The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-10
Bruno Marriott Aged Al,
Lost Life j. Stevens
Branch ! 81 Night
BODY REG yERED
AN ER AN HOUR
During Search There Was a
Panic at False Cry Of
"Train Coming"

Bruno Marriott, aged al, a granite
cutter living at Is George street. fell
from the Central Vermont railroad bridge
south, of Blackwell street last evening
around I o'clock and was drowned in
Stevens branch. An hour later when
more than hundred people lined the
bridge while men on a raft below were
dragging for the body someone shouted,
Here comes the train" and in the rush
for safety several people narrowly es-
capped following Marriott into the
branch. A searchlight down the track
was responsible for the false alarm, but
| il served to create panic which fortu-
nately terminated without loss of life.
A number of small children were
trampled in the confusion, and when the
excitement subsided, four men and a
woman were discovered clinging to the
stringers under the bridge deck.
There is small element of mystery
in the drowning, for no one but child
seems to have seen MARRIOTT fall. To-
day the police said that information re-
ceived by them indicated that the man
had been drinking. According to the
child's story, Marriott was on the side
walk which pedestrians use great deal
in crossing the bridge to complete a
shortcut to Center and George streets
when he suddenly lost his balance and
pitched headlong into the stream. One
of the first to arrive was Louis Provench-
er and until the body was on its way to
an uptown undertaking establishment he
was most active in the search for the re-
mains.
A crowd gathered quickly and long be-
fore Provencher, who yentIred from the
shore on hastily improvised raft, had
located the body, the big railroad bridge
was creaking under its human load.
Children, dodging in and out among their
elders, cast discretion to the winds in
their efforts to view the spot where the
body was last seen. The incident of the
false alarm occurred shortly before the
remains were taken from the branch.
of the police force attempted
to compose the crowd, but the alarm had
gone the whole length of the bridge and
the shuttle for terra firma continued un-
til the structure had been emptied. Five
or six children had to be helped from the
bridge and grown-ups who joined in the
mad rush for the ends of the bridge are
nursing bruises to-day that were received
IN the mix-up.
The work of recovering the body was
directed by the police. Someone set out
,or boat, but while the crowd waited,
boards and old doors were converted into
raft and Provencher, armed with
ong pole, struck out for midstream.
After sounding the bed of the branch for
ome time, he located the body about
I've feet from the north bank. After
yard hook was attached to the end of
he pole and the remains were brought
0 the surface. To facilitate its removal
rom the stream, an iron hook was placed
nder the arms and with the aid of a
trong rope it was hauled to the bridge.
,r j. W. Stewart, city health officer.
iewed the remains and gave permission
D have them removed. Within a few
eet of the spot where the body was
Dund, South Barre man who had fallen
rom the bridge one January night sew
raj years ago, was found frozen. More
gently the branch at that point gave
p the body of very small child.
The deceased had been resident OF
ARE for the past eight years. He was
orn in Italy in 1877, and since his arriv
here had been employed by various
.anite manufacturing concerns. He
aves his wife and two daughters.
Funeral services will be held at the
,use Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
I'd interment is to be made in Hope
metery.