New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-07-28
NAMVlLlE NEWS
LINDEN RADCLIFFE
KILLED BY TRAIN
Accident Happens at Pennington
Passenger Station
RIDING WITH OTHER BOYS

DESIRED Cross Meeting Held
and Reports Made-Lcgion Carni-
val Tomorrow Night.
Linden Radcliffe, aged % years,
and son of Mr.. I'D Mrs. Roscoe Rat
cliffe of East Main street, was al
most instantly killed about $50
O'Clock last night at the Farmington
passenger station when he was run
over by a freight train from which
he was alighting. The young man
is reported to have been near the
| back of the train. The freight was
said to be going at rapid rate of
speed and the young man jumped
SO that his two heels would alght
in the bank and stop his fall He
did not know of an abuttment which
is in front of the station and he
struck it with great force. It is
thought that the shock threw MIN
backward with the result that his
head went beneath the wheel of one
Of the loaded cars. The top of the
skull was cut open by the accident
and death was almost instanta-
neous. The body was dragged for
a distance of rs or 100 feet along
the roadbed. Almost every bone in
his body was broken as a result of
his being dragged. The Farming
ton station carries two shifts of
operators and the last man was off
duty. Therefore the accident vas
officially reported to the local s1a-
with local people for aid. DR.. |
lin a v>t1a inc
viewed the remains and reported |
death as due to accident.
Young Radcliffe was in company
with nine or ten other Plaipville boys
who were presumably going up swim
ming. The freight was an, extra,
No. 1872, bound north, with its first
stop presumably at Simsbury. 1t
was in charge of Conductor Hart and
Engineer Lyman. The young fellows
decided to get off at Harrington and
all alighted without accident except
the dead boy. The freight left
Plainville at $40 o'clock and was
boarded by the boys as it passed
over the Main street crossing. The
young men who accompanied Rat
cliffe were overcome by the accident
and were unable to give any clear
version of the affair.
Radcliffe was popular among the
younger element of the town. He
was known as a prominent ball
player and his services were in de-
mand by many reputable teams. He
had been out Of employment for
some time and had been in the habit
of swimming and playing ball with
the younger element in the town.
The young man had been swim
ming yesterday afternoon and his
chums asked him to go to Com
pounce for a swim last night. He
refused on the ground that he was
going home early to go to bed. The
next heard of him was the grue-
some account of his death.
The family Of the young man was
Frustrated when informed Of the ac-
cident His father is master me-
chanic at Trum bulls and is a well
known citizen. Besides his parents,
the young man leaves one older
brother, Glen, also employed at the
Trumbull plant. The funeral will be
held tomorrow afternoon from the
home at 2 o'clock and will be strict
ly private. Funeral services. will be
conducted by Rev. r. H. Burton.
The young man was born in New
York state.
Ralph Roberts Dies
Ralph Roberts, veteran of the Civil
war; died at 7:1O o'clock this morning
in the Hartford hospital at the age,
of SIS years. Mr.. Roberts had been
ailing for sometime and was removed
to the hospital on Tuesday. Death was
due to complication of diseases.
The former soldier entered the ranks
of the Northern army when he was
but q boy and fought throughout the
struggle. He was an active member of |
the G. A. r. with headquarters in
Forestville.. He was employed at the
Sessions Clock company in Forest
vile for over Is years. Besides his
wife he leaves seven children. He was
also a member Of the local lodge of
Odd Fellows The body will be brought
to the Bailey undertaking home on
Broad street today. Funeral arrange
ments are incomplete.
Red Cross Meeting.
The regular meeting of the Plain
vile branch of the Red Cross was
held in the Red Cross rooms on
Whiting street, Tuesday evening, and
reports of the officers were read. A
letter was read with reference to
the work of the visiting nurse in
the Plainville schools. Her work was
highly commended by Principal o.
L. Judd who reported that the at
tendance was much improved, due
to the work of the nurse among the
families of school children Miss
Elizabeth Heineman is the present
nurse and she has been here for
over a year. The nurses report for
May and June shows: Nursing visits
1873, visits to school children 1874, in
FAINT welfare visits 127, prenatal
visits s, tuberculosis visits 5, school
visits Is, visits unclassif1ed %,
bal ies and children weighed 30,
total visits SOB, fees collected $685.,
babies under supervision 105. This
report shows large amount of work
done by this woman who is forced
to cover all her territory on foot. She
will leave for three weeks vacation
on August Sth and will return here