On Oct. 27, 1923, after accidentally crashing his Ford coupe through a fence off the Durham Bridge near the Worumbo Mill. It plunged 25 feet, landing in the Androscoggin River. He was taking Michael and John Popadak, who were weavers at the mill, home from digging a basement for the new church.
With Andro was his niece, Gertrude Toth, the only survivor. Her heavy winter coat enabled her to float after Andro carried her to the surface. She floated downstream, and a boy, Michael Padour (or Padur?), 16, who was fishing from the bank, saw her and rescued her.
After Andro died in the car crash, the church had to buy land for a cemetery. He and his cousins, the two Popadak brothers, also killed in the crash, were the first to be buried in the St Cyril and Methodius cemetary.
His wife Zuzana died Oct. 14, 1915, in Lisbon Falls, Maine, and is buried in Sts. Cyril and Methodius Cemetery. Sometime after her death, Andro married Katherine Mayar of Bridgeport, Conn., possibly in Bridgeport, which had a large Slovak population.
With Andro was his niece, Gertrude Toth, the only survivor. Her heavy winter coat enabled her to float after Andro carried her to the surface. She floated downstream, and a boy, Michael Padour (or Padur?), 16, who was fishing from the bank, saw her and rescued her.
After Andro died in the car crash, the church had to buy land for a cemetery. He and his cousins, the two Popadak brothers, also killed in the crash, were the first to be buried in the St Cyril and Methodius cemetary.
His wife Zuzana died Oct. 14, 1915, in Lisbon Falls, Maine, and is buried in Sts. Cyril and Methodius Cemetery. Sometime after her death, Andro married Katherine Mayar of Bridgeport, Conn., possibly in Bridgeport, which had a large Slovak population.
On Oct. 27, 1923, after accidentally crashing his Ford coupe through a fence off the Durham Bridge near the Worumbo Mill. It plunged 25 feet, landing in the Androscoggin River. He was taking Michael and John Popadak, who were weavers at the mill, home from digging a basement for the new church.
With Andro was his niece, Gertrude Toth, the only survivor. Her heavy winter coat enabled her to float after Andro carried her to the surface. She floated downstream, and a boy, Michael Padour (or Padur?), 16, who was fishing from the bank, saw her and rescued her.
After Andro died in the car crash, the church had to buy land for a cemetery. He and his cousins, the two Popadak brothers, also killed in the crash, were the first to be buried in the St Cyril and Methodius cemetary.
His wife Zuzana died Oct. 14, 1915, in Lisbon Falls, Maine, and is buried in Sts. Cyril and Methodius Cemetery. Sometime after her death, Andro married Katherine Mayar of Bridgeport, Conn., possibly in Bridgeport, which had a large Slovak population.
With Andro was his niece, Gertrude Toth, the only survivor. Her heavy winter coat enabled her to float after Andro carried her to the surface. She floated downstream, and a boy, Michael Padour (or Padur?), 16, who was fishing from the bank, saw her and rescued her.
After Andro died in the car crash, the church had to buy land for a cemetery. He and his cousins, the two Popadak brothers, also killed in the crash, were the first to be buried in the St Cyril and Methodius cemetary.
His wife Zuzana died Oct. 14, 1915, in Lisbon Falls, Maine, and is buried in Sts. Cyril and Methodius Cemetery. Sometime after her death, Andro married Katherine Mayar of Bridgeport, Conn., possibly in Bridgeport, which had a large Slovak population.
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