Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-05
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F Louis Anderson of New Britain had the palm of his right hand shattered by the explosion of a fire cracker. Leonard Chiascione Of Hartford may die as the result of being shot yester- day afternoon with a revolver in the hands of a playmate.
 Frank Strong of Woodbury had his face and eyes blown full of powder by a premature explosion of cannon he was lighting yesterday morning.
 William Reid, a moulder in a New Haven foundry, dropped dead Sunday night at his boarding place in that city. He had been i'll with the grip for several weeks.
 The engagement of Miss Ruth Che ney of Manchester to Charles Edward Adams of Toledo, O., has been an nounced. Mir Adams was tile student coach of the Yale crews this year.
 Tn the sight of hundreds of people at Union station in Hartford. last evening, c. B. Nichols, of Un- ionville, was run over by & trolley car under the Asylum street bridge and was instantly killed.
 Over twenty men, boys and girls have cause to regret the celebration of the Glorious Fourth in Hartford in the modern way by the discharge of fireworks >firecrackers and other ex- plosives. Some were maimed for life.
 Joseph Brouthers, young farm hand of 15 years, employed by Neland Potter in South Woodstock, was brought to the Day Kimball hospital in Putnam yesterday afternoon While firing off small cannon on the farn, 1t exploded and severely cut him about the chest and arm.
 The largest bunch of crackers fired in New Britain on the Fourth was set off in front of the residence of MT and Mrs s. H. Wood on West Main street. It was eighteen feet long and contained 30.000 crackers. They were genuine Chinese crackers and were the gift of the Chinese class at the South Church Sunday school to Mrs Wood, of which she is leader
 An alarm was received by the Gill dersleeve fire department Sunday. Tt was discovered that the old town hall was ablaze. Steps were wt once taken to save this historic building, but Iow- ing to the condition Of the timber it was consumed in few moments. The town hall was built about 200 years ago by the First Ecclesiastical society of Portland.
 Several of the police officers of New Britain are suffering from what Is ap- parently ptomaine poisoning. It is said to be due to eating deviled ham sand wiches. The men are Chief William J. Rawlings, Officers John Rowe, Gus tave Hellberg, Adam Sefpel and Charles Johnson and Special Officer Quirk. The sandwiches were served as a lunch by leading hotel.
 Miss Bessie Smith, 9 years old. and stenographer in the office of A. N. Clark of Bristol, and owner of a gaso- lene touring car, avoided a collision with a carriage late Sunday evening, but narrowly escaped death by drown ing. Miss Smith saw single car riage containing two persons approach ing. They were some distance off and Miss Smith blew the horn to warn them, at the same time she turned her car to the extreme right, thus giving the couple plenty of room in which to pass, although the causeway isn't very wide at this point. Instead of turn ing the horse to the right the animal came towards the left. and all that Miss Smith could do didn't alter the course of the horse. Miss Smiths car was rapidly approaching the horse and carriage. and she saw that the outcome was either a collision with the outfit, or steering her car into the railing at the side of the roadway. Miss Smith shut off the power and de- liberately headed the car around to the right against the rail. The machine ran against the slim rail, snapped 1t in two.and then plunged into the pond
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