Paris

A driver faints in a boiler. - Avenue de Versailles, a man named Habescheler-Hachoin, 25 years old, a driver for the Water Company, was found lying unconscious in a boiler that he was tarring. Taken to Boucicaut Hospital, he died there shortly after his admission.

Yesterday afternoon, at 4 p.m., rue Eugène-Varlin, little Gerbeau, aged 6, whose parents live at 9, rue Corbeau, was hit by a truck and killed instantly.

Yesterday afternoon, boulevard Saint-Denis, Miss Ravier, 25 years old, living at 31 bis, rue Saint-Martin, was knocked down by a truck. Taken to a nearby pharmacy, she quickly succumbed.

An employee was stealing fabrics. He is arrested. Mr. Martin, wholesale fabric merchant, 3, cité Trévise, had noticed for some time that various goods had disappeared. He filed a complaint and the judicial police opened an investigation which led to the arrest of the thief.
It was an employee of the house, named Roger Sureau, residing at 4, rue de la Main-d'Or, who confessed and was sent to the Depot. The amount of the thefts reached 1,500 francs.

Suburbs
(From our private correspondents)

Pierrefitte. Last night, a man named Louis Briccola, an Italian citizen, aged 45, committed suicide in the room he occupied on rue Parmentier, in Pierrefitte, by cutting his throat with a razor.

Montreuil. A man named Rémy Caprin, 22 years old, laborer, residing at 6, rue Pasteur, in Montreuil-sous-Bois, who was suffering from a stomach ailment, committed suicide this morning, place de Villiers, in Montreuil, by shooting himself in the temple.

The aftermath of a "binge". Suresnes - Yesterday, around 8:45 p.m., a man named Alfred Geraud, 44 years old, market fitter, residing at 7, impasse Dufour, in Suresnes, who was drunk, accidentally fell down the stairs of the cellar, 1, rue de Liège, in Suresnes. Taken to Laennec hospital, he died there this morning without regaining consciousness.

Versailles. Last night, the road mender Jean Paty, working on the railway line, at kilometer 28, between the Poissy station and that of Villennes, was hit by a freight train. The body was only found this morning, by crew members returning to work. Paty, who was still breathing, was taken to the hospital in Poissy, where he died on arrival.

Pantin. Yesterday morning, at Pantin station, the supervisor Paul Lalot, 51 years old, living at 75, rue Daguerre, in Paris, while passing on the track, was surprised by a locomotive. He was taken to the hospital with a crushed shoulder and left arm, a crushed right leg and bruises on the chest. His condition is desperate.

Cheap bicycles. Versailles. A professional bicycle theft, named Georges Laurent, 31 years old, claiming to be a house painter, homeless, was arrested by the Versailles police. This individual had stolen in Paris, at the Lyon, Austerlitz, and Montparnasse stations, as well as at the Saint-Cyr-l'Ecole station, about ten bicycles that he resold at a low price. Millstone set on fire by lightning.

Tanks. During a storm, lightning set fire to a millstone containing 4,000 sheaves of wheat, worth 20,000 francs. belonging to Mr. Jules Debellay, a farmer in the hamlet of Bercagny.

Departments
From our private correspondents)

A shell buried in a field explodes. Arras, September 6. During the day on Saturday, Mr. Augustin Fournier and his wife, farmers in Roclincourt, near Arras, were working at the harvest using a mower-binder drawn by three horses. At the place called "Labyrinth", between Thélus and Roclincourt, one of the horses stumbled against a war machine which exploded, quite seriously injuring the two harvesters. One horse was killed instantly and the other two, seriously injured, were shot on the spot.

Tragedy of alcoholism. Troyes, September 6. Last night, during a discussion, Corette Jour, known as "Coucou", 41 years old, earthmovers, living at 33, rue Surgale, struck her friend, Marie Robin, widow of Creney, 45 years old, with a violent blow from a poker, the point of which, piercing a breast, reached the liver. Corette then came to lie down and fell asleep near the woman Robin who, mortally wounded, was moaning. Around two o'clock in the morning he woke up and found that his friend was dead. He then came to give himself up. This tragedy is attributed to alcoholism.

A Tragic Drowning Nancy, September 6. A tragic drowning occurred in the Marne-Rhine Canal. An 11-year-old child. Emile Perrin, son of a bargeman, was with his father on a boat that was maneuvering at the Malzéville swing bridge. Suddenly, the horses suddenly pulled the cable towing the barge, the rope became violently taut and, hitting the child in the legs, threw him into the canal. The poor little boy, after disappearing under the water for a moment, came back to the surface. His father immediately threw himself into the water and managed to grab him, but the child, clinging to him, hampered his movements and soon they both sank. A boatman, Mr. Louis Jacquot, threw himself into the canal in turn: he managed, not without difficulty, to pull Mr. Perrin out; a few minutes later, he also brought the child back, but the poor little one soon succumbed.

Robbed and killed by an unknown person Albi, September 6. Mr. Olivier Antonin, 31 years old, single, worker at the Viscose artificial silk factory, was killed last night by two revolver shots to the head, in the center of the city, by an individual who fled after robbing him of his wallet and watch.

Two little girls suffocated under a load of straw. Rodez, September 6. - The Miquel couple, farmers in the hamlet of Favars, commune of Gaillac-d'Aveyron, not seeing their two little girls, Alice, aged 8, and Cécile, aged 6, return for supper, started looking for them in the surrounding area. Worried and fearing misfortune at the sight of a large load of straw overturned, they went towards the cart which had tipped over and they discovered the bodies of the two little girls who had been suffocated under the weight of the straw. (Havas.)

Threatened by his brother, he kills him, (From our special correspondent) Marseille, September 6. A tragedy of alcoholism took place last night in the pleasant village of Saint-Julien, where the Benedetto family, composed of eight children, lives. The eldest, Charles, aged 21, was very violent. A confirmed alcoholic, he mistreated his brothers and sisters daily, who were very afraid of him. That night he returned home drunk and threatened to kill all his parents. He particularly attacked his brother Marius, aged 16, who, to escape his blows, jumped out of the window, pursued by the drunkard. Unable to catch him, he returned home and went to bed. Marius, hearing no more noise, returned in turn and saw his brother sleeping with a gun at his side. Fearing further violence, Charles seized the weapon and fired point-blank at his brother. Death was instantaneous.

Tragic drunkenness After an evening of celebration, Mr. Henri Durand, a sales representative, decided to die in the company of his friends, Hélène Delacroix and Lucienne Garot. All three announced the fatal resolution to their families by letter, but in the morning, brought back to a healthier understanding of reality, the representative no longer wanted to die.

It was then, as we have recounted, that Miss Delacroix, to force him to keep his promise, shot him dead with a revolver. Questioned yesterday, in the presence of Me Ernest Charles, the young woman stated that being under the influence of intoxication at the time she committed her act, she no longer remembered anything.
The judge appointed the expert gunsmith Flobert and instructed Doctor Paul to perform the autopsy of the victim. Miss Lucienne Garot was imprisoned in Saint-Lazare, on the charge of vagrancy

A little girl burned alive, Little Eugénie Maille, 6 years old, 124, rue du Landy, in Clichy, was in bed yesterday evening, around 9 o'clock, when her sister, aged 10, who had just lit a stove, was imprudent enough to throw the still-burning match near the bed. The fire spread to the sheets and the unfortunate little girl was seriously burned when neighbors, attracted by the cries of the children, finally managed to extinguish the flames. The child was immediately taken to Bretonneau Hospital, where she died a few moments after being admitted. The parents, who were absent at the time of the accident, were immediately notified.