Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-07
DEATH FOLLOWS AccIDENT
Conductor Charles E. Mccarthy Slip.
 ped and Fell Between Freight Cars


 Conductor Charles E. Mccarthy Slip- ped and Fell Between Freight Cars Frank Mccarthy and MT. and Mrs Dennis Sullivan returned from Wor- cester where they had been to visit Charles Mccarthy in the Worcester city hospital Tuesday evening. They brought with them the following story of the accident:
 'In slipping on the light snow which fell last night on the dispateher's plat form at Barber's crossing, Charles E. Mccarthy, aged 60, q Union street, Charlestown, Mass, a conductor on Goston and Maine freight, feiI between the cars and was run over. His right leg was partly cut off below the knee Dr. Northhridge amputatad the leg at the Worcester City hospital Dr. Northbridge said Tuesday night that Mccarthy was the pluckiest man he had ever been called upon to attend. He did not vince once, but sat calmly upon the platform waiting for the ann l bulance"
 When they left the hospital MT. Me- Carthy was alive At 11.S0 a tele- gram reached Jewett City saying that l MT. Mccarthy had died. J A. Hour l igan left at 4.30 Wednesday morning for Worcester by automobile and 1 brought the body to Jewett City. | There survives him two sisters, Mrs. l Kate Mccoy and Mrs. Dennis Sulli- can, and his brother. J. Frank McCar- thy, all of Jewett City.
 Stolen WateK Recovered.
 Mrs. Marion Strickland, formerly Miss Paul of this place, has a brother n-law, Harold Strickland Of Middle field, Conn, who had a peculiar ex- perience. He is an enlisted man in l the special ambulance service, on duty somewhere in France, with @ Connee- ticut regiment When he left his na- i tive town his many friends on the eve of his departure for camp presented | him a valuable wrist watch. During his stay in camp enc night the watch was stolen. The closest search failed | to yield the least clue. hence he gave it up as lost. Some months later he was a member of a regiment sent to France. One day, in a camp on the western front behind the lines he saw | his watch on the wrist of a man. He reported the matter to the officer in charge and by telling several indisput- able facts, initials and the manufac- ture, he proved that the watch was his. Now after several months he is wearing it again.
 Geer Estate Appraised.
 In connection with the settling oi the estate of the late Samuel L. Geer Daniel L. Phillips and Caspar Hoff- man appraised the real estate Tuesday The appraisal included the valuable farm known for years as the Geel farm situated on the northern bound ary of Griswold. It contains 200 acres Of the finest farm and wood land 1T the town and it has been under ths Geer management more than a cen, tary.
 Early Birds Noted.
 A song sparrow was reported iron two bird observers Wednesday,. Thi. makes robins, bluebirds and sons sparroWs on deck and on time. Crack les are due and will show np som, morning and neisily inspect their las years tenements in the East Mair street pines.
 The large f1ocks of English starling seen ali winter are getting smaller Soon there will be no foeks of then l, to be seen. In early summer they vii separate in pairs and attend to thei own individual affairs They are to
 tired after picking at ash and earbag 1 piles all winter to build a nest, bu will use the hole drilled by some luck
 less woodpecker. There are some fin
 collections of eggs in town secure
 thirty years ago. but not one con tains a starling's egg.
 ! Troops Cards Mailed.
 Several cards were thrown from tn , trocp trains which passed through her , ! Tuesday. They were all mailed an were addressed to parties in St Loui. Mo.
 Farewell Letters. A number of letters were receive | Tuesday from Happy" Blake at Cam ! Merritt. They were sort of good by
 letters and were to his closest friend. He expects to sail. a s he says, Ito hel
 get the Hun'' this week from an At
 lantie port for a French one. [ During the Sunday blow a long piec of the copper ridge sheathing wa } torn from St. Mary's church roof
 Coal For Hose House. e It is with. great satisfaction ths [ people all about town have learne
 that coal is to be furnished to tn , hose house and that it is to be opene again. It has been an extremely SC
 rious condition of things that tf house has. been frozen up and close, EXtinguishers have been frozen o F the truck and have had to be take l. to nearby business houses to tha1 s The tower for drying and thawing u 5 frazen hose would have been useles T 1 Jewett City people feel that nothin
 Is too good for the firemen. Tint . without number they have prove their value. and the fact that the hous i. is to be heated again is elassed amor
 the best of happenings. The pleasul
 they enjoyed in their social game \ evenings is shared by every taxpays E and property owner. A fireman cite
 the case one of the below zeor daa X few winters ago when the Congrt E gational church caught fire, bad
 frozen hose was thawed and dried ar e that night the Jewett City hotel ws
 burned. Had the hose been frozen { | theI- -ir, tha r,aar-r,iraac thn tazz