Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-02-02
SUICIDES AND ACCIDENTS.

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Peter Carney was found in Winooski
Jan. 25 with hands and feet frozen,
and was taken TO the Mary Fletcher
hospital, Burlington.
While clearing the railing OF ice al
Hotel Barton, Mr.. Mears, the manager,
slipped and the end of the broom
handle hit him in the eye, putting out
the sight.
Thomas j. Williams of Castleton
Corners met with serious accident
while cutting wood on a block at his
home there. His foot slipped on the
lee, and the axe came down upon his
hand, cutting it off at the wrist.
A horse OF Angelo Scampini was
found in the barn at Barre Thursday
morning, Jan. 20, with a knife wound
in the breast six inches deep, the
lungs narrowly escaping being pune
tured. II is believed that some one
skunk into the barn during the night
and committed the dastardly deed,
but there is considerable mystery
about it, as Mr.. Scampini keeps dogs
In the barn and says that no one could
have entered the structure unless he
was pretty well acquainted with the
animals.
An accident occurred at the Viles
power house in Middlesex when they
were starting the machinery at about
Z 80 a. m. Jan. 25. The power at the
plant is furnished by both water and
steam The main driving pulley on
the water wheel and the driven wheel
on the counter shaft were crushed in
some unknown way, causing the
wreekage TO fly in all directions,
many pieces weighing a hundred
pounds going through the roof to a
distance of several hundred feet. No
one was seriously injured although
three men were in the building. The
probable cause of the trouble is that
the water and steam plants were not
regulated TO the same speed. The
damage Is estimated at about $1,000.
The electrical machinery was unin-
jured.
Frank Germaine, farmer living on
Fox hill In Fairfield is the owner Of
a remarkable dog OF the Scotch collie
breed. One day this winter Mr.
accompanied by his dog,
went 10 the woods after a load of
logs. A while afterwards the dog
returned TO the house alone and
upon being admitted went up to Mrs.
whining and making signs
Of distress and taking her by the
dress, drew her towards the door.
She. knowing that something must be
wrong. followed him TO the woods,
where she found Mr.. Germaine pinned
TO the ground by a log so heavy that
she was unable to move it, and was
obliged 10 90 back and call a neighbor
10 assist her In liberating him. Mr.. |
Sermaine, who was badly bruised and
chilled, feels that he might have
persisted in the woods alone had ii
not been for the sagacity OF his dog. |
George Taylor OF Stra.ton Hollow, |
n. H., employed at the lumber camp
On May mountain in Manchester, is |
from compound fracture OF
he lett leg below the knee as the re-
suit OF being struck by a log while at
work on log chute. The logs are
sent down an incline one mile In
length with a grade OF about 200 feet,
taking just about two minutes to make
he trip. Taylor took an axe and got 4
over into the chute to chop out an OBJ
'truction that made the logs jump,
when one of the logs at the summit
started on its trip 10 the skidway.
fhe log was unnoticed by everyone
Until il was close upon Taylor, who
Jaw It in time TO jump for an over
hanging limb of tree which he
aught. He dangled in the air above
he trough, but the obstruction he was
rying to remove caused the log 20
,ound, with the result that he was
truck and knocked about so feet.