100 years ago, 1914
Mrs. David Crockett started for Bath from South Durham with her weekly produce and going down George Cox’s hill the tug came unhooked, the horse ran away and the wagon ran into the ditch, striking a telephone pole. Mrs. Crockett was thrown out and her leg broken. Mrs. Crockett has kept the route up since the death of her husband, a little over a year ago, sometimes being gone three days. Mrs. Crockett met with the same accident about three years ago, breaking the same leg in the same place as it did this time.
50 years ago, 1964
An estimated 1,700 youngsters were given rides on the Union Water Power Company canal, adjacent to the Bates Field, yesterday afternoon. The program was sponsored by the Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla. While the rides were being given, members of the Don Bernard Skin Diving group were on hand to assist the children. Five boats, loaned by various firms and individuals, provided the transportation up and down the canal. In some instances, some of the boats were loaded with ten to 12 youngsters. A large percentage of the tots who were given rides were getting their first boat ride.
25 years ago, 1989
A boy missing from the Maine Youth Center since June dove head first through the window of a Washington Street house Saturday and led police on a four-hour chase through swamps and fields, avoiding capture until Sunday afternoon. Lt. Daniel Lajoie said police caught the bruised and cut youth on Seventh Avenue. He told police he modeled his escape after the movies. Lajoie said the youth made his jump and his run shirtless and barefoot. The events started Saturday afternoon, when police learned the youth was working on a Washington Street farm and living in a nearby house. While five officers surrounded the building, the boy jumped through the window and outran police. Officers gave up the chase after five miles, at about 10:30 p.m., until they learned Sunday he was on Seventh Avenue. Lajoie said officers told the youth after arresting him that film makers don’t use regular glass for their stunt scenes.
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