Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-09-15
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AS a result of the sudden death OF Ed
ward d. Brown. aged g. his son, Edgar
NJ, aged %, at Boston, was arrested, Sun
day, on charge of manslaughter, 1t Is
alleged that the two became involved in
a seuffle, Saturday night when the father
objected to his sons talking machine,
which, he said. kept him awake.
Rev. Father jeremiah Desmond, one
of the most prominent Roman Catholic
clersymen in New Hampshire, died,
Sunday. at Tilton. n. H. aged So. For
many years he had all the northern
counties of the state as his field.
brother. +. S. Desmond of Chicago.
and a sister, who lives i'll South Ber-
wick, Me-. survive.
Telegraphic advices were received,
Saturday. at Norfolk. Va, over the
United States sea coast teIeghaph
wires to the effect that the wreck of
the six-masted schooner George w.
Wells had been burned on the Ora
coke beach. The fire is alleged to have
been incendiary The Wells was re-
Gently sold on the beach for $500.
D. Martin Yule foreman boilermak-
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JIM Kcene, y. H., was severely burned.
shortly before noon. Saturday. by es-
| Gaping steam from = locomotive boiler
caused by the blowing out of water
bar plug. Richard -ONeil stood just
outside the cab and escaped Yule
craWled through the window and
dropped to the ground.
a sodthbound passenger train on the
Central Vermont Railroad jumped the
track just north of Norwich, CT, at
z. NJ, Saturday but no one was seri-
ousiy injured The engine turned com
pletely over and the baggage car fol
lowed suit A split switch is said to
have caused the. ACCIDENT. A woman
who refused to give her name was
slightly hurt and was given medical
attention.
Two persons were drown and two
others had a narrow escape. when the
swell from a passing yacht overturn-
ed their canoe in the Connecticut riy-
err near Portland, CT, Sunday night
William johnson of Cromwell and Miss
Swanson of Portland. CT. lost their
lives. while Miss Ruth Anderson of
New Britain and Carl Ludwig of Crom-
we'll were picked up by row boat.
lowered from the yacht.
Broken in health and tired of life at
the eage Of IS. Wallace d. Richardson,
!stoekmau In a Bleeeked street hat fac
tory, New York, stuck mis- head into q
five+foot fywheel making 200 revolu-
lions d. minute, Saturday. afternoon
His body. with the head badly crushed
was found near the fiywheel shortly
Iafterward Letters We're found on his
Ipersou. Saturday. showing that he in
tended to seek death to end his
troubles
An automobile carrying party of
six ran through the, gates guarding the
East 9th street crossing of the Eris
Railroad at Cleveland and crashed
gainst fast westbound passenger
traip. just before midnight. Saturday,
Mrs Patrick Riley was instantly kill
ed and her husband. two small children
ard Patrick and Thomas McDerlnott
were seriously injured, The automobile
ran against the second car of the train
and was thrown 30 feet. scattering the
occupants. None Of the injured was
able to explain the accident.
Mrs Francis Lawrence of Brookline.
n. H., who was injured i'll automo-
bile accident at Concord. Mass, early
Saturday, died. Sunday. at hospital. of
a fractured skull and numerous Internal
injuries. Warren s. Towner and Carleton
H. Tomor of Melrose. Mass, also mem
bers of the party are in serious candi-
ton at the hospital Chief of Police
Craig said Sunday. that he had placed
Tomor under arrest at the hospital eharg
ed with reckless driving and would hale
him into court as soon as his condition
warrants his appearance -
Goldfield. New, was swept by tor
rent from a cloudburst, Saturday, that
caused the loss of at least five lives,
carried away several scprcs OF dwell
nes and did damage to merchandise
stock estimated at Si000O0. The town
Was in darkness. Saturday and at q
late hour rain was again falling in a
volume amounting to almost Il second
eloudhurst. So far as. could be ascer-
tanned IN the resultant confusion. the
death list was limited to two women,
a man and two children. Mos of the
buildings carried away were the homes
of miners lining the two gulches down
which the flood waters poured 1t WAS
reported that several of the mines We're
flooded Washouts win cut of the town
from railroad communication for sew
eral days.