Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-18
WESTERLY

7 There wagka close call for the Co.,. lonial exprss. Tuesday night, and a rnishap' was avoided By the alertness and quick action of Henry A. White house, the locomotive engineer When half a. mile east of. the Kingston. sta- ton the engineer noticed as the train approached the distant signal that big sparks were flying from under the To- comotfve. The train was going at slow rate at that time. about twenty ffve miles an hour. The emergency brakes were applied and. the train Of ten cars vel filled With. messengers, vas brought to sta adstil. Engineer Whitehouse made an examination and found that the steel tire of one of the rear wheels of the locomotive had worked loose, and almost caused a de- railment. It was necessary to hold the disabled locomotive on the main line until the tire was put into place, er e 5,-.. .,c,2av-e.s sio either direct on there 1 would mean deraiIment, Trafice' was <, as4ed for an 3hour.s
 Ig The passengers on the Colonial were etra usferred teth Shore Line ex- press which crossed over at Kingston and proceeded east on the westbound track. h 4f In the meantime an emergency en- zine was sent from Midway, with tire r"""t~'rn a0naratr1s and sneoial me- chanics and temporary repairs were made. The disabled engine was taken to Midway
 Mester Mechanic Ralph Farrno-d d "c ''"-'~"al nccu~~ence for the tire on a trailer to work ioase. All ,., ' F1'd, are carefully in- spected and the one that caused the delay at Kingston was inspected in the afternoon at New Haven. befo~e heinz placed on the colonial train. He 1, stated. that had the trq'rs hAeu going at the reeIl'ar rate of speed there s'1re- y would have been derailment of the
 locomotive. s.. Rev Tho--as F. Norris. 75. fcrrrer chapTa'n of the Grard Ar-rv of the Republic Derartment of Rhode Is- : land. who died in Eineeton, Mass. | last week, was hu~ied in Tioc-s+ Grove ] ce~etery, Providence Re was for a i, ou--her of vea~e pastor of the River
 s'de c.onvregat' 'onal church. He Ieavas
 Hte widow, two sons and two daugh- ters.
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 ''s+ad hv tho. Tu7io~ Order A--e-'re- V Mechanics ard i1tn -re~- rer~1'p 'n Hone counri1. Westerly, Wednesday
 aven'no. Mechanics frorn South King
 ston Kinvston and. other p'aces were
 n attenda-ce. 4 collat'on followed
 tie business session.
 Samuel R-uS = Sr-s1"- Q? i'r.
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 Sprague, born o- Block r~'o-d r"-. ,'6 fea7 F's w'fA, who d'ad sevara ''"""-~ nr" was. hefore marriage Han
 -ah Mai's'a BaN.
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 and 4. rrekre fo-ra-d~ Stonehou-,
 "a-t-e Dixon and R Me''sle awards with Taw'or, Anderson, Re1-e+N ant
 Fowler, s"hs+'tutes; IS s"hcd-'ed fo ? sa--e with the South K'n~sto- tear
 -r,dav r'eht. Th'e team defeated th
 0'' "'fth Company team last Frida,
 night.
 | Mrs chr'stophe- ". Eldr.dqe, c
 Mvrtic: is in tha Rhode Is1end hos 1ital being treated for an iriu-v t Hser head. She was wa1ktsg aIo,s Y. West 7-in ster street P-o-.;donre whe- '-o- hs- '.sod hv wc-'-oa a-, on +l roof of build ng fell ard str,1ck Mrs E,dredge on the head. Her. scalp wa