The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-07-18
INJURIES LIMITED
CUTS AND BRUISES
Occupants Piled in Heap amid
Broken Glass, but with Few
Exceptions Made Their Way
from Temporary Prison to
Find Themselves Unhurt, Bad
" Scared and mighty Lucky"

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.scapes from serious injury and
death shortly before o'clock Mon
day evening when one of the James
busses operating between this village
and North Bennington left the con-
crete highway and crashed on lts
side near Haynes crossing. Less
than half a dozen persons were hurt
and the injuries, when the circum'
stances are taken into consideration
are surprisingly light consisting for
the most part OF cuts from broken
glass. 49,
Clark Loomis, who was driving the
bus at the time Of the accident VIII
he laid up for few days at MS nome
at North Bennington with sewers
cut on one knee.
George Wood, who lives on Pleas
ant street in this village, was prob
ably the most severely injured. he
has a wrenched ankle.
John Griffin, who lives on Scnooi
street. has slight scalp wound anu
cut more than an inch long on MS
face.
Shortly after the accident a. young
man called at a physicians ofiice
Were a small cut on the back oil the
head was dressed. He talked with
difficulty and said that some one
stopped on his Adams apple during
the struggle of the imprisoned pas
s,ngc - escape from the wreck.
Mrs. Ernest Flanders is at her
home at North Bennington with
wrent,Ned hack and will be confined
to her bed for few days.
Others among the passengers are
complaining OF lameness from which
they will fully recover within rev
days.
The bus left North Remington at
$50 with 20 men and two women
passengers, Mrs. Flanders and Miss
Bertha Bouplon, who lives on North
street in this village and who is EN-
ployed as bookkeeper in the A. 5.
Payne office, North Bennington. Miss
Bouplon came out Of the accident
without a scratch, although she was
buried under several men passengers.
1t was plainly evident that the bus
left the concrete almost Immediately
after crossing the trolley track
Marks left by the wheels in the grav-
ell plainly showed that the man at
the steering wheel had made an eff
fort to direct the vehicle back upon
the concrete but without success.
When the concrete paving was laid
last summer the highway at this
point was filed to depth OF between
Two and three feet. The gravel Is
vet loose affording no traction to the
right wheels of the bus. After re.
naming upright for a distance OF
more than fifty feet the bus went
over landing upon its side and upon
| the rails OF the trolley track
Just before the bus went over some
one of the passengers shouted
warning but the crash came almost
( instantly afterward so that the larger
number had no knowledge Of what
was taking place until they found
themselves component parts of
kstruggling heap of humanity.
T. When the vehicle hit the rails the
windows on the right hand side col
slapsed and the passengers under
meath found themselves bedded in
1.-The broken glass. That so few OF
| them were cut is one of the remark
| able features of the accident.
There was not so much scrambling
as would have been expected under
the circumstances. Some one shout
led Keep cool and we'll get out o
here all right" and it would seem
that the advice was generally follow
led.
! One of the first to reach the scene
of the accident was Leonard Law
renee, who has a taxi stand on North
,street and who was returning from
trip to North Bennington. He took
three of the injured men into his car
and delivered them at physicians
boliice in this village.
The bus sustained comparatively
little damage 1t was hauled to the
road by wrecking crew from the
Marshall garage turned around and
Istarted toward North Bennington un-
der its own power. The right hand
hfenders were damaged but the run
ming gear was apparently in as good
condition as before the accident
The bus is one Of the two REQ ma
bchines owned by Mr.. James.
Thomas Cartwright, with his two
assistants. Liscomb Touchette and
Merrill Pleasant, is now located in
his new barber shop, over Qulnlans
drug store, and is ready to render