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The Carleton Sentinel, The Dispatch and The Press Newspapers were published
in the Town of Woodstock, N.B.

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Died on the Road
Dispatch Newspaper July 30, 1902
Robert Scott, the mail driver between Bristol and Glassville,
died in his wagon on the road near Glassville, on Monday afternoon.
He left Bristol about two o'clock with the mail, apparently in good health,
and had as a passenger Chalmers Derrah, who has just returned from South Africa.
The cause of his death is supposed to have been heart disease.
He was about 70 years old, and leaves a family at Glassville.

Death of Mrs. Weade
Dispatch Newspaper July 30, 1902
Letchmer Weade, son of Letchmer Weade of Royalton, arrived home from Iron Mountain, Mich.,
on Saturday, bringing with him his two children and the body of his wife, who died on Monday.
Mrs. Weade was Miss Mary Johnston, daughter of the late George Johnston, of Centreville.
She had been one of the most popular young ladies in Centreville, and her death will be deeply regreted by the entire community. She was about thirty five years of age.
The funeral took place at Centreville, on Sunday morning at eleven o'clock. The services was conducted by the Rev. J. A. Cahill.

A Family Reunion
Dispatch Newspaper July 30, 1902
Mrs. John Bacon and Miss Daisy Holmes, Worcester;
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Everett, and daughters, Jacksonville;
Mrs. C. H. Holmes, Wendell Holmes, Mrs. A. W. Brown, Miss Maud Raymond, Miss Florence Holmes,
Robert Brown, Miss Dolly Brown, Mrs. Geo. E. Phillips, and her daughters, Lucy and Marta, Woodstock;
Mrs. John Farley, and her daughter, Miss Marie Farley, Bristol;
Mr. and Mrs. George Raymond, Middle Simonds;
Met at the old homestead, Middle Simonds (Elder Hiram Raymond's)
and had a very pleasant family reunion, and picnic on Wednesday last.
With the exception of David W. who lives in Montana, Mr. Raymonds's family were all present together with 14 grandchildren, and two great grandchildren.

Wrecked In Yukon
Dispatch Newspaper July 12, 1899

Purser Chas. Munro's Experience Enroute to Dawson.
Where the Accident Happened on the Return Trip.
Why is There Not Reciprocity in Patronage.

Charles Munro of this town is one of the few lucky ones who have sought a new field in the Klondike region.
He had hardly reached the land of gold when he secured a postion as purser on the S.S. Columbia one of the steamboats plying between Dawson City and White Horse Rapids, on the Yukon river. In a letter to his family here Mr. Munro states that he left Dawson on the 30th of May with $500,000 in nuggets, in the safe, and with both the Canadian and American mails. They had 104 passengers most of them going out from the country. They had also on board about twenty tons of freight.
They made the run to White Horse, passing two opposition boats on the route, which had left Dawson ahead of the Columbia. They unloaded their cargo, and left on the return trip for Dawson on the 10th of June. They had a small passenger list.
When the Columbia had gone about seven miles, says Mr. Munro, "I was sitting in the smoking room watching four fellows playing whist. I felt the boat strike, and her bottom planks crash. The players jumped and I assured them nothing was wrong, although I knew her bottom was gone I went down stairs and pulled up the middle hatch and found it full. In the meantime the ship had backed on shore and listed over and sank in seven minutes from the time she struck. We held on to the deck which was above water. Another of the company's boats happened to come along and came down alongside us, and with her assistance and by using two six inch and two four inch syphons we got our boat up."

