The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-27
VERMONT NEWS.

killed in the railroad yard at South Roy
alton, at a cTossover switch, just below
the depot, Saturday night between 10
and II O'Clock, his body being discovered
at the latter hour by w. L. Lamberton,
who was returning home, after closing
his pool room. 1t appears that the
young man had stolen a ride on a fast
freight train from Randolph and was at
tempting to get off as the train did not
stop or slow down at the South Royalton
station. He jumped off between the
tracks, and his head was crushed against
the bar of the switch, the body lying be-
tween the tracks. The boy. who had
been working on farm in Randolph, was
coming home to assist his father, II. B.
Course, in haying.
One of the most serious automobile
accidents of the season occurred inst out
side of the village of ERosburg Falls, on
the road to st. Adams, late Saturday
night, when a Ford car owned by Chester
Clarke, of South Franklin, turned turtle,
pinning the eight occupants under the
machine. Two of the occupants were
seriously injured. One of them is not ex-
pected to live. Mr. Clarke. who was
driving the, ear. suffered a broken collar
bone and other bruises His little seven
year-old daughter was the most seriously
injured and up to late hour last night
had not gained consciousness. The cause
of the accident is not definitely known,
but it is believed that it was due to the
steering gear.
Allen c. Fitch of Rutland, who for
some time has been service supervisor
for the New England Telephone and
Telegraph Co., travelling throughout Yer
mont, but associated with the office of
Divisional Traffic Superintendent s. F.
Parker of Rutland, has been promoted to
the office of divisional traffic superintend-
ent at Lewiston, Me. Mr. Fitch will be-
gin his new duties August l. He has
been with the telephone company for 10
years, coming to Rutland from Green
FIELD, Mass, when the divisional offices
were moved four years ago. On Satur-
day the chief operators in Vermont pre-
sented Mr.. Fitch a set of gold cuff links
and gold stick pin.
Sedley NJ. Campbell, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. A. Campbell of % Barker street.
Bellows, Falls, was struck and badly cut
by coupe driven by Charles ID. Higgins
Sunday night. The boy was riding on
the back of a carriage and as he Jumped
off the carriage he stepped in front of the
car. The child was cut about the face.
head and other. parts of the body 1t is
stated that the driver of the automobile
was in no way to blame for the accident
as he could not stop the car in time to
avoid hitting the child.
Rev. George +. Forier. superintendent
of Universalist churches, announces that
Rev. Weston A. Cate of Henderson, n. ".
has accepted an invitation to become pas
tor of the Church of the Messiah at st.
Johnsbury, succeeding Rev. H. G.. d.
Scott, who completes his work Sept. /
Mr.. Cate is a graduate of Goddard semi
nary and of st. Lawrence university and
has been settled at Henderson since his
graduation.
Freight engine No. 33 of the Rutland
railroad, which has been lying at the
bottom of Lake Champlain near the Al
burg trestle bridge between Aiburg and
Rouses Point since April 3, at which
time it plunged into the lake when the
bridge gave way under the strain, is to
be recovered by the Rutland Railroad
company. The engine will, no doubt, be
put into operation again.
Mrs. Charles E. Clark of Springfield re
ceived a compound fracture of the frontal
bone, extending partly over one eye
while riding in an automobile recently.
When the ear struck hole in the road,
Mrs. Clark was thrown off the seat and !,
her forehead struck rib in the cover
of the machine.
Nearly 5000 quarts of blueberries were