The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-29
Mrs. Raymond Gokey of BeckIey
Street, Killed Late Yesterday
HURLED ON SHARP ROCK
Mrs. Joseph Tonguay and Mrs. Henry
De Coteau, Who Were Riding With Her
on the Plainfeld Road, Suffered
Minor Injuries and From Shock.

/ In runaway accident which occurred
near the +. f. Nye farm on the Plain
field road yesterday afternoon a few
minutes after 3 o'clock, Mrs. Raymond
Gokey of l45 Beckley street sustained
injuries which caused her death before
two hours had elapsed, Mrs. Joseph
| Tonguay, a sister-in-law of the dead
woman, received ugly bruises about the
head and right arm, and Mrs. Henry
DeCoteau. sister of Mrs. Gokey, suf
| fered several severe cuts on the face.
The runaway started as the team was
proceeding down steep incline near the
| Nye farm after the women had left
neighboring berry field, where they
went in the early afternoon. Farm
hands summoned by Mrs. Tonguay and
Mrs. DeCoteau, carried the unconscious
woman into the Nye house and Drs F. 5.
Duffy and William Mcfarland reached
the scene some time before death came,
at 4:45.
At | o'clock in the afternoon, the
three women started in a team for
the berry grounds a short distance above
the Batchelder place on the Plainfeld
road. They picked berries until Q
O'Clock, when they hitehed their horse
to the carriage and started for home,
with Mrs. Gokey at the reins. II was
while descending sharp pitch near
the Nye farm that the horse broke into
a quick trot and was soon travelling
beyond the control of the women ON the
seat At the base OF the hill Il cul-
vert, unprotected on either side BY a
railing. At this point, the horse gave
a sudden lurch to one side as though
to turn and all three occupants were
jolted out of the seat Just as onefwhecl
of the carriage went over the edge of
the culvert.
Mrs. Gokey, who was sitting in the
middle at the time. was thrown head
long into the brook, while her com
panions were fortunate enough to fall
into clump OF bushes skirting the
stream. Although stunned by the fall,
both Mrs. Tonguav and Mrs. DeCoteau
were able TO regain their feet and go
to the assistance OF the woman in the
brook.
The water in the small stream is shall.
low and Mrs. Gokey was not in danger
of drowning when her two relatives
reached her They found that she had
struck her head on a sharp stone and,
when they arrived, her first response
to their question was only a groan. |
Afterwards one of the women spoke to
Mrs. Gokey and was recognized by name.
But the consciousness was only momen-
tary and the woman soon reapsed into |
a stupor from which she never raj |
lied.
Hired men employed on the Nye farm
heard the cries Of the two frightened |
KEY was removed to Mr. Nye's house /
and such simple ministrations as were
possible were applied while DIR. p s.
Duffy and b. w. Hooker & Co.'S am
bulance were summoned. Upon DR. Duff
fy's arrival, ii was learned that the
woman's skull had been fractured when
she struck the rock. Death seemed inn /
minent from the first, but DIR. William
was called to the assistance
Of DR.. Duffy. The two physicians
worked over the woman until her death
occurred few minutes before 5 O'Clock
Hooker & Co.'S ambulance arrived with
in thirty minutes after the summons,
but too late to remove the woman
to the City hospital, as had been in
tended. The remains were brought to
the home Of Mrs. Gokey's parents on
Beckley street.
After the women had been thrown
over the culvert. the horse continued
Town the road a short distance, drag
ring the overturned carriage in its wake,
md later turning into field. where
t was stopped by farmland. At
he Nye farm, the injuries sustained
~ Mrs. Tonguay and Mrs. DeCoteau
we're cared for by the physicians aud
he two survivors of the accident were
lble to return to their homes in this
ty later in the evening.
Mrs. Blanche (Tonguay) Gokey was
'orn in Sherbrooke. P. O., October 20,
1885, and came to Barre with her par
nts sixteen years ago. Her marriage
o Raymond Gokey occurred May 30, .
9l0. The latter's death occurred June Z,
9l2. The deceased leaves one daughter,
rita, aged thirteen months; her par
nts, Mr.. and Mrs. George Tonguay. with :
ghom she had resided for the past few
months; three sisters and four broth !
RS, as follows: Mrs. Joseph Bombard,
1rs. Henry DeCoteau and Miss Aura
'onguay, all of Barre, and Joseph, Al
ert, Thomas and Lesime Tonguay, who
We in this city. {
The funeral will be held at st. Mon
as chlHch Saturday morning at 10
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