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Evening sentinel, Tuesday, September 21, 1915 · page 1

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Coroner John J. Phelan Conducts
Inquiry Into Trolley Fatality on
the Westport-Nomallt line

 
 

 

 

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Scene of the Accident and Car In-
spected by officials

 

 

 

 

Unless there is some new e‘ldm‘e given to the Eme1genty hospital staff. the electric feeler" zone giien
contradicting that ahead) in 9035955 twas standing on his engi11c,1\htch from the high tension wires.

ion of Co1oner John Phclau, he willl

attiidalile death in the case of Mich-'
ael Brennan, 11110 died from injuries

Holds Iron Bar Too Near

Electric Wires, Fireman
Has Close can From Death

New Canaan Man Hurled From Tender
and Severely Burned About Arms and
Feet—{scape Miraculous—Will Re-

Entered at the South Norwaik Post

Oflice as Second Class Matter.

 

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R. J. Dunn, of New Canaan, a rail~
road fireman, had a miraculous escape
from instant death in the .Epst End
freight yards, Bridgeport, early yester-T
day morning when he came in contact
with electricity from the high tension‘
wires of the electric system. He is
now in the Bridgeport hospital, severe
ly burned about the arms and suffer-'
i111: greatly from shock, but it is ex-
pected that he will recover.

Electricity Runs Through Bar.

Dunn, according to the information

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Alance was called, and on its arrival

cab. The Emergency hospital ambu-
Dr. J. P. Decry found Dunn uncon<
sclous, and apparently in a serious!
condition. lie gave him first aid treat-
ment and rushed him to the Bridge-
port hospital. There he was revived,
and when the bttrns 011 his arms
heal, it is expected he \\ill be able to
lea1e the institution.

it is [relieved that in attempting toA
close the trap door nith the iron bar,
Dunn caused the bar to come within;
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SOUTH NORWALK, CONN, mason, SEPTEMBER 21, 1915

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Believed That Fifty Met Death in a
Fire at the Exhlll (lollitry,
Nuneatol, England, This Morning

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'Cage Employed to Rich: Up't
Workmel Wat Burned

 

 

NL'NEA'l‘ON. Eng. Sept. 21. 12:35
p. n1 —~Several hundred miners “more:

 

Fair tonight and Wednesday; cooler.

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MR8 [MIME ARussian Army Escapes .w.
Coils of Van Hindenburg\

1n Vilna Fighting ZoneF”

Encircling Forces of German Cavalry Be-
lieved To HaveBeen Too Weak to Pre-

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llel't Failure Causes Death About
8 0’0leclt This Homing on Trol-

Iey in Westport Band For (ion-i

nation In Bridgeport.

HAD BEEN IISIIIMR

 

‘Preminent in lady Foresters of the

Country—lived in llobolten,ll. I.

 

Mrs. Katherine Tuttle, aged about

The cur Aentomhed in Exhall Colliery as the rc- forty five years, Supreme Marshal of:

“ A“ SHRI‘DQ’G near IOWDI 62, about 1. 30 T81“ IIIRI was loose from the wire then 9 0 d I
9 {fill of [I II 9 The cage 6111010 ' d t the La y FOYEBIGI'B 0! America in INE-
render it finding of HC( Id ntal and 1m 0 ‘9.ka yesterday morning “ II“? he: IOIIO (I ill? I) r (I ll d thr 1] II I' ) a

had the opportunity, he. started to
wash his hands, and after bathing

Dunn‘ s body ilecausc of the presence
of this fceler" zone, the railroad com-

WWW“ “he“ a trolley, bound from them for some little tin1e,g1asped an1pany has warned its 0,111,10qu my to

M‘ estport to Norwaik, struck him 111
few minutes after six o‘clock Sunday
night some 600 feet cast of the switch
light. at Peat Swamp.

