Putnam patriot., 1927-03-11
CHASEViLLE TREE FIGURES IN
 THIRD FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT
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moved to Webster undertaking rooms and later brought tn Putnam by New t9n A Ballard. undertaken and pre- pared for burial CaHrey was brought to the hospital and N0odis came with him. bat did not remain as his only inc Iarg was d small seratch on his leg isae Was taken Co the police station F he automobile. which wrapped itself about the tree. vas total wreck
 Accord aR te Lees story he met the other young men who were passengers in the ear. and it was proposed that they take a ride t0 Southbridge Lee drove them there and they decided e return home by the way of Webster. It wa Hftei frye clock when they left Webster for Putnam. They were pro eeeding at a rapid rate when on the turn the car skidded, left the highway, and crashed into the tree. The fact that the two young men on the back seat were the only ones injured leads to the belief that the rear end of the machine took the brunt of the impact The force was such that the body of the ear was torn from the chassis and the car was reduced to d pile of junk
 Peculiar Cireumstsnees
 4 number of peculiar cireumstane- es surround the accident and have been called to mind since 1t happen ed Cafrey's father. James W. Calf frey, an electrician, was killed in an automobile accident Tuesday morn ing. December 2l. 1920 He had been te a Rhode Island town on business and Was returning after midnight. [ harles Ryan. now taxicab driver, was with him. GaHrey was driving and vas coming very fast Near the t'Dnm Tavern. north end of School street. he failed to make the turn and tbc car crashed into a telephone pole. Ryan Was thrown through the wnd- shield distance Df twenty fact and aaa not seriously hurt. Canrey re eeiFed fractured skull and died at the Day kimbal Hospital the follow ng dag Al the time of hIs death he was 37 years old and was pf0pfie- for of an electrical shop on Front street
 Killed In Wreck
 Carpenter father. William $ Car penter. locomotive engineer, met a violent death, Friday evening. Oc- tober 3l, 1924. when a freight train was Jeff standing in the north end of Che Putnam railroad yard SO near the main line that the south bound train from Worcester sidesSiped it En- Eineer Carpenter and his fireman Joseph H6ppman. both died as the result of injuries. Joseph C. Bartlett. engineer. and ] B Soyer. conductor. af thc freight. were convicted of man laughter and served siDrt terms iu jail
 Employer of Lee
 Joseph Miller. proprietor of the lunch cart and employer of Lee. was fhe driver If ah automobile which went down bank and resulted in the HpaHh 8f Joseph Gaisse. H maa if Hhe time Ia b- employ This acri deHt happened Friday afternoon, Sep tamhcr 26. Ia24. and Was caused bE Che steerIng wheel locking as Che ear was eamiug toward Putnam from Webster Thama= EIiis another laaeb zafE eHpiaye# 1H the tack seat with Caisse. was also seriously injured. He recovered Earle Ballard and Mil tpr both on the front seat escaped Rith eeatehes and bruises.
 Two Other Fatalities
 The tree which fhe automobile af Lee ran into Sunday evening has fig urcd iu tw1 automobile fatalities dur ing a years time and only two weeks ago m automobile driven by Arthur Maynard of North Grnsvruordale crashed into the tree and was re duCed to junk, Mr Maynard escaping without serious injury.