Putnam patriot., 1923-05-04

been several reports that he has died. enc newspaper having made such statement tn bold type c.: it's first page.
 Captains Name on Danger List
 Telephone inquiry at the hospital this forenoon by The Patriot elicited the information that the captain re- mains in very critical condition, and that his name is still on the danger list. Besides injuries of less serious character. the captain. the hospitaL stated. Is suffering from a broken ja.s and a fracture of the right thigh. His condition .eok on a more grave aspect yesterday, when he expeetor- ated blood. He complains of great pain in his chest, and surgeons ars inclined to believe that the captain has possibly received internal injur- ies. Because of his general eondi~ ton they have been unable as yet to determine this question. They stated. however, that the captain did not rec ceive fracture of the skull, which news will be received with pleasures by his friends, as 1t will give thens further hope for his ultimate recov- cry.
 Second Worcester Trip That Day
 1t was the second time that samss day that Capt. Delage and Mir. Mag nan returned over the same road to Putnam from Worcester. During the afternoon they and Mrs. Magnan. her husbands niece, and Horace Mag nan, his cousin. had driven to Wor- eester and had returned to this city shortly before supper time. Being late at night and having the road to themselves, except for passing some other ear every now and then, they sped toward Putnam st & high rate of speed. The homeward jour ncy went we'll until they reached ths stone bridge half way between Web atcr and Oxford and not far from the town farm. It is over this bridge that trains of the New Haven railroad pass, crossing the state highway. The roadway approaches the bridge on a- smart incline, and there Is slight gurn in the road where the bridge stands. In fact the bridge itself forms part of the bend in the highs way.
 Car Hits Stone Abutment It would appear that the driver of 1 the death car, proceeding at an excess sive rate of speed, did not anticipate the turn in the road. or else did not see it quickly enough, for the ma chine crashed into the stone abut- ment. Where the vehicle struck there was gouged from the bridge q sixea- ble hole, and stone. weighing about It.f<lssa1 nxf t.!niniax the st nc loutment, 1t is clearly indicated that the machine scrag ge along the side for about five foa.. iis.c vas found the shattered radius rod, the breaking of which would instantly have placed the ve~ hicle beyond control. if the crash against the abutment in itself had not done this very thing.
 Examination of the highway indi- cates that the car, already badly dam aged, and still carried along by the momentum gnined by its excessive speed of q moment before, turned over some 75 feet from the bridge and did not come to a standstill short of 25i feet away. By reason of this it would appear that the car had turned over and over several times before coming to rest.
 No Eye Witnesses
 As there are no known eye witness es to what happened, and because Capt. Delage has been unable to tell the story, 1t is not known exactly what occurred to the occupants of the vehicle. But that Mir. Magnan was pitched out during the time that the automobile was turning over and over, seems unquestionable. He was found, dead. about 20 feet from th0 machine. just beyond the car tracks His remains were discovered bs E. C. Jewell of Webster, A taxi man. He was Sn his way home from Worces- ter, and only short time before had been passed by the hAgnan car, trav- cling very rapidly. he asserts. Mir. Magnan received, besides internal hurts, four broken ribs on the right side, and fracture of the skull
 Captain Unconscious
 Captain Delage, in an unconscious condition, lay on the highway. at the side of the demolished automobile. He was alive. Mir. Jewell determined, and for this rearon he lost no time in summoning assistance. Going to the town farm, not far away. he aroused the household and secured use of the telephone. calls being put in for Con- stable Herbert W. Bsmis and Dr. Rob- ert F. Fletcher, both 4 Oxford. The Webster town ambulance sas sum- moned also, and after Dr. Fletcher had given emergency treatment to Capt. Delage, he was lifted into the ambulance and rushed to the Worces- ter City Hospital.
 Medical Examiner views Remains
 Constable Benin called Medical Examiner Arthur ]. slcCrea of South bridge, when Dr. Fletcher viewed the body of Mr. Magnan and pronounced