Lancaster, N. H., January 31.- A timber train on a road near here broke in two on
a grade to-day, and was badly wrecked. The engineer was killed and two trainmen were fatally injured [THE QUINCY (Illinois) DAILY HERALD, Feb 1, 1890 - Submitted by Debbie Lee]
May 23, 1876 - The Constitution, Atlanta Georgia
Lancaster, N.H., May 21-Brown's lumber company's paper box factory at Whitefield, N.H., was
destroyed by fire today. Loss $60,000-insured. [Submitted by Shauna Williams]
March 20, 1878
The Fitchburg Sentinel, Fitchburg Massachusetts
The house of Thomas Cassidy of Summer street at Lancaster, N.H., was burned, Tuesday night.
The cause was a defective chimney; loss $1200, insured in the Home for $800. [Submitted
by Shauna Williams]
August 21, 1878 - The Fitchburg Sentinel, Fitchburg Massachusetts
J.M. Johnson, a respected citizen of Lancaster, N.H., attempted suicide, this morning, by hanging. He was discovered
by his son just in time to save his life. [Submitted by Shauna Williams]
December 26, 1878 - The Fitchburg Sentinel, Fitchburg Massachusetts Pedestrian
Lancaster, N.H., Dec. 26-Walter I. Larkin of this place walked 50 miles in 9 hours, 35 minutes
and 50 seconds. Larkin is a painter by trade and untrained in pedestrianism. [Submitted
by Shauna Williams]
July 27, 1880 - The Fitchburg Sentinel, Fitchburg Massachusetts
The American House at Lancaster, N.H., was burned, Monday; loss $4000. [Submitted
by Shauna Williams]
August 16, 1881 - The Fitchburg Sentinel, Fitchburg Massachusetts
Lancaster, N.H., has been regaled with a new sensation concerning the Towne-Bugbee poisoning
affair. The authorities have announced their determination to have the bodies of Mrs. Bugbee, Hattie Bugbee and
Hannah Regan, the servant girl, exhumed and analysis of the contents of the internal organs made at the same time
as those of Dr. Bugbee and Mrs. Towne, which will be completed this present week. It will be recollected that their
cases were pronounced genuine diphtheria, but this action of the authorities is supposed to indicate a suspicion
that they were poisoned. [Submitted by Shauna Williams]
October 7, 1881 - The Fitchburg Sentinel, Fitchburg Massachusetts
Attorney General Tappan arrived in Lancaster, N.H., Thursday, and has been in consultation with
the county authorities and local physicians concerning the Towne-Bugbee poisoning affair. The object of his visit
is believed to be to examine the evidence already accumulated and determine in what manner to bring it before the
courts. No new developments have been made public, and it is not probable that any arrests will be made before
presenting the matter to the grand jury, which will be in session Oct. 18. [Submitted
by Shauna Williams]
September 7, 1883 - The Fitchburg Sentinel, Fitchburg Massachusetts
Edward Melcher of Lancaster, N.H., who is in his 87th year, recently walked from the Willey
House to the summit of Mount Washington, 12 miles, in 6 hours. This was done in the face of a strong wind which
blew him over twice. The next day he descended the mountain to the Glen house. Mr. Melcher is the only survivor
of the discoverers of the Willey family after the great slide of 1826. [Submitted
by Shauna Williams]
October 23, 1885 - Daily Democratic Times, Lima Ohio
Beaten to Death
Lancaster, N.H., Oct. 23-Mrs. Randolph Page, a widow, aged 48, living alone in Dalton, was found
beaten to unconsciousness and lying on the floor covered with blood. She will probably die. She recovered sufficiently
to implicate her assailant. [Submitted by Shauna Williams]
September 14, 1890 - The Morning Review, Decatur Illinois
Mrs. Jacob Benton, of Lancaster, N.H., has learned five languages while an invalid in the last five years. She
speaks and writes Volapuk fluently. [Submitted by Shauna Williams]
September 19, 1891 - The Fitchburg Sentinel, Fitchburg Massachusetts
Paper Mill Burned.
