The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-06-15
PINE D BENEATH
AUTOAND BURNED
BY HOT WATER
F. ]. Ennis of Brooklyn Injured
in Accident on South Street
CAR BOTTOM SIDE UP
Was Driven by the owner, w. ]. Ca
mage, Agent for Lowney's
Candies, Of Boston

f. ]. Ennis, a travelling salesman
from Brooklyn, is in bed at the Put
nam House with the skin scalded
from one leg from the hip to the
knee and the other leg almost as bad
~ burned as the result of an automo-
bile accident Friday evening. He al
so has a bad but not a serious cut
on the back of the head.
The automobile, driven by its own
err, w. j. Carnage of Portland, Me-,
ran into a bank on the road leading to
Pownal, short distance beyond the
residence of Mrs. Isaac Pratt and
was overturned. The accident hap
pened a few minutes before six o.
clock.
When the car struck the bank, both
Ennis and Carnage were thrown I'M
derneath the machine, but Carnage
escaped with a slight scratch on the
face. Ennis was not so fortunate,
however He fell underneath the en-
CINE and the boiling water from the
radiator ran out upon his thighs and
hips
Carnage and Ennis were riding to-
ward Pownal at the time of the ac-
cident. The crash made by the car
when il hit the bank could be heard
for some distance and at once at
tracted every one in the vicinity to
the scene of the accident. Among
them was Stearns Rice, who was
driving toward Bennington, and
Charles Clark and Amelia Bruso who
were on foot. Clark and Bruso soon
extricated the automobilists from I'M
der the machine.
Ennis was taken into the wagon
by Mr. Rice and carried to the Put
nam House where he was put in bed
and his injuries were attended by
physician. When his clothing was
removed the physician found that the
boiling water had loosened most of
the skin from one leg between the
hip and knee and that the other leg
was scalded in a similar manner, al
though the burned surface was not so
large.
Word was sent to the Bennington
garage and a taxicab was sent 10 the
scene OF the accident to tow in the
injured machine. The owner of the
wrecked auto, who appeared TO be
none the worse for his experience,
came into the village in the taxi.
Carnage. who is a travelling sales
man for the Lowney Candy company,
arrived here early Friday morning
from Rutland for the purpose of call
ing on his customers. He has been
travelling through this section for
some time and stops in Bennington
about six times a year He was ac-
companied by chauffeur named
Coy.
Early in the forenoon Carnage and
Coy attracted the attention OF people
who happened to be IN the vicinity OF
Putnam House square Both had ap-
parently been drinking to excess
About 10 o'clock the two men had a
quarrel and Carnage hit Coy in the
face, splitting the chauffeurs lip so
that his clothing was considerably
spattered with blood. They were
separated. Carnage paid the chauffeur
the wages due the man and dIscharg-
ed him.
Coy. who was pretty thoroughly in
toXicated, was partially sobered
through the application of numerous
hot towels at one of the barber shops
He was about the village during the
day and talked freely with any one
who would listen. He was far from
sober at any time
Coy said that his employer did not
know how to run an automobile and
for this reason he kept the battery
plug in his pocket He didn't con.
slider himself discharged and said
that when Carnage came to himself.
things would be all right again. About
4 o'clock Coy went to the car which
had stood In front OF the Putnam
House since its arrival In the morn.
! ing and put the battery plug In its
place. He worked the horn vigorous.
ly for some time. but as Carnage did
not appear the chauffeur went away.
This time he forgot to take the bat.
terry plug.
Between 5 and 6 o'clock Carnage
and Ennis got into the machine and
started over South street toward Pow.
nal People living on the street no.
/ uced the erratic course Of the car.
which was running az a good rate
and we're not surprised when they
hc4rd>oi ,he accident.
The exterior Of the car, after Il
had been hauled to the garage. did
not appear TO have been much dam.
aged by the accident. but Il was the
/ opinion OF the employees that It's I'm.
nards' were in pretty bad shape. Az.
ter the car went over the engine
continued to run for some time and.
as the oil supply soon became ex.
hausted while the auto was lying IN
It's unusual position, the bearings are
probably burned by friction.
Carnage was arraigned In the mu.
nicipal court at Rutland Wednesday
on the charge Of exceeding tho speed