Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-15

JESDAY, DECEMBER Is, 1914
just below the ankle. He was taken to
an Old Town hospital, where the wound
was dressed.
On Oct. 49, Z. s. York of winthrop
accidentally shot and killed the horse
he was driving. Mr.. York had been In
the habit of taking his rife and shoot
ing cartridges as he came through the
woods. The horse turned his head sud
denly and received the discharge of the
rifle directly behind the ear
On Oct. 30. Alexander Rivard. the
13-years-old son Of Alfred tRivard of
Sanford. was shot In the head just
above the right ear by the accidental
discharge or a 22-ealiber revolver in the
hands of Senai Lejeunesse, the H.
years-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Amidas
Lejeunesse. also of Sanford. The boys
were hunting squirrels after school
near Quint hill while young Lejeunesse
was loading his revolver. The Rivard
boy fell unconscious and his companion
ran a mile to the village for help.
On Oct 80, Carl N. Henderson, Ii
years old, son OF the late Albion L. Fem
derson of Pennington, formerly regis
ter OF probate for Franklin county, ac-
cidentally shot himself in the foot
while hunting at Spring Farm in Car
rahassett.
On Nov. @, Mrs. Bradbury P. Wallace
was accidentally shot by her own son
at South Harpswell when the lad at
tempted to kill a crow flying near the
Wallace home. The boy Is about 12
years of age and when he saw the crow
he rushed into the house and secured
shotgun. He fired quickly and the
greater part of the shot from the gun
entered Mrs. Wallaee's right leg. TWEEN
ty small shots were removed from the
limb by the physician.
On Nov. s, Henry White, the 19-years-
old son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Henry White
of Bangor, was taken to the Eastern
Maine General hospital with a gunshot
wound in the fieshy part of one thigh.
White went cunning with a friend, Ed
smund Anderson. aged Is years. White
had a rifle and Anderson a shotgun.
The injured boy would say nothing
about the affair beyond saying that it
was an accident, and Anderson denied
all knowledge of it.
On Nov. s. Bernard Lawless, aged 21
years a native of Midtown, N. B., who
had been working as a 'cookee' in a
numbering camp near Princeton, went
into the woods with his 32-caliber re-
volver to shoot squirrels. When about
a mile from the camp he stumbled and
fell, striking in such a way that the
revolver was discharged. the bullet
striking about an inch below the heart
and passing through the body.
On Nov, 10, Louis Bowles. of New
ton, Mass, who had been visiting for
the past few months in the family of
John Lewis of Brownville, while at
tempting to take his shotgun from a
boat at Sebec lake, accidentally dis
charged il, receiving the charge in his
right arm. the bone being shattered so
badly that amputation was necessary.
On Nov. 8, Arthur Holmes of Grand
Lake Stream son of Frank Holiness
accidentally shot himself in the right
arm with a gun loaded with buekshot.
He was carrying the gun on his shoulder
when he slipped and fell, causing the
gun to be discharged. The arm was
very badly injured.
+ On Nov. 10, George o. Spear, the IT.
years-old SON of Mr., and Mrs. George
T. Spear of South Portland, accidentally
shot himself with a 22-caliber rifle
while hunting for squirrels in the vi
entity of Crescent Beach, Cape Eliza
BETH. The bullet tore its way down
ward through the right side of his body.
On Nov. IA, Ronald Mason of New
port was hunting when his gun fell to
the ground and was discharged. the bull
let going through his right hand. It
was found necessary to amputate his
thumb and two fingers.
On Nov. Is, Raymond Furbush of
Searsmont while hunting at Center
Montville accidentali> shot himself
with his rife through the shoulder, the
ball grazing the bone. t
On Nov. 1s. Leslie Merrill of Brad
ley was accidentally shot through the
in-law, Mr.. Harvey, who was handling
a revolver, which was accidentally dis
charged. The shot struck Merrilrs
foot between the toes. passing out I'M
der the arch.
On Nov. 10. Robert 0. Burr of Brewer
was accidentally shot in the left foot
while hunting near Millinocket. His
companions, III. J. Covelle and DR. C.
M. Thomas of Bangor, were obliged to
carry him for a number of miles over
the toughest kind of country before DR..
Thomas could give the injured man
proper attention at camp, several hours
being consumed on the trip. It re-
CURED day and a half to get Mr.. Burr
out of the woods and into a Brewer hos
pital.
On Nov. 20. NJ. j. Spencer of Bangor,