Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-05-19
Industrial Accidents

The Industrial Accident Commission has
six cases scheduled for hearing the COM
ing week before Chairman Eben F. Lit
tlefield, all of them being in the cities
of Lewiston and Auburn. At 10 A. NJ.
Tuesday, May q. there will be hearing
at the municipal courtroom, Auburn. in
regard to the claim of Bert E. Bragdon,
who was injured March 16 while in the
employ Of the United States Bobbin &
Shuttle Co. Of Auburn. which is insured
by the Travellers Insurance Co. of Hart
ford, CT The point at issue is whether
the incapacity of the enlploye is due to
accident or is the result of systematic dis
ease. A hearing will be held at P. NJ.
Tuesday at the same place in the case of
Joseph Dube of Auburn, claimant,
against the United States Bobbin & Shut
tie Co., respondent, and the Travellers
Insurance Co., insurers. Mr.. DUDE claims
for the loss of sight of an eye and it Is
claimed by the respondents that by
operation the eyesight can be restored
and that to this operation DUDE objects.
A hearing will be held at $50 A. NJ
Wednesday. May "a, at the Auburn mu-
nicipal courtroom in which Janet Mason
of Auburn is the claimant the Cushman-
Hollis Co. Of Auburn the respondent, and
the Maryland Casualty Co. the insurers.
Miss Mason claims compensation as the
result Of injury which she claims arose
out of the course of her employment and
while employed by the respondent on
March 81 The respondents claim that her
injuries did not result from any labor at
that time. On the same day at 230 P. NJ.
at the aldermen's room at City hail. Lew.
iston. a hearing will be had in the case
in which Peter Narvicity is the claim
ant and the Bates Manufacturing Co. of
Lewiston the respondent the insurer be-
ing the American Mutual Life Insurance
Co. The point at issue is whether Narvi-
city ever received any injury that caused
any capacity that the company is liable
for.
A hearing in the case in which Tony
Rantoaniz is the claimant and the Bates
Manufacturing Co. the respondent, with
the American Mutual Life Insurance Co.
as the insurer, will be held at $50 p. NJ.
Thursday, May 25, at the aldermen's room
in Lewiston. The claim Of the respondents
is that the incapacity of the claimant
was not caused by any injury which he
received while In the employ of the Bates
Manufacturing Co. but that it was the re-
suit of suffering from appendicitis. At
2.30 P. NJ. Thursday at the aldermens S
room at Lewiston there will be a hearing
In the case of Arthur Mann, who met
with an injury on the 9th day Of March
while in the employ of the Bates Manu-
featuring Co., which is insured by the
American Mutual Liability Insurance Co
The point at issue is what constitutes the
average weekly wage in a cotton mill
and whether it should be reckoned on the
basis Of six days at 1-3 days per week.
The 10th death as the result Of an in
dustral accident since Jan. Of the pres
ent year was reported Thursday at the
offices Of the Industrial Accident Com
mission, the accident number being 1907.
The accident occurred May II at Great
Works and the victim was Albert Spen-
Ger, who was employed by the Penob-
scot Chemical Fibre Co. He was driving
a pair of horses and was switching car
of the Maine Central Railroad on a siding
for the company by which he was en-
ployed and was iammed between the car
and the horses, suffering internal injuries
which resulted in his death in about
eight hours after the accident.