The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-03-04
Vermont Nelps.

Springfield, VI, Wss siihoai illum'nsl
ing "a, frdas aud saturday nlEhls, lh'
water ~ the hoiium II the gas tank, ahou'
one mile from the village, became iisssi
20 that the upirf part would bot slii'
dasn. ihershy shutting of the pressure
II Paufs Episcopal parish "a burlington
suffered 4 iirs hos VI about Na.n SUNDAY
morning when h. rhaliel aud parish hoass
| adjoining ~ Paul, rhuroh Nunu sniiri
| Insurance Ia the extent II $3.50 Na' car
rirl on al, building, with a,sa insufahr'
aa the content
The riiissns ~ the village ~ - l"hhs
huf1 ~ ! meeting Monday evening Noi"i
unanimously 81 authorize the village tfus
tess tn pnnha-s q lite for q orniral hie
.iAiian. st.,t ihs same and install a rom
hinaiian mutuf hIr snsne Al a cot not Ia
sAus,sl saina The meeting gas al
/ inuIn,,l until fur..laN evening, Apnl ~,
when the matter ~ sppfppfia,ing 'hr mon
=, will lr acted upon,
The railroad ti..ilr ra.l II III. approach
Ia The Stonyhr,ok bridge on.ihe Rochester
railroad near Bethel collapsed Monday
morning - az -asthound train Wa pass
ing over a. III. engine and tender buckled
and Fireman Ralph Bush oi Rochester was
caught by the leg brtwecn them, lie wa
removed from hi. lrrilous position after
considerable trouble Engineer y y, llous
tom Jumped oui Of the window Of the cab
and -.capcl uhhurt The passenger car
wa suspended over the water, being held
by the bridg, None Of the Passengers Wa
injured. The wrecking OF the bridge will
callse the suspension Of traffic for about
week.
Di~iaining TO ask lot town and and too
proud Ia beg. a family OF Xix persons, three
IT them children, for three YEAR has been
living on a tiny farm on the outskirts OF
Burlington on garbage which the father OF
the family. 20 years old, has daily collected
from yards in Burlington, ostensibly %
feed M pigs his startling fact was re
vcalcd sunday. when the local authorities
were called IN to take charge OF two insane,
middlenged women. both widows: their
aged father. and three children. boy and
two girls. aged 4 :. and II year, respec
lively 10 the unspeakable diet upon
which the women have subsisted for the
last ~ months Is attributed their present
insanity. Both will be sent TO the state
asylum for the insane
The village OF Lyndpnyille was visited
Monday afternoon BY the worst fire since
Nov. %. 1894, when the entire business
section was destroyed. The Tarbell block
was burned with all it, contents, the loss
being $4,000 with insurance less than half
that amount The hire started at 3 o'clock
in the furniture store OF G.. Il. Allyn 4
Co The cause Is unknown. There was an
explosion which hurried all the occupants !
Of the block out and prevented anything
from being saved II started scare. One |
woman. affected by the smoke. while going !
10 the rescue OF another, jumped from a
second-story window The Tarbell block |
was threestory wooden structure. and |
only by the hard work Of the department |
and company from Lyndon Center were
he other blocks saved
BY nothing short of a miracle from 80 |
o 90 men employed in the stone sheds of
Burns, Brusa 4 Griffin in Mortified were
'aved from death Saturday morning when
he structure in which they were working
vas crushed by the weight of snow il bore
md IN few seconds was transformed into
mass OF ruins. \ number of employees
veH injured but not seriously The acct.
lent occurred shortly after the men had
rnved, and there was no warning sound
he cause of the collapse can be laid only
o the weight OF snow on the roof A man
rho saw the ROOF sway and fall saws that il
u happened IN twinklng of an eve.
he property loss i about $4,000 The
he'd was new one, 256 feet long and 50
eet wide. II was erected last summer and
'as considered one of the best equipped in
he state, The owners will rebuild