The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-27
BADLY HURT IN
AUTO ACCIDENT
p. H. Rutter of TOwnshend
Is Brought to Memorial
Hospital
TWO PASSENGERS
ALSO INJURED
Edward O'Brien of Boston Cut About
the Face and Frank Churchill of Brat
tIeboro Rendered Unconscious Car
Left Road and Struck Tree.
Especial TO The Reformer.)
TOWNSHEND, Sept. =


Three seriously injured men and
smashed car was the result of col
Hsion with a tree on the main road be-
tween Newfane and Townshend about
4.3O Saturday afternoon. Phillip IL.
Rutter Of this place, president of the
Windham County Savings bank at New
fame, is in the Memorial hospital in
Brattleboro with a compound fracture
of the left patella, or knee-cap, and Ed
ward O'Brien of Boston has badly
cut face Both received other injuries
and bruises The third man, Frank
Churchill of Brattlehoro, was able, after
receiving medical attention, to proceed
to his relatives at the Holbrook farm
The car. a seyen-passenger Steward
knight, was owned and driven by Mr..
| Rutter, who is 50 years of age. lie
was returning from a trip alone to
! Keene, y. II. On reaching Dummers-
! ton he overlook i. ). Sayre's West
| River jitney, which had stopped because
| of tire trouble, and invited any who
| wished to ride with him. Mr.. O'Brien.
/ who has a summer bungalow in this
! village, and Mr.. Churchill, who was on
/ his way to the funeral Of his cousin, IL.
! II. Holbrook, responded.
The accident occurred at a point
about halfway be tween Henry Mack's
/ and Earl Dayis's residences, but the
| cause is not known, save that the driver
appeared momcntarily to have lost con
! troi of the car, which turned from the
! right-hand side, crossed the road dag
| onally and crashed against a tree fai
| enough from the road at the left so that
the rear wheels were in the ditch.
! The front axles were bent, wind
= shield, radiator and instrument board
4 IL. nd sfna W and
broken.
/ Mr.. Rutter was thrown partly out OF
the car, his legs being pinned under tht
| steering wheel. Mr.. Churchill, WHIT
| rode ON the back seat, was thrown Il
+ the road. Both men Were conscious
AIR. 0tBrien retained consciousness, bu
was dazed and his face was streaming
with blood from contact with the broker
windshield.
! ii. b. Osborn of Townshend, VIII,
was going toward Newfane with mo
tor truck load of wood. arrived first ol
the scene, a few moments after the ,: aG
!, cident. A New York touring car Whlci
. passed Mr. Osborn at Earl Davis's mus
!, have passed the spot almost at the tim
of the accident and it is possible tha
in turning out for this car the loss o
! control happened. Earl Wheeler, j
Martin of Newfane and Henry Pufe
) arrived soon aftcrward and the inlure
men were brought to the home of Mr.
0'Brien's sister-in-law, Mrs. Emm
Persons, in Harmonyville where DIR. +
l.. Osgood, DIR. j. +. Hair and DR.
! NIillington of jamaica dressed thel
wounds Later DIR. Anderson and DR.
| Miller of Brattleboro arrived and Nj
] Rutter was taken to the Memorial hos
pital
While giving first aid to the men a
! the scene of the accident car contalT
e ing Mr. and Mrs. Ray Maher and chill
of Massena, \. y, visitors at Jane
Makers in Newfane, stopped to Civ
assistance and Mrs. Alaher promptl
removed an underskirt and tore it u
di for bandages to stop the flow of bloot
e Mr.. Rutter was reported Sunday 8
Il resting comfortably at the hospital, bI
/, it is feared there may be Internal II
d iuries from the pressure of the steerin
5 wheel