Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-03-10
SUICIDES AND ACCIDENTS.

MIS-. MARY Tafks OF CLARENDON was
| found dead in bed about a. m. March
5. Beside the bed was a glass which
contained some carbolic acid, part oil
which she is supposed to have taken
with suicidal intent.
P.La Chance. a machine runner, en-
ployed in the Mullin quarry OF the Yer
mont Marble Co. in West Rutland, was
instantly killed Mar. 3. A scale fell
from the top of the quarry, a distance
of 20 feet, and struck him on the head.
Edward c Preston, aged q, Marshfeld
married, was killed while saving wood
Feb. 20 with machine saw. The cast
iron balance wheel broke, one piece
! striking him on the side OF his head
and knocking him unconscious. He
died in few minutes.
Geo. c. Smyth. member of the firm
of Cathrall a. Smyth, worsted dealers,
at 395 Broadway, New York, commit
ted suicide by shooting himself Mar, 2.
Numerous disputes with member OF
the firm is thought TO be the cause.
Smyth was a nephew Of the late Re-
corder Smyth and grandson Of Cover
nor Chittenden of Vermont.
John w. Seal, former st. Adams
man, was found Feb. ~ horribly
mangled on the New York Central
tracks in Schenectady. N Y He was
evidently struck BY a train, but how
the accident happened is not known.
Seal was employed as a branch tender
and 1t was his duty to throw the
switch so that the pushers could pass
from the eastbound freight track TO the
westbound passenger track. Both
legs were cut off just below the hips
and the left arm severed at the shout
der.
Mrs. Sadie Granfield OF Waterbury
attempted suicide March by taking
poison. 1t is not yet known what
kind of poison she took. Her husband
died a short time ago and she has
determined to kill herself She re-
fuses to tell the circumstances of the
case. but only says she will try again.
There is some thought of insanity.
Mrs. Granfield resides with her par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bickford.
After she took the poison she became
Immediately i'll and only by quick
medical aid was she saved.
During the severe thunder storm
March in Bennington, lightning
struck the power house of the electric
railroad near Walloomsae and dam
aged the building considerably, burn
ing out the generator. The high
water carried away a bridge near
Walloomsac and covered the tracks
with water for the distance OF half a
mile or more, which has frozen solid.
High wind in Swanton took the tin
root off II. o. Sturtevants house and
smashed the sky lights in the Swanton
library. DR.. c. f. Allen was called to
attend sick child and had hardly left
his sleigh when the wind struck it and
almost turned it over on the horse.
The body OF A. j. Mcdonald, aged
60 years, was found in the Castleton
river. near the cemetery bridge, about
6 o'clock in the morning Mar. 2, by
Carl Woodbury.. Mcdonald had lived
in Castleton about two months. Two
weeks before his wife left him, going
to New Jersey 10 live. Since then he
had been staying at the Bomoseen
House and working in the Jones quar-
ry He had been drinking some of
late, but was sober when last seen.
During the day he had been despond-
ent. He retired at Il o'clock, leaving
call for 5 O'Clock in toe morning.
When an employee went to call him
his room was found to be empty.
Marks in the snow showed where Nc
Donald had sat on the edge of the
bridge and it is not known whether he
jumped into the river or Tell off the
bridge.