Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-11
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 The state road at Windham is nearly completed and the contractor expects to finish by Saturday, July 20. There are to be 620 feet of ex. tra road that the borough of Wind ham Center has voted to build. Michael J. O'Brien of New Britain and brother of the late Father O'Brien of Thomaston, was injured at the factory in Terryville Tuesday morning. A heavy plank fell on one of his feet and his toes were badly bruised.
 Sixteen of the Meriden Y. M. c. A Juniors, who are in camp at Lake Pocotopaug. East Hampton, enjoyed a hike" to Moodus, Tuesday, fol lowing the Salmon river part of the way and camping back of MT Bow CTS place in Moodus.
 | Clarence Lounsbury saver in the case department of the Seth Thomas Clock company, Thomaston, met with painful accident early yesterday morning when piece of material flew from the saw and cut deer gash under his right eye.
 Fred J. Backus, who fell sixty feet from the roof of his boarding house last night at Bridgeport, is reported at the hospital to be in dangerou. condition. His mother has been sent for from Lowry, Me. The latter i: an aunt of Madam Nordica, the cele brated opera singer.
 A fiat car loaded with scrap iror left the rails of the Danbury division between Norwalk and South Norwall yesterday morning at z o'clock. The wrecker which had been at work or the mixup of freight cars above Nor walk, assisted in putting new trucks under the car, so that it was all right in an hour or so.
 E. A. Lewis of New Haven was found in Water Street park yester- day suffering from the effects of a dose of wood alcohol. A bottle label, ed to that effect was found near him He was taken to the New Haven hos. pital, but died within fifteen minutes after his arrival. It is thought that death was accidental
 Constable George w. Woodruff To, cated Joseph Cochefski's team Tues day evening in East Granby. The l team was stolen on South street Suf. field late Saturday evening while he was at Polish wedding and evident ly taken by a person under the in fuence of liquor as the carriage had been driven against tree.
 The P & F. Corbin company oi New Britain has had built for it 6 large truck with 30-horse power engine. The wheels are of steel and carry wide steel band. On this band is placed twin cushion tires, SC that the weight can be distributed and heavier load carried in propor. tion to the size of the tire.
 James Russ, masons helper, fel from the roof of a structure at the corner of Albanyavenue and Chestnu, street, Hartford, yesterday. He frac. tured three ribs and injured himself internally. Dr Joseph H. Cahill was | St Farncis's hospital. He was taken there in the police ambulance.
 Frank Lagasse, who has been a contractor and builder about Bristol and recently erected several houses in Terryville. is missing from his home here and his creditors and friends do not know what has be. come of him. It is understood that he collected about s1,500 due him on contracts last week and that he hasn't been seen since last Saturday night.
 The big reservoir built by the Coo Brass Manufacturing company al Wrightville, three miles above Tor. rington, has just been completed by the Lathrop & Shea company. The water is drawn through three gate. ways, to the natural water course connecting with the reservoirs near the company's works. The water will be used entirely as a mill supply The company uses three million gal. Ions every twenty-four hours.
 It is just announced that Liane Tun Yen, the new Chinese minister to the United States, received his bachelor of arts degree and enroll. ment with his Yale class of 1882 al the last meeting of the Yale corpora. tion. He was member of the class for three years and returned to China in 1881. at the end of his jun. for year at Yale. Since then he has performed distinguished public ser vice in a number of prominent posi-. tions in his native country.
 A special meeting of the voters was held Tuesday evening to see what action Windsor Locks would take towards appropriating a sum oi money for the purpose of establish ing a free public library. A resolu- tion was passed instructing the town treasurer to pay the sum of $500 tc the treasurer of the library commit. te of the Memorial Hall association and also to pay each year as an an nual appropriation the sum of s300 to the treasurer of the library asso. ciatIon.
 Work was commenced Tuesday re. pairing the dam at Leesville. 120 feet in length. raising 1t about one and one-half feet. and giving a fall of seventeen feet The dam is used for storing water for the East Haddam Electric Light company. which fur. nishes East Haddam and East Hamp. ton with lights. The dam is to bs replaced later by a larger and finer one. to be built by the Salmon River Power company. The present work is being done by the Rhode Island Engineering company, and beginning the week of July 21 work will bs pushed night and day. There will bt no electric lights during the week oi the 21st. and SO the prudent house.