New Britain herald., 1928-07-23
EXPLOSIONS KILL
 2 IN THIS STATE
Another Man Drowned in List of
 Week.End Accidents

New Haven. July 3 tP-Two men lost their lives in explosions in Cen necticut over the weekend. another was drowned, a third died beneath his truck after it had overturned. and a TWO year old boy was killed when the driver of a car which was being backed out Of garage, failed 10 se,- him. An explosion aboard a yacht caused a fire and brought burns 10 one man, anothe was shot flve times during an argument over four cents and several other per sons were injurel in automobile ac cidentS George Sweet, one ot the blast victims, met his death at the Winsted Insulated Wire Company plant His death vas directly due 10 burns which he received in the fire which followed the explosion. The cause or the blast vas not de termined. The other victim was Chester Ealagsr Of Greenwich. A mould which he vas pouring at the Shick Razor Company plant explod cd and sent bits Of hot iron into his body He died at Greenwich hos pital shortly after
 In one fatal autom oblle accident, Myer Novick was crushed and kill ed under his truck on the Norwich Colchester road and in the other. two year old Royce Sloan was held here when Robert Greckler backed his car out of a garage and into the boy.
 Benjamin Pelsly. 74, slipped off the bank of a shallow stream Tn Stamford and drowned in six feet Of water beofre anyone could come 10 his aid
 Sidney R. Coless of Springfield. Mass. was burned when the yacht Arizona Sd caught fire after an eX- plosion Tn the gas tanks while it was anchored off the Greenwich Yacht club beach. John Cirillo, confec- 1ioner, of this city was shot five times by a man thought to be An tonic Manganella in an argument over four cents change.
 Gar Hits Tree
 Charl as Schede of Darlen and Charles Weed of North Canaan were taken 10 Danbury hospital after their machine first struck a tree and then burst into flames near Bedford, N. Y. Both men were burned and bruised but their condi- ton is not serious,
 Bridget Shaughnessy was struck by a skldding taxi while waiting for a bus in Stamford and suffered in Juries to her hand by being tAsown against a tree. In the same acCi- dent, Stanley Bouton of Darien, who was riding in the cab suffered in juries 10 his chest when he was tossed out of his seat
 John King of Bethel was another accident patient admitted to Dan- bury hospital. Kings car crashed into tree when it left highway which was under construction. In the vicinity of Hartford there were several accidents in which ten I nr- sons were hurt. Four automobiles came together at East Robbins road and the Berlin turnpike and as re- suit six persons were taken to Hart ford hospital. They were Samuel Fried, Worcester. Mass: Samuel Sl- Nerman. also of Worcester; Frank Blasky. of New Britain; Mrs. Sadie Grossman. Providence: Mrs. Harlan Lemirs, New Britain; Mrs. Jean Fried. Worcester. Of the six, Mrs. Grossman was the most seriously injured. She suffered possible fracture Of the skull. Mrs Lemirs. Mrs. Grossm1n and Blasky remained at the hospital, the others being dis charged after treatment.
 Cut c,, Head
 Yetta Cheser, IT, Of WIllmantic, was cut on the head when thrown from the car in which she was rid ing when II colllded with another machine and John W. Roberts of Cambridge Mass, suffered injuries 10 his ribs when his machine crash ed into another in East Hartford.
 In another Fast Hartford craeh, Mrs, Arthur H Vines of Hartford. vas cut on the head by broken glass from the windshield of her car. Joseph D'Ambro also came to grief 10 East Hartford receiving cuts on his right hand when his automobile.