New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-08-01
Double Drowning
At Marsh POND
Attempted to Retrieve Fish Pole
Ends in Tragedy
LIBRARIAN FOR IS YEARS
Charles L. Wooding At Bristol In
stitution Long Tfme-Row Over
Dog and Sequel in Court Still
Under Way.

Dog and Sequel in Court Still
Under Way.
A double drowning tragedy took
place at the old Marsh Pond on the
Bristol Plymouth town line west of
the Chippanee Country club yester-
day morning at $3.50 when Eugene
Lashko. 40, Of Shrub road. Edge
wood. and Otto Killan, IA, of Lex
ington street. who has spent night
fishing there were drowned.
The accident happened near the
shore. when Lashko, equipped with
high hip boots and raincoat at
tempted to wade out for a fish pole
which had been lost by the fishing
party. He suddenly stepped into a
hole and f1oundered around helpless
ly beyond his depth. Young Kill
liam. who is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Michael killian. seeing the mans
predicament dove in after him.
Lashko grabbed the boy and soon
both disappeared below the surface.
Alphonse Pisarski, IA, another
boy in the fishing party. saw what
had happened and Immediately ran
half mile to the nearest telephone.
Aid was summoned from Bristol
and Terryville and police officers
responded from both places as well
as members of the Bristol fire de-
partment The bodies were finally
recovered however, by Sheriff
Buckley and his men of the Terry
Vile police force.
They were examined by DR.. r. j.
Lawton. Terryville medical eXamin-
cr, who gave permission for their
removal to an undertaking establish
ment.
A man by the name of Bachmann.
who had been a fourth member of
the all night fishing party, lost the
pole which was the direct cause OF
the tragedy during the night. Short
ly afterward he left for home with
the announcement that the finder OF
the pole could have it.
Wooding at Library
Today marks the completion of
thirty-five years of service as libra
+, rian of the Bristol public library by
Charles l.. Wooding, noted authority
of library subjects and president OF
the Connecticut Library association.
Mr.. Wooding first became librarian
on August 1. 1892 following the
completion of a college course at
Yale university in that year and a
summer school course in library
work at Amherst college. He has
been the active head of the local
institution during all of it's existence
except during the first six months.
The Bristol public library was es-
tablished in the early part of the
year of 1879. by a vote of the cleo
tors at the previous town meeting.
1t was started with the library Of
the old Y. M. C. A. as a nucleus. The
old Y. M. c., A. which had furnish
ed the towns only library facilities
up to that time, was on the point of
disbanding, which led to the estab-
lishment of the Bristol public Ii
brary. Mr.. Wooding graduated from
Yale in June. 1892, and through the
efforts OF Judge Epaphroditus Peck,
who was the secretary of the newly
formed board of library directors
and who has been secretary of the
board since that time. the services
of Mr~Wooding We're secured to take
active charge OF the newly formed
institution.
Mr.. Woodine Immediately entered
the summer school at Amherst COL
lege where he completed a special
course in library work, after which
he entered the towns employ on
August l of that same year.
At that time the library was a
small affair located In the Ebert's
the city hall now stands. There were
about $500 volumes in it at that
time as compared with the more
than $4,000 volumes in the present
building.
Under Mr.. Weddings management
the Bristol public library has kept
pace with the general growth of the
city. In 1896 the present library
site was purchased by the library
board and the dwelling house on the
property was converted into use for
library purposes. This building,
formerly the residence of the late
c. S. Treadway served as the home
Of Bristol's public library for ten
years until the demand for larger
quarters became so acute that a
general campaign for funds with
which to erect modern library
building was successfully conducted.
AS result of this campaign. the
present library building was con-
structed on the site and this was