Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-26
IN NORWICH FIFTY YEARS AGO

pan crushed Murphy, mortally wound ed in the back. Dr. Robinson was call ed to attend the wounded and the doc tor on his way home found man in the road by the name of Robert Clark with an arm broken in two places, Clark hav- ing fallen off a load of cement.
 While Harry Hazen was at work in the wheel pit at the new mill at Taft vile Wednesday morning "a large stone suspended over the pit, fell out of the slings and came down upon his right leg below the knee, literally crushing the bones.
 On Tuesday there was a series of &C., cidents at this place. First capstan to derrick was crushed by a flying stone from blast. An old capstan was substituted for the broken one and the staple that secured the whiffIetree to the end of the lever came out. The lever struck the boy who was coiling down the rope on the head and it is feared frac- tured his skill. The father of the boy, 1 witnessing the accident, ran to his assis- . tance and was struck in the side by the 1 lever and his rib was fractured A guy rope on the derrick gave way and James | Carey of Taftville. who was at work url- der the boom, jumped to escape it's fall, ! struck his head against stone. fractur- | ing his skull. Another man was caught under the guy rope of the falling derrick and received injuries that will confine him to the house for a week.
 Friday. June 24. 1870: One of those pleasant little events which turn the usually barren waste of life into flow CT garden, an oasis or some other sim l liar article took place at police head l quarters yesterday afternoon. At about 1 o'clock eight or ten members of the force were gathered concentrating their efforts on doing nothing. apparently careless or unconcerned, but actually in l the state of expectancy. awaiting the ap- pearance of one who had been intruste6 with mission. For some time they waited and longed and at length it was whispered that he had defaulted bu
 while the rumors were rife, in a breath less haste the messenger appeared at tht door with a wink in his eye and brow1 paper bundle under his arm At this tht
 others smiled sweetly but the captain
 who was busily writing noticed nothin;
 unusual. and was therefore somewha
 surprised when Judge Bowles walke'
 fiercely uD and in behalf of.the force pre- sented a beautiful silver water pitche
 and salYer, the former bearing the in
 scription, presented to Capt. William E
 Whaley, by some of the members of tn
 Norwich police force as a token of re
 spect, June 2, A. D. 1870.
 The posts and railings for the Prestol
 bridge arrived yesterday. On four of tn
 former are inscribed the names of the SC
 lectrnen of this town under whose reig
 the edifice was projected. the enginee
 and contractor of the masonry and fro
 work. Very properly the length of tim
 which has been necessary to it's erectio is omitted.
 Saturday. June o5, 1870: The office c
 Special Revenue Commissioner David 4
 Wells expires by limitation on the frs
 of July It is well understood that n effort has been made in congress to con
 tinue the office, on account of the opposi
 ton of Secretary Boutwell,.
 At the annual meeting of the VIII. mantle Savings Institute the followin officers were elected for the ensuing year ) president John Tracy; vice presiden ; Whiting Hayden; secretary and treas } urer, Henry r. Royce; directors H. Royce. H II. Fitch. J. F. Arnold, A. I Burleson and L. H. Clark.