
Katie Durkee, the three-year-old
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Aleck Dur
kee OF Chittenden was burned to death
April 25. She was playing near a
bonfire which some OF the other chill
dren had started when her clothing
caught. She was horribly burned
before her mother succeeded inputting
out the flames. The accident occurred
about II o'clock in the morning aud
the child died about ) o'clock in the
afternoon.
A shocking accident occurred April
/ p in the Winooski wooden mill, Barn
ard Roma being frightfully scalded
abont the face and arms and George
/ Porier's face being burned by the
bursting OF the main steam pipe in the
weave room. There was a panic
among thes operatives when great
quantities Of steam poured into the
room, binding the occupants. They
broke through windows and escaped.
The injured men were taken to a hos
pital. They will recover. Defective
plumbing was the cause OF the acci-
dent. This is The third time such an
accident has occurred, no one being
hurt on the previous occasions.
|. NJ Frost, superintendent of the
j. 5. Niles Electric Co., saved the life
of the foHr-year-old daughter of joseph
win OF Barre in that city April p.
The child was sitting on the Mont
pelier aud Wells River track near the
! Niles transformer station when the
three p. m, train from Montpelier
reached that spot. Engineer Rowell
saw the child and reversed his engine
but not in time Fireman McGarry
| Jumped from the cab and made an
attempt 10 run ahead of the engine to
save the child but failed. Mr.. Frost
was at the station and seeing the
danger made a quick run to the spot
pulling the child ont OF danger just as
the engine rushed by.
Frank Puffer. aged 6S, farmer liv-
ING on the Richtord road to Abercorn,
Que, met with a frightful accident
April u which resulted in his death.
Mr. Puffer was drawing rails Tor a
fence in his pasture. In turning the
wagon around, the load was over
turned on him, a wagon wheel passing
over his head, breaking his lower jaw
i'm several places and inflictng a scalp
wound and other injuries. He walked
home and a physician was called who
gave no hope OF recovery. The injur-
ed man. however, was taken to the
Royal Victoria hospital in Montreal
later i'm the day, being accompanied by
his wife, his son, John, OF st. Johns
bury. and DIR. j. ii. Hamilton. He re-
tanned consciousness until his death,
which occurred in the hospital that
night.
The body OF Dexter Moody, who was
drowned in the Winooski river at the
foot OF State street in Montpelier
March %, was found the afternoon of
April II about three miles from the
city. The reward of $50 goes to
Henry Y. Fish OF Waterbury, who saw
the body floating in the stream from a
car window while he was on his way
from Waterbury to Montpelier on
Central Vermont train that noon. On
his arrival he hired team, returned
and dragged the body ashore with a
fish line. The body was found face
down with the arms outstretched and
the hands in badly decomposed state.
Mr.. Moody went to the river to empty
the contents OF wheelbarrow and fell
in. and for several days the river was
dragged from there to MiddleseX, both
by the city men and those looking for
the reward OF $50 offered by Mayor
Cory. The pocket book was found
in the lett pocket OF his trousers and
contained S43 SO in bills and change.
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