New Britain herald., 1926-03-17
GIRL NEARLY DRAWN UNDER R. R. TRAIN
Evelyn Durr Sucked Against
 Cars as They Pass
ESCAPES SERIOUS INJURY
lids Received For Water Depart mcnt Building--i'irst school Dis trict Mcctins--Curtis Lane Fire Nmcricazation Class Graduates.

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 Miss Evelyn Dur, 10 years old, daughter of Mir. and Mrs, John Dur of II? Kenny street, For"stvtll" had a miraculous rscap" from death y"s- { tcrday afternoon at the Mapl" street railroad crossing, more familiarity 1 known 10 the older residents ns "nooIittlo's crossing
 Miss burr had left the office of l the Sessions Foundry Co. where she is employed, shortly before . o'clock to catch q trolley for her homo and had almost cleared tn" crossing when train 126, cn route from Waterbury 10 Dos on, in charge of Couductor Sauttr and Engineer tIGndon, reached the crossing. The suction of the fast moving train drew Miss purr against tho side Of 1the cars and hurled her into ihe street q distance Of about 15 feet She was picked ID by Policeman Edgar Norton and insisted on heinG taken 10 her home, 10 which place she was removed Tn the automobile nf Thomas Lincoln Of 59 Judd street pr, George r. Cooke of Tlainvillf was called to attend her and or dcred her removal to th" Bristo hospital. His examination showed l, Miss Durr to hc severely hruis'r ( about the body a concusion of th' scalp and shock.
 F Tho train stopped after inc ac cident and Engineer Landon state lthat proper warning was sounde' before the crossing was reached,
 "Doolittle's crossing" has been th' ), scene of numhtr of accidents
 rome of which have had fatal re
 suits and at one time strenuous ef for;s were made to eliminate th I grade. T. was claimed that th z cost to carry ont this plan was pro = llipitivr and an understanding va .rcarhcd between the city and rail , road officials to replace the tW : crossings at that point with on . largo crossing, the present arrange
 mcnt.
 BidS Opened l. Thc regular meeting of the boar of water commissioners was held las
 night. at which scaled bids for th
 construction Of an administrato building on the Riverside avonu VI site were opened,
 ,' The lowest bid was received fro' !! the Suzio Construction Co. Of Mer 2" den. the frur" hciug S94,400, Othc < who submi''nd bids were Jam I' C,Ericiio. Waterbury. s%l,9a3; lg Wal"s Lines O.. Moriltn, s@l,G" le Torrington Building Co.,, TorrinEto s21,GIo; Loucks X Clark, Wat' r. bury. s9S,35o; H"lmiug & CluHthcT in Bristol. s27.o50; Joseph pAvin 'e Bristol S21.00o; Lewis Miller, M"r D. den. s?6,G&l.
 l. Duo 10 the nhscrr" from the ci
 of Alexander Harper. one of q
 commissioners 1t was voted 10 ho
 ID inc awarding Of the contract I'll
 tll his return either today or tomo y TOW.
 -- Anniversary Observance ,h Sarah r.. Reynolds Camp, No, 1 vn will observe it's fourth annivcrsa ng this ovrnirA.
 n, A class of candidates will he i nd itiatcd and number of ont. of~toU ed visitors are expected 10 hc preset T. Early Morning Fire rl Squad < and Engine Company \ lis l were called out at @:%9 q. m. {
 day fo Curtis Lane where par
 ton fire was in progress in {
 honsc owned by pr, E, E. Rohhi
 and occupied by Thomas nnSha'
 Tue fire. which originated fire |" sparks in brick fireplace, was ( tinguisn"d with the us" Of chon
 calls with slight damage, to First school District "MctiuG re- \ notice has been sent out O, Io- school meeting to he held next Nc FN day evening at s o'clock, at whi
 inc tax for the present year will ''' lai1.
 '" Tho rate last year was five mi
 but due to 1he increased rropo
 1alucs appearing on the new rev D. uation and equalization of the gra a'' list. it Is thought that three m as' will take care of the financial 10 .ouircmcnts of tho district. om Vital Statistics the Figures released hy inc ( 'ci. clerks office yesterday show [
 during the month of February tn . were 4j births, 19 marriages and
 deaths
 T The number Of deaths and n Q riagcs were slightly above the N craze for Bristol, although
 month was the shortest ono of
 year.
 Water Board Meeting
 N tho regular meeting o' - water commissioners last evening