New Britain herald., 1926-11-17
MAN NEAR FACTORY INJURED IN STORM
 Charles McKernan Struck in Head by Flying Debris -
 NEWTON BLOCK DAMAGED
JAil- Breaker Given Jail Sentence Boy Breaks Arm-Many Meetngis Scheduled for the Week-Temco Bowling-Plainville Briefs.

Charles Mckernan Of II Norton during the storm yesterday after | noon, being lacerated about the head. Mckernan, who is a foreman at the Standard Steel & Bearings,
 Inc. was standing in the yard near
 the factory when something, just what Is not known, was blown off the roof by the wind and struck him across the temple, inhicting a se- 1 were cut. AS the wind blown object
 was whisked away again immediate ly, he did not find out what had hit
 him. He was treated by pr. Law
 renee H. Frost.
 The storm did considerable dam age to property about the town. the high wind being responsible for most of this. A portion of the tin roof on the Newton block of West Main street was wrenched loose by
 the gale, and the unsupported bricks along the cornice were showered on the sidewalk from time to time. No passersby were struck, but the walk
 was unsafe for travel for some time 1 during the storm.
 The large signboard erected by the
 Trumbull Electric Co. next to it's fac ! tory was also bowled over by the
 wind. Windows in many houses were | blown in or smashed by flying debris. l Branches were torn from trees and | blown about the streets. The rain 1 was driven into a solid sheet which drenched all who ventured forth into 1t. The intensity of the storm was 1 equalled only by the suddenness with which it broke, and considera ble in convenience resulted. Automobile traffic was necessarily slowed up,
 but the enforced carefulness prevent ed accidents.
 Lipski Jailed.
 Joseph Lipski of 21o Curtis street, New Britain, was sentenced to 15 days in the county jail last night by
 Justice NJ. o. Ryder. Lipski, origi- nally arrested with three companions last June, escaped from the lookup with two of them by using keys dropped by Constable Fred Callen in the course of a violent scuffle with the prisoners. He was recognized on a Hartford street Monday afternoon
 by Callen and rearrested.
 Prosecutor William J. Foran brought four charges against Lipski. That of breaking Jail was finally dropped, but he was found guilty on the other counts. He was sentenced to Is days for assault and fined s10 and costs for breach Of the peace and intoXication.
 An odd angle was that George Shine, who remained while his com- panions fled the lookup. was given 80 days for aiding the break. I.ipski, one of the actual escapers, did not have this count pressed against him. This was explained today by Prose- cutor Foran, who said that Shine was the man who had found the keys and who had reached through the bars and unlocked the door. He was therefore the one mainly re- sponsible for the break, the author ities being satisfied to sentence Lip ski on the other charges.
 Boy Breaks Arm
 Raymond Peplow, II. son of MT and Mrs. John Peplow of South Canal street, fractured his right forearm in two places yesterday while playing about the lumber piles on the location of the new Sequas- sen Corporation block. Tn attempt ing to jump from a pile he lost his balance and fell head first. striking on the arm which he flung to protect himself. The bone was set by Dr.