The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-08-12
When Mach ! Left Road
and Stru !. arge Rock
Ne Is ontpelier .4AI
!N J. c. RICH HAS
BRAIN Conclusion
George Cross Was Driving
Garlic and Two 9th
ers Escaped Injury 4

| Suffering from conclusion of the brain
and severe lacerations and bruises, Mrs.
IS. G. Rich of Northfield lies at Heaton
hospital, where she was taken late last
might following an automobile accident
on Northfield street, just out OF Mont
pelier. The physicians say that Mrs.
Rich has an even chance for recovery.
The injured woman was one Of a
party OF four, all being from Northfeld.
The driver and owner of the machine, a
1915 Oldsmobile, was George Cross. The
other occupants of the car were Mrs.
Fred Greene and Frank B. Hutchins.
The accident happened shortly after IL
o'clock while the party were on their
way home, having been in Barre and
Montpelier. Northfeld street is bordered
by a depression on each side between
the Leland and Kingsbury farms and
it was down into one of these bitches
that the Cross car leaped The machine
failed to turn over. its plunge being
abruptly halted when the radiator struck
a big rock. 1t is uncertain whether Mrs.
Rich's head came in contact with tree
or rock, but she was picked up uncon-
scious about 80 feet from where the auto
stopped.
Haste was made to get TO the T. C.
Kingsbury house. where the police sta
tion in Montpelier was telephoned and an
officer, together with DR.. w. R. Harkness
and number of people, started for the
scene in automobiles.
The injured woman was rushed with
all possible speed to Heaton hospital in
the automobile belonging to b. L. Spoon
er and during the trip il was several
times feared that she would not survive
until the hospital could be reached. Once
there she was given heart stimulant,
and this morning her condition was re-
ported as about the same.
close examination of Mrs. Rich re-
vealed, in addition to the coneussion, q
badly lacerated face, the skull bone be-
ing laid open and several teeth being
knocked out When picked up she was
bleeding profusely from the nose, throat
md the several cuts.
The husband of the injured woman,
who is about As years old, was notified
i the accident and arrived in Montpelier
Don after his wife was taken to the hos
,ital.
States Attorney r. Il. Gleason has
the particulars OF the acci-
ent Reports concerning the cause ar,
omewhat contradictory, Mr. Cross as
erting that the machine plunged over
he embankment when he turned out too
ar TO allow another automobile to pass.
'wo witnesses of the accident, however,
make the statement that they failed to
ee any car go by other than the Cross
lachine.
II is certain that the Cross car went
1r quite a distance partly in the ditch
nd partly in the road before il descend
4 the embankment. Mrs. Rich and Mr.
utehins were in the rear seat. How
le other three occupants Of the car es-
iped injury is remarkable.
Damage 10 the automobile consisted
a smashed front wheel and a broken
lie and the radiator was also damaged
A garage in Mortified was
,tifed Of the disaster and after several
lurs' work succeeded in getting the
u back in the road and sufficiently re-
tired - that IL was taken 90 North
IA.
Mrs Rich. who conducts a bakery in
orthfeld. il the wife Of an insurance
-cnt there, while Mrs. Greene is the
fe Of a drug clerk in Montpelier Mr..
oss Is q member Of Cross Bros. and
r Hutchins conducts a meat store in
lrthfeld