The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-29
.HERM0N GORDON
KILLED BY TRAIN
Flat Street Garage Owner
Struck at BernardstOn
Crossing
WAS ON WAY HOME
FROM GREENFIELD
Thrown from Automobile Against Bag
gage Car, Crushing Skull and Frac-
turing Arm-Taken on Board Train
and Carried to Greenfield.

Hermon Nesbitt Gordon, %, proprie-
tor of a garage on Flat street, was
killed instantly yesterday afternoon be-
tween 3 and 3 o'clock, the southbound
White Mountain train colliding with
his automobile at the Boston & Maine
crossing in Bernardston, Mass, known
as Hale's crossing, short distance
south of the Bernardstcn hotel
Mr.. Gordon had been to Greenfield
in his Hupmobile after some automobile
parts and was on his way back when
the accident happened. A house cut
off the view of the track and when he
got where he could see the track the
train was approaching the crossing.
He quickly applied the brake and at
tempted to turn the car so as to run
PARALLEL with the track. but was unable
to do so in time to prevent running in
to the train. His ear was sideswiped
by the rear end of the tender, which
threw him out of the machine and
against the front end of the baggage
ear, crushing his head and causing a
multiple fracture of his right arm His
left leg also was injured and there were
cuts and bruises on other parts of his
body.
The automobile was wrecked. and
glass from the windshield was thrown
into the baggage ear.
The train was stopped and the body
was placed in the car and taken to
Greenfield where it was taken charge of
by Undertaken Woodlock until the ar.
rival of A. l.. Rohde and C. A. Mitchell
from Moran & Rohde's undertaking
F, rooms here. They returned with the
body about 7.30 last evening.
| Mr.. Gordon was born in Fleischmanns.
\. Y, but came here eight years ago.
| His father, John w. Gordon, is dead
and his mother, who was Minnie Mes
bitt of Brattleboro, daughter of the
late John Nesbitt, is now Mrs. Walter
Leavitt of Williams street.
| He worked for the Estey Organ Co.
| until three or four years ago when he
began working for Barney E. Mead
later buying Mr. Mead Is garage. Be.
sides his mother he leaves a wife. who
was Janet Stowell of this place, whom
he married three years ago last July, a
daughter, Bernice, two years old, and
two sisters, Isabel and Jennie Gordon
who live with Mrs. Leavitt.
From appearances Mr.. Gordon was
driving rapidly at the time of the ac.
cldent. He was using car which was
damaged by fire in Chesterfield year
ago, which he bought and for which he
| rigged up body lie was commonly
known as 'Slim Gordon and he and
his ear often were seen on the streets
He left here about ! o clock yesterday
and said he would be back at clock
Persons familiar with the crossing
| where the accident happened say thai
a field of corn on the east side of the
track obstructs the view of the track
after passing the house mentioned, ant
one autoist says that when he is about
to cross there he stops his car, on ac
count of the corn, until he learns wheth
er train is approaching.
The wrecked machine was taken t,
| Bernardston soon after the accident
and was brought to Manley Brothers
garage here last night.
The funeral of Mr. Gordon will b,
| held tomorrow at $50 O'Clock in the
| home of his mother on Williams street
Rev. r. A. Num- of the Methods
church officiating. The burial will tax,
place in Morningside cemetery.