The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-01-10
new ENGLAND NEWS
IN TABLOID FORM
Items Of Interest From All
Sections Of Yankaeland

! missing from MT nome lbf Nf'NN al
days. was found 10 The Shaa sheen
river She had been III poor health
An investigation into the cause Of
the panic on the grounded and stalled
Cambridge, Mass. subway train. in
which forty persons were injured and
hundreds Of others bruised and shak.
en- UP. will be conducted
Peter O'Meara was killed al Aver,
Mass, when II sleigh which he was
driving was struck by a train.
The navy department refused he
request OF the 200 clerks at the Bos.
ton navy yard for exemption from
the draft
Gin nets worth about $4,000 were
destroyed by fire 10 the loft Of one
of Atwood * Payne companys build
ings at Gloucester. Mass.
James ] Lamb, -. met his death
at Boston by falling upon a wire
fence. A piece OF wire was thrust up
his nostril and II reached the brain,
Death was apparently Instantaneous.
In carrying ont orders to conserve
coal in the Lawrence, Mass, schools
during the vacation the loss of nearly
$4,000 from frozen water pipes and
radiators was discovered when the
schools were opened.
The first Of the new sugar crop
from Cuba arrived at Boston as the
vanguard Of near food, 50 long
awaited
As result Of accidentally shooting
himself while bunting rabbits at Kit
terry, Me- Frederick Tustethen, 16,
lOst his foot by amputati0n.
Randolph gymnasium, the new home
Of indoor sports at Harvard univer-
sity, was formally opened.
Arlington, Mass, had its own river,
waterfalls and cataracts, when big
water main burst and flooded see
ton of the town.
Daniel Flood IS, gate tender
was instantly killed at Boston when
a train ran over him.
Fire, believed TO have been incendi |
airy, In the repair shop swept Cam
bridge, Mass, yards Of the Boston and
Maine railrcad destroying several |
coaches. cars. the repair shop, the
blacksmith shop, gas shed and the !
machine shop. The loss is upward OF
Sl50000.
The decision to raise $1,000C00 to
teach 100000 college students the life
of Christ was reached at the students
volunteer conference at the North
field, Mass, seminary.
Ernest Hamel was burned to death
at Bddeford. Me, when a lamp eX
ploded He was "A mill worker.
George Il. Trip, superintendent OF
for the Boston Elevated
Railway company. died at Arlington.
Mass He had been with the Elevated
for nearly forty years. He was born
at Kennebunk, Ne, In 1853.
Anthony Rock, 70, OF Boston was
found dead in bed from gas poisoning.
Gas was flowing from an open cock.
The Lynn, Mass, Gas and Electric
announced that the price Of
yas In Lynn will be increased.
Rev. James Reed, pastor of the
Church of the New Jerusalem. Bos-
on, preached sermon commemorate
II half century's passionate.
Enrolment In the radio training
school at Harvard now exceeds by
several hundred names the enrolment
" Harvard university itself Nearly
800 students are now In attendance.
Mrs Hannah Duper, sc, was fatally
,urned In fire In a tenement house
It Lynn. Mass.
Mayor Wilton Of Quincy, Mass, an 1
bounced that the trees In the six
Icres OF woodland at Faxon park
would he cut down to supply the citys
'oor with free fuel.
JoSeDh VOlentenanch, 30. was frozen s
o death at Worcester, Mass. 1
Postmaster Trout OF New Haven re-
eived word that payment on all the {
tocks and coupon bonds. amounting 8
o 100000 which were In pouch
tolen from the postoiiice, has been {
ffectually stopped. 6
The John Bradley hou,,, famous as |
n old-time landmark at Canton,
lass. burned 10 the ground with a
lss estimated at $4,000. ,
The members of the newly created
ialne commission on sea and shore i
sherles organized with the choice Of /,
Ioratlo ID. erie Of Castlne as chair. !
ian. !
Wimah A. Barker. 81, well known s
/ New England courts. died at Re.
ere, Mass. For twenty-three years d
Q was law agent for the Boston and >
Iaine railroad. i
Ers. Ellen A. Turner. 73. was h
urned to death at Springfield. Mass.
hen her clothes caught fire while h
he was trying 10 light a FIRE by the :,
Sc Of Kerosene 7
"h0ma Johnson. rs. and his wife, O
3. were found dead from gas In their
,oIn IN a Eoston lodging house, and ,,
ie police say they died In suicide