The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-25
FIVE HURT IN AUTO.
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of the road so that Mr.. Pierce could pass
if he wished. The road was level ana
nearly straight, there was room for cars
to pass. Mr.. Pettee says he did not look
around and saw nothing of Mr.. Plerce
and didn't know whether he was gong
to pass or not as no horn was sounded;
but presently someone on the truck SAID
Mr.. Pierce had tipped over.
Then Mr.. Pettee stopped the truck ana
backed down to the scene of the accident
which was at the upper end OF the NOW
ing northeast of the Hubbard house. just
four and a half miles from Main street
hill.
The car, which was badly damaged,
lay bottom upward in the road, headed
north. Mr.. Doubleday lay in the road
a few feet north of the automobile. Mr..
Pierce had crawled out from under the
car and sat on telephone pole which lay
on the east side of the highway. The
others were scattered about and were
getting on to their feet.
The men on the truck tipped the Hud-
son down on its side and then up on its
wheels, which brought it astride the tele-
phone pole which lay on the ground.
All the men then were taken aboard the
truck and brought to this village. Mr..
Doubleday, Mr.. Hannum and Mr.. Pierce
were taken to the Memorial hospital
where they We're attended by DIR. Harry
Ip Greene DIR. w. II. Lane, DIR. G. r.
/. Miller, and Mr. Farnsworth was taken
to his home, where DIR. Thomas Rice at
tended him. Mr.. Lynch went home.
A short time before the accident Mr.
Pettee met Mrs. Harriet (Nesbitt) Dun
klee of Vernon driving a horse. 1t is
understood that Mr.. Pierce was planning
then to pass the truck. but fell back on
account of the team. Then he tore along
on the left side of the road and his left
wheels got out over a grassy shoulder and
began pulling. The farther the car went
the farther out on the grass ground it
went. 1t seemed headed straight for an
upright telephone pole west of the road
and apparently Mr.. Pierce gave the wheel
a quick turn, as the tracks showed that
it came back into the road at a sharp
angle. 1t tipped over on its side and
then gave another quarter turn, landing
bottom upward about go feet from the
point where the wheels first hit the grass
ground.
News of the accident soon reached this
village and Sheriff Frank l.. Wellman,
Deputy Sheriff Fred Cressy and Police
man w. Il. Tyler drove at once to the
scene. They found the radiator damned
in. the left lamp and fender smashed, the
windshield broken and the steering wheel
splintered. The sheriff secured the names
of all those who were riding with Mr..
Pierce. He also went to the hospital and
interviewed Mr.. Hannum, who said the
car was going very fast.
The car was out over night, but yester-
day morning a car from the Manley
Brothers garage hauled it to Mr.. Pierce's
home. During the night the extra tire
and all the tools were taken, and they are
supposed by the officers to have been
stolen.
States Attorney f. w Gibson made
further investigation yesterday and be-
came satisfied that the Hudson was being
driven at high speed. He said he should
bring some kind of an action against MIR.
Pierce, the nature of which would de
pend on the outcome of Mr. Doubleday's
injuries.
Mr.. Pierce has been in a number of
automobile accidents, and a year or so
ago his license was suspended as a result
of collision with car driven by T.. C..
Best near the Brattleboro Retreat farm.
Before that he ran into Mrs. John w.
Rhodes on Main street. Mrs. Rhodes died
of her injuries and damage suit was
brought against Mr.. Pierce, but jury in
county court brought in verdict in his
favor.