Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20
ACCIDENTS OF THE WEEK.
Some of the Mishaps Which Have
Happened to Maine People.

/ Clifford, the eight-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. D. w. Mcdonald Of Sherman.
broke both his arms last Sunday, as
| the result of fall from tree.
Chester Field, aged years. fell from
the stone dam at North Gorham, the
other day, breaking his elbow. He
was taken to the Maine General Hos
pital.
Quite serious accident happened one
day last week to Frederick Brown
town clerk of Perry. He was running
driving wagon out of his carriage
house, when he slipped and fell in such
a way as to break his leg near the
ankle.
While attending an entertainment
given on the Park hill school lawn in
,, Auburn, recently, Mrs. Henry Kicker of
| that city stepped on rolling stone.
which caused her to fall to the ground.
breaking her right leg just below the
knee.
While Thomas Preston, teamster for
i. T. Waite, was hosting coal one day
| last week on the Washington County
| Railway wharf at Calais, the post to
| which the hofstinS apparatus was at
| tachcd gave way, and some part of the
gear struck Mr.. Preston in the left
side. making a bad wound and fractur-
| ing three of his ribs
The little three-year- son of Mr..
AMI Mrs. Roy Staples of South Eliot
had his right leg nearly severed by a
| moving machine. one day last week
\ The boy unnoticcd by his father ran
IN. 10 IF No
4 sharp FniN &c cat Trough the bones an |
EFT tn" leg hanging by ligament.
ntr. STAPLES stopped the horses az soon
IS ln::'ialc.
Il \. T.. NallanCnurt of Rumford Falls.
brakeman on the Grand Trunk Rail
road. had his right foot severed and
the left badly mlnElcd. ut West Paris.
TUESDAY. NalancOurt. who was head
brakeman, opened the west switch.
ana failing to get aboard the train near
tn" middle. tried to step aboard the
van. when he slipped back and fell UNI
der the wheels.
Carl Hillman Of Island Falls, aged 10,
went canoeing recently and dropped a
~ ostIihrc revolver into the bottom of
the canoe. When he picked the
weapon up. muZzln first. it was dis
| charged. the bullet passing through his
peck close to the wind pipes and jugu-
lar vein. and out near the spinal
column. He is in a critical condition
ana not expected to recover.
| John Cummings of SomcrVillc. Mass,
aged about 80 wears. who was assisting
in loading 4 vessel at Georgetown, was
drowned there last week by the up
setting of Il small boat. Cummings APP
| pCarcd to he making his way to the
shore in safety and was last seen by his
two conlpo Mons when he touched bot
ton with his head and shoulders out OF
water. Then suddenly he gave
scream and went out Of sight.
Arthur Pelletfcr, aged Il years, was
caught in the machinery in the AlrdroS-
coggin mill at Lewiston. the other day.
and had his head crushed very badly
both sides of his head being fractured.
He was unconscious when picked up.
No one saw the accident, the BOY Delhg
alone at the time, but it is bcllcNcu
thai having an idle moment he was
amusing himself by playing with a ball
of warn. which fell near the machine,
| and when he jumped to pick II up
slipped and fell into the machine
Two accidents occurred in the card
room Of the Peppcrcll mill at Biddeford,
L recently The first victim vas Mary
Il Giroudax. who caught her hand in the
machinery and had it so badly crushed
that it was found necessary to ampu-
tate the middle fingers. The other
accident happened to young woman,
whose name could not be learned. VII"
SLIPPED while at work and was caught
by a swiftly moving belt and thrown
to the floor. Her head was quite badly
bruised, but she escaped serious in
| jury.