Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-08-25
2 GIRLS TOSSED OVER WALL
Hemm in by Racing Autos Sends
Machine Crashing into Girls.

DdJleTeu as Jne result OF al AUTO dCCl-
dent at Dead Mans Curve in Wayland.
Three autos figured in the accident
while the girls who were the victims
were walking along the State road on
their way home from church.
Two of the autos were coming from
the westward at fast rate. At the
top of Willard Hill, where begins the
descent and the doubles curve which
gives the place its name, they were
abreast of each other; each striving to
pass, so that the entire road was
blocked.
Coming from the eastward was the
other auto keeping well to the right of
the road, as the driver knew the reputa-
ton of the place.
The girls were walking along the road
towards the east and were almost in
the center of the road, as there are no
sidewalks at the point. At their right
was high stone wall, about five feet
in height, and extenGng along the whole
stretch of the dangerous curve.
The girls saw the two cars coming
swiftly toward them, and they FASTENED
as far as possible to the right of the
road. In the noise Of the approach of
the two autos they were warned in no
way of the auto behind them.
The drivers of the two oncoming autos
saw the other when it was too late to
turn aside, as they were exactly abreast
of each other and the TOAD is narrow at
the point. There waJno chance of the
auto coming in the other direction turn
ing except to the right, TO avoid a COLI
sion, and this brought it squarely down
upon the two girls.
The two girls crouched as near the
wall as possible, and for a space Of Is or
20 seconds, after they had seen the auto
coming up behind them they stood there,
with the knowledge that there was no
possibility of escape for them
In the car was DR.. A. W. Tyler of
Oakdale, driving With him were his
wife, another woman and his baby. His
first thought was to save them.
He turned the car to the right after
shutting off his power and applying the
brakes, though with little hope that the
car would stop in time to avert a fatal
ity.
The two girls hand in hand, stood d.
rectly in the path, and there was a cry
of horror from the bystanders, when
the auto struck them.
Charlotte was hurled bodily over the
wall, where she somersaulted through
the air, and struck the ground on her
head rolling over and over along the
ground for distance of nearly 40 feet,
before the body finally stopped.
Alvina was thrown to the top of the
wall and alighted on the banking on
the other side in sitting position.
By this time the three autos had come
to stop, and the occupants of two of
the autos came hurrying to the assist
ance of the two girls with a score of
Onlookers. The party in the third auto,
whether they did not appreciate the
fatality of the accident or for some
other reason, simply started on again,
and in the excitement nobody caught the
number of the car.
In the second auto that stopped was
Lawyer E. w. Runo of Worcester with
a party of friends. He was willing to
acknowledge share of the responsibility
for the accident, but DR.. Tyler said that
he alone had struck the girls.
DR.. Tyler was so shocked by the
that he could only say that
it seemed to him that if he went on his
own wife and child must die, and the
only possibility of averting an accident
was for him to steer to the right and
pray that the girls might escape.
Drs. Orr of Weston and Ives of Way
land were near the scene, and they i'm
went to the assistance of the
two girls. 1t was quickly seen that
Alvina was only bruised and shaken up,
but it was at first thought that Charlotte
had been killed instantly.
However, after working over her un-
til the ambulance from the Waltham
Hospital arrived, some life was found |
IN the body, though the,limbs were par
alyzed and the girl could not move a
She was hurried to the Waltham Hos
pital and the physicians there said that
there was a bare chance for her re-
rovery. They said further that if she
did recover she would certainly be par
alyzed from her waist down.
DIR. Tyler, with Lawyer Runo, assisted |
Alvina to her fathers home. less than
100 yards away from the scene of the
accident, and broke the news to the par
ents.
Miss Alvina said last night II shall
never forget that awful time while we
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