Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-01-18


fence. A piece of wire was thrust up
his nOStril and it reached the brain.
Death was apparently instantaneous.
In carrying out 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.
from Cuba arrived at Boston as the
vanguard of near flood, so long
awaited.
AS result of accidentally shooting
himself while hunting rabbits at Kit
terry, Me-, Frederick Tustethen, 1G,
lost his foot by amputatiOn.
Randolph gymnasium, the new home
of indoor sports at Harvard miver.
sity, was formally opened.
Arlington, Mass, had its own river,
waterfalls and cataractS, when big
water main burst and flooded Sec
ton of the town.
Daniel Flood, 6S, gate tender,
was instantly killed at Boston when
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 railroad, destroying several
coaches, cars, the repair shop the
blacksmith shop, a gas shed and the
machine shop. The loss is upward Of
$l5O,O0O
The decision to raise S1,00O,O00 to
teach 100000 college students the life
of Christ was reached at the students
volunteer conference at the North
field, Mass, seminary.
Ernest Hamei was burned to death
at Bddeford, Me, when II lamp ex-
ploded. He was Il mill worker,
George II. Tripp, superintendent Of
transportation for the Boston Elevated
Railway company, died at Arlington.
Mass He had been with the Elevated
for nearly forty years. He was born
at Kenncbunk Nc, in 1888
Anthony F".I;, 10. of Boston, was
found dead IN ,rd from gas poisoning.
Gas was flowing from an open cock.
The Lynn, Mass, Gas and Electric
company announced that the price of
gas in Lynn will he increased
Enrolment in the radio training
cnhnnt Of Harvard nUppnIs hu
several hundred names the enrolment
of Harvard university itself Nearly
$500 students are now in attendance.
Mrs Hannah Duper, So, was fatally
burned in fire in tenement house
at Lynn, Mass.
Mayor Wilton of Quincy, Mass, an
nOunced that the trees i'm the six
acres of woodland at Faxon park
would he cnt down to supply the city's
poor with free fuel.
Joseph Volentcnanch, so was frozen
TO death at Worcester, Mass.
Rev James Reed, pastor of the
Church of the New Jerusalem, Bos-
ton, preached a sermon commemorate
of half century's pastorate.
The John Bradley house, famous az
an old-time landmark at Canton,
Mass, burned to the ground with a
loss estimated at $50 900.
The members of the newly created
Maine commission on sea and shore
6choriac OrroDivod with tho OH ro oP
Horatio y. erie of Castine as chair
man.
Wilmah A. Barker, 81, well known
in New England courts, died at Re-
we're, Mass. For twenty-three years
he was law agent for the Boston and
Maine railroad.
Mrs. Ellen A. Turner, %, was
burned to death at Springfield, Mass,
when her clothes caught fire While
she was trying to light fire by the
use Of kerosene.
Thoma7 johnson, So. and his wife,
Sc, were found dead from gas in their
room in a Boston lodging house, and
the police say they died in a suicide
pact.
Further cuts in service have been
announced by the New Haven rail-
road, and the Boston and Maine has
removed practically all parlor cars
from it's lines.
Charles Lambert and Thomas Fish
er, accused of stealing automobiles and
disposing of them, were sentenced at
Providence to four years each in
prison.
The Darby block and adjoining
buildings at Augusta, Me-, were de-
stroyed by fire with a loss estimat-
ed at $4,000.
Mrs. Florence r. Singleton Of Woon-
socket, r. l., was awarded alimony of
$500 with her divorce from J, Il.
Singleton, manager of the Providence
mills
The Worcester, Mass. school COM
mittee voted to postpone the opening
of schools until Feb, 4, on account