The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-05-20
R. A. Archie Lost Life Satur-
day Evening
Both Legs Cut Ollie Lived But -Four
Hours After the Accident Was
Granite Cutter, aged "a and
Unmarried

Recoredo A. Arche, granite cutter
employed at MartelI Bros she'd below
Granite street, was run over by shift
ing train on the Central Vermont track
near Morse s. JaclEson's coal shed short
ly after four o'clock Saturday afternoon
and received injuries from which he died
Mt $50 that evening The wheels Of one
truck OF one car passed over his right
leg at the hip and his left leg ut tho
knee. The members were cut and nang-
led 50 that they hung only BY few
strings Of flesh.
There are two versions Of the accident.
One il this The shifting engine 2o2 was
backing down slowly through the bridge
with long string Of cars ahead. En-
.gineer Mcmahon end Fireman Pratt were
in charge Of the engine. The fireman
saw Archie, who had Just come from his
work in the shed and was walking along
beside the train, step in between a fat
car and a box car IN the train and at
tempt To climb up onto the fiat cor
when lie seemed to have lost his balance
and fell between the cars. When the
fireman saw him fall he called to the
engineer, who at once threw on the emer-
gency brakes, the two wheels only Of one
car passing over the man before the
train could be stopped
The trainmen and worlsmen pulled the
man ont from under the train and other
men went for physicians. DR.. H. O.
Worthen was the first doctor TO arrive
and he was closely followed By Drs.
Leonard, j. w. jackson, Ligouri and
Duffy The injured man was placed on
some boards arranged on the cow-catcher
Of the engine and brought to the Granite
street crossing and from there he was
carried to the house nearby where he
had been boarding. Drs. Ligouri, jackson
and Leonard then took charge Of the
man.
After removing the dangling limbs and
stopping the flow of blood, making him
las comfortable as possible the doctors
decided not to do anything further I'M
It'll he had recovered a little from the
shock Of the accident. The man had been
sick with lung trouble and his physical
condition was such that the doctors fear
ed That he could not stand the shock of
further operation and the chances to
save his life were better to wait until
he should recover from the first shock.
Injured HAN Wished to Die.
The injured man was conscious for
the most OF the time and expressed the
wish that be might die, even going 50
far as TO ask for a razor that he might
end his misery. The end came a little
more than four hours after the accident.
The nature of the injuries and the rather
low physical condition Of the man pre-
cluded all possibility Of recovery In
cutting of lis right leg at the hip the
car wheels had slightly injured the lower
part Of his body, making the wounds
more serious. One foot was also crush
eH.
The version told by friends Of the vie
tim Is that he was walking the track
ahead OF the onuoniing train when he
stepped his foot into frog of the track
and was held a prisoner. Being held
prisoner be was struck By the train and
his foot was run over The young man
grabbed for the car and failing TO secure
grasp Of il fell under the wheels
In view Of these two versions It Is
likely that the state railroad commits
sioners will be called upon for q hearing.
To get information, Commissioner s. Hol-
lister Jackson went to the scene of the
accident yesterday, and also talked with
both railroad men and the relatives Of
the deceased.
Arche was born in Spain "a years ego.
He has mother and two sisters in
Spain, two brothers IN this city and one
IN Cuba After his sickness two years
ago he went to his home in Spain and
returned here about nine months ago,