The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-12-07
AUTO CARRIED
ONE TO DEATH
Arthur r. Wilbur Fatally
Injured On Barre-Mont-
pelier Road
1
j. G. MARI I i,Y
SEW s ELY HURT
Carl olsG J Driver, Es-
capped Vs tout Serious
: vuries
SEW 8 ELY HURT


Arthur II Wilbur, chauffeur Tor y.
w. Cpryea Of Montpelier, was fatally
injured, John q. Markley, an employe
Of 4. Il. Smith & Co, was severely in
jured and Carl Olsen, a mechanic at the
Kelly & Nelson garage, was less seri-
|ously hurt when d new Nash autonlo-
bile In which they were riding from
Montpelier to Barre last evening skid
ded off the road at the greenhouse
turn, crossed the electric car track,
plunged down the bank onto the Mont
pelier 4 Wells River right Of way and
stopped only little short of going
into the Stevens branch
Arthur Wilbur was the man who,.
yesterday, lost his operators license
through indefinite suspension because
Of alleged careless and negligent driv-
ing when Buick car he was driving
struck a rock in Graniteville and land
ed on top of some boulders beside the
road and who, six weeks ago, was driv-
ing car which was in collision with
a vehicle Of Harold Bancroft Of Barre
at Stowe. However, Wilbur was not
driving the Nash ear last night, it was
stated, the driver being Olsen, the
Kelly 4 Nelson employe-
1t is further stated that Wilbur ard
Mdrkley went to the Kelly & Nelson
garage, the latter as a potential pur-
chaser of an automobile, that he had
picked out the Nash car and proposed
to drive to Montpelier. The salesman
stated that it was not the firms prac-
tice Of sending car out without 4
driver from the garage, So Olsen Was
picked to accompany the two men and
the time Of the fatal outcome. The
car was driven to Montpelier at an av-
arage speed Of 25 miles an hour, il was
stated.
On the return toward Barre they met
another car at the greenhouse curve
and the lights OF the approaching car |
saused the Nash driver to get too far
1ff the outside Of the curve, with the
-esult that the rear end skidded when
the driver tried to get back into the
.rayeled path. The car struck the troll
ey rail, tipped over and pitched down
he steep bank overhanging the Mont
,elier & Wells River railroad track. In
is fall the car clipped off fence
,ost, swung against telephone pole
md finally rested Just off. the track
# the railroad. The body of the ear
vas crushed in and the top and wind
HELD completely demolished. However,
he engine was not damaged, So that
he wreckers were able, later, to drive
he vehicle mp the railroad right Of
way to Jones Bros. Co., where it was
nut back into the road.
Olsen was able to crawl up the bank
0 the highway and there he called sor
id. Ambulances and police were sum-
noned from Barre, and there were
rompt responses. With the aid Of tie
eadlight OF Montpelier & Wells Riv
r railroad freight locomotive, which
anne along soon and with the added
ght from halted automobiles on the
ighway above, the rescuers were able
0 go about their work expeditiously
The injured men were placed in blan
cts and carried to the highway, after
Thich quick run was made to ths
,arre City hospital. Wilbur lived only
short time after reaching the hosps-
al. and it was found that he had siis-
aimed fracture of the skull, multiple
broken jaw and a broken
&.
Drs. w. E. Lazell, j. w. Stewart and
I. L. Chandler were called in the case,
nd they found that Markley had
lt on his head which measured eIght
lehes and that he complained of an
Jury to his side which might indi
tie internal injuries. 0lsen's chest
as bruised badly and there were
on his hands. Markley
assed fairly comfortable night, and
lsens condition was reported to-day
, be good.
Wilbur was 26 years of age and
ould have been 27 at the end OF aext
onth. He was born near Taunton.
Ass, and he leaves his father and two
-others in Massachusetts,. He had
orked for G. NJ. Woodard of Cutler
orner and he called that place his
lme.
Markley is 80 and has been working
II short time for z. L. Smith g. Co.
is said that he is veteran Of the
Iorld war, in the British service.