Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-07-17
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body had been cut in two evidently by
the wheels of a train.
Thomas Gonyea of No. 81 Pine street
is at the Rutland hospital, suffering from
serious injuries as the result of a fall
down the elevator shaft in the furniture
store of Gonyea & Remington Tuesday
afternoon about 8 o'clock. His left arm
was broken and one of his hips bruised
IN the fall and for some time it was fear
ed that he had sustained serious internal
injuries.
A man who has been working for
George Tatro of Randolph was sent Sat
urday to the house of correction at Rut-
land to serve a s%entance of six months,
having been found guilty of stealing a
watch, a pair Of shoes, revolver and 50
in money from his employer. He gave
his name as William O'Connor of Dandy,
Com. The man was found near the
school house in Bethel Gilead and after
running surrendered only after shots
were fired by George Allen.
Late Thursday night, Mrs. Harold p.
Perkins of Bethel. while lying awake on
a couch on her front piazza with the
light Oft, was surprised to see by the dim
light a man step over a gate on her
piazza. She sprang from her couch and
when she stepped toward him the man
struck her a sharp blow on the forehead.
She fell upon her knees and her assail-
ant, apparently frightened, made a hasty
exit by the same route. The man is
thought to be a tramp.
Charles Ebbighausen, aged Is years,
performed his third life saving act at
Brattleboro Sunday evening by plung-
ing into the Connecticut river fully
dressed and rescuing [. F. Meanev, a
Bellows Falls lineman, from drowning.
Meaney had sunk twice. Meaney was
seized with a cramp while swimming. He
was restored to consciousness only after
hard work. E~bbighausen saved his
brother from drowning two years ago
and last year pulled a drowning Italian
from the river.
AntOni Rocco, a young Italian, 90 years
of age, was drowned Sunday afternoon
in the artificial pond on the J. c. Colgate
estate, Bennington. Together with
young man of the same nationality.
Rocco was bathing in the pond between
2 and 3 o'clock when he suddenly ap.
peared to be IN distress. Before his com
panione could he of any assistance, the
young man sank to the bottom Of the
pond. His friends hutncily gave the
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recovered bv Joseph Mahar. who went
to the bottom and brought the uufortu-
nate mar g. the surface.
John Hanley of East HubbaIdton. far
mer, age about SO Years. died Thursday
at Proctor hospital of injuries he re-
ceived when he was struck bv a Claren-
don and Pittsford train while driving
across the tracks at Florence Wednesday
afternoon about 4 20 O'clock II is said
that Mr.. Hanley evidently saw the ap.
preaching train and urged on his horse.
expecting to beat 1t at the crossing. The
locomotive struck his wagon squarelv.
throwing him some distance and smash
ing the vehicle. The horse was un
hurt.
Harold l. Bailey Of Bradford, who has
charge of insect suppression in the State,
was IN Brattleboro recently and made a
tour of thorough inspection to determine
the amount Of damage being done by the
elm tree beetle and the effectiveness Of
the spraying for this pest which has
been III progress for some time.
Where this has been done, he
said, the work had been very efficient,
and he commented upon the fact that
Brattleboro and bennington are the only
towns in the State that have taken a
sufficient interest in the preservation of
the shade trees to purchase spraying
machines. Much damage has been
caused. however, where spraying was
not done.
Fire completely destroyed the main
building of the Bennington town farm
Sunday causing a loss of between SO.
900 and S12, 600, with Insurance of 5000.
The fire was discovered shortly before II
O'Clock. The building was a wooden
structure and before two o'clock had
burned to the foundation. The II in
mates all escaped but lost most of their
possessions. Several who are bedridden
were taken from their rooms with some
difficulty. 1t required all the hose of
the Bennington fire department to run a
single line from the brook to the burning
building as the farm is one and one-half
miles from the village, the building was
doomed before assistance arrived. A
steam fire engine not used for a number
of years was ditched, William Ryan, the
driver, being dragged from his seat and
slightly injured.
Mrs. Edwin Smith of Clarendon, 30
years old, was seriously burned about
the face and her right wrist was badly
cut Monday afternoon by an explosion
of unusual character at her home. She
was cleaning the garnet and started to
prepare some bottles for later use in
preserving. Noticing that one contained
what was apparently a deposit of dust,
she attempted to empty the contents
into the kitchen stove. in which there
was a fire. the sediment proved to be
%gunpowder, which is said to have been
in the bottle 40 years. There was an ex-
pIosion which set her clothing on fire,
drove pieces of shattered glass into her
wrist, and blew the covers and doors
from the stove. Mrs. Smith was alone
except for her two babies, who were on
the floor in the kitchen. She ran out of
doors and her husband, who was haying
near, saw her plight, ~extinguishing the
flames with water, The injuries will