The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-02
MOTOR VEHICLES
IN HEAD-ON CRASH
Fracture of Leg Sustained
by Two Young Men.
One Amputated
SERIOUS ACCIDENT
AT SPOFFORD LAKE
Harlan Amidon of Brattleboro and En-
DRY Carey of Chesterfield Victims
Miss Doris p. Clark Arrested and
Furnishes Bail.

Harlan Amidon, an employee of the
Twin State Gas and Electric company
Of this town, is in the Melrose hospital
with his right leg amputated four inches
below the knee and Emroy Carey, a Ia
borer of West Chesterfield, y. H., is i'll
his home suffering from broken leg, as
the result of an accident about $50
O'Clock yesterday forenoon, when the
motorcycle on which they were returning
from Keene to Brattleboro collided with
Hudson coupe owned by w w Gordon
of Hazardville, Conn, and driven by Miss
Doris p Clark of Bridgeport, Conn.
The accident happened near the Pine
Grove Springs hotel at Spofford lake.
Miss Clark, daughter of MIR. and Mrs.
Fayette G. Clark, who have a summer
home at the lake, a sister, and Lieut.. Cor
don, son of w. w Gordon, to whom Miss
Clark WAS to b. married at O'Clock
yesterday afternoon, drove to G. A. Har-
ris's cottage to see Miss Evelyn Harris.
| As they left the Harris cottage Miss
| Clark, it is said. sounded the horn sew
eral times and Lieut.. Gordon looked in
both directions and saw no one approach
! ing and said it was all right to go on.
just as they swung into the main road
| toward Keene the motorcycle and two
occupants came down the grade swinging
to the left, apparently with the intention
of passing the automobile safely. The
motorcycle struck the automobile be
tween the right headlight and frame OF
the machine, throwing both riders of the
motorcycle fully % feet. When tht
motorcycle, the front wheel of which
was demolished, was pulled from it,
wedged position parts of the bone from
Amidon's broken leg were found.
Persons rushed to the assistance of thu
injured men and placed tourniquet o.
Amidon's leg, while Others went for medi
cal assistance. A passing physician
whose name has not been learned
stopped and administered hypodermi
and DIR. james A. Craig of Westmorelan
was summoned and gave first aid treat
ment
Mr. Amidon- was brought to the Mel
rose hospital by car from the garag
at Pine Grove Springs and his leg wa
amputated by DR.. f. r. Lynch later i
the day Carey was taken to his HON
, in another car from the same garage an
! was attended by DIR. Craig.
A warrant, charging reckless drivin:
was issued and Miss Clark was place
5 under arrest, later appearing before t!
I municipal court in keene, where she wa
G placed under bail of $500 awaiting ful
c ther hearing Bail was furnished by hi
t father and Ward Stearns, owner Of Il
\ Pine Grove Springs hotel.
$ Mr. Amidon is q years old and hs
t been employed as lineman for the Twi
h State Gas Il Electric company a lit
) more than year. He lives in the hon
G of his brother, Clifford Amidon of - Ha
ris place. He is unmarried
+ Carey, who is Is years of age and si
e gle, lives with his parents, Mr.. and Nh
II Ernest Carey, and works out by the da
o Lieut. Gordon, who married Miss Clal
II yesterday afternoon at the summer hon
Ie of the brides parents, is in the await,
ii service of the government and is st
. tion at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.