The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-06-04
II Deaths Ia Terrible Acct
dent Near Providence
FORTY OTHERS WERE HURT
Motornan, Unused to the Track, Let
the Car Coast Down a Long Grade
and Onto Sharp
Curve.

persons arc dead, score seriously and
another score slightly injured as The
result of the overturning Of d crowded
electric car at Moore's corner in East
Providence early Sunday morning. More
than 100 young men and women who
had been passing the evening at Crescent
Park, 4 pleasure resort on the Prosi-
dence river, six miles below this city
were on chartered ear, returning To
tAcir homes here, in 0lneyyille and
Thornton. 1t is believed that two Of
the injured will die.
The dead.
George Atcherson, 20 years, Thornton
Edward h. Brennan, Is years, Grams
ton, r. |.
Alice Franklin, Il years, Thornton.
Eniico Gamboni, 23 years, Thornton,
John Gavin, 20 years, Providence.
Angelo German, 30 years, Thornton.
Gustav Guertin, a5 years, olneyyiIle
Wm. W. Luther, p years, Providence
Bertha NJ. Kelley, is years, Thorn
ton.
John Schneider, 10 years, Olneyville.
Ethel Whitley, 10 years, Providence.
The seriously wounded are:
Annie Wilkinson, Victoria Mount
fracture at base of skull; will probably
die.
Mrs. Myra Wilson, Walnut street,
Thornton, bead and hips crushed; inter
nal injuries; may die.
Frank Douglas, 144 Dudley street,
Providence; shoulder fractured and left
lcg lacerated.
James Saunders. ! Bowditch place,
Providence: contusions of knees and
left hip.
Joseph j. McQuaide, conductor Of the
wrecked car, l94 plainield street, Prov
idence; scalp wound and slight internal
injuries.
Pasquale Di Sabato, 2l6 Atwells ave-
nue., Providence; scalp wound and con
tusions of left thigh.
Ernest Lamothe. 80 Julian street,
Proyidence left thigh fractured.
Stella I.anothe. IS Capron street,
Providence; fracture Of right elbow and
confusion on face
Pasquale Arbig, . Silver Lake avenue.
Providence; scalp wound and eontu-
Sions.
Lillian Weeks, Thornton; severe cut
over right eye.
Thomas Kelley. 26 Putnam street,
Providence; serious injuries to head and
body
Camille Tureottc. 297 wickendon
street, Providence; eontusions of back
and pelyis.
The wreck occurred on the suburban
line OF the Rhode Island company, Il
corporation that controls practically all
the street railway lines in the state
The inotorman in charge of the ear, W.
]. Laucher of 0lneyville, was unfamil-
iar with the road, over which he was
travelling for the first time. Lauchef
was put in charge Of the ear at the
solicitation Of its passengers, members
of Catholic society which had been
TO Crescent Park for au outing. The
ear. an open one of heavy build, was
crowded with Young men and women.
The members Of the party were singing
gaily as the ear sped along towards
Moore's corner, where Warren and Paw
tucKet avenues cross. This corner il
midway between Providence and River
side, and is about six miles distant from
the city.
At the corner the track curves sharply
Dt the foot OF a long but not particu-
larly heavy grade. Fog prevented 4
clear view Of tie road ahead and an
electric are lamp At the corner is said
to have been hardly visible at one
o'clock Sunday morning, tile hour ai
which the accident happened. The mo.
toiman, unable TO see far in front oi
the car, and unaware Of the sharp curve
below, allowed the ear TO coast rapidly
down the hill.
The first intimation OF an accident
was when the motorman felt the CIR
swing into the curve. Realizing the
peril, be applied The brakes and reversed
The power
The weight of 4 number Of men on
the running board and the momentum
suflieed TO derail The great car and
throw it into the road 90 feet from the
track. where IL fell on It's side between
i tree and Il guide post
Seven OF the passengers were pinion-
ed beneath the eur and instantly killed
Tho shIicks and gr0aus OF other passen-
GERS gave evidence OF terrible injuries.
Immediately those who escaped with lit
lie or 10 injury began the work OF
rescue. Within a few moments q large
ioist lying N i nearby door yard was
utilized as q leter, d pile Of stones form.
Inc fulcrum, and the ear was raised
from the ground just enough to permit
the escape OF the imprisoned paSsen-
gers. Two persons had succeeded in
escaping when the joist broke under
the weight Of the car and the heavy
vehicle fell back to the goind, pinion-
inc two passengers beneath It's weight
and killing them instantly.
Tho rescllcrs again raised the car from
thc ground and by building pile OF
hea.y stones kept II in position while
the drad aud injured were removed from
beneath y,
Motormnn Laucher was not arrested
The police authorities said that he was
not enilty OF negligence in their opin-
;ou. inasmuch ~ he was unfamiliar with
The line and did not know OF The curve
The ear was in charge Of Conductor lo-
seph McQuuidc, who received serious in
uries.