Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-04

London and a sister Mrs. Carrie Fries of Boston. It was stated Thursday | night that Mir. Root went to Clarks l Corners on Thursday to see William
 Quinn of that town on a matter of business, but just why he was walking
 down the tracks at the time of the fatal accident will probably never be |
 known, The body was brought to this
 city and prepared for burial.
 Another sad feature of the unfortu-
 nate affair was that the engineer of the express which struck Root was none other than Engineer John Me- Carthy whose home is at 3S Jackson stl cet in this city and is well known here. Engineer Mccarthy was quite broken up over the accident, but stated I Thursday night that it was unavoid- | able on his part; that he was making | fast time on the down grave curve between ClaIks Corners and North l Wlnoham and saw Root in plenty of | time for Root to have gotten out of the
 way. He pulled the whistle wide open and applied the emergency brakes i'm mejiarely, but was unable to bring the | train to a stop before striking Root Root apparently never heard the whis-
 tie and the engine struck him in the
 back throwing him to the right side oi the track. Mir. Mccarthy has had l seventeen years of experience as an ' engineer on the New Haven road and l this is the first man his engine ever 1 struck.
 1 Alfred Rood of Windhan1 Center was
 arrested late Thursday afternoon by
 the local police on a charge of assault. 1 His case will come before the police
 court this tFriday) morning.
 Many WilIitnartic friends of Mrs. w.. W Palmer will be srieved to hear the news of her death which occurred Thui Sday afternoon about o'clock.
 Mrs. Palmer underwent a serious op-
 eraJion ahoGt five weeks ago in St
 Joseph's hospital in this city and for
 a tirtc it was thought she would re-
 cover frlly from the o.el ation. The
 de,,c3Sct. was born in An6over, Conn,
 and was 4Y yesrs GlG last January 30th.
 She has resided at Chestnut Hill for
 the past twerty years and in addition
 to her husband, she is survived by two
 children ard her father, A. F. Thomp- son.
 , There was a large attendance of rel
 atives and friends of the pupils of the
 Normal and Model schools at, the dem
 onstration of class work in Folk danc-
 ing and gymnastics, given by them in
 the assembly room of the Normal school Thursday evening. The pro- gram was as follows:
 March, leaders 4th grade, Windham street school; salute to the flag; run ming tactics, seniors. Normal school; oxen dance. 5th and 9th grade boys Windham street school; balance beam work, juniors Normal school; games and falk dance, 2nd and 3rd grades Oaks street school jumping contest Sth Vs 7th grade, Windham street school: free gymnastics, seniors Normal school: shoemaker's dance and
 Swiss May dance. 3rd grade, Windham street school; game, six seniors vs six juniors; Normal school; Highland Fling. seniors, Normal school,
 Each number was warmly applaud ed and well carried out. The demon sfratiou was given under the direction of Miss Edith Paschan and the work of the various classes reflected great credit upon their teachers. This tFriday) evening the city in dustriaI department will hold it's weekly Characterization Night at the Y. M c. A. building, for the benefit of any who may wish information and desire assistance regarding Anericani- zation. The class in Citizenship also holds its meeting tonight (Friday) al the Y. M. c. 4. building. The meet ing win be in charge of Frank P. Fen ton and the subject for discussion is Taxes and the County Mir Fenton is we'll qualified to lead the discussion or this subject The meeting is open tC \ the public.
 \ There were no names of men iron \ this section noted in the casualty list. as published by the war departmen Thursday.
 Rev. J. Eidred Brown of Norwich will preach at the Lenten service thi Friday) evening in St. Paul's Episco 2 pal church in this city
 At the First Congreg gatonal churcI Thursday afternoon at i o'clock tn, \ Girl Scouts had their weekly meetin.