The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-08-26
GRADE CROSSING
AUTO CRASH ENDS
IN THREE DEATHS
Three Other Occupants of Car
Badly Hurt
VICTIMS LIVED IN ALBANY
Rain on Wind Shield 0bscured
Vision of Driver Near Cam
bridge Fair Grounds
LIVED IN ALBANY

Troy, Aug. 26.-Three persons met
death yesterday in an automobile ac.
c;dent at a grade crossing in Cam.
bridge The dead are:
George Ten Eyek, 459 Western
Avenue, Albany.
Winifred Palmer, fiye-year-olG
child, OF Albany.
Earl Gilliland. a youth OF Albany.
Mrs George Ten Eyck, Mrs. Palm.
er, mother Of the little g.rl that was
killed, and George Rose, Is, OF AL.
bany, are In the Mary Mcclellan
Hospital at Cambridge. Mrs. Palmer
is in critical condition.
GillllanG was killed outright. while
Mr.. Ten Eyck and the Palmer child
died after reaching the hospital. The
cause OF tie fatalities was a collision
between the automobile which was
being driven by Harry Ruehe of New
York, and slow-moylng Delaware
Il Hudson freight train which was 20.
| ing north II Is said the chauffeur,
who escaped uninjured, did not see
the approaching train until too late
to stop before the crash His vision
was blurred by rain on the wind
shield. The machine. according to
reports, was struck in the rear. was
turned around and hurled some dis.
tance before the train could be stop.
ped The occupants. except the
chauffeur We're thrown In all direc.
tions.
Young Ginland, the one occupant
who was killed outright, had been
at Y. NJ c, A. camp at Lake Cos
sayuna and was on his way to his
home in Albany. His head was
crushed There was some uncertain.
ty about his identity following the
accident and reporter called the
Giililand home in Albany to ask i.
Earl Gilliland was member OF the
family The youths mother answer
ed the telephone. She did not ask
why the information was wanted, but
said at once that Earl was her son
and that he would be home during
the day note of gladness was ap-
parent in her tone.
George Rose, 10. WHO Is in the Nc
Clellan Hospital at Cambridge, was
also returning from Cossayuna Lake,
where he had been in camp with
fyOung Gilliland.
The machine was owned and driy-
en- by Harry Roche OF 1886 Harrison
Avenue New York In a statement
obtained after the accident by DR..
George Stillman Of Argle coroner
of Washington county. Ruehe said,
he did not know of the proximity Of
the crossing; that his vision was
blurred by rain on the windshield
land that he was further handicapped
in bringing his machine to quick
stop, when he at last did see the on
coming train because there were
|sAree persons in the front seat.
The machine was nearly over the
Icrossing when the crash came. he
said, the engine striking the auto.
mobile on the left side we'll to the
rear The automobile heavy tour
ing car was turned completely about
The occupants we're thrown in diff
Iferent directions, one Of them being
thrown over a picket fence fifteen
feet away and another landing at
least twenty-five feet away.
Examination Mt the hospital show
ed that Mrs. Palmer was seriously
injured and that she was likely tC
follow her little daughter in death
Il, RranfnVnH nnI thapa
are several other major injuries
1t is feared young Rose is suffer
ing from a fractured skull Ruehe
the chauffeur although he did not al
first appear to be so badly injured
and was able to talk OF the accident
may also be more or less seriously
injured, according to later reports.
Directly after the accident DR.
Thomas L. Ward and DR., Franz
Ketchum of Cambridge were on the
scene and rendered what first aiC
treatment was possible. The injure,
were then rushed to the hospital
where they were treated by Dr. wi!
liam T. Coley of New York and Drs
Fortyne and Hutchison, resident sur
geons of the Mary Mcclellan hospital
The crossing is one Of the mos
open grade crossings in this section
Of the state, but it has been IA
scene of several serious accidents
Nine years ago an accident in whicl
four were killed and which is nov
referred to as the Chandler ace
dent" happened here, Open views o
the railroad can be obtained in boil
ldlrnctlnns for q rnnsiderahla dis