The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-16
ELEVEN PERSONS
BITTEN BY
MAD DOG
Canine With Rabies Runs
AmuCk in Troy
KILLED BY POLICEMAN
Chased Through City by a Hundred
Men-Quarantine Will Be
Established.

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technically a canine with rabies, ran
about the city yesterday, biting many
people and several other dogs, and
causing great excitement
The brain of the canine was exam
ined yesterday afternoon at the Ben
der laboratory, and was found to be
infected with the dreaded disease to
which CANNES and other quadrupeds,
such as foxes, cats, skunks, etc, are
susceptible. Report of this fact was
made to the commissioner of agricul-
ture this morning by Heauth officer
c. E. Nichols and a quarantine will in
all probability, be established at once.
A dog quarantine would mean that
every canine appearing on the street,
in order to be safe from destruction.
must be either muzzled or led by
chain or cord. Any citizen is given
the right to shoot a dog not so res
trained.
The full seriousness of the mad dogs
rampage yesterday was not realized
until last night at which time reports
of eleven people having been bitten
had been made to the local health de-
partment. Several more, it is thought
were nipped by the crazy animal as it
dashed through the streets. The
health officer, in discussing the matter
last evening, pointed out the necessity
of all such individuals reporting their
cases to his office at once in order
that plans for their treatment may be
made without delay He states that
there will probably be no serious re-
suits If the wounds are properly at
tended to. OF the number whose ca
SEES have already been reported, two
were children. OF the others, nearly
all were young people. The dog was
seen to bite two children who ran
away and whose names could not be
learned.
The dog, which was white, with yell
low spots, was not very large one,
weighing probably twenty or twenty
five pounds. 1t first made its appear
ance about a. m, and ran through
the streets, biting pedestrians and
other dogs which happened to be in
its path. 1t was first noticed on Riv-
er street, near Hoosick, running in a
southerly direction. In front of the
Fitzgerald brewery it bit a man and
attacked and inflicted a hip wound up
on another in front of the Mohican
store, Franklin square. Just below
the Record Office a woman was bitten
on the wrist. The dog was next heard
from down at Jefferson street, where
it bit another woman. Then it came
back up town again and was next
heard from at point between Grand
and Hoosick streets. 1t ran up Hoos-
lex street.
BY this time residents were thor.
oughly alarmed and crowd of prob
ably hundred comprising men and
boys, and several policemen, chased
the canine with revolvers and clubs
but it was too fleet for them. Two of
the pursuers carried shot guns. On
the way up Hoosick street, 1t bit sew
eral people and at least four other
dogs. Sergeant Trainor who was at
the Third precinct station when the
dog passed Fifth avenue, jumped on
a Sycaway car going up Hoosick
street. He overlook the animal above
Tenth street, on Hoosick and killed 1t.
Engineer Mclaughlin OF the Bussey
Steamer company. who was outside
the steamer house, was attacked but
escaped being bitten. The animal
tore away a large piece of cloth from
his overcoat.