Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-09-30

scene Of another last week which ended
oisastrously for Dennis Purcell. Jr.
VINO with the other three occupants of
the car was thrown out. David Clark.
the owner and driver and Harry Fos-
Ter. escaped with q few bruises. but
PurceN unfortunately fell beneath the
ear and had his collar bone broken In
1.-TWO places and his legs injured. The
Ecar was on it, way from Calais to
woodland where the men are employed
IN the paper mill and was proceeding
at safe rate Of speed, when q farmers
horse became frightened and started to
run away. Mr.. Clark steered his car
towards the roadside to enable the
farmers team to get by and the auto
slid from the edge Of the road and
turned over with the above results.
Ward H. Estabrooks of South Port
land, who Is visiting at his former
home in Fort Fairfield, passed his Goth
birthday Saturday. Mr.. Estabrooks,
who was born in Jacksontown, N. B.,
went to Fort Fairfield when quite a
young boy, spending so years of his
lie In that town. He was the son of
the late Samuel W. and Eliza Esta-
brooks. During % years Of the time he
resided in Fort Fairfield he was In the
blacksmith business. running q black
smiths shop on Main street. In the
year 1850 he was married to Miss Sar-
an Caroline Johnston Of Fort Fairfield,
sister OF Mrs. A. c. Paul Of the same
place. The union was blessed by three
children. William J. Estabrooks Of
Bingham. who visited with his father
on his birthday. Warren A. Estabrooks
OF Montana and Mrs. Elizabeth e. Cox
or South Portland. who is with her
rather. Mrs. Estabrooks died in the
year 1895. Mr.. Estabrooks moved from
Fort Fairfield to Presque Isle in the
year 1900. moving from Presque Isle to
Freeport some five years ago, and from
tnere to South Portland, where he now
makes his home. Mr. Estabrooks has
three great grandchildren and being
stiil hale and hearty and feeling quite
young in body if not in years, hopes to
1--we to see his great great grandchil-
dren. He Is an interesting old gentle
man to meet and converse with. being
Keen and alert and well read on the
different topics of the day.
Mrs. Caroline Small. an aged woman
VINO lives with her sister, Miss Ellen
Hight, at Saco, had a close call from
death by suffocation Tuesday night,
when fire ruined the interior of their
home on Middle street She was found
by the firemen in an upstairs room
nearly overcome by smoke and taken
to the home of William S. Thompson,
where she soon recovered She struck
match to light lamp when the tip
Hew to the carpet, starting fire. She
was too frightened to extinguish the
blaze or to call her sister. who was
down stairs. The fire was discovered
by passerby and when Miss Hight
was led from the house she said her
sister was upstairs. The house was
filled with smoke and 1t was some
time before the aged woman was To-
Gated in back room. The house con-
tanned much rare and beautiful old
furniture. This was damaged by
smoke and water. The loss on the
house and furnishings, which is esti-
mated at $1,000. is partially Covered by
insurance.
The little 25-foot sloop yacht Idle
Wave, formerly the Scalpel, which
was sold at Portland last week by
Capt. w. G. Peterson of the Portland
Yacht Club to the Hazeltine Brothers
Of Brookline. Mass, was exposed to
the full fury Of the gale on Sunday
and had q very, narrow escape, from
laundering with all on board. She left
Portland at P NJ. Saturday for her
new home port with five Boston men
on board. the party consisting Of
Charles Austin, Henry c. Hoyt. B. c.
Breed. William c. and Emery E.. Ha-
Zeltine. They sailed all that night
without mishap. but as Sunday morn
ing broke the wind freshened and just
after passing the Isles Of Shoals the
forestry parted and the lib was torn
to ribbons before the crew could get
forward. The wind was too strong to
tack in shore, and they were unable
to reef the mainsail as the blocks on
the ma sthead stuck and refused to let
the sail down. Realizing that their
only chance was in running with the
wind the boat was headed toward the
open sea- A large cruising yacht
passed them at a distance when about
eight miles Of Thatcher's Island, pay
ing no attention to their signals Of
distress. but about an hour later the
Boston fishing schooner Viking hove
in sight, taking the water soaked and
half frozen men into the schooner's
cabin and towing the sloop into Rock
port, Mass. To those who know the
little yacht, for years one Of the Port
80. ry..h< C1,,h Dat II anomS almost
q miracle that she survived the furious