New Britain herald., 1916-08-28
REV. KILCOYNE ID LEAVE PLAINVILLE
 :. Parishioners Are Surprised and GrieVed at Announcement TS ASSIGNED TO WATERBURY
Curate Much Beloved Here, His First Assignment After Ordination--Ac- cidcnt in Tnington--Motorrnan Killed by Live Wire-Brief Items.

cidcnt in rInington--Nfotorrnan
 Killed by Live Wire-Brief Items. Announcement of the transfer of l. Rev. William P. sKilcoyne, curate Of the Church of Our Lady of Mercy, to St. Margaret's church, Waterhnry, made at the 9:45 o'clock mass yes terday morning, was received with surprise and extreme regret by lis
 parishioners who had not the slight
 est previous intimation that change
 was in order. The transfer, which was received by Father Kilcoyne from Bishop John J. Milan on Saturday, was as much of a surprise to the young
 priest as to the members of the church and in making formal an nouncement of the order to the con- gregation yesterday Father kllcOyne was deeply moved and scarcely was able to finish his statem ent.
 Plainville was his first assignment after his ordination to the priesthood about three years ago and m that time he has endeared himself to every soul III the pdIlSIl. f1S W ttS o u lN1Ab to young and old and no clergyman could have been more popular or es- teemed than Father Kilcoyne. T. was with the same feeling of sorrow and regret that the news of Father Kill cOyne's transfer came to the niem- bers of St. Matthew's church in For estville and St. Patricks church in Pennington to which he was also at tached.
 Father Kilcoyne's assignment to St. Margaret church is in the nature of promotion and in 8 large way is e testimonial to the fine work he has accomplished since his ordination. Fla ther Kilcoyne is Danbury boy and is les than 30 years old. He graduated from the schools of his home town and studied at Dunwiddie seminary in New York and also abroad. Later he attended the Catholic University in Washington, D. C., and was gradu- ated from that institution in the Class of 1910. The transfer becomes ef- fective Wednesday and gives Father k1lcoyne but the briefest time to wind up his affairs here and leave for his new work in the Brass City. No an uncement has yet been received here in regard to Father Ki1coyne's successor, but statement will !In- doubtedly be forthcoming from Bishop Milan with the next two days.
 MOtorrnan Killed.
 News of the death of MOtor1nan Thomas O'Keefe of Bristol who was killed by live wire while at work on the Terryville line yesterday, was received with much regret in PIain- vile where he was well known. hav- ing for several years worked on the Bristol and Plainville line. Motor- man O'Keefe was killed in attempting to cut a live wire while working with a repair gang. The wire was carry ing over 500 volts of electricity and the unfortunate man was killed on the instant He was a mem Der Of the Bristol Lodge of Elks and had been employed by the tramway company about two years.
 Defeated Vikings.
 The Foresters baseball nine won the deciding victory over the Vikings of New Britain in the third of thcir l series at Allen field yesterday after noon by score of 1 to 0. The game | went seven innings and was finally l broken up by the storm. A large l crowd was on hand to witness the game and the spectators were forced i to break for cover when the down. pour began. Emm ons for the locals d. lowed but two hits and famed eight 1 batsmen. He issued no passes. The for the Vikings also had l his shoots under fine control, al- lowing but two hits. He did, how ever, issue three passes and these coupled with opportune hitting, per- mitted the home nine to put across, the lone tally that won the game The Foresters will play either the A. C. Gilbert team of New Haven next Sun lay or a nine from Southington.
 The team also hopes to secure q game or series of games at the Berlin fair the week of September Il.
 Little Storm Damage.
 While Plainville in common with other towns in Hartford county ex- oerienced the heaviest thunder storm )f the season yesterday the town for escaped with little damage Bristol and F'orestville to the west suffered to a cOnsiderable degree. Chc streets of the Bell City were flooded md in the lower section of the city boats were used by some of the more The destruction of d pig barn on James L. Wilcox's Clover Hill stock farm following a bolt of lightning furnished the most spectacu- ar feature of the storm. Thomas Rivers who was milking a COW was badly shocked by the bolt and tho an- mai was killed. The remaining stock | a fine diary herd and a lumber of sheep were rescued. The l oss was placed at $10,0OO.
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 circuits were put out of commission l nd lightning also disturbed the leht- l1g equipment last evening, the lights Icing on and Off for Several hn1,rs |