Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-06
ACCIDENTS OF THE WEEK.
A Glance at the injuries and Mishaps
Of Maine People.

John +. Buckley of the Queen City,
Granite Co. Bangor. had his foot
padly crushed the other day by large,
piece of granite falling on him. while
ne was unloading car at the station.
Miriam, the seven year old daughter
or Rev. and Mrs. A. F. Morris.
Ihomaston. while attempting to walk
along on the side of the church. fell to
the ground and broke her right arm at
the elbow
AS the result of the bursting Of a
steam jacket i'm the dye house of the
Sanford Mills. recently. Napoleon +
johnson was severely burned about
the head and shoulders. 1t was at
first thought that he would lose his
sight.
Timothy Batchelder. while cutting
the hay on the Cox farm, Kennebunk-
port Center met with n severe acct
dent He was thrown from the now
ing machine and his foot got caught in
the machinery badly cutting and /,
crushing It,
Il. F. Neal of New Sharon met with
qurte serious accident while at work .
the other day i'm the Thomson & Smith
mill. He was fixing some of the
machinery and run his left hand onto
the saw. losing part of one finger and
badly cutting two Others
Mr.. George Adjutant. Jr., while
about his work at the Androscoggin
Pulp Mill at Windham slipped ana fell
In trying TO save himself he put his
fand through pane of glass. cutting
III Mn
were taken from his hand. =
Clinton Mckeen. 16 years of age Of
South Paris. sustained quite a serious
accident recently. while at work in the
Sled factory. The sleeve of his frock
caught i'm the machinery, drawing his
right arm into the machine breaking
one bone of the wrist cutting two
arteries and badly bruising his arm.
While riding on the running board
OF a car of the Biddeford & Saco Rail-
road. running toward Old Orchard
John Pease, an employee i'm the box
factory or George Crossman & Sons
was struck by one of the posts, thrown
Violently to the ground. badly cut on
the head and bruised on various parts
of his body.
the carpenter shop of the paper mills
at Westbrook living at 14S Forest
street. caught the fingers of his right
hand in the buzz planer while attend
ing to his work yesterday afternoon. ,
He was taken at once to the office Of a
physician. and it was found necessary
to amputate the last three fingers.
While c. \. Soule was riding down
mil toward the village of Weld the
other day on his moving machine.
holding his scythe and machine knife
In one hand. the fastening to the seat
gave way letting him over backward
into the road. Mr.. Soule received a
cash two and one half inches deep and
four inches long just above the hin
bone on the left side.
Harvey son of Capt. and Mrs
George r. Farnsworth Of Rockport
was drowned Tuesday forenoon. while
III bathing near the shipyard wharf
IL is thought that young Farnsworth
selected too shallow places for diving,
as his head and chest showed evil
dences of having encountered solid
substances. The young man was
about Is years of age.
Charles Grass, young lad about :
years old was drowned Friday fore
noon just below the old arch bridge
site, near Murchie & Sons edging
furnace, Midtown. The boy had hold
OF log which he was pushing around
the eddy, keeping himself aloft but IN
fortunately he lost his hold upon the
log and it tioated beyond his reach.
ana he sank at once. The body was
recovered shortly after the accident.