NAMES OF THE BOYS
Who Leave for South Africa on Saturday next.
Dispatch Newspaper January 10, 1900

Grand Supper and Concert in the Opera House on Saturday Last a Decided Success-
Soldiers service in the Methodist church-Private Demonstrations.
People came in town in great numbers to see the contingent go away last Monday. Word was received that the number of men was reduced to 18 and horses to 10. This was hard on the boys who had enlisted and been accepted, and people asked how many times the authorities meant to change their minds.
Yesterday morning it was announced that the boys would leave for Halifax on the 13th next Saturday.
Here are the the lads that will go.
Capt. W C Good, Jacksonville
Harry Dysart, Woodstock
J Allen Hayden, Woodstock
Harold Gray, Woodstock
Robert Hughes, Woodstock
Robert Welsh, Woodstock
Harry G McLean, Woodstock
Wheeler L Leighton, Woodstock
Frank C Brewer, Woodstock
George Searle, Woodstock
Norman Cameron, Woodstock
Abner W Hamm, Woodstock
Frank Buck, Woodstock
Robt Smith, Lakeville
Wm. Kennedy, Millville
Harvey Hall, Jacksonville
Matthew McLellan, Jacksontown
George Allen, Florenceville
John Barnett Jr., Hartland
A S Tippett, Fredericton
Wm. P Lynn, Fredericton
George Parker, Fredericton
As there can only be 18 men taken from here, the last three men enlisted will be left behind, viz.,
Abner Hamm, Woodstock, Will Lynn and George Parker, Fredericton.

Carleton County Man Killed in an Explosion
Dispatch Newspaper July 19, 1899

The Dispatch is in receipt of a paper of Anaconda, Montana containing an account of the death of Robert Longstaff, formerly of Florenceville, caused by an explosion of gasoline at the plant of the Continental Oil Company.
The following will be read with interest by many people in this county:

It was in the warehouse where the package goods are kept that the explosion occurred. It was a can of what is known as 87 gasoline that caused it. The company does not deal extensively in this particular kind of gasoline but keeps a small supply on hand for special use. Yesterday the company received an order for some of the article and Longstaff and Gilston were engaged in putting up the order when the explosion occurred.

The high proof gasoline was kept in the cellar and the two men were carrying the 10 gallon cans up to the warehouse and packing them. Longstaff carried the can upstairs which he discovered as he reached the warehouse was leaking. He was some 30 feet away from a door leading into a room where the furnace is kept for heating irons used in soldering cans, and knowing that the high proof gasoline generates gas instantly it comes in contact with the air, he realized there was danger and started for the furnace room to shut off the furnace as a matter of precaution.

He had barely set the can down when fluid spurted in a stream from the leak about 20 feet in the direction of the furnace. There was no time to save an explosion, for instantly a gas generated which reached the furnace and ignited before Longstaff could reach the furnace room door, expeditious as he tried to be.

A terrific explosion occurred when the gas ignited and and Longstaff received the full force of it. Gilston was more fortunate in being some distance further away.

Instantaneously Longstaff was enveloped in a sheet of flame and but for the presence of mind of Gilston would have perished, for he was blinded and knew not which way to run for his life. Gilston seized hold of him and dragged him out of the building.
His clothes were all on fire. A stream of water was quickly turned on him, but he was crazed and ran away from it and had to be caught and thrown down and held. Before the fire in his clothes could be extinguished every stitch of his apparel was burned completely off except his shoes.

He was quickly removed to a nearby house and hurry calls were sent in by telephone for several physicians to secure prompt attendance of a doctor.

Dr. Moore was the first to reach his side. He did everything possible to relieve the man's sufferings, but he continued in terrible agony. There was not a spot on his entire person from crown of his head to the soles of his feet that had escaped being burned more or less severely and it took Dr. Moore two hours to dress him.
Death came as a relief.

Gilston was very badly burned about the face and hands and had his hair singed entirely off, but Dr. Moore stated that the character of his burns was not alarming.

Both men have been in the employ of the company upward of eight years, and were among the most trusted employees, Longstaff is a man well along in years, being upward of 50. He is a widower and roomed over the company's office at the plant. He has two grown daughters in the city.
Mr. Longstaff's wife, now deceased was sister of H.H. McCain, M.P.P.
Of his three daughters, one is married and lives in Greenfield.