The inquest was started yesterday
afternoon at 1:30 o'clock with theA__
coroner and Medical Examinei S. H.
[Huntington going to the scene of the,
accident and inspecting it. Returning
to the City Hall shortly after 2, Cor-
oner put Thomas A. llall, the oonduc
tor of the cor. on the stand. The wit-

 

lContlnued on Fifth Togo).

 

in millions n in

, roll call of the South. Norwalk Baptist

 

lenis . llotit Representative llei'e
Investigating “Back Fire" lili-
ticulty

There wasn't a word said about
resignations at last night's meeting of

- tho - Third District Commissioners.
, Nothing came of the reports whtcnhad
: been circulated concerning the propos-
. ed plansof Commissionerdohn D. Carr
“d Engineer A. W. Reynolds to get
' through. What's more there may not
1 Mr.
' Carr was asked this morning if so far
as he knew there would be resigns:
ttons handed in at a future meeting.
lie stifled he did not think 50.00111-
misslpner Caitlin expressed surprise
this morning that there was no resign-
trig“ All concerned, however, are
pleased with the outcome. "

“Back-Fire" TroublevAt Plant. 0

This morning a representative of the
Lewis Roth Company. of Philadelphia,
arrived on the East Side. :He will in-
,vestigalo trouble which has existed in
‘ the plant for several days poet. This
dimcuity is said to be due to "back-
" firing." The matter will be remedied

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{within a verynlmrt time, according
,._l° one of the commissioners

. this

 
 
 

Momwnuofmnndmm

‘ Moon Church's Business
kingdom-bebop:
To bounty convention

r church on November 2d.
Ithls effect were discussed, last night,

finitely fixed. and. reportsof the clue

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', of south Norwalk was held last even-

 

:‘bring workmen to the surface was des~
troyed by the flames. Rescuers have its
ready sent up ten bodies.

I Out of about 250 miners in the col-

tlonnl Convention. at Bridgeport, died

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from an attack of

heart failure 1

brought on by ovex exertion, about RA

o'clock this morning in Westport on

iron i rt l .
in o mat a cover on top of the co “ithln, or to plan any object wi-th in”) at the time of the fire 200 w'ern ,“ trolley car bound for Bridgeport

tender

As he reached up with the bar;
there 1111s a blinding flash and he fell
;cru1npled to the floor of the engine

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in H inches of the wires it is suppos
ed that in the tlaikness Dunn pushed
the bar closer to the wires than he;
intended.

 

 

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it igplonned-to hold the annual

 

Plans to

when the trustees of the church held
an interesting meeting. Other minor
matters received consideration at last
night's session. ‘ It is announced that
the regular monthly business meeting
of the church will be held on Thurs-
day evening of Ellis week. At this,
time .the’ roll call date will be de’

core and various church organisations
received.
County Convention.

The pastor of the downtown Bap-
tist church, Rev. Ralph G. Hartley,
will, tomorrow morning. deliver the
annual sermon at the seventy’aeventh
anniversary of the Fairfleldi County
Baptist ‘Association, which will be
held in Stepney, in the Baptist church
at that place. The address of welcome
will be delivered by Rev. A. H. Bout-
well, of Danbury, a former local boy,
and son of Dr. and Mrs. C. F. Boob,
well, oi" Crescent Terrace. Other
delegates who will attend tomorrow,‘
representing the local church/are:
Mr..and Mrs. G. F. Waters, Dr. and
Mrs. C F‘. Boutweil Mrs. H. P. Mor-
gan, Mrs Louise Bean and Miss Sue
Olmstead.

 

 

 

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"first bleth’OdIat Episcopal church!

