The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-08-03
Four Barre People Hurt in
Accident Saturday Evening
.D.M.MILES ONE OF INJURED
Mrs. M. Garvey Sustained a Compound
Fracture OF One Arm-Mrs. ]. 4.
Sullivan Jumped and Was
Not Injured

-Four people we're injured, two quite
seriously. when d. NJ Miles big Haynes
automobile plunged backward over the
embankment on the Jocky Hollow hill
Saturday evening and landed on spur
track Of the Barre railroad, twelve feet
below. The most seriously injured are
Mr.. Miles and Mrs. NJ. Gavey, each Of
whom sustained broken arm and many
severe bruises. Miss Loretta Miles,
daughter OF Mr.. and AIrs.'D. NJ. Miles,
Who was operating the machine, got a
gas sh in the head and Miss Annie Sulli
van was bruised and stunned. Her
mother, Mrs. j. L. Sullivan of Hardwick
jumped from the auto just as it was
going over the bank, seizing her little
granddaughter. Anna Moore, and both
escaped injury although Mrs. Sullivan
was thrown down.
Serious as il was. the accident might
have easily been much worse; and the
Z, cape from fatality is regarded as re
markable. Had the machine turned
over, its occupants would probably
have been crushed. That it did not land
bottom side mp was due to the fact that
it bit a telephone pole just after going
over the bank. which DETECTED the fall
Sc that it landed partly on its side
against switch target which was bent
down by the force of the blow. The
curbing of the sidewalk and the wooden
protecting rail offered but slight resis.
tance to the uncontrolled progress OF
the car. and it went over and down
with crash that could be heard for a
long distance away.
Several persons were witnesses of the
accident, and the crash brought other
ready helpers WHO picked UP the pros
lfrate ones and summoned ambalances.,
All were lying apart from the machine
except Miss Miles who was partly under
the car. A dozen men lifted the ear
before she could be rescued from her
position. Several automobiles were on
the scene before the arrival Of ambn-
lances, and being made as comfortable
rs possible. the injured ones were speed
lily taken to their homes, with the ex-
ception of Mrs. Garvey who was con-
veyed in an ambulance.
Mrs. Caryey's condition was quite
low Saturday night, but the physicians
report today that she is improved and
it is thought that she will recover al
though She sustained compound frac
ture of the right arm and experienced
very severe shock. Mr.. Miles, the
other of the party most hurt, had his
tight arm broken between the shoulder
and elbow A hasty examination Sat
nrday night brought the fear that his
spine had been injured, but, happily,
that seems to have been avoided. The
Misses Miles and Sullivan are expected
to recover from their experience within
short time.
The auto was climbing the hill when
the accident happened having nearly
reached the top. The driver tried TO
change the gear and failed for some
reason to complete the movement, so
trat the new gear did not connect. This
allowed the ear to run backward down
the steep hill, gaining momentum all
the time until its course was detected
from the road straight toward the EN-.
bankment. If the car had turned few
yards higher up the hill il would have
been precipitated over sheer drop Of
thirty feet. Its fall was partly lessen
cd by the telephone pole which is placed
about four feet over the embankment.
This obstacle also served TO keep tina
machine from turning turtle and land
ling ON the occupants.
The collision with the pole switched
the auto about so that it completed its
plunge head foremost bringing mp
against the railroad track. The tonneau
and covering were stripped of clean and
the front of the car is bent and
twisted. The working parts are not
damaged beyond repair. The parts left
intact were removed by other autorists
and carried to the garage The scene
Of the accident was visited by a large
number of people who marveled that
the people in the car escaped moro
serious results.