The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-10-25
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cording to Fred Horne and the alleged
statements of Tinkham.
GRUESOME SCENE AT THE BRIDGE
Just after the boys heard the crash
they ran to the farmhouse and noti-
fed Fred Horne This gentleman
with a Mr. Dale who was stopping at
the farm, hurried to the scene Of the
accident They saw the car In the
water and they saw the Tinkham ma
chine. Without waiting to parley
Mr.. Horne jumped about Is feet into
the underbrush and began to left on
the machine AS he did so he heard
groans from beneath the car and re-
quests that he lift no farther on that
side. Going over to the other side of
the machine with Mr.. Dale he lifted
1t up and the terrible sight greeted
him. Huddled up like stricken ami
mails, their bodies weighted down by
the car, were the two Oulton children,
Mr. Severance and Mrs. Caroline Oul-
ton. With no little difficulty the two
men pulled the people from beneath
the car. Mr. Oulton and his wife had
been thrown from the machine and
were not seriously hurt BY this
time the Tinkham machine had disap-
peared according to Horne, and none
in the party had mentioned to the
rescuers that Mrs. Severance was in
danger Thinking they had taken all
from the car Mr.. Horne and Mr. Dale
went up on the bridge. While there
they heard Mr. Severance cry out for
his wife Then and only then did
either know that one had been left
behind. Going into the underbrush
once more Mr.. Horne felt around be-
meath the car but could not find the
missing woman. On the left hand
side of the machine he discovered, af-
ter some search, that Mrs. Severances
left leg was caught beneath the can
vas top of the machine. Drawing
back fur robes, which appeared to be
floating upon the water he saw the un-
fortunate woman, lying face down in
the brook. She had drowned in but
a few inches Of water, One Of the
Horne boys stated to the reporter
that had Mr.. Horne known Mrs. Saw
erance was there he could easily have
saved her but she lay in the water
some ten minutes before being dis
covered, the fur robes hiding her from
view.
LOG SAVES REST OF PARTY
The presence of a large log, pro-
jecting from the bed of the brook,
undoubtedly saved the rest OF the
party from instant death. From the
condition OF this log 1t is easily seen
that when the machine hurtled over
the bank 1t struck, right side up, on
this large log and then turned over
without any great force. The four
persons under the car, when discov-
cred by Messrs Horne and Dale we're
practically uninjured and to all ap-
pearance owed their condition to the
presence of that log.
After the party had been rescued
and the body Of Mrs. Severance dis
covered, several autos were called
into service and the parties were TAX
en- to their several homes. The body
of Mrs. Severance was placed in the
Lord & Caswell undertaking parlors
during Sunday night. 1t was found
that Mrs Caroline Oulton had sustain
ed a badly sprained ankle and that
all members of the party were some
what bruised.
HOW DID IT ALL HAPPEN?
Mr. Oulton, driver of the wrecked
machine says he turned out for Mr.
Tinkham. Tinkham says he had
passed Oulton before that gentleman
went over the bridge. Now which is