Lancaster, N.H., Sept. 19-The Lancaster paper mill was totally destroyed by fire, early this
morning. Loss $35,000; insurance $12,000. The fire was caused by a lamp knocked over by a workman into a heap of
waste. [Submitted by Shauna Williams]
December 13, 1897 - The Fitchburg Sentinel, Fitchburg Massachusetts
A Raving Maniac
Lancaster, N.H., Dec. 13 - Leslie Orcutt of Riverton became insane Saturday because, it is supposed,
his sweetheart jilted him. He attempted suicide by hanging and, after being cut down, became a raving maniac, savagely
attacking everyone who came near him. He is a widower and has been married three times. [Submitted
by Shauna Williams]
May 7, 1898 - The Evening Democrat, Warren Pennsylvania
Forty-Eight Years For Murder
Lancaster, N.H., May 7-Thomas Monahan was sentenced this morning to serve 24 years at hard labor
in the state prison for the murder of Joseph Gutchee at Gorham, N.H., Oct. 26, 1897, and a like sentence was imposed
on the charge of murdering William Theits at the same time and place. The second sentence begins at the expiration
of the first.
July 16, 1900 - The Fitchburg Sentinel, Fitchburg Massachusetts
Fires
Lancaster, N.H., July 16-Masonic temple here was burned, this morning, causing a loss of $15,000.
Richard & Tracy, grocers, and F.F. Kellum, butcher, on the ground floor, were burned out. [Submitted by Shauna Williams]
September 8, 1900 - Naugatuck Daily News, Naugatuck Connecticut
Boy Wild In The Woods
Lad Went Hunting and Hasn't Come Home Again.
Lancaster, N.H., Sept. 8-Ernest Banfill, 16 years old, who went hunting with a companion a week
ago last Sunday and has not yet returned to his home, is believed to have become insane by reason of his long wonderings
about the wilderness. Early on Wednesday evening the boy was seen in a clearing near the Brown farm at Pittsburg
, a mile and a half north of Bellows Falls, but when he saw several people working about the place he fled back
into the woods, uttering cries as if he was afraid. An active search is being made for the boy and yesterday between
400 and 500 men went through the woods hunting for some trace o him. They formed a line of 300 men extending from
the road to Pittsburg to the road on the Hall Stream side into Vermont. Another line of searchers marched through
the woods from Canada., but without success. The generally accepted theory here is that the boy has wandered off
into the wilds of Canada and has been so badly frightened by his long stay in the woods that he is mentally unbalanced.
[Submitted by Shauna Williams]
November 13, 1906
The Fitchburg Sentinel, Fitchburg Massachusetts - BOY PERHAPS PERISHED
Lancaster, N.H., Nov. 13-An unsuccessful search was made for Phillip Conroy, 16 years old, a
bellboy at the Lancaster house, who disappeared from a hunting camp in the Kilkenney mountains Sunday noon. As
Sunday night was a very stormy one and snow fell in the woods to the depth of over a foot, it is feared that the
boy perished in the storm. [Submitted by Shauna Williams]
June 3, 1907 - The Fitchburg Sentinel, Fitchburg Massachusetts
Hotel Burned
Lancaster, N.H., June 3-The Malcher house, a commercial hotel in Groveton, was burned early
Sunday. The guests were asleep when the fire was discovered, but all got out in safety though some of them had
to leave their belongings. The loss is about $10,000. The cause of the fire is unknown. [Submitted
by Shauna Williams]
September 12, 1907 - The Fitchburg Sentinel, Fitchburg Massachusetts
Couple Hit By A Train
Lancaster, N.H., Sept. 11-Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Stevens were crossing the railroad tracks
when their buggy was struck by a passenger train. The wagon was overturned and the occupants were thrown some distance.
They were picked up unconscious, but both are expected to recover. [Submitted
by Shauna Williams]
November 27, 1907 - The Fitchburg Sentinel, Fitchburg Massachusetts
Widow Is Missing
Lancaster, N.H., Nov. 27-Mrs. Mary J. Colburn, widow of Rev. H.Y. Colburn of Dalton, who died
recently as the result of an automobile accident has disappeared from her home in Dalton. Tracks in the snow led
to the Connecticut river, which will be dragged. [Submitted by Shauna
Williams]
