Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-01-05
FATALLY INJURED
Mrs. W. R. Gaige Fell Three
Stories on Church Place
Stood Near open Window Watching
Children side-Accident Happened
Monday, Death Resulting Wednesday
Night.


Fatal injuries were sustained Monday
forenoon by Mrs. Wilmont r. Gaige. 40,
who fell in some unknown way from the
third story of the house on Church place
owned by NJ. j. Moran. The accident
happened about 1.50 o'clock and Mrs.
Gaige was taken at once to the Memorial
hospital, where she died soon after Q
o'clock Wednesday night. The distance
from the third story to the ground was
about 20 feet and the ground was frozen.
Mrs. Gaige sustained a fracture of the
Jaw, a fracture al the base of the skull,
fracture of her right hip, her right eye
was closed because of injuries, her face
was badly lacerated and she was injured
internally. When taken to the hospital
1t was thought that she had but a few
hours to live, but she fingered until We'd
nesday night, being conscious at inter-
walls.
The accident took place while Mrs
Gaige was alone in the house, and no
exact explanation of how she happened
to fall is available. Miss Vera BENJAMIN.
a trained nurse who had been calling to
care for her, left the house barely three
minutes before the accident. After Miss
Benjamin left Mrs. Gaige went to win
dow in the rear of the house, in the up
per story, where she stood leaning on
the window sill, which is about 12 inches
from the floor with the window open
of the house and she apparently was
watching them when she fell. Nobody
saw her until she struck the ground and
then Lewis Mack, a boy about IL years
old, ran to her assistance She landed
on her shoulder and hip and her head
hit the ground with great force. When
the Mack boy went to her assistance she
sat up and tried to wipe away the blood
which was flowing from wounds on her
face. Neighbors soon became aware of
the accident and Charles II. Bailey, who
rooms in the house, tried to take her to
her apartments, assisted by Ernest Mack.
Mr.. Gaige arrived home a few minutes
later and although Mrs Gaige was suf-
fering from her injuries she was able to
talk to him, but could not explain how
she happened to fall. The ambula nee
was summoned and she was taken to the
Memorial hospital, where she was cared
for by DR.. II. l.. Waterman.
Mrs Gaige had been i'll many months
and in September underwent an opera
tion. She already had undergone four.
The one in September was performed by
DR.. Z. r. Lynch in the Farren hospital
In Montague and was for growth in her
throat Previous to going to Montague
she had been in the Memorial hospital
two months. She came home from the
Farren hospital in October and had been
under the doctors care since then and
was attended daily by Miss Benjamin.
| Sne was not strong physically, and TINS
may have had something to do with her
| falling from the window
Mrs. Emmarette Green Gaige was
[ born in Brattleboro Feb. "a, 1862, and was
a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
Green of this town. She attended the
| schools here and in Guilford and with her
parents lived in Guilford, Surry, N H.,
and Ripton, this state. She was married
| to Wilmont r. Gaige of Middlebury
on October 90, 1882. The marriage
| was performed in this town by Rev. E.
! w. Whitney, pastor of the Universalist
church. They had since lived here Be-
| sides her husband she leaves a nephew
Roy v A. Pierce of Haverhill, Mass. The
funeral will be held this afternoon at 3
O'Clock in the home, Rev. r. NJ. Hough-
ton officiating, and the burial will take
place in the family lot in Prospect Hill
cemetery