Probably January or February
BRIDGE WORKERS ENDANGER LIFE
People Passing Along the Street Forced to Dodge Heavy Pieces of Iron
Michael J. Shea, a longshoreman, who lives at No. 290 Front street, had a narrow escape from death yesterday afternoon. He was alking under the bridge on South street when a piece of iron and two iron washers came rattling about his ears. The missiles struck him on the shoulder, making him stagger. An inch to the right and they would have fallen on his head. Coming from such a height they would probably have killed him.
On Saturday night about eleven o'clock, two immense pieces of iron, one of which weighed at least fifty pounds, came tumbling down to the sidewalk on South street. On Monday morning, masses of iron fell from the bridge on Franklin street and narrowly escaped hitting a passing pedestrian. Several complaints have been made to those in charge of the work on the bridge, but without getting any satisfaction.
MISS GODDARD NOT MUCH HURT
Society Belle Who Fell at a Dance of the "Howling Swells" Will Soon Be Out
The Howling Swells, a nickname given to the exclusive dancing society once known as the Tuesday Evenings, gave their first dance of the new year at Sherry's on Tuesday night, and its brilliancy was marred by an incident which verged close upon tragedy.
Miss Madeleine Goddard, a Providence beauty, who was visiting Mrs. Ellis Hoffman, was violently buried to the floor with her partner in the dance in a collision with two other dancers, and her injuries were for some time thought to be dangerous. She was severely stunned and, suffering great pain, was taken to the home of Mrs. Hoffman, at No. 57 East Fifty-third street, where, with prompt medical attention, she rallied. She was able to be up last night and laughingly tell of her painful adventure, but she is anxious to avoid a repetition of her frightful experience.
"Yes?", said Miss Goddard, laughing, "it was a fearful fall, and I don't like to think about it. It was not so bad as was at first reported, however. I was not unconscious for several hours, although I cannot remember what happened at the ball after I fell. I know there was a physician at the house when I got there, or pretty soon afterward. It was during a round dance, I think, and I had no idea we were so near any other dancers until I was thrown the other way with great force. The gentleman I was dancing with was thrown too, but he was up in a moment and doing all he could.
"Oh, yes, I am entirely out of danger, but it gave my parents a good scare. It was printed in the Boston papers and they read it at the Providence immediately after, so I shall have to go home and show them that I am really out of danger."
Miss Goddard is a tall, queenly beauty, and is the daughter of Mr. R. I. P. Goddard, of Providence, R. I., a very wealthy gentleman, whose family is prominent in social affairs.
Broker Goerdes Expelled
Henry F. Goerdes, the broker under arrest on the charge of attempting to swindle William Hawley & Co. of No. 26 Broad street, out of 100 shares of Consolidated Gas stock by means of an alleged bogus check for $18,112.50 last Monday, was yesterday expelled from membership in the Consolidated Exchange.
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