Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-05-26
SUICIDES AND ACCIDENTS.


Charles Carruth of SALISBURY came
near losing a good COW in a marsh in
his pasture. The cows head and q
portion of the body was all that was ia
sight when seen and the animal had 10
be drawn out by horses.
John Lavalley, aged p years, a
brakeman on the Rutland railroad, and
a resident OF Alburg, while attempting
10 board his train at Rouses Point May
II, was struck by a fan switch,
knocked under the cars and both legs
were cut OFF about three inches above
the ankles.
Edgar X. Meader, catcher of the
Bennington baseball nine, cut OFF the
forefnger OF his right hand May 16
while at work on a grinding machine.
He cOolly picked up his finger and
placed il in his pocket and started Tor
a doctor. Nine stitches were taken to
close the wound.
Fernando Cole of West Charleston,
who is cared for by the town and who
is somewhat demented, tried to end
his lie by jumping into the river
above the Plunkett dam last week.
He was carried over the dam but was
rescued. He was badly bruised about
the head and shoulders.
VIM. Temple of Bennington. about
y years old, had one leg broken in
the electric light office May l6. The
company has Just received a new mar
BILE switch board which was standing
against the wall The boy was play
ing around il when the slab fell over
and knocked him down, falling on his
leg.
Frank Cunningham received a pain
ful injury a few days ago while at
work In Bradford's mill in Benning-
ton. He accidentally slipped his hand
between the feed rolls OF a finisher.
The fingers and hand were badly
lacerated and but for the quick work
Of bis companion in throwing off the
belt, he would probably have lost his
arm and perhaps his life.
Mrs. II. L. Lyster OF Wells River
was severely burned in the face by an
explosion OF bean pot which had be-
come sealed air tight. She had Just
taken the bean pot from the oven and
started 10 remove the cover when it
burst, the contents going directly in
her face. II was feared at first her
eyesight would be destroyed, but it is
now thought that there will be no per-
manent injury.
Miss Della liver of Vergennes took,
as near as can be ascertalned, from
five to ten grains of morphine one day
lately. As soon as her dangerous con-
dition became known the necessary
anudotes were administered and the
patient was kept walking until the
next afternoon, when the effects of the
drug had nearly passed off. Reports
concerning the occurrence are conflict
ing but Il is generally believed that the
young woman attempted suicide.
Wilbur Kinds of Morrisville, son of
Eli Kinds, shot himself May Is in the
abdomen at his parents home in Eden
aud died the 10th. He stepped from
the veranda, walked a few feet, turned,
and fired. The bullet entered under
the lower hip, passed through his
body and out near the backbone. He
was seen by his brother just as the
fatal shot was fired. No reason is
given for the act The young man
had been called queer by the family at
times. He was thirty-fve years old
and well liked in the community.
The crew of train that left Rutland
for Bennington one evening recently
report miraculous escape from death
of child near Arlington. A man
named Walker with two little girls
reached the station just as the train
was leaving. He managed to place
one, aged five years, on the rear plat
form and tried to get on with the other
and failed The train pulled out with
the child alone on the rear platform,
and she was seen BY nobody on. the
train. She rode that way for i've
miles and a brakeman happened to-
look back Just in time TO see the child
fall off the steps down to steep en-
bankment The train was going at al
rate of thirty-fve miles an hour at the
time. The train was stopped and the
child was found absolutely unframed.
She was taken along TO Bennington.