Norwich bulletin., 1922-07-08
IN NORWICH FIFTY YEARS AGO

Two employees of the New london 1 Northern R. R., were fatally injured mean here 50 years ago. one dying al- 1 most instantly the other living only a few days.
 Several other interesting happen ings of '72 are told of in the. columns of The Bulletin as follows:
 Monday July 1, 1S72-Frederiek c. Schufelt an employe of the New Lon- don Northern Road was fatally injured below Mohegan Saturday morning. While standing on a. platform car one of the iron rails with which it was loaded fell to the ground and one end of it wrirled around by the rapid motion of the train, struck him in the leg and groin, knocking him from the car and through a board fence. He was brought to this city and Sunday morning the very difficult operation of re-section was performed a large part of the bone of one leg being removed. The propriety of the op- eration was questioned, but as 1t af- forded the only means of saving the life of the patient 1t was finally re- solved upon. He rallied but in the af- ternoon suffered a relapse and died very suddenly.
 Frederick Lincoln, a brakeman on the same line, was struck by the West Side bridge Saturday as he passed under it standing on a car. He re- mained in a comatose condition until Sunday afternoon, and 1t is feared that his injuries will be fatal as they are about the head. hard luck of late. Friday he fell and sprained his shoulder, and on Satur- day added a broken thumb to his in- iurieS He is doing nicely
 F. ". Treadways barn on Hill street was set afire Saturday by boys play ing with matches but was extinguish. | ed without an alarm
 1 Tuesday July g. 1S72-The annua contest for the Williams prize fol reading took place at the Free Acad. | emy Monday evening large audienoa 1 filling the hall despite the intolerabl, heat. Without making any invidioui i distinctions 1t may be said that Stead mans "Astrea" was admirably reat by Miss Butts and that Miss Raymon, | Miss Brennan and Miss Smith als, deserved especial mention. Those wh, took part in the readings were Mis- Annie A Sholes. Miss Mary E. Hunt ing'tcn, Miss Grace Palmer Miss Ell J. Shepard, Miss Emma J. Smith, Mis- Sarah B. McNelly, Miss Ella W. Ray mond, Miss Jennie E Parker, Mis- Della M. Brennan, Miss Carrie Hold en, Miss Emma A. Spencer, and Mis- Matilda Butts.
 The Woolsey scholarship at Yale ha been awarded to c. T. Chester, an the Bunk scholarship to H. s. Gulli yer both of this city.
 Charles Walker was bitten by a do Monday while standing in the door way of Lewis grocery store. The do
 will never bite again if six feet C
 earth can keep him down. Wednesday, July 3,-James Leary
 Baltic employed in Hanover suffere sunsroke. Monday while walkin home. He managed to get home bt
 died shortly after his arrival. Rev. NIT. Davies is to deliver tn
 sermon at the dedication of the ne
 Baptist church in Groton tomorro-
 week.
 Thursday, July 4, 1S72-CIosing es ercises of the Grammar School wa held Wednesday after1oon, a lare
 audience, with pupils filling the sps
 cious senior hall. The Rev. Mir. Pair
 opened the exercises with prayer ar
 a pleasing program followed, the graC
 ttating class showing the effects
 the fine trainin received during il
 year. The yaledictory address was gi-
 en by Master c. P. Hempstead. A,
 dresses were also made by Mir. Gree,
 wood chairman of the board of educ. d tion and Rev. MT. Dana.
 The water in the city reservoir ee
 terday was four feet and one in,
 below high water mark, that lowe
 it has reached since the great draug H last year.
 Two fires in Central Village Tue
 day night resulted in the death of ty
 young men. The two and half sto