Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-04-21
SUICIDES AND ACCIDENTS.

, The infant son OF MIR. ana MIS- IN
Johnson OF Dandy was accidentally
killed April 10 by being smothered
among the pillows in a bed.
Dan Gearing, Jr., of Woodstock cnt
off the end OF his thumb, including one
side OF the bone nearly to the first joint
April 4, while splitting kindling wood.
Adelard Barlow, an employe of the
WinOOski wooden mills, had a shoulder
dislocated and the clavicle bone
broken while unloading freight april
l6. In company with others, he was
unloading a car of baled rags or wool
on a truck wagon. Barlow was in the
car when a switching engine pushed
the car away from the wagon, dis
lodging the pile OF bags, causing them
10 tall. Barlow was caught by one OF
the bags and pinned to the floor.
Fred Narcotic, a yonng man of
i Hartland while at work with saving
machine last week, was badly injured,
As he pushed a stick up to the circular
saw. his foot slipped on the ice and
sawdust and he fell forward, the saw
I making two cuts clear through the
bone OF his arm, one three inches
above the elbow and the other an inch
/ higher. He was taken to the Hanover
hospital, where his arm was amputat-
ed four inches above the elbow
John Griffin, former resident Of
Island Pond, met his death in a pecu
! liar manner Apr. 10. He was in the
employ of the Wild River Lumber Co.
40 Hastings, Me, and on the day in
QGestion returned from the woods sui
iering with cold. Seeing a bottle
which he thought contained cough
medicine he took dose according TO
the directions, and in 40 minutes was
dead The bottle contained horse
medicines and the directions were 10 TO
20 drops.
Francis Laireniere, three years old,
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph La
fTenier OF Burlington, is recovering
from the effects OF swallowing carbolic |
acid, which he drank a few days ago |
The mother had carelessly LEFT Il |
bottle OF the deadly fluid upon a bed |
where the child lay, and the little fell |
low secured il and tasted the contents, I
when the mother was attracted by the I
pititul cries A physician was hastily I
summoned and succeeded in saving 4
the child's life.
Jackson Isham. who was seriously 4
injured in a runaway accident in South |
Burlington the 18th, died Friday night, 4
Apr. Is. He was GA years old and was
driving home from Burlington when
the accident occurred. His horse be-
came frightened at the rafting OF some
cans in the wagon and started 10 run.
Mr.. Isham was unable TO control the
animal, the rig finally landing bottom
side up in a ditch. He had two ribs
broken, a shoulder dislocated and
wrist put out OF joint.
Fred Foy of Derby was found dead
Thursday morning, the lIth, on the
Boston q Maine railroad track, about
two miles below the round house in
Newport by Engineer John kighton OF
the seven O'Clock mail train The
man was lying between the rails. The
engineer reversed his engine and stop
ped the train as soon as possible, but
not until the engine and one car had
passed over the body. Examination
showed that the man had been dead
for some time. The body was badly
by the train. A revolver
with two chambers empty was found
near by.
Delos Murray, an employee OF the
Central Vermont railway, was struck
by the evening train from Richford
April and badly injured about the !
lead. Murray, in an intoxicated con-
iition, lay down between the rails a
'hort distance above the Central Yer
mont crossing on the road to Sheldon. [
engineer Fox noticed an object on the {
rack and slowed down. He next saw !
hat 1t was the form of a man and put l
N the emergency brakes. He had i
lmost brought the train to a stand q
till when the cowcatcher of the loco (
motive lifted Murray and rolled him /
long the track some Is feet, where /
be train was brought to a stop I
A locomotive was derailed Apr. IL !
t Kinney's mills just above Barre
ranster on the Montpelier q Wells
liver railroad. A freight train had I
one to the summit with a double b
eader,and one locomotive was return {
40 light when at the place named it \
1T the rails and went down siX-toot =
Frost coming out OF a
ne ground had made the track soft at n
ne place where the accident occurred u
L. II. Livingston, Fireman :
oseph Burt and Frank Kelley. who =
Tere on the engine, were uniniured,
tho the engine was coming down ,
he grade at a good rate of speed. The l
locomotive was not badly damaged.