The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-13
BACK BROKEN
in AUTO FALL
Herbert P. Welch Of Mont
pelier Badly Hurt
ALIVE THIS AFTERNOON
Dean x. Lilies Automobile Plunged off
Road with Seven Passengers--0thers
Were Not Seriously
Injured.

while attempting 20 pass a team on
the main thoroughfafe between Middle
sex and Montpelier last night on the
way home from a days excursion to Bur.
lington, Dean X. Lille, a Montpelier
granite manufacturer, turned too far to
the right and sent his 40.horsspower
Rambler automobile, with its seven pas
sengers down the embankment into
field fifteen feet below. Herbert P.
Weleh Montpelier liveryman, was fear
fully injured, his back being broken and
his right leg fractured IN two places
The last report from Heaton hospital
this afternoon stated that Wclch was
alive.
The other occupants Of the machine
we're Mrs. Welch, Mrs. Lille, Miss Laura
Barnes E. i. Gilbert and George Bus
well all Of Montpelier Strangely
enough none Of them was seriously in
jured, although several received bruises
and II was at first thought that Mrs. Isil.
lie was injured internally She had
comfortable night last night. and to-day
1t IS Thought that she suffered moro from
the shock Of the accident than from in
iuries She was taken to the residence
81 George Alexander. near which the ae-
eident took place Mrs, lille was badly
cut on the head and was brulsed on the
chest.
Road Narrow and Sandy.
The machine had been going at a fast
speed according TO several transfers
who had passed it in the darkness just
previously AZ a curve in the road near
Alexander's the party came upon Levi
swift's team The meeting was 50 sud
den that theEe wa@ no chance to stop the
automobile and Mr. Lille swerved 20 the
right Ia an attempt 10 get By. The road
Is sandy az that point and i IS difficult
- manage a machine when Il gets out Of
the rffts The machine struck the soft
s8nd ard slewed aaaiust the wooden rail
ing at that point The railing furnished
ne bar and was smashed, The heavy car
pluneing down the bank
FL n Gilbert was the first To act on
the iHpulse ST the mowent and Ga his
movement for self-pEeservation be treid
70 Jump, being On the left side Of the
front seat with Mr. Lille, But he was
net quick enough the machine whirling
down the bank just as he was about 70
leap The others went over the bank
Just as they sat, AIRS Lille, Mrs. Weieh
andMiss Barnes IN the rcar Of the ton
neau and Mr. Weieh and Mr. Buswell I'll
The smaller seat il the tonneau As the
car went over the side il turned turtle,
spilline them al out and making an
other halfrepelution, it landed in the
field upright.
Car Landed on welch.
It is probable that when the big auto
turned over the FIRST time it landed on
Mr. Waioh, breaking his back and leg, /
and then rolled Of him when II turned /
over again. None Of the occupants was
pinned down although Afr Gilbert found |
himself under the front axle aHd unin- /
iured Mr. Buswel was thrown into the |
grass and was not hurt M, Lille get |
blow i'll the head Miss Barnes was
not hurt, hut bad her eye glasses smash |
cd, the glasses being found In the field |
this morning. The other two ladies were |
hurled some distance, but Mrs Welch |
was not hurt bsing thoroughly unnervcd. !
however, so that She tainted after being !
carried to the Alexander h00se
welch Called for Help.
The firat thing that 1Tr Liilie remem-
bers was hearing Mr. Welch callina for
help and saying that his back was badly
hurt Meanwhile Mr. Rusweh had hur- /
ried to the Alexander residence to secure /
aid and 70 telephone ID Montpelier for
assistance, the police station being mott
fed at $40 People came from the
Alexander house with lantern and /
about the same time u. a. Bugbee ana
party Of Barre came along IN an auto.
mobile, followed shortly bv Marshall /
Wood of Montpelier. Other machines
gathered until there were six at the spot
one having brought DR. William Lindsay
from Montpelier
Mrs. Lille was unconscious and was
taken to the Alexander house, where She
spent the night Mrs Weleh tried to
comfort her husband aud was later taken
To the same house. while soon afterwards
an ambulance arrived and carried Mr..
WEIGH to the Heaton hospital His right
leg was broken 50 severely in one place
that the bones came through the iiesh
An examination at the hospital last
night confirmed the first report that the
mans back had been broken, his body
being paralyzed from the waist down.
The scene at the accident was SO try
ing that one Of the young men who had
assisted IN the work Of rescue tainted
away He revived q few minutes after
wards and was able to 20 home All The
rescuers were much wrought up over the
sight Of NIr Weleh's suffering Medical
aid was soon on the spot however as
DR. William Lindsay Of Montpelier was
hurried there by John Wahlen's automo
bile,
Mr.. Welch is well known citizen of
Montpelier conducting a livery stable oh
State street lie is about sixty years
Of age
The party had spent tie day at Lake
Champlain, riding II a launch owned by
C il Bnswell and Mr. Gilbert On Tile
return they stopped at the Waterbury inn
for upper continuing on toward homr
at about eight ocioek
Mr. Lilies machine was 40 first
thought 20 be smashed beyond repair,
mt daylight to-day revealed that the
engine still in good shape and Mr.
Lille said that after new wheel hadl