Norwich bulletin., 1922-07-25
DANIELSON AND PUTNAM NEWS

l cid. Saturday afternoon, their daugh- l ter. Mrs. Frank J. c. Baile wand son, Francis, of Danielson, and Mrs. Abby Buss, who lives at the Exley home, had a narrow escape from electrocution. bolt that seemed to run along a telephone wire entered the house, rip- ping of boards as 1t made its way through and caused damage in three rooms, as well as filling the house with smoke creating for a time the impress sion that the house had been set afire. Mrs. Bailey and her little son were sit ting only a few feet from where the lightning entered. No one in the home was injured in the incident.
 Carloads of dirt washed on the em- bankments bordering the new state high way where 1t ascends South Killingly the Coffey property at the foot of the hill and gang of men working with several teams spent the greater part of the day In cleaning it up. The new road stood up under the severe washing at this point without sustaining any dam age.
 Something of 8 novelty for people hereabouts was sight of freight train of not unusual length being hauled northward by three locomotives. Two of the big machines were at, the head of the train, the other few cars back. Some Shore line trains were run through here Monday on account, it was report ed, of a washout on the line between New London and Providence. Seldom in the summer ttme, according to old-timers hereabouts,e have the Quinebaug and ssawaga rivers been run ming at such high levels as were noted Monday. The unusual rainfall of Sat urday and Sunday, periods when the mills along the stream were not in op- eration. allowed the Quinebaug river to rise rapidly and reach a level such as one frequently sees 1t at in the spring l time.
 Monday morning at ApponauE, R. |. 1 funeral services for Mrs. Victoria Lague. who died at Oakland Beach Sat urday, were conducted by Rev. W. E l Nealey of the Catholic church in that place. The body was brought to- Dan i ielson for burial in Holy Cross ceme- tery Rev. John Roux. M. S.. pastor oi St. James church, reading the commfttal service at the grave. The bearers were | Pierre Boulaine, Abel l.. Reeves F. x Lemieux. Joseph N. Lavalle, Philip s Maynard and D. E. Jette. Louis E Kennedy was the funeral director Monday afternoon, upon the arrlva orom Montreal of the body of Josepf I Cyr. a service conducted by Rev. Johr Roux, M. S., was held at St. James church. Burial was in the family lot il St. James cemetery. The solemn higi mass of requiem for Mir. Cyr Is to b, sung this (Tuesday) morning. Tn bearers were D. E. Jette, J. N. Lavalle Dr. J. N. Perreaur, Damase Boulais Abel L. Reeves and Pierre Boulaine Louis E. Kennedy was the funeral di rector.
 Irving W. Davis was in Harttor, Monday on business trip. z Rev. Walter ]. Greene left Monda, for his vacation during which he vii visit at Watch Hill and with relative . in New York.
 Friends here received on Monday an nouncements of the wedding of Mis- , Marion Etta Ross and William Porte Hannum at Provincetown, Mass, c . Saturday last. The bride is niece c t Mrs. w. W. Woodward of Broad stree and cousin of Judge w Fenner Wood ward and Chief A. P. Woodward of tn fire department. For a number of year Mrs. Hannum has been teaching in tn Boston metropolitan district and ha been an occasional visitor here. Rev. Joseph E. Mccarthy, of All Hal lows church, at Moosup, left Monda for his annual vacation.
 f At the Sayles farm in ElmVille Mor day morning some of the low-lyIng Ian was under water as the result of tn very severe storm of the night before.
 Additional looms were started Monda at the plant of the River Weaving com l afot, a41 shutdown of several months.
 In a recently published list of UT claimed bank accounts in which n change has been made for twenty year is one at the Brooklyn Savings ban for $ss742, credited to Abiline c. Ave Till.
 Mrs. Ida c. Shippee is executrix of tn estate of her husband, Willis H. Shippe,
 Approximately 500 feet of the ne state highway being built, but not fir ished, at the easterly end of the Jo near the Dark Lantern schoolhouse va reported washed out Monday morning a the result of Sunday nights storm.
 Augur Gaudreau is in Canada for tw weeks visit in Montreal and towns that vicinity.
 State Officers Alberts s. Field, A. V Williams and Merrill Keith were at Jew cit City Monday
 Lester Craig, who has been ill wit ; pneumonia at Melrose Highlands,
 making satisfactory progress toward r covery.
 Some cornhelds were practically ruil ! ed in the Green Hollow road territo: s. by the thunderstorms of Saturday ar Sunday.
 Stella KOkemah, about 30, of We ster. sustained broken collar-bol when she was thrown out of an aut
 mobile that slCidded on the slipper
 state highway between Danielson aI D Wauregan, during the storm of Sund;
 night. She was treated at the office
 Dr. F. P. Todd and then proceeded
 the Day Kinball hospital at Putnal
 Three other persons in the ear were n
 injured.
 Mir. and Mrs. Charles R. Alley, fro Camp Devens. and Mir and Mrs. Edwal F. Bartlett of Worcester Mass, we
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