The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-16
ONE OTHER OCCUPANT
HAD ARM SPRAINED
Party Were Returning From Long
Tedious Trip to Sherbrooke,
P. O., When Machine Shot
Off the Road at Sharp Curve.

An automobile driven by Odule Gill
bert Of GranitevilIe and carrying, also,
Mrs. Gilbert and Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Gilbert, went off low bank near the
Boutwell, schooihouse on the East Mont.
pelier road, turned turtle and crushed
Mrs. Odule Gilbert to death early this
morning. Aside from a sprain to Charles
Gilbert's arm, the other three occupants
of the car We're not injured,
The accident happened few min
utes before two o'clock, the party being
on the way to their home in Graniteyille
after long and tiresome trip to Sher-
brooke, P. O., where they had been to
visit Mr.. and Mrs. Odule Gilbertson's son,
who is attending college there. They
started from GranitevIlle at three o'clock
yesterday morning in Mr.. Gilbert's Cad-
lilac machine and, arriving at Sherbrooks
in due season, spent the day there, leav-
ing for home early last evening They
had only few miles further to go when
the accident happened.
Auto Driver May Have Drowsed.
In trying to account for the accident,
Mr. Gilbert says he must have become
drowsy because of the strain of driving,
the car so many miles late into thei
night and that he probably closed his
eyes momentarily. 1t was just at the,
sharp turn in the road, after the auto
mobile had made the ascent of the Law
son hill, where there is banksof from
ten to twelve feet in height. The auto
mobile shot off the road and over thn
bank, landing in the field below, bottom
side up. The three uninjured members
Of the party fell clear Of the rolling ma
chine. but Mrs. 0. Gilbert was caught
and fatally crushed.
While some remained with the injured
woman, another member of the party
walked back to the residence of Mrs.
Eva Lawson, quarter of mile away,
and telephoned to this city for physi-
clans and an ambulance. Hooker's am
bulanee was sent to the scene of tho
accident, which is mile and q half
out of this city, and brought Mrs. Gill
bert to the City hospital, where she
fingered until 1925 O'clock She sus-
tanned a fractured pelvis and internal
injuries Later this forenoon, the body
was taken to the undertaking rooms OF
B, W Hooker & Co.
L., Il - 4bfp s., kba
ambulance with her, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Gilbert were brought in by a
team which was placed at their dis
posal by Mrs. Lawson. 1t was remark.
able that none of the three was injured
seriously. The automobile must have
made more than one revolution in the
descent of the bank, and it stopped with
the wheels nppermost The car was
badly smashed 1t is 32-horsepower
Cadillac, which Mr. Gilbert has driven
for two reasons.
Car May Have Hit Tree.
Tt is possible that the ear may have
hit tree in going over the bank, as it
was tilted to an angle that would indi
cate such thing. There was barbeJ
wire renee at this point, and the machine
plunged through this fence, tearing out
the wire for considerable distance Tho
scene OF the accident was visited by
many people this forenoon, who re-
marked at the narrow escape of all the
occupants.
0dule Gilbert, the owner and driver
of the machine, is proprietor of store
in Graniteville, where he is well known.
as was the woman killed. They have
lived there many years. Mrs. Gilbert
came here from Berlin. n. II. Besides
her husband, she leaves the son who is
in college at Sherbrooke. and daughter,
who is also attending school away from
home, being at st. Sylvester, P. Q.