JAMES GRAY
Dispatch Newspaper March 26, 1902
James Gray, of Pembroke, met with a serious accident last week. He was driving with his nephew across the bridge into town, when, the horses becoming frightened by a passing train, started up suddenly. Mr. Gray was thrown head first down between the rear wheel and the body of the sloven waggon. One of his ears was cut off close to his head, and the other was left merely hanging by a thread of skin; his collar bone and shoulder were broken, and he was badly cut up. He was taken to Dr. Prescott's office, where his wounds were dressed.

Dispatch Newspaper April 9, 1902.
Miss A. L. Giberson, a trained nurse, was at the Hotel Luray, Atlantic City, last week, when a disastrous fire took place there. She was caring for a patient whose room was on the fourth floor, back. They had only a few minutes warning and she and her patient escaped from the burning Hotel just a moment before the front fell in.
It was a desperately narrow escape. Miss Giberson's home is at Bath, Carleton County.

On Trail for Arson
Dispatch Newspaper June 4, 1902
The hearing of Miss Ethel Lloyd, of Bath, charged with wilfully burning the barn of Arthur Taylor on Thursday, May 22nd, was held before Police Magistrate Dibblee on Monday afternoon. The witnesses examined for the prosecution were S.M. Carle, of East Florenceville, James Dyer, of Bath, Deputy Sheriff Foster.
It was proved that Miss Lloyd lived with her father about 60 rods from the burned barns. On the morning after the fire tracks were discovered in soft ground near the barn which tracks would seem to indicate that the person making them was moving in the direction of Lloyd's.
The chief witness in the case was Deputy Sheriff Foster whose evidence dealt chiefly with a conversation he had with the prisoner. His evidence was not received on the ground that as he was acting as an officer at the time the conversation took place, he could not legally have interrogated her under the circumstances. The case was adjourned, the prisoner giving bail in the sum of $400.00 and sureties $200.00. Mr. Dibblee will lay the matter before the Attorney General before proceeding further. F.B. Carvell appeared for the complainant and W. P. Jones for the prisoner.

Sad Drowning Accident
Dispatch Newspaper June 18, 1902

The saddest thing that has happened in Woodstock for years was the drowning of little Arthur Foster on Tuesday morning.
This bright young fellow, about eight years old, was with Freddy Moore, son of C. Miles Moore, fishing in the creek near the Connell electric light station. He fell from a small raft and went down.
As soon as the alarm was given three canoes were put out, one manned by E.B. Manzer, Fred Scovil and George Grier, another by J.J. Tattersall and Fred Stevenson and the third by C.D. Johnston and Greg Riorden.
In about 55 minutes from the time he went down the men in the first canoe found the body just above the dam. Immediately on being taken to the shore Nelson Grant, John Stewart, J.J. Tattersall and John Cogger set to work in an endeavour to recusitate the boy.
After a time Dr. Prescott was found and they worked for an hour or two but finally had to give up in despair.
Arthur Foster is the only son of Mr. and Mrs. James Foster.
Mr. Foster who is a locomotive engineer had just left town on his train a few minutes before the accident happened. The boy's mother is frantic with grief.
The parents have the sincere sympathy of the entire community.

Gone To His Account
Dispatch Newspaper Sept 27, 1899

Didn't Survive His Murdered Father---- Long.
Word has reached The Dispatch of the death in Houlton gaol of young Daniel Murphy, found guilty of murdering his father Daniel Murphy, sen.
The circumstances of the murder are well known.
The victim was born in Woodstock, and he and his son lived here at different times.
The crime was a cold blooded affair and ocurred at Mars Hill, Me., about a year ago.
In defence young Murphy claimed that he was provoked, and that he lost complete control of himself.

The Biggest Yet

This is no common fish story, it is the actual truth, and if you don't believe this journal, with its world wide record for veracity, ask the parties concerned.
On Wednesday last.
Archie Hale and his cousin, and John Colter, councillor for Northampton, went a -fishing.
They started out away back of Windsor on the north branch of the Naswaak.
They fished the stream, till Saturday, for a distance of some ten miles and caught between 700 and 800 trout, some weighing a pound and a half.

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