Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-17
IN AND ABOUT WESTERLY
Runor of New Hotel on Chapman Farn-George E. Cot tren Pays $1O and Costs for Hunting Posted Land Many Masons Special Communication, Thursday Ev- Thanksgiving Turkeys Not Less Than 60c a Pound.

may sell at sixty five cents, and that don't pay for the cost of selling. There's the price for native tu(keys two weeks before Thanksgiving, and thereH be no drop. I've sold thirty birds and I'd like to pay neighbors forty-five cents a pound alive for all turkeys they can furnish and I'd find market for them at sixty cents dreSSed.'
 Samuel o. Barber, foreman earpen- ter in the employ of Isaac Sherman, was struck by the fast train, known as No. 16. the Knickerboclxer limited, east bound, and one of the faster Thursday afternoon, and died a few minutes later. MT. Barber had been at work on one of the McNamara houses in Pawcatuck up to 4 o'clock in the afternoon and was on his way home at No. 147 High street when he was struck by the fast express. He | went from CoggsweH street. up the steep bank to the railroad track, go- ing along trodden path that leads directly to the track, and about fifty feet west of the bridge over the Paw 1 catuck river bridge that spans the river which divides the states of Con- l necticut and Rhode Island at that | point. MT. Barber evidently did not hear the coming train. for he stepped upon the track just as he reached the Connecticut end of the bridge, hav- | ing evidently walked alongside from I the path to the bridge. He was dm- mediately hit by the locomotive. and thrown forward and into the river on | the Connecticut side. The train was | stopped within it's length and train 1 hands were in readiness to render as- sistance but none was required.
 1 MT. Barber struck on a. pile in the river, with end just above the surface | of the water, with his head under wa 1 ter. Albert Rodman saw the accident l and hurried to the river bank. He
 at once waded into the river and | brought MT. Barber ashore and by
 that time life was extinct Dr. Mi l chae1 H. Scanlon, medical examiner
 was summoned and took charge Of tht remains until he turned the body over to Undertaken Gavitt. The body was
 not mutiiated to any degree, there be-
 ing but cut in the back of the heae and one of the heels crushed. It was believed that MT. Barber sustained { l fracture of the skull and broker | spine, but Dr. Scanlon was of opinion
 that the immediate cause of deatt
 was by suffocation from drowning.
 | MT. Barber was son of Jared Bar.
 Der, of Rockville, R. I. He formerl.
 resided in Hope Valley and came from i there to Westerly about five years
 ago. He was forty seven years O.
 age and leaves a widow, son anG | two daughters; also brother and sis. 1 ter. MT. Barber was a total abstainei | from intoxicating drink, was a frs
 class workman and bore an excellen | character.
 George Barnard, engineer of Trair | Is, said that the train was due to pas!
 the Westerly station at 4.19, and tha
 he was about five minutes late, anC
 was travelling at the rate of about 6, miles an hour. He saw the mal
 alongside the track when he rounded the curve at Mechanic street, and wa
 mortified when he saw him step di,
 rectly in front of the fast approach ing train. Just as soon as the ma1
 stepped in front of the train tn,
 brakes were applied but the speed hat
 not materially slackened until tn
 man was struck and knocked into tn
 river. The train was within 20 fee
 of MT. Barber when he stepped ont,
 the bridge and in front of the train
 The engineer did all he could to stol
 the train in time to save the man
 life, but it was impossible. As
 was, the stop was made in such
 short distance that it surprised ex
 perienced railroad men. They won
 dered how a train of that weight an,
 goiny at high speed, could be stopped within it's own lengthS without break inc r~f nr- 1aoy t7o roi1