Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-02-04
SUICIDES AND ACCIDENTS.

SUICIDES AND ACCIDENTS.
The family of William Bouplon near
North Bennington, were nearly as
phyxiated by coal gas Jan. q. Mrs.
Bouplon and daughter were nearly
dead when Mr.. Bouplon awoke just
In time to throw open the doors and
windows and allow fresh air to enter.
The women OF the family were several
hours recovering from the effects OF
the gas.
Tile Davis, employed by H. r..
Brown of Brattleboro on the Glidden
farm in Dummerston, was so badly
crushed in the left leg by a tree Jan.
n that amputation of the leg was nee
essary. One tree, a small one, became
entangled in another in falling and
was swung around in such way as to
pin Davis under it, Davis being unable
TO get out of the way because of the
deep snow.
Capt. r. O. Gore OF Bennington
met with a peculiar accident some
days ago. He was going from his
house to his barns that are immed-
lately opposite, when the wind that
was blowing gale picked him up
and carried him some distance, finally
dropping him at the corner of the
| barn. He has been unable to walk,
sit up or hardly TO lie down. He is
man rs years old and weighs con-
siderably over 200 pounds.
Mrs. j. S. Wilkins narrowly es-
capped fatal burning at the home of
Z. A. Heath in Montpelier last week.
She was nursing Mrs. Heath through
an attack of pneumonia and while
heating some alcohol the spirits
caught fire, setting fire TO Mrs. wilkins
clothing. In moment she was in
volved in flames. Her screams
brought Mrs. Heath from her bed to
the rescue and she smothered the
flames with rugs before Mrs. Wilkins
was seriously burned.
A bad freight wreck on the Cen
trail Vermont railroad occurred Jan.
% in Vernon, two miles south of
Brattleboro. The train was a special.
loaded principally with coal and run
ming from New London, Conn, to
Brattleboro. When within about two
miles of its destination a truck broke
and threw eleven cars off the track,
strewing them in all directions. Five
cars were demolished and the track
was torn up for about sixteen car
lengths. No one was hurt.
Mrs. A. G. Lapoint of Barre was
quite severely burned about the arms
and shoulders Jan. 25 She was lean
ing on table on which a candle was
placed when the sleeve of her dress
caught fire. Little Gwendolyn Bray
ham was standing near and gave the
alarm, her mother, Mrs. w. w. La
point, coming to the rescue and ex-
tinguishing the flames, not, however,
until the elder lady was severely
burned about the upper part of her
body.
Fireman Baird of Barre attempted to
board rapidly moving hook and lad
der truck which was going to fire on
Second street the night OF Jan. 80,
when he missed his hold and fell be-
meath the wheels, which passed over
his body. The truck weighs 1900
pounds. The injured man was taken
home and Drs. Deziel and Wenton
called. They found his back badly in
iured and one toe broken. The fire
was in the house of William Halves
and was slight. Ii was caused by tip
ping over a table on which lamp
was placed.
Eugene Martin of Waterbury, aged
90. was struck by a train while walk
ing on the track Saturday night about
twelve O'Clock and killed He was
on his way home and met the train
near Harvey Henry's place. The
engine struck him and he was dragged
about a quarter of mile. The train
men knew nothing about the accident
until the fireman noticed the blood
on the engine when he was oiling at
Roxbury. He notified the engin-
eer on the morning express
which reaches Waterbury about $3.50
and he discovered the body near John
Kings house in the village.
A fatal accident occurred Jan. 20 at
st. Hyacinthe. Que, about 3 a. m, 70
Conductor Blanchet of freight train |
No. 90, west bound from Island Pond. |
The train had just reached the bridge
across the Yamaska river when the
conductor ran ahead to open the /
switch on the edge of the bridge. He
missed his footing and fell 80 feet to
the ice below, landing on his feet.
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