Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-09-17
ACCIDENTS OF THE WEEK
a Summary Of the Mishaps and In
juries to Maine People.

l.. Mcdonald. an employe in Fl. F.
EATON q Sons sawmill at Midtown
got struck with log which suddenly
swerved while being hauled up the
siuiceway the other day and received a
broken arm and three fractured ribs.
Daniel Pratt, aged about 40 wears. of
North Sydney. G. B.. met with "A Ilor-
rible accident in Bangor the other day.
He was painting an electric light mole
| IN front of q music store in Bangor and
was nearly e.ectrocuted by live wires
His body lay across the wires about 20
feet from the ground. and one of b,s
companions on looking I'D saw smoke
| issuing from his clothing and flesh ono
III his legs was intcrtwined with rhe
cross-ar:h brace. which kept him from
| railing To the ground when he lost CON-
seriousness. he was badly burned, the
flesh on the upper side of his left arm
am on ms right leg being literally
roasted where the electric current came
IN contact with 1t. 1t is thought that
he will recover
columbus Nash, Bath mechanic.
met with serious accident the other
| day while at work in Percy & Smalrs
yard. He was ct work under the bot
| tom Of the big six-master and was
| tripped by line attached to a plank
which was being hauled under the YES
| sci by pair of horses. Mr.. Nash waa
| thrown over backwards and landed on
| his side upon an adZe which he had in
his hands. receiving a severe rupture
| on his right side, and. it is feared, in
| ternal injuries.
William II. Blake, a teamster. en-
ployed by the Bucks Harbor Granite
Co. was killed by the falling of a der
| rick at South Prooksrille the other day.
He vas 40 years Of age and unmarried
Walter Edward Dick, the son of Mr..
| and Mrs. Edward Dick of BASIN Mills.
was badly injured by moving freight
train at the Orono staten Tuesday af-
| ternUon at o'clock and was taken to
the Eastern Maine General hospital in
Rangor on the ) o'clock car from Oronc,
where his foot was amputated and it
was feared that he would not survive
| the accident. The boy. in company
with several friends. was playing
| around the station and tracks and
caught hold of the sidebar on a moving
| freight car. He lost his strip and rolled
| under the wheels. which crushed one
| foot and badly margled the legs. The
boy resided at the home of his grand
father. Mr. 1hibodeau. in Orono, and
| was taken to the hospital after a short
delay.
Rufus Wingate of Saco. who accom-
panied the i1ustlers baseball team to
| Milton, n. H.. Labor Day. had the mis-
| fortune to fall and break three ribs
while visiting at SomerswOrth the day
after. He was ascending the stairs to
his room in the hotel where he was
stopping. in a hurried manner, and
slipped and fell heavily. breaking three
of his ibis. He has returned to Saco
| and will probably be laid UP for some
little time by the accident.
Peter Heney. one of the l:remcn for
tie Atlantic Shore Line. fell from
40-foot pole few miles below Sanford
Wednesday afternoon and was serious
ly injured. He was at work on the top
of the pole when he came in contact
| with u live wire and sustained a severe
shock which caused him to fall to the
ground. He struck one knee against
rail, breaking the kpee-cap in three
pieces. He also had the skin scraped
| badly On other parts of the body.
Master William Oates. the 1-vear-Old
| son IF Mr.. and Mrs. James Oates. q
South Main street Auburn. met with a
severe acciten- Thursday. He discov-
cred q dynamite cartridge in the read
and striking 1t with stone. caused an
explosion. His face was terribly burned
and 1t Is thought that he will lose tie
sight Of one If his eyes.
Guy J.it,.cficiG Of Shirley received
quito bad injury one lay last week
while at work in q. w. Stacys srni.
| A board flew back from The planer.
striking him in the side and fra turing
| two ribs.
Mrs. Eta ]. Yeaton of Norway broke
| her hip the other day Will: hanging ou'
clothes from the door on the second
floor of the stable of Fl. +. Andrews.
Mrs. Frank NJ. Shapleigh, who re-
sides on Summer street. Biddeford, was
the victim of a painful and serious ac-
cident at her home Sunday afternoon.
She was working around a table on
which lay q Sharp-edged butcher knlIe.
In some manner the point OF the blade
entered the left arm above the elbow
ard severed an artery. The wound bled
freely and caused Mrs. Shapleigh great
pain.
Alberta. the little daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Will Nicholson. Arson, While
at play in the schoOlyard the other day
fell and broke her arm.
Raw WEIGH of Gorham met with
painful accident recently, while assist
ing in the unloading Of a car or sugar
at the store of Shaw, Hammond & Car
new. Portland. where he is employed.
The skid which was in use slipped and
a barrel of sugar fell in such a way as
to break his wrist.
Alphonse Bushie of West kennebunk
sustained a most painful and danger
ous wound recently. He was WORKING
IN the extension of Number mill ana
was taking down a heavy beam. IN
some way the beam was turned ana a
snike caught in his breast. tearing the
aesh for about six inches. and then en-
,er,ng the body. piercing one OF the IN
test;nes. He was removed To MS hoi'ie
in west Kennebunk in dangerous
| condition.