Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-07-23
ACCIDENTS OF THE WEEK
A Brief Summary of the Injuries Re-
ceived by Maine People.

Thomas Edgar, an old and respected
resident of Three Brooks. fell ON the
forward arm of a wagon.
Ami Gilbert, n Turner farmer fell
beneath a runaway team in that town
recently and received numerous in
juries.
Gladys Mcdonald. aged years. fell
from n tilt board at the Fairgrounds
in Portland, and broke one Of her arms
above the elbow.
While coupling cars on freight
train at Clinton recently. Charles s.
sherman lost the little finger of his
left hand.
Joseph, the little four-year old son
of Joseph Deschamps, Lewiston. fell
the other day from a piazza at the
second story window of his home,
breaking his thigh
Mrs. Rebecca Humphrey of Var
mouth fell the other day while going
to the stable from the house. breaking
her hip. Mrs. Humphrey is sc years
| of age.
William Hartman. an employe at
the An'lroscoggin Pulp mill. at West
brook, accidentally fell down a flight
of stairs Friday as his boarding place
and fractured three ribs.
Edward McPhail met with serious
accident Monday morning, while al
Strong. He caught his left hand in n
saw. nearly severing his fingers.
Joseph Bonneau. foreman of La
Justice in the Journal building, Bidde-
ford, was caught in the shafting con-
n@cted with one of the presses. last
Monday, and broke his arm below the
| wrist.
Joseph Cloutier. a native of Canada,
who has been employed for some time
| in Lewiston, sustained an injury TO the
second finger of his right hand, and ii
| was found necessary TO a,nputate the
! injured member at the first john
! lille Mrs Joseph Wood. an aged
woman of Wilton, was driving the
! otter evening, she was thrown from
! M carriage and one bone in the left
| wrist was broken, her nose was also
| broken and other parts of the face
badly cut and bruised.
AS a result of a collision in Portland
Thursday between 4 trolley car and a
team belonging to Dean Brothers,
driven by John f. Storey, the carriage
was smashed. the horse badly bruised
and the young mans collar bone
broken.
! While Harry Plunlmer. the 5-year-
old child OF Sherman Plummer who
lives OF Free street in Saco was play
| ing in the yard near his home one day
this week the door to the stable fel
down, and striking the youngster or
the head knocked HON to the ground
cut his cheek and nose, and nearly tore
his ear from his head.
George Poor, Portland boy, eight
years Of age. was run over and quite
! badly Injured by an automobile il
Portland, Wednesday. Upon examine
lion is was found that the boys
shoulder was dislocated and his right
side and left knee badly bruised. The
| boy W1s riding on the back of an ice
wagon and jumped off not knowing
that an automobile was in sight.
At the South Paris grain mill
recently, n bin containing several hun
bred bushels of corn on the second
floor cavcd in and fell to the first floor
| Directly underneath on the first floor
was n large number of barrels Of fioui
and sacks of bran, and this added tC
the weight of the corn, caused thai
section of the first floor to give way
and the whole was dumped into the
cellar.
Elmer Fish, an employee of the
Indian Spring wooden mill. at Madi.
son. caught his left hand in a care
Tuesday afternoon, badly decorating
the whole hand. 1t was found neces
sary 10 amputate the forefinger at tn,
second joint also to unjoint the on,
next the little finger. The index
finger is badly hurt, but it is hoped
that the rest of the hand may b,
saved.
George Hopkins, who has worked fo
Mrs. Wilmont Newcomb, South New.
burg, for several years, met with
painful accident recently. He wa!
moving with a machine and the cutter
bar became clogged so he dismountet
to clear the grass away. stepping il
front of the scythe, when the horses
started, the scythe catching Mr.
Hopkins in the back of the leg, sever
ing the cords and one bone.