Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday - December 5, 1903 PAINFUL ACCIDENTS Henry R. BREY, a carpenter of Green Lane, was painfully injured on Monday evening, while he and a number of other workmen were returning home on a lever truck from the upper ice house, known as "The Klondike," of the John C. HANCOCK Ice Company, at Green Lane. At about 5.30 o'clock, when it was already dark, the men started on their truck for Green Lane, and they had hardly gone thirty yards when they ran into a hickory branch which lay on the track. They were all thrown off the truck, but escaped injury except Mr. BREY. He was thrown in front of the truck and his chest was crushed. When he was able to get up he found that his lungs did not expand as readily as before. By a special effort he forced his chest to a normal position. He soon thereafter began to get severe pains. He was taken to his home on the truck and Dr. H.F. SCHOLL was summoned who upon examination found the sternum or chest bone split. The man was placed in as comfortable a position as possible and the fracture reduced. He suffered excruciating pain for several days. Mr. BREY is the father of our towsman William BREY. William H. SIEGFRIED, of Hillegass, one of the proprietors of the Perkiomen Paper Mill, at that place had a narrow escape from being fatally injured on Saturday forenoon. He was applying some dressing to a belt when a set screw on a shafting caught his coat and drew him on the shaft, which was making seventy-five revolutions a minute. He called for help and luckily several other workmen were within two feet to the lever to throw of the power and heard his calls. As soon as the power was off the workmen went to the assistance of Mr. SIEGFRIED. They found him fastened on the shaft with one arm twisted under a belt on a pulley and his head and hands badly lacerated. In order to remove him from this perilous position the belting had to be cut as well as the major portion of his clothing. He was carried into the house and Dr. John G. HERSH summoned. He found two large scalp wounds, three fingers of his left hand badly mutilated, and his limbs severely bruised. The wounds required several stitches to draw the parts together. Mr. SIEGFRIED was required to stay in bed for his limbs were so painfully bruised that he was unable to move them for several days. The supposition is that these were injured by coming in contact with the woodwork above and below the shaft when he was whirled around it so rapidly. Had not the other workmen been so close to throw off the power so quickly Mr. SIEGFRIED would undoubtedly have been killed. Mr. SIEGFRIED is a brother-in-law to Dr. C.Q. HILLEGASS, of Pennsburg, who also is a member of the Perkiomen Paper Company. ALLEGED ILLEGAL VOTING IN LEHIGH What he characterizes as only the beginning of wholesale arrests for illegal voting was made at Allentown, on Wednesday, by District Attorney E.J. LICHTENWALNER, when he had four men taken in custody. The men arrested are: William DIEFENDERFER, Thomas MOYER, Charles WAHL and James CRAMPS, all of Allentown. District Attorney LICHTENWALNER, who is a Democrat, was a staunch supporter of Edward HARVEY, the Democratic candidate, who was defeated in the contest for Judge at the November election by more than 16 majority. LICHTENWALNER now charges that the Republicans resorted to fraud to defeat HARVEY, and that those who voted illegally will be prosecuted. The arrests caused a political sensation, and many party leaders are anxiously awaiting the District Attorney's next move in what promises to be one of Lehigh county's most sensational scandals. NEW FIRE HOUSE FOR SCHWENKSVILLE The Schwenksville Fire Company is making alterations to the building known as Bromer's Button Hole Factory, and they expect to use that building for their fire house. Charles WHITMAN has the contract to do the work. They expect to have same ready for occupancy by next week. It is their intention to put another story on the building next year. LEFT FOR OTHER PARTS Eugene FLUCK, the sixteen-year-old son of Frank L. FLUCK, President of the Perkiomen National Bank, of East Greenville, left for parts unknown on Tuesday forenoon. The lad was a student at Perkiomen Seminary and as usual he took his lunch with him that morning. Instead of going to school he left his lunch in the yard at Milton KERN's place, and came to Pennsburg at about 9 o'clock. He spent some time at the American House and there he showed a friend that he was not without money, for he pulled a roll of notes and gold out of his pocket. He displayed a $20 gold piece, a $20 note and other notes of smaller denomination. When the 10.31 train hove in sight he got on. He purchased a ticket from the conductor, for Collegeville and that is the last trace of him. On Sunday he told some of his associates that the next day he was going West. To others he said he was going to Collegeville, to enter Ursinus College. The young boy had no reason for leaving his home, for he always had been accorded the best treatment and virtually had everything he wanted. Master FLUCK has been the Town and Country newspaper carrier in East Greenville, for the past three years. Only two weeks ago he was succeeded by Elwood MESCHTER. Mr. FLUCK's parents are very much worried by the strange actions of their son. TWO HORSE TEAM RUNS AWAY A two horse team ran away for D.K. GRABER, of Pennsburg, on Tuesday forenoon near Geryville. Mr. and Mrs. GRABER were on their way to Bethlehem to attend the sale of Liveryman William ADAMS, and when a short distance beyond Geryville the pole in the wagon in some manner became loose on one side and fell down, causing the horses to runaway. They soon tore themselves from the wagon and continued on the road until caught by a farmer. Mr. and Mrs. GRABER were, luckily, not thrown out of the wagon. After securing the horses, they loaned another wagon and continued on their journey with one horse. The broken wagon and other horse were sent home.