The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-07
Herbert E. Abbey, Jones
Bros. Co. Watchman, Met
Death in Stone Yard j
STONE TOPPLE' :
AS H. 'ASSED
Terribly Cruz d Remains
We're Found by AL
bert Moulton

: A Sunday stoneshed fatality claimed
Herbert E. Abbey of the Richardson road,
a day watchman employed by Jones
Brothers, as its victim yesterday.
Crushed between mausoleum stone
weighing nearly eight tons and another
stone Of the same dimensions. the body
of Abbey was found in the stoneshed
yard by Albert Moulton, an engineer em
ployed by the company, at l2:45 o'clock.
Life was extinct and circumstances sur
rounding the discovery plainly indicated
that the unfortunate man met death as
he walked through the yard, probably on
the way home for dinner At 1902
o'clock the watchman had punched the
time clock in the "old" section OF the
plant, as it is called, and it is surmised
that the accident happened few mo-
ments afterward.
When the elder Abbey failed to appear
at home for dinner in the noon hour his
son, Bert Abbey, set out for the shed in
search of his father. At work in the en-
gine room was Mr. Moulton, who planned
to spend the Sunday in cleaning out the
boilers. Accosting the engineer, young
Abbey inquired for his father and learned
that he had been seen about the plant
only short time before. Mr.. Moulton
was on the point of going from the en-
gine room to the office to use the tele
phone and told the son that he would
speak TO his father on his way. The
grewsome discovery of the elder Abbey's
misshapen body followed and when the
younger man learned of his fathers death
he was instantly overcome. DR.. William
Mcfarland was called to the plant to ad
minister restoratives to him. In the alb
sence of Health Officer DR.. J. W. Stewart
Charles oliver of Division street, mem
Der OF the board of health, was called,
and he gave permission to remove the
body, after investigating.
For some time Abbey had been en-
ployed by the company to do odd jobs
about the plant. 1t was part of his
business to close the big shed doors at
night and to watch the place on holidays.
Saturday afternoons and Sundays, until
relieved by the night watchman John
Rowley OF Highland avenue. Sunday
morning he went to the plant as was his
wont and was seen several times by Mr..
Moulton.
When the engineer found the body it
was lying partially erect between the two
mausoleum stones. Both blocks were
finishing last week and had been left in
the yard preparatory to Grating. The
stone which struck the man had dimen
sons of 9x5xl feet and was replica of A
stone which rested on the ground near
an empty fiat car. 1t is thought that
Mr.. Abbey must have tripped over the
trigging of the stone as he passed be-
c.rI1 - a,ts L,l
Apparently the stone fell on sharp
angle, else the watchman would have
been guilotined against the sharp edge
# the stone on the ground. Halted by
he companion stone, the big block rested
n a diagonal position. Every rib in the
mans body was broken and the chest
vas crushed into a space barely four
inches wide The rush of blood caused
he flesh to burst at the neck and when
doulton found the remains a thick pool
f blood was under the stone. The health
fficer and others who examined the body
greed that death must have been in
tantaneous.
L. J. Good, a superintendent in the en-
10y of the company, was notified of the
ccdent at once and he arrived on the
remises before the body was moved.
With the aid of jacks, the mausoleum
tone was elevated TO height sufficient
} permit the removal of the body. The
erry & Noonan ambulance was called
nd the remains were removed to the
rms undertaking establishment in De-
ot square. The young Mr.. Abbey, over
,me by the tragedy, had to be assisted
, his home a short distance away.
The deceased was born in Middlebury
pril 20. ls4s, and had resided in Barre
X years, coming here from Randolph.
e is survived by daughter. Mrs. Jes-
e Bowen OF Bethel; five sons, Guy Alb
" of Rochester, Roy Abbey of Ran
,lph, Jason Abbey of Barre, Herbert L.
bbey of Barre. Fred W. Abbey of Mont
ier; three sisters. Mrs. Austin Archer
Randolph, Mrs. Wan Allen of Bethel,
rs Alice Kemp of Bellows Falls;
other. Jason p Abbey of Bethel, and
70 half brothers. John J. Abbey of
IRE and Elea1er Abbey of Detroit.
ch. His wife, Julia Bowen Abbey.
whom he had been married 80 years,
"a in Randolph in 1907.
Prayer services will be held in the
Try & Noonan mortuary chapel
forenoon at 10 o'clock and
! body will be taken to Randolph over
; Central Vermont railroad at ll:5o
lock In Randolph the funeral will be
d in Bethany church at O'Clock. the
stor Rev. Fraser Metzger, officiating.
erment will be beside the body Of Mrs
bey in the village cemetery.