Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-18
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John Datson of Westerly, r. T., Waa
found dead In the North Meadows,
Hartford, about o'clock yesterday af-
ternoon.
The house OF Mrs Lucinda Todd In
Marion was struck by lightning during
a heavy thunder storm at an early hour
Saturday morning.
John J. BegIey of Springfield was
struck by train on the Valley branch
at Hartford late Saturday night and
was instantly killed. His skull was
fractured and one hand nearly cut off.
Celestino Jacquett of Harrington fell
from the roof of his house where he
was making some repairs about 8
O'Clock Saturday evening and received
injuries from which he died in a few
minutes. He was So years old and
leaves family.
John Segrew of East NorWalk went
swimming off OystersheIl Point yester-
day afternoon and after going out for
some distance was seen to turn oyer
and float face downward As he did
not move for over five minutes friends
put out for him in a boat and found
him dead. 1t is supposed that he died
of heart disease.
Members of Bricklayers,' Masons'
and PlastereFs' union No of Connecti-
cut, at work on the new building of
the Aetna Insurance Go at Hartford,
are on a strike, having failed to go to
work Saturday morning. the reason
alleged is that number of plasterers
at work on the same building decline
to join the local union
At the Sunday school picnic given by
the Methodist church of New Britain
at Compounce Saturday Oliver Nichols.
"a high school boy and member of
the Sunday school, had narrow es-
cpe from drowning. He got beyond
his depth while bathing, and being I'M
able to swim, called for assistance.
He sank once before he was rescued
by some of the other bathers.
Henry A. Elliott, one of the oldest
residents of Clinton, Was struck and
Instantly Killed by an express train
Saturday noon while crossing the
tracks of the Shore Line division, a
few rods west Of the Clinton station.
Mr. Elliott who was deaf and who
had previously narrowly escaped death
in the same manner, started to- cross
the tracks as two express trains were
passing. The body was thrown to
the side of the tracks and was badly
mangled
Colonel Charles B. Erichson was
seriously injured in New London Sat
urday. He was driving d pair of
horses when they became frightened
at ian automobile and started to run.
Colonel Erickson saw before him a
crowd on Bank street present at the
Salvation Army's service. In attempt
ing to avoid them. one OF the horses
stumbled and fell throwing the man
violently to the ground. Colonel
Erickson was picked up unconscious
and sent to the Memorial hospital In
New London. An incident of the rum
away was the rescue of child from
the path of the horses by Chief Yeo-
man NJ J. Maher of the u. s. battle
ship Texas. The child was in baby
carriage and had hardly been snatohed
from it by the sailor when the car
rage drawn by the runaways fell over
on it and crushed 1T.
!, A severe storm. that caused good
deal of damage through hail and light
ming, passed over "a section near
Thompsonville Saturday afternoon be
tween and 5 o'clock. Lightning
struck in number Of places One bolt
struck near the golf club and ram
along a barbed wire fence beside
which Stanley Rockwell was standing
with his foot on one of the wires. His
shoe was torn off and he was knocked
unconscious for a time. A pig was
killed by bolt at Mr. Boule's farm ON
Enfield street and man milking near
by was stunned. A tree in the yard
of Mrs Alfred Bates on Spring street
was struck. The tobacco crops suf-
fered great deal from hail. Joseph
Pierce, John Pease and Frank Albbe,
all on Enfield street, lost severely. Tel
egraph and telephone lines were burned
out by the lightning and communica-
ton with some parts of the town was
cut off. Lightning also struck to-
bacco shed belonging to Thomas De-
vine in Suffield, and he, Dexter Wood
ward. and the latter's son, Allan, who
We're all in the building. were stunned.
They were attended by a doctor at Mr.
Deyine's house, and while there light
ming struck Mr. Woodwtard's house,
too, soaring the occupants and creating
considerable damage, but not setting it
IN fro