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lug. Thomi. Raymond was elected

‘torpedoes fired from submarines.
Many torpedoes fired by submarine '

, Hammond expressed. enthusiasm for
" the-new'adaelsory conndit of inventors.
The great problem to. boiénoounoered;

to- rapt-6mm local church» at? the i

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I loint Mogul: Called For Till-
day Evening-Will Jittlld the
lolly in Renato-n

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The diet meeting of the newly
elected Itapublidnafinfty comittee was
held in the downtown Court Room,
last evening. William Miller, the new
chairman, presided- and plans were
discussed‘1 relative to the work of the
campaign. it was decided to attend
the opening rally to be given by the
Rowayton~ Repubican Club tomorrow
evening. when addresses will be de-
livered by. the candidates and others.
A Joint meeting of city committeei
and. candidateois'sobednled for Thmz.
day eveningin. the Council Chambers.
The meeting«wiii be representative
and final campaign plans will be
passed upon. ‘

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.401111
Hays “Hammond jr., inventOrAOf tho

 

 

wireless controlled torpedo. tired loom -

shore and recommended by army othe-
ials for purchase by the Government,
discussed with Secretary Daniels to.
do; a plan for a similar device for

or destroyers never reach their mark.
Hammond told Secretary Daniels be

which the deadly mission would be
guided; to their mark unfailingly. Mr.

he said“ wga development of gasoline
or. oil engines, for submarines: and pos-
olbly torpedo use. in his alimwork. he
added, he had found it necessary to go
Ato Italy for suitable engines of that
typet Mr. Hammond toenail; the vistaC

 

 

Ecurrent number of the magazine he

ed: .

'tbaoyaier sedan will.

rescued by means of an emergency

s.haft A

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MERBMMJ‘IRM DRESS

woman Tells oral: old
Frielddtipv no no late in
Finlllfltlt'tlilbhad

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That “bold. brilliant bird," The.
Phoenix- which. calls. South .. Nanak
its roost, is out with an uniquely at-
tractive andgay plumage, worn for
the first. time on the October issue,
which has Just been put into the mails.
Thenow cover is snappy and catchy.
and should certainly take the eye on
the newstands.

_ Elbert Hubbard.
The editor, Michael Monahan, in the

publishes from this city, has reprint-
"ltoycroftMemorles; thence}
Elbert Hubbard," which Was”, his
theme wherhe spoke before the re-
cent lloycrofter’s convention in East
Aurora. in this "candid yet friendly
estimate of the man and his work.
with some records and imiireseiona of.
an old friendship." the local man, in
an originally striking fashion, relates
of his friendship of twenty years ago
with the m Elbertus,”when the two
were clone friends. their friendship
starting almost with the birth of. the.
“T’htllstine. "

 

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According to the opinions expressed

 

 

the next seven months. They will.

coins from the southern states to tins“
city to engage in work 111‘ the several
downtown oyster some The incoin
In; \rnsh tins already started; and at
large number have recently arrived in
this city. The majority of the no

residents sigh return to the amt-dun»

ing. the latter part of nexLAur—fla

A Mrs,

 

Tuttle had been \istting her
sister in this city, and was on her
way to the convention in Bridgeport.
Walk Across Bridge Fatal.

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‘paper as can he done. The derivative

vent Retreat at

General Ruzskym

Domestic Situation in Russia Still: a

Matter ongystery

—Germans Plan to

Enter Constantinople and Begin Ar-
tillery AttackAgainst Serbia

Latest reports from the Viln- ‘

 

 

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paper man knows it in his efforts to
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smallest possible space on printed

in the opinion of doctors. Mrs. Tut-11.0! the term 'boil down" as applied
tie, in hurrying from the Norwalk car. to this work is easily enough deter- :by Prince Leopold and Field
“PM! the temporary bridge 0"" umAmined. as it is the physical process
h
Wentport “V3“ ‘0 catch “19 3’1““ Act securing the concrete good out of” More a] Mackenscn have not n‘

im annoy. liberorplaed herself, that \ufibldtgtbat ”a, mush the pro

an attack of heart disease has brought’

on with “fatal relates.
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(cannula en'stgntn Polo.) "

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Francis F. Mosley, a memberpt the?

