Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-08-13

Mr.. Kinsella was unconscious when
picked up and it was said that he had
received internal injuries and was in a
serious condition. Mont was the more
seriously injured, having received inter
nal injuries, fractures of both legs and
the right arm and possible fracture of
the skull. 1t was said he could not re-
cover:
Mr.. Kinsella had ouly recently pur-
chasep the machine in which he was
injured, and yesterday was the first
time he had given it thorough trying
out. He was on his way to the Berk-
shires at the time, and only the chauf-
feur was in the machine with him. The
auto carried several trunks and other
bits of baggage, some of these being
placed beside Mont, in the front seat
while others were placed beside Mr.
Kinsella, who occupied the tonneau of
the car.
CHAUFFEUR hit 1T UP"
When the big machine struck the
hard, level bit of road opposite the
pumping station of the Interurban Wa
ter Company, the chauffeur let out
link in the cars speed and the great
thing of steel leaped forward. With
the added power applied the machine
increased its speed with every turn of
the wheels, while the roar of the ex
haust was deafening. Persons travel
ling on the road said the speed was so
swift that the car was only a blur on
the landscape as it sped down the mar
row lane, belching forth a stream of
flame in its wake.
Without warning the front wheels of
the car suddenly began to skid from
side to side, in spite of the efforts of
Mont to control its direction. On either
side of the roadway are steep embank
ments, and between these and the road
bed are deep gullies.
While the chauffeur chung to the
steering wheel with a desperate and
despairing grip the car continued to
| jump from side to side, as though speed
mad, and finally plunged down the en-
bankment to the right with crash that
could be heard for blocks. Reaching
the bed of the gully it continued to race
along, with scarcely diminished momen-
tum, until it rushed headlong against
hickory tree, seven inches through. An
idea of the speed that was being main
tanned can be gathered from the fact
that the stout tree, almost forty feet in
height, was torn up by its roots, much
as man would uproot weed
After laying low the tree the ma
chine kept on until its power was spent
against the side of the embankment,
where it buried its nose fully two feet
into the soft earth When the car hit
the tree both men We're thrown from
the machine, Mont being cast more
than thirty feet ahead while Mr. Kin
sella was thrown from the side of the
car. In spite of the impact of these
two collisions the powerful engines of
the car continued to operate, the vibra-
ton racking its frame until it threaten
ed to fall apart.
MANY RUSH TO RESCUE.
Three wheels of the car had been
wrenched off, when it finally brought
up against the bank, and great pieces
of sod, bits Of wreckage and upturned
rocks were left in its trail. Before the
car had come to a final stop half
hundred automobilists had FASTENED to
the assistance of Kinsela and his chauf-
feur expecting to find them both killed
One of the first of these was Chief of
Police Garretson of Mamaroneck, who
had been notified by telephone of the
accident. He directed that the two
victims be removed to the side of the
roadway, to await the arrival of an
ambulance, while he ran back to the
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