Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-17
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

William c. Tucker of New Boston acct
dentally fell from trolley car on the
Manchester x Goffstown line at a late
hour, Saturday night and received in
juries from which he died shortly after
ward. Tucker was a passenger on the
car which left Manchester at 10.15 p. Nj
and was thrown out at point about
midway between the Manchester line and
Grasmere. Tucker was taken to the
County hospital at Grasmere. but sur
vived his arrival only few minutes His
head was crushed He was 80 years old
and leaves. wife and father, Otis b
Tucker of New Boston.
Chief of Police William G. EweIl
returned to Medford, Mass, Sunday
morning. from Hackensack, y. j., with
two young prisoners. The young men
are Ray Brisbin, aged 20, of Tenn
pie street, and Joseph Stetson, aged
10, of Boston avenue, West Medford.
They are held on the charge of ar
son in connection with the burning,
on the morning of July 4, of the Bos-
ton & Maine Railroad switch tower
at West Medford and the Hall school
building, on Harvard avenue, West
Medford.
Major Aainsley r. Hooper of East Bos-
ton who was member of Gov. Bates
staff, and his wife, Mrs. Emma Hooper
were injured in Allston, Mass, Sunday
afternoon. when their automobile was in
collision with a Newton car on Common.
wealth avenue, at the corner of st. Pau
street. The fact that the machine was
struck in the rear probably saved Maj
Hooper and his wife from more serious
injury. Maj Hooper received injuries
to his face and hands from flying glass
from the wind shield, and Mrs. Hooper
sustained a sprained right wrist.
In line with his promise, made at
the Sportsmens dinner, last year. To
give a number of stations and Rock
Sand colts to the United States gov
eminent for breeding purposes, Au-
gust Belmont, chairman of the Jockey
Club of New York, announced, Sun
day, that he had shipped from Lex
ington, KY, to the government farm
at Front Royal. Va, the brown colt
Dandy Rock, by Rock Sand Donna
Mia. Dandy Rock is compactly built
and well suited to be bred for cavalry
mounts.
Fairview Heights, suburb OF
Poughkeepsie, n. Y. has a fire com
pany composed of women. 1t is made
up of the wives and sisters of the
| members of the village fire depart
| ment. Drills are held, and the women
are learning rapidly how to handle
the apparatus. A drill was held, Sun
| day afternoon, when the members OF
the company extinguished blaze
built in the middle of the main street
| The women hurried from their homes
/ tic the fire house when the fire alarm
was sounded. In a few minutes they
+ had the apparatus on the scene of the
bonfire and the chemical engine al
work
A two-story wooden building on Mai
street, Westfield. owned by the H. L
Smith Co. and occupied by Moseley 1
| Maschin plumbers. and C. A. Tinker. al
| architect, was burned, Sunday afternoon
with loss of about $1,000 The fire start
ed in the rear of the Moseley & Maschi
| basement from some unknown cause
When the fire was discovered it had gain
ed such Roadway that it was impossible
to save anything from the store, and al
though the furniture was removed fror
Mr.. Tinker's Office. many valuable plan
were destroyed by fire and water. TIL
walls of the building remained standing
but the entire interior was burned out
Antonio Imbinda, 90 years of age
of 81 Chelsea street, Charlestown, il
under arrest at Station Is, charge,
with assault with a dangerous weap
on, on Eric E. Klaeger, a wireless OPP
orator on the battleship Nebraska
The men got into dispute on Mali
street, near Thompson square, Bos
ton, early Sunday morning, owe
which restaurant they would go t
with a woman friend for lunch
During the argument, it is alleged
that Imbinda drew knife and struc
Klaeger three times, twice on tn
neck and the third en- the back jus
below the shoulder blade. Imbind
: then ran away but was caught an,
: turned over to Patrolman Beatty
Both men were sent to the police sta
| ton where after Klaegers wound
were dressed by DIR. Duff he returne
| to his ship.