 

American Society of Civil Engineers,
and connected with the Helen, Whip-
ple & miller Company, consulting civil
engineers. of New York, has written
Water Commissioner Stephen S. Hatcn
that he will arrive in South Norwalk
tomorrow morning to go over with
him the downtown water filter. This
is in accordance with an invitation ex-
tended by Mr. Hatch ted/tr. Langley a;
the recent New mtgland Water Works
Association‘s convention. Mr. flatten.
the senior member of the engineering
firm is said to have done more litter
work' than any other'one month this

country. 1,

 

m or ms ”WIDE Monroe Brothers have received the

 

'«Town c1911. Herbert tn. Smith an-
nounced this morning that Selectmen

Wallace Darin, William G. Crockett,’about 31'0”
JohnH. Gel-ham, and himself, will hold remodeling of the Raymond Brothers'
“”10““ Saturday, Sopember 25“" to house, on Monroe street, into a two
"make" '1'" “it?“ “08° ”whim“ family tenement. There will be live
believed he had found ‘ mm ”’1' )y several downtown 0010?“! In!!! have been handed in T11? "makers" trauma and all improvementsgon each
there will be from 300 to 400 new nod “I“ divide “‘0” time between “P and door. The Mather Building Company
gro residents in South Norwaik dnrtng‘d‘”m town From 9 °’°l°"'k in “1° has the contract.

morning. to 2 o'clock in the afternoon‘
they will sit in the uptown. city court
mm. on Wall street. «. mom 2 choices
in the a ternoon until 7 o'clock

night: they will hold- their session in

" items, and all the information of the

 

,verted into a two family residence.

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the council. chamber at the city hall,I

on North Main soon.

 

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contract ,to remove. the John F. luc-
Mahon house from the'corner of Mad-
ison and Franklin streets, to a new
site on State street. There it will be
elevated one-story, and will be con-

The' remodeling expenses will reach
Plans are out for the

 

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fighting zone indicate that the
Russian army there has escaped
the coils which‘Field Marslul
von Hindenburg threw about it. "
By calavry raids as brilliant as
the famous coups of Stuart and
Sheridan in the American Gilli}
War, a. screen of German horse?
men swarmed about both flanks
of the retreating Russians and.
stood astride their main lines of
communication. It now appears
to be probable however, that
these encircling forces are too
weak to impede-General Ruzsky’k.

% veterans.

The simultaneous movement

sulted in the expected advancgfg
especially by the latter, who ha

ed troops after their
through the Pripet Marshes.

of Vilna haVe escaped. Rustin
has cause to draw a deep breath
of relief ; for it is apparent‘ltllnt

Duke Nicholas was abandond
for the moment, and'that General
Ruzsky‘s troops remained h
Vilna so long that Field Marshal
von Hindenburg’s plans for a.
junction of his wings seemed tor
a'time certain of success.

hands, but the main forces if“
the Russians. are south of that
point. '
The domestic situation in Run--
sia, owing to the strict censor-
ship,' !S still a. matter of mystegj...
When the Duma was proroguel'

out: Others returned to work
and as the stoppage was infitl'te
nature of a protest no long-cott-

tinned trouble is expected. The

Zemstovo conferences at Moscow
this week will express agreement
in the national crisis with the,
Dumo majority, and will likely

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the cautious strategy of Gran! ' '

North ’ . .
,oi Lida the railway' is in German ~ ' “

numerous strikes were decla'f‘flfif
In many cases the men are at“, {I

urge upon the highest authorities, j

the necessity of appointing a

ministry trusted by the people.

against Serbia. issaidto have he;
gun; with a storm of artillery fire
designed to cover crossings o”! ‘1
the Danube and Save. ‘The‘Teltu
tons evidently expect to push a
way toward Constantinople

‘along the road opened by the,
tumours.

 

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I '1, ill but or 50. Mint“ .01)”: steamer Ceilings, Captain. Peterson,

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in‘g new has developed- tenem-
the growing intensity or the Cielk
man .reply to the Allies’ mitten

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The long expected offensive;

 

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