The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-10
PartyWagOn PlungedDOWn
an Embankment.
Seven Men Were Injured, One
of Them Seriously.
Caterer Tillinghast'S Tableware Was
Ruined.

At I o'clock this morning one of w. II.
Cady's party wagons, containing seven
men and 5000 pounds OF dishes, silver
ware ice-cream tubs, etc, was overturned,
half mile from the Cum beriand Town
farm. Seymour Anderson OF 5 Halton st.
and George +. Libr.s OF l75 Wood street
were injured. Mr.. Anderson received q
broken arm and at least five ribs were
broken. Early yesterday afternoon two Of
Mr. Cady's teams were loaded at l. A.
TillingLast's with estables for the Wooh-
socket Business Mems Association of
Woonsocket. The teams left woonsocket
at IL o'clock and other than the snow
storm everything was pleasant until the
accident occurred. -
At the time Of the accident II was
showing hard and he was obliged to
allow the, horses u find their way along
| the road, but when they came to little
narrow ridge the heavy wagon slowed,
| and went over an emankment into q
stream of water, a distance OF bout eight
feet. AS the body OF the wagon went
over the six horses that We're attached to
the wagon started on the run for the
city. but were stopped about two miles
from the scene of the accident by the
men who were in tie first wagon. The
men in the first wagon hurried back and
found all of the seven men that were In
| the rear wagon struggling in the snow
| and water under the wreck, with the
dishes, silverware and ice cream tubs
| piled on them.
They were taken from their peculiar
condition and 1t was found that Mr.. An
derson was severely i1jured.
The man was taken by four OF Ii COM
| panions to the house of a family by the
name OF Mccarthy, but the woman re-
| fused to ADMIT the injured man. but she
| told them that they could take him into
| q barn near by. and this for the time be-
| ing was the best that could be done for
| the poor fellow. One or the men went to
| the next house and aroused the inmates,
| and the man, whose name could not be
| learned, hitched up his horse, ana took
| the man to the Cumberland poor farm
house and then drove to Ashton for
| physician.
Mr. Librs was not so badly injured
| but that he could walk, with the as
sistance OF two OF his comrades. The
other men In the wagon were Frank King
Charles Cummings. John Scott, Charles
Luther and James Freeman, all OF whom
were slightly injured. The driver,
! John Currep, was thrown from his
seat and was injured about the
shoulders. IN the front wagon were
| Is men and lot OF dishes, etc, and the
six men, including Mr.. ,Libris, were
taken into this wagon and brought to the
city. arriving here at $3.50 o'clock this
morning. The place where the accident
occurred is very dangerous ono, az the
road bed is exceedingly. narrow, and there
are.no fences to protect teams from going
! over the en- ban kment, and from what can
be learned this morning il Is quite proba-
| bic that the town OF Cumberland will
have no less than four law suits on its
hands in a few days.
| Mr.. Tillinghast's loss will reach $500
Mr.. Cady's wagon, new one which cost
$1,000, was wrecked and the horses were
more or less injured.
| Mr.. Anderson was left at the poor farm
| in charge of the physician, and there are
| some doubts as TO his recovery. John
| Henderson and "Bake" Thomas were left
behind to watch Mr.. Tillineh hast's prop
erty and a man in the employ Of Mr.. Cady
was also left there.
| Mr.. Cady and a number OF ASST. ants
! went out 10 the wreck this forenoon to
save the pieces.