Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-11-21
WINSLOW WOMAN
KILLED IN CRASH
AUTO AND TRUCK

Especial to The Kennebec Journal)
Waterville, Nov. 20.-Mrs. Edward
]. Turner. As years old, of 10 Del
laire street. Winslow. sustained IA
tai Injuries last night about 4.45
when the touring car in which she
was riding. driven by her son, Ar
thur Turner, q years old, collided
with a REQ Speed Wagon driven by
L. l.. Rogers of Troy. at the foot of
sand Hill, which goes up a little
ways beyond the Winslow end of IT.
comic bridge. Mrs. Turner suffered
a fractured skull. broken neck and
broken jaw and died a few minutes
after the accident occurred. Mrs
Turner, Arthur, her husband. and
younger son, James, 10 years old,
were pinned beneath the car when it
turned over. after skidding against
the Maine Central Railroad tracks,
which run along the base of the hill.
The Turner's had been over in Wa
terville shopping and were returning
home when the accident occurred.
According to Arthur. his mother,
who was riding beside him on the
front seat, suggested that they 20
straight up over Sand Hill when they
were opposite Loubiers drug store
at the end Of the bridge and he step
ped on the accelerator to speed up
TO make the hill. He estimated that
he was going about 20 miles an hour.
when he saw the lights of the truck
coming out of Bay street. Mr.. Tur-
ner said that he shouted to his son
to speed up when he saw the truck
coming, as they did not have time
to stop, which he did. but the tour
ing car did not quite clear the truck.
which struck the rear end of the
lighter car. Slowing it against the
tracks, where it rolled over.
County Attorney Walter Sanborn
of Augusta, DIR. John q. Towne.
county medical examiner of Water
Vile. and Sheriff Henry Cummings of
Augusta were called and about z
o'clock an investigation was held in
n house nearby. After hearing all
Of the testimony from witnesses of
the accident. Mr.. Sanborn and DIR.
Towne seemed to think that Rogers
would be eXonerated of blame as the
testimony showed that he was NOV
ing slowly and had the right of way,
according to the Maine traffic laws.
The place is a bad one from all
points of view. as four different
streets intersect at the base of the
hill, the railroad tracks run along
the base of the hill and the A. and
X. trolley tracks cut across the end
of BAY street. There have been 9TH
or minor accidents occur there this
year.
Mr.. Rogers said that he was NOV
ing about five miles an hour he
thought and possibly ten miles an
Eour planning to go UP Benton ave
nue. which runs practically straight
from the end OF Bay street. lie sa'd
that he WAS watching the railroad
t,acks and the streets coming in on
his right and did not see the touring
car until the front end of his car COL
Iided with it. He said that he went
on for some little distance thinking
that his car was DANA cd worse than
the otfer but when he stopped and
looked around he saw a crowd gath
ering ut the foot of the hill around
the other car which had turned over.
He hurried back and saw people tax
ing Mrs. Turner and the others out
Of the wrecklge.
Mrs. Turner was taken into POM
erleau's barber shop nearby and Dr.
II. l.. REYNOLDS and DIR. y. Bisson
were the first doctors on the scene,
She was unconscious VIXEN the doc
tors arrived and died shortly after.
The top part of the touring car
was very badly wrecked and all the
occupants had narrow escapes from
serious injury or death as they were
timed under it. When the car step
ped 1t was a little over SO feet from
where the collision occurred and
pointed south where it had been
travelling east.
At the investigation Alfred Gagne
of kidder street. Winsiow. testified
that he was riding home from work
on his bicycle and was about 100 feet
up on Sand Hill when he heard the
crash and looking around saw the
other car turning over.
A. L. Trahan. a cobbler living In
Winslow said that he was standing
in his window and saw the two cars
come together. He saw the truck go
by and 1t had almost stopped before
it went beyond his vision. wnlch was
cut off by the projecting corner of
house.
The accident occurred at a busy
hour of the day when many people
we're going home from work and
big crowd gathered at once and the
small square at the end of the bridge
was checked with automobiles. The
wrecked car was left beside the rail-
road track and for hours trrong OF
people kept coming and going to in
specr the wrecked vehicle.