Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-08-22


the line of accidents There were sew
eral auto smashes, with some serious
consequences little boy was hurt
by falling chimney. man was
| struck and severely injured by a
freight train, a little girl was run over
by an auto, man and 4 woman were
struck by an auto. and, to close the
list, two dogs were run over.
Little Napoleon Golan, son of Mrs.
Theodore Golan of 100 Water street.
was a curious onlooker at 81 Water
street about 40 Sunday afternoon.
! Edmond Cyr G. Co. were moving the
old Simson house from the corner OF
! Geld and Water streets 10 a position
close beside the residence of Father
Joseph Drolet. The lutte chap was
watching the process with considerable
interest and got too close. A chin
new. which was at the back of the
I section OF the house which was being
moved. began to sway. lie did not see
it, Suddenly it topplcd over. grazing
| the lady's head and barely missing
crushing him. As the chimney struck
the earth ii broke into sections. one of
which fell over against the boys
right leg, breaking it just above the
ankle. Officer Nadeau picked the boy
up and carried him home. DIR. Poulin
was called and the boy was taken to
the Sisters hospital
Charles Wentworth. a blacksmith.
from Freedom was struck by an An
! gusta- bound freight train at the foot
of Temple street about $50 Saturday
and was hurled 80 feet. The ground
showed plainly the marx of his body
as it dug the earth up He staggered
TO his feet and lurched across the
street to the home of Joseph Jcnness,
! where he fell exhausted eE the church.
: He was taken in and laid on a bed.
| while a doctor was called 1t was
found that his arm was broken above
the elbow, and it was feared that he
sustained internal injuries. The train
at the time was slowing down for the
bridge over the Kennebec. He was
taken by Deputy Marshal George Fl.
Simpson and Officer Ralph Blunt to
the Sisters hospital
Ford car driven by Wilfred
, Pooler Of Fairfield crashed into a
Studebaker driven by Henry H.
Thornton of Cambridge, Mass, at a
point little on the Waterville side
of Oak Grove, on the State road
about $50 Saturday. Neither Of the
drivers were hurt in the collision, but
Fred Champine and Bragg both
of Fairfield, We're injured in the
shakeup and were cut by flying glass.
Another man in the Ford, whose
identity could not be ascertained
was somewhat cut about the head
Two wheels and the top of the Ford
were broken, and the left front wheel
and both tenders of the Studebaker
were smashed. Deputy Sheriff Will
liam Fl. Dignam was called, and hur-
ried to the scene of the accident,
where he found Officers Smith and
O'Brien of the State highway police
He looked over the wrecks of the
cars, and with Officer O'Brien left
for Waterville, to look up Pooler
Pooler followed them into the city,
and was arrested upon com plant of
Mr.. Thornton. He is charged with
driving while under the influence of
| liquor. When interviewed Sunday
night by the representatives of the
journal, Mr.. Pooler said that his
mind wa.s very haZy upon the sub
ject of the accident, and that he
could not even remember the names
of the men who We're with him. He
said that he did know that the Bragg
man was the man who pitched for
Lawrence High of Fairfield last year.
but beyond that he would make no
statement.
man who gave his name as Fer
ran, and claimed Oakland as his
residence, drove the Ford touring car
which struck and seriously injured
Mrs. Wilfred Labreck and Frank
Labreck, her brother in-law, about
D o'clock Saturday night at the Silver
street bridge over the Messalonskee
stream. Wilfred I.abreck, husband
of the injured woman and Mrs.
Frank lAbreck, wife of the injured
man, We're with them at the time.
Mrs. Labreck was scratched and cut
about the head, and was knocked
down, while her brother-in-law. sus-
tanned serious injuries to his back.
ana 1t is thought that his spine may
be injured. According to their state
ment, the Labreck's were about Is
feet from the Oakland end of the
bridge, on their way from the trolley
car which they had taken from II
Moore street, to their home on Cool
street. The car came from behind
them, and turned out for another
car. and in doing SO, struck them
down. The windshield of the car
was shattered by the shock, and the
GLASS was StreWn over the Highway.
The driver. according to Mrs
Labreck, put on full speed. and had
reached the top of tie hill before he
returned in answer to the cries of
the injured people. He told them
that he thought they were not in
Jured, and so had gone on. He said
that the lights of the car for which
he had turned out had dazzed him
so that he did not see where he
was going. The uninjured people
walked to their home on Cool street
and doctor was called.
1t has been impossible exactly to
identify the driver of the car.
Louise, the four year old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Carey, of
1876 Water street, left the home of
her grandmother. Mrs. John Carey,
who lives across the street, and
started home Saturday aftarpoo,