Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-09-29
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS

AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS
One Case Fatal. Another May Result
in Death. Others Serious. Booze
Reported Factor in Several.
| Four automobile accidents, one of
which proves fatal, are reported here
from various correspondents and
| sources Of information. A less serious
motorcycle accident brings up the
rear.
Albert Hemonds, aged 25 years, a
blacksmith, employed at the w. A.
| Wright garage. was instantly killed
Saturday night, when his automobile
overturned on what is known as the
Bible hill road. mile north of St.
Johnsbury Center and four miles north
| of st Johnbsury. Hemonds and
Joseph Trudelle painter employed in
the same garage left here about one
O'Clock Saturday afternoon for Island
Pond and were on their return about
nine clock when the accident hap
pened 1t occurred on a narrow road
and the automobile went through a
fence and down Is foot embankment,
being overturned. Trudelle, who was
IN the rear seat. was thrown so far
out that he escaped injury. Hemonds
was pinned under the car and his neck
broken. Trudelle walked about a mile
to telephone. A large quantity of
and there was evidence that both men
had been drinking heavily. Trudelle
| after the accident told the officers that
he tried to stop Hemonds's reckless
| driving and that he was so alarmed at
the danger Of an accident that he left
the front seat ar d climbed over into the
rear, He said he was half asleep
when the accident happened, and woke
up TO find Himself in the field by the
road. He lighted matches and found
the car, called to Hemonds there was
no response, so he started for help.
w. F. Scott, the local liveryman,
was the victim Of an unfortunate acci-
dent Friday evening while returning
from Newport. Mr.. Scott was driving
the pair of ponies so we'll known
| throughout this part of the county and
reached point about one mile from
Coventry village. Here he met an
automobile being driven toward New
port. The details of the accident are
as yet not definitely reported as Mr..
Scott was thrown out of the wagon
and so seriously injured as to be
unable to give details. He was found
in the middle of the road sometime
later by Leland Herman of Coventry.
| Mr.. Scott was then unconscious and
| his condition has since been critical
| He was at once removed to his home
and examination disclosed a broken
arm and three broken ribs. The ponies
ran for some distance but became
freed from the wagon and were found
feeding in the meadow Of one of the
river farms. The fore leg of one of
! the ponies was broken, the wagon was
badly damaged. The feature of the
accident is the fact that the driver of
the automobile seems to have paid no
attention to his collision and Mr..
Scott's injury, but hastened on to New
port without leaving any clue as to his
identity. H. D. Stannard was sent
out Saturday morning to find out if
possible who was guilty of the f1egli.
gence. It is now reported that the car
was owned by C. J. Oben of Newport
and driven by Wallace Marvin.
What might have resulted in 2 seri
Gus accident occurred early Saturday
morning, when Dean Mcclellan and {
party Of young people were returning
in the Mcclellan automobile fr0r
Greensboro. The accident occurred
near the Glover cemetery, where th<
car turned completely over, but the si2
occupants were thrown out before tbt
car overturned. All sustained minor
bruises but Miss Katie Smith was the
only one of the party to be seriously
injured and her injuries are proving tC
be less than at first anticipated. NJ
explanation is given for the accident
other than that the car was going a
altogether too high speed and in some
manner the driver lost control of it.
A car owned and operated by Hazel
tine Hadlow of North Troy in which
were several friends. was partially
demolished and one of the young occu
pants, Oliver H. P. Hunt, r.ously
injured Friday night on the Burlington
road few miles west of Sout Tro!
village. The car appears to hav.
taken new piece of state road being
, constructed and in a very rough condi
ton, at such rate of speed that th,
driver lost control of the car ant
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, jaw was smashed and he was otherwis.
injured about the face. He was takel
to hospital in Montreal as soon as
! possible and unless blood poison sets il
1T is expected he will recover. It il
reported the car, which was new one
; was being christened. and that tn,
christening procedure had gone too far
While Alfred Moulton, son of DR.
Moulton of Derby Line, was ridin,
his motorcycle Sunday evening,
wire loosed by the wind and hangin,
across the street, caught him unde
, the chip, throwing him off the machin