New Britain herald., 1923-04-02
FREIGHT CARS ARE
 SMASHED ON SIDING Loaded Trains Crash Into and Damage Each Other Near Factory BRAKEMAN SERIOUSLY HURT
Dump Fire Saturday Niglit--Curtail- ment of Mail Scrvice--Dcath Of May Kupclinn--Eastcr Concert at Baptist Church-Plainville Briefs.

May Kupclinn--Eastcr Concert at
 Baptist Church-PlainvilIe Briefs.
 Two freight cars were badly dam aged, one of them a wooden coal car being totally demolished. yesterday afternoon on the private siding of the Standard Steel and Bearing Co.,, when a switcher pushing a train of loaded cars bumped into another train stand ing on the tracks. The switcher drove the train from the main tracks onto the siding with great force and two cars buckled. One was wooden coal car which has been in the ser vice of the road for long time and the other was a steel gondola. The wooden car was practically demolish- ed while the steel car was badly damaged. No one was injured.
 Brakeman Injured. | Late Saturday night. brakeman, whose name could not be ascertained, was badly injured at the water station. The details of the accident have not become known, but in some manner, either through fall or because the victim put his head out and was struck, the man is said to have had his teeth pushed through his jaw. Medical assistance was called, but be- fore a local physician could reach the on a switcher to New Britain and pre- sumably taken to the hospital. It is said that he was running on freight train between New Haven and Vest field. Mass.
 Dump Fire Saturday.
 The fire department was called out | about 10 o'clock Saturday evening to the dump on West Main street, to extinguisf lively blaze that was as- suming dangerous proportions. The fire had spread to such an extent that it was found necessary to lay lines of hose and play water on it. l
 Service Curtailed.
 Owing to the fact that Congress has not appropriated enough money to supply extra help to the post offices throughout the country, Post master James Usher has found it necessary to dispense with the auxil- iary clerks and carriers at the Plain- vile office. Temporarily, there will be no delivery of parcel post from the office and packages must be called for. The suspension of the auxiliary employees dates from April 1 until June 1. After the latter date, it is thought they will be available again.
 Mrs. Mary Kupelian.
 
 of Mountain View. died at her home yesterday noon. She leaves her hus- band and one daughter, Mrs. Ida { Bogosian of Boston. Mass. The fu- neral will be held from her home z Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock T and burial will be in Fairview ceme- i tery, New Britain. Rev. J. c. Ward will officiate. Arrangements are be- ing made by w. A. Bailey & Co. I
 Easter Concert Rendered. c The Easter concert given at the I Baptist church last evening was one c Of the finest that has ever been heard in Plainville, and great deal of credit is due to Mrs. Fran A. Hart il and Miss Bartha Steward who had a supervision of the affair The church
 
 willow and Easter lilies, fitting en- F blems of the spring and Easter time. a A choir of 12 voices rendered o Easter music and the children of the primary and intermediate classes en- tertained with songs and recitations. The special feature of the program l; was the first rendition of hymn en- W titled, Hidden in the Heart of e Jesus" Both the words and music J were composed by Miss Anna J. D Graniss and were never before sung P in public. r Besides being the composer, Miss Iraniss, in company with Miss Kath- crime Farrar, played and sang the hymn. and the initial rendition was T we'll received. n
 Accident Victim Known Here Q Many residents of Plainville have o been shocked to learn of the unfor- fl .unate death of James F. Bent of e Hartford, vice-president of the R. c. Il Bent Construction Co.,, in the falling S, ,f the tower on the New Fuller Brush actory. MT. Bent is well-known in olainville where he personally super 'ised the construction of a number of " 'esidences. Among those which are O 'eported to have been built under his sr supervision are the Trumbul rest. u fences and the Brastow houses. a
 Catholic Notes al The services in the church of Our .ady of Mercy yesterday were attenf- d by the largest congregations of the A ear. The impressiveness of the serv- W ces at the 1O.s0 o'clock mass was ,reatly enhanced by the special Easte. = music by the choir
 First Friday devotions will be held lext Friday. with masses at 5:3v o'clock and Communion again at ! 'clock. Confessions will be heard afternoon at { o'ctock and n the evening at 7:S0 o'clock.
 American Legion Smoker
 A smoker and a social will be held his evening in conjunction with the egular meeting of Brock Barnes post, Imerican Legion. in the post rooms n Pierce street A number Of inn matters are to come up for iscussion. The committee working on the lans for the society circus to be held he last week in June. states that this ears affair will be larger than ever. circus acts and the bes, mateur talent in Plainville will be ecured for the event. Those who anticipated in former years are now