Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-12
tsnecial to The BulIetin. )

Sterling. Conn. June 1.-Two lives were. instantly snuffed out. one woman died later from her injuries, one person was. seriously injured and two slightly Sunday morning in another appalling grade crossing accident at what is be- coming known as Death Crossing in this place.
 The dead arei
 Byrou Phillips, 30.
 Mrs Phoebe M. Hebert, eS.
 Mrs Jennie Mette. 40.
 Seriously injured:
 Mes. Della Philips, 2S.
 Slightly injured:
 Jennle- Phillips, s months of age, daugn- ter of Byron and Della Phillips.
 Sophia Metle, months, daughter of Mrs Jenaie Mette.
 Mir. and Mrs Phillips, Mrs. Hebert, Mrs Mette and the two children all resi- dents of plainield. were en route to one of the Rhode Island beaches for Sunday outing and only few miles from their home town when the Ford touring car in which they were riding was actually smashed to bits as Mir. Phillips drove the nachine on to the crossing directly in
  bound from Providence to Willimantic. Grinding brakes, suddenly applied, nearly threw passeng-s in the train cut of theiC seats and as they rushed out of the cars through a cloud of dust that was thrown up by the sudden stopping of the train some were actually made i'll by the sight that met their gaze. Mrs Phillips and Mrs Mette, with a baby between them, lay on me pilot of the locomotive. Phillips body, terribly | crushed lay under the second car back | from the locomotive with one of his sew | cred hands nea" by Mrs. Hebert's body lay in a little ditch through which a l stream of watec was running, close. by the crossing. Another baby was wailins i on the embankment where it had landed | after being hurled from the car. i Members of the train crew and passen- l gers gave such aid as was possible to the 1 injured Mrs. Phillips and Mrs. Mett' were lifted of the pilot of the locomotiVs and borne on stretchers to the baggage l car, attached next to the locomotive, tho 1 baggage car then being detached from thu | other cars of the train and run to tht | Sterling station. where Dr. W ". Adams medical examiner, rave the injured wom | en attention.
 Ambuiances were summoned from thu l B2chuS hospital al NOTWlCn anu the bdl Kimbail hospital at Putnam. Mrs. Mette who appeared to be in a critical condition and her baby daughter. Sophia, wh' seemed to be only slightly injuced wer'
 taken to the Backus hospital Norwich
 Mrs. Phillips and her child were takel to the Day Kimball hospital at Putnam Late Sunday afternoon Mrs. Phillips con
 dition was regarded at the hospital a
 very serious. She has a compound frac
 ture of the left leg and internal injuries
 The baby had rallied late Sunday after
 noon and apparently is not hurt so seri
 ously that she will rot recovec.
 The bodies of Mir Phillips and Mrs
 Hebert were removed to Danieison i
 charxe of Undertaken L E. Kennedy.
 Mrs. Phillips, Mrs. Hebert and Mel . Mette are sisters, members of the Vincen family of Plain1eld. the people of whic were mortified by the accident. On Outing to Beach. Sunday brought an opportunity for a
 outing on which :he people in the doome car had planned for some time. At Plar , field they had filled the car with all tn perquisites for pleasant day of tourin
 and bleaching. This was evident 70 thos | who looked through the wreckage an i noted the beach hats. the bountiful luncl ! l ofbe