Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-08-18
SUICIDES AND AccIpEnIs.

!" eouhmlt suicide Dy taking carDollc
acid, Is slowly improving.
II. L. Dexter of Glover was fatally
Injured Aug. by being kicked BY a
colt In the pit Of the stomach. He died
that night from the effects OF the in
iuries.
David Forth, an aged man, COM
mitted suicide at Milton by hanging
Aug. s. He was veteran OF the civil
war and a pensioner. Dependency
irom Ill health is thought to have been
the cause.
The three-year-old son Of Mrs.
George Reed was instantly killed Aug.
: by the southbound early train from
Rutland, about mile north of the
sunderland station. When discovered
by Engineer Murray the little fellow
was In the center OF the track. The
whistle was blown to alarm him, but
he must have been frightened by it,
and although the engineer tried his
best, be could not stop and the loco
motive hit the lad badly mangling
the body. The boys father is living
bat has been separated from his wife
Tor some time.
A peculiar wreck occurred near
Aorthiield Aug. IL. The way freight
was running down the hill when it
broke apart, coming together again
with such force that an empty box car
telescoped fiat car loaded with mar
Bile. The trucks were LETT on the
ground but the box part OF the car was
loaded perfectly on the other. After
the trucks were taken out OF the way,
the fiat car with its double load was
dragged as far as the gravel pit where
ii was set out, and the train went on
without much delay The box car
was empty. One small piece Of mar
BILE was Knocked off and two other
pieces were showed on to the fiat car
IN front so that the damage caused by
the accident was very little.
A drowning accident occurred at
Alburgh Springs Aug. 8. Alfred and
Royce McFee went out in row boat,
Royce with the intention OF going
bathing. Neither could swim. 1t is
supposed that he was taken with
cramps and that Alfred went in after
him and both were drowned. The
boat was found drifting with Royce's
clothes in il. Seines were az once put
into the water, and the body Of Royce
was recovered, but that of Alfred was
not found until the next morning.
Alfred McEee was a merchant at the
Line store. He was about 50 years
old, and leaves a young wife. Royce
lived with his parents. He had con-
Quoted a bicycle store in Swanton for
some time.
c. G.. Coolidge, a deaf mute, mar
rowly escaped being fatally injured
last week. He was riding down
Depot street on his bicycle and had
almost reached the railroad crossing
when a freight train. pulling out of
the yard, came into view. Mr. Cool
idge was unable to stop his machine
or cross the track ahead of the train.
He struck the locomotive just back
of the cylinder and was thrown upon
the track underneath the wheels.
The engineer had reversed his engine
and set the brakes when he saw that
an accident was unavoidable. When
the wheels came 10 a standstill one OF
them was within few inches OF Mr..
Coolidge's leg which lay across the
track. Mr.. Coolidge sustained two
severe scalp wounds and was badly
shaken.
About p. m. Aug. u, DR.. B. L. Fisk
was found unconscious on the door,
steps of Mrs. William Merrilrs house
in West Addison. A hasty examina-
ton showed that he had evidently at
tempted suicide by shooting himself in
the region OF the heart with revolver.
DIR. Fisk opened dental Office in Bird
port about year ago, but for two
weeks had been staying with his wiie's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Mooreby
of West Addison. 1t is reported that
for several wears be has at times been
afflicted with fits OF insanity that
in this instance cost him his lie.
He died before medical aid could
reach him, and it was found that he
had taken carbolic acid before the
shooting. DIR. Fisk was about ~ years
of age and had wife and one child
He had boarded at the house OF Mrs.
Merrill, on whose doorsteps his body
was found.
Miss Evelyn Enright, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Enright OF Bur
lineton, and member of the junior
class of the University of Vermont,
narrowly escaped death by drowning
Aug. III near Rock Point. Had II not
been for the timely assistance OF Prof.
Silas r. Mills of Northampton, Mass,
the Young lady would undoubtedly
have gone to the bottom. Miss En-
RIGHT and her sister, Miss Anna, who Is
a student at Smith college, went out on
the lake in a row boat. Neither young
lady can swim. Miss Evelyn was In
the water a short distance from the
shore holding onto the boat while her
sister was rowing. The young woman
In The water lost her hold on the boat
and her sister set up a cry for help
Prof. Mills had just left the water,
having been bathing, and started at
once in the direction of the cries. When
the professor reached the girl she had
GONE down twice, and il he had been
minute later she would have lost her
life. -,
George Alexander, Berlin farmer,
hanged himself in his cell in Washing
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