The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01

s, of Barnes street Extension, who was fatally injured in November. ..
 Fatal Car Crash
 Two Waterburians were killed on March B in a car crash in Farm ington as they were enroute to this city from Hartford Two per- sons died and two were seriously injured June in a crash on the Middlebury- Waterbury Road when their vehicle crashed into tree .. A Waterbury nurse, Elsie Breen, died in a collision on the Merritt Parkway on June 14 and three other residents of the State were also killed in the accident.
 The first day of the year lo45 witnessed an error in banking when flve-year-old Margaret Hayes, of South Main street swallowed nickle which resulted in treatment at St. Mary's Hospital
 A New Haven truck driver, Joseph Celentano, was arrested August 1 by State Police on a charge of as- sault which involved a 15-year-old Waterville girl The 'terroriz- ing" reign of 17-year-old Leroy Watson of Country Club Road, who was engaged in the art of molesting the city's female population, came to an end on May IS when he was captured by police Two other characters, engaged in the pro fession' of robbery, were at least practable; they removed the shoes of their victim after they robbed him, thus preventing him from fol- lowing them in the snow ..
 Successful Getaway
 Joseph DelGobbo, alias Duke Mo- relli, p, of 491 Washington Street, successfully perpetrated the first break from Wethersfeld Prison in IS years. His success was short-lived, however, as a week later, on January 25, he was captured by Bridgeport police
 Two ex-soldiers, who had robbed a friend" after turing him into a card game, were bound over to Superior Court when arraigned in City Court on January 26. The men, bound over in bonds of $3 1000 each, after stripping their victim of all his valuables and most of his clothes, forced him to walk home almost naked in a bitter cold.
 An Alabama road gang fugitive was apprehended in the city on May 20 by local police On July l6 police dragged Lakewood pond for a drowning victim whose clothes were discovered on the bank John Nolan, clock expert" was ar- rested on March l2 for the 74th time on charges of stealing clocks 41-year-old John Gaukas, South Leonard Street, was found dead beneath his front veranda on March 8 On February 27, An- thony Sankus, a Brooklyn tailor, was discovered dead in his shop, victim of asphyxiation by coal gas...
 Child's Life Saved
 Tn the cold month of February, with several inches of snow on the ground that stopped motor vehicle traffic, a Washington, Connecticut woman who had been ill for several weeks, was transported to Water bury Hospital on bob sled 10-year-old Lorraine LaFreniere, who was given up for dead on March l5 when she swallowed her tongue, was saved from death by the work of policemen who didn't know when to say, die" The men worked over the child, giving her artificial respera- tion for several hours until she finally revived. . <.
 A broken gas main, responsible for the years biggest local story, was responsible also in February for big" story Out on Country Club Road, 57-year-old Albert H. Gaess met death from asphyxiation by Illuminating gas and his wife and daughter required treatment at Waterbury Hospital following the accident while they were in bed ..
 Fine Police Review
 As 194 faded into history, Deputy Fire Chief Stephen J. Bloomfield retired after 40 years service Capt. James J. Cavanaugh did like wise after 40 years service also Francis T. Scully was elevated to the post of deputy chief Al- together almost a score was re- tired, and almost a score was added to the call force to fill the vacancies, most of them veterans of World War II Three captains were added to the force to fill vacancies created by the retirements of others and three lieutenants were promoted from the ranks to sup plement the lack of captains caused by the other promotions.
 These are not all the incidents" on the Police and Fire fronts for 1945, but they constitute the major ones, a few of the minor ones and the more mentionable humorous
 Of course we hope that we'll not have to report such things as explo- sions, robberies, fires and violent deaths in l946, but when we find the task necessary (and we shalD, we'll do our best to bring a full and ac- curate account of such things to the many readers of The Democrat.
 And now HAPPY NEW YEARl