Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-07
MAY LOSE EYE
 FOLLOWING AUTO ACCIDENT
Joseph cyr in St. Joseph's Hospital
 Following Crash of Car Into Trolley Pole.


 Joseph Cyr of this city, employed by the Merrill Jones Automobile company as a chauffeur, is in St. Joseph's hos pital with severe cuts around his left eye and a lacerated eyeball, which may cause him to lose the sight in that eye, as 8 result of an automobile ac- cident on Main street. above Thread Mill square, at o'clock < Sunday morning. The actions of the car after it struck the first pole are unexp1ain- able. Cyr had just returned from South; Manchester, where he had driven large Buick car, taking part of the Windham High school basketball team to that city and return, and was on the way back from a trip to the lower village. People along lower Main street say that a car passed at a furi- ous rate about the time of the acci-. dent and the wrecked car bore the same description. Near the accident Main street makes a slight turn to the north and the | driver was evidently going so fast thet he could not make the corner, for the 1 car crossed the street to the left hand | side and crashed into a wooden pole of | the Shore Line trolley company. Cyr | probably tried to turn out, for the back end of the car hit the post A slab | about seven feet long and two inches thick was gouged from the post, and 1 the rear left hub gouged out a place about two inches deep.
 | People living near the location of | the accident state that they heard the car crash into the post, accompanied by noise of breaking glass, evident | ly the windshield. At the time of the l collision Tbo 1ubooJc vxyoro craino at high rate, for the seam between the tire and the hub was filled with spIinters of the pole. The back end of the running board and the rear fender l on the left side were crushed and the
 body smashed. The top was up and | when that was torn down the wind
 shield was probably broken and prob ably Cyr's eye was cut bya piece of the
 glass.
 The rear end of the car then slowed around and struck another pole or the same side of the street, about 90 feet distant, and the rear right hand
 side was crushed, the real wheel beiu2
 dished. The rear axle was bent and
 all of the damage was done to the real end of the car. Neighbors say that
 after the crash they heard a rippiHg
 sound, probably the rear wheels slew
 ing, and then another crash.
 The first person to reach the site
 of the accident was Charles Richards who had just finished working. Wher
 he got out into the street a man, prob
 ably Cyr, was picking himself up iron the middle of the road, about opposite where the first pole was, and another man, of slight build. about five fee | tall, was coming around the front O. the car. They met and talked as i they were friends and then went LII the street together
 A little way up Main street they me several young men and Cyr asked t be taken to a doctor, and they tool him to Dr. Girouard. Dr. Girouart recognized the seriousness of his con
 dition and had him taken to St. Jo
 seph's hospital. Dr. w. E. Hendry local eye specialist, was called and h a found Cyr suffering from rupture, . eyeball and a lacerated cornea an4 n took. several stitches to hold the ey in the socket. Cyr's only injuries con sist of those to his eye.
 Q Had he chains on his automobile ' the accident would not have happened n probably, but he took the chains o1 n at South Manchester since they mad | noise.
 il After Cyr picked himself up h
 went to the car and turned off tn
 ignition system, showing that the en
 zine was not damaged.
 The identity of the young man sai
 to have been in the car with Cyr re T mains mystery.