Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-19
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The contract for the heating plant OF
the High school building and the Town
hall has been let to Nash & Niles at
Skowhegan, the work to be completed by
the first of September. The boiler will
be large enough to heat the entire build
ing AT one time. At first it was thought
that a smaller boiler would do, as the hall
would not be used very much during
school sessions but it was finally decided
to install one large enough to give sat
isfaction under any conditions The plas-
tering of the schoolrooms has been COM
pleted and nearly all the steel ceiling is on
and it begins to look as though every
thing would be ready on schedule time.
Everybody went to Madison Sunday to
view the place where Peter Boulay lost
his life and Mrs. Boulay was very seri-
ously injured in the accident when the
freight train ran into their automobile at
the Old Point crossing. Mr. BOulay and
his wife, who live about a half mile be-
yond the crossing, had been to Waterville
! in their Saxon runabout to get their
niece. Miss ElmOsa Gilbert They reached
! the crossing on their way home at about
1915 in the evening and doubtless start
ed up the hill with good speed, as this is
a hard hill to make. When he was with
in a few feet of the crossing freight
train came around the curve and it is
thought that the engineer and Mr.. Boulay
saw each other at about the same time,
but too late to avoid the accident, al
though both put on brakes. The engine
struck the auto on the left front wheel
and hurled % M chino
| turning it over SO that the wheels were
in the air and the front end was point
ing the other way from what it had been
going. All of the occupants were thrown
out and Mr.. Boulay was almost instantly
killed. only breathing once after the
brakeman reached him. The train was
stopped in less than it's own length and
stayed there until after the physicians
had arrived and the injured and dead
had been removed. Mrs Boulay was
taken to Watervile that night to the Sis
ters' hospital where it was found that
several ribs were broken and one knee
severely injured. Her face was badly
bruised on the right side, also, and she
is now in a critical condition. The little
girl was badly shaken up and suffered bad
Commissions Of the knees and on her right
hand but it Is thought that she will full
ly recover. 1t was a very sad accident
and not the first one to occur at this
crossing. which is a decidedly blind one.
The postponed Fourth of July fire
works display at Fairfield will be given
Thursday night of this week and they
are inviting everybody to attend.
Quite a number Of our citizens have
been interested in and attended the
Chautauqua meetings held at Skowhe
gan for several days of last and this
week.
Roscoe Smith of Washington state
and Miss Margaret Sawtelle are guests
of Mrs. Cora Smith.
N. r. Cleaves, whose serious illness
we noted in a recent issue. died last
week at his home on the Wilder Hill
road Mr.. Cleaves was we'll known in
our village as a man of high character
and strict integrity.
Harry Bigelow is taking his vaca-
ton at North pond.
Mrs. Charles Wentworth Of Albion is
passing a few days visiting with the
Fullers at the Fernside farm.
E. E. Barker and family and Milford
Tibbetts and family. together with
friends. visited Augusta, Togus, Gardi-
ner and Hallowell Sunday.
| There will be work in the NJ. NJ. de-
| gree at the next meeting of Lebanon
lodge.
Miss Laura Baker is in rather poor
| health this summer.