New Britain herald., 1917-06-18
Plainvflle News
lMPERIL OWN LIVES . TO PROTECT CHILD

Aut0lStS Ditch Gar That Baby'S
 Life Might Be Spared
 HAS C0LLARBONE BROKEN Heroic Act Nearly Cost Lives of Two
 Men-Collection for Surgical Dress s ings Committee-ssB Boston Guy,
 Caught i'm Mesles of Police Net.
 Suffering from fractured collar on the Southington road Saturday afternoon, George McCleary. an em- ploye of the Rockwell-Drake com- pany. ts confined to his home. His companion in the car was also plain fully bruised, although his condition is not serious.
 The accident resulted from heroic effort on the part of the autoist to avoid running down child who in crossing the highway became excited on seeing the machine and stepped directly in it's path. The driver, not having time to apply the brakes. placed his own life and that of his companion in jeopardy by ditching tho machine. The child escaped un- scathed but the men in the machine were thrown out and badly battered. It was at first thought that one of them was fatally injured and hurry calls were sent to Dr. L.. H. Frost and Dr. J. N. Bull.
 The physicians found that frac- tured collarbone and minor bruises were the extent of Mir. McCleary's in- juries while his com panion had noth- ing more serious than cuts and mul- tiple abrasions. The action of the autoists was most heroic as the rum ming down of the child would have been inevitable had they made an effort to save themselves.
 Another auto accident which for tunately resulted only on the damag- ing of the machines concerned. the occupants escaping without injury, occurred Saturday. afternoon on the Pennington road, 8 Hup runabout and large Jackson touring car com ing together. Although the touring car weighed nearly three tons it fared worse than the little machine, the front part being badly damaged. Both cars will require the attention of mechanics for several days before they are in shape to drive.
 Surgical Dressings Aid. A demonstration of aluminium ware will be given tomorrow evening at 7:45 at tho home of Mrs. w. w. Fox on Hough street A collection will be taken up for the benefit of the sur l sical dressing committee. Each lady attending will receive an aluminium 1 souvenir.
 The Ladies Benevolent society of 1 the Congregational church will meet ings committee.
 Marine Gets 'Boston Guy" Jack Barry a bridge worker, who incidentally is no kin to the baseball l player whose name he bears, is l awaiting arraignment before Justice ] A. H. Condell for drunkenness and 1 breach of the peace, the result of his arrest at an early hour this morning 1 by Constable sMarino. The officer had ordered Barry off the streets sev- eral times last night and at midnight he thought the man had shaken the dust of Plainville from his heels. | Shortly after o'clock this morn ing the officer. attracted by the sound of what appeared to be two voices, went to the barns of the Newton es- tate on Whiting street and found Barry carrying on conversation with himself.
 He greeted the officer by telling him that he gets considerable amuse- ort I,x,s ss1tO1r3SH ov YenEoe. men. 'Tm a Boston guy you better look out for me-" he said. Officer Marine got the twisters on his wrists ard MT. Boston Guy'' was soon lodged in a cell in the Town hall.
 Red Cross Sunday.
 Pastors of the various churches in town gave up part of their sermon Hour yesterday to an appeal for con- tributions to the Red Cross during the current week, when a nation wide campaign is to be made for the raising of $1OO,00O to be used during the war.
 In all the churches a collection for the Red Cross will be taken up next Sunday and the preachers urged their congregations to be generous to a point of sacrifice that the campaign may be a success
 PIainville Team Wins.
 The All-New Ravens failed to make very favorable impression as base ball players yesterday when they played the Foresters team at Aliens field. The visitors got the small end of 12 to score and were at all times at the mercy of the local boys The Plainville team will play the Independents of Waterbury next Sum- day. The Brass City nine Is reputed to be one of the fastest semi-profes- sional organizations in the state and