The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-07-24
AUTOS AND TEAMS
IN COLLISION
No One Seriously Hurt in Accidents on
Barre Streets But Property Was
Considerably Smashed.

Around $3.50 o'clock Sunday evening
two astomobile accidents, each involving
a rear.end collision with team. occurred
on North Main street In each instance
the automobile got the better of thu
meeting. The first TO happen had The
vicinity of Depot square for its locale
where DR.. T.. b. Watson OF Williams
town, hurrying to make the Green Noun
tain express with Il passenger, sideswiped
the rear of team owned by Frank Ma
guire, Graniteville liveryman. The
more serious of the two accidents hap.
pened just south of Blackwell street, a
jitney operated by G. n. Ladd of Barre
running into a team driven by Francis
McIeay of Church street. Both horses
finally landed In the Jones & Nye stable,
the Mcguire horse with superficial
wound in its breast.
Spectators were disposed to place the
burden of blame on the auto drivers. A
Spanish quarryman from the hill was
bound for home on the right side of the
road when DR.. Watson's touring car cut
in toward the square. Headlights on the
machine were shattered and the radiator
was dented, but none OF the occupants
was injured. The driver of the horse
drawn vehicle elung TO his seat, but the
horse received a cut in the chest and was
led away to the Jones & Nye stable TO
be doctored. When questioned concern
ing the outfit that he sent away from
his stable in the afternoon Mr.. Mcguire
said he did not know the name of the
man who hired the horse. From what he
had heard, the driver was not at fault,
he said
Farther down the street a few mo.
ments later, Francis McLeay, a draughts
man employed at the plant of c. w. Nc
MILAN & Son, was driving home a Jones
& Nye horse from a days outing at Ber
lin pond He was about to cross the
trolley tracks at Blackwell street when
the jitney crashed into the rear of the
carriage. With the arrival OF the jitney
the horse became frightened, stretched
itself into racing form and presently had
Young McLeay dragging along on the
tagging, his hands tightly gripped to the
-eins. When he gave up the struggle to
stop the horse, the carriage brought up
lgainst pole at the Brook street inter
section and was reduced TO small dimen.
'ions by its sudden contact with some
hing stationary. The horse continued I
Up the street TO Depot square, where it |
vas halted, after its madcap perform
Inces had scattered bevy OF girls stand
ng near the Vermont Fruit store. Nc T
cay, with both knees badly skinned, I
md his trousers torn, caught up with /
he horse later in the evening.
The driver Of jitney No. 1903. said he
vas going at rate of 10 miles per hour
When he hooked into the team, a process
which he explained by stating that his
rakes wouldn't hold. Four passengers,
hree men and a woman, Lsdd said We're
ot designated by name. The driver
aid he picked them up in Montpelier
nd didn't know who they were. People
'ho witnessed the accident said that two
len were in the little car.
In explaining the circumstances lead
1g up to the accident, Ladd said that
was his first day on the trail
the iitney nickel and would probably
e his last in that particular line OF en-
eavor. Police headquarters was advised
the accident as soon as it happened
nd Officer John W. Dineen went to +,
rook street and Investigated. !