The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-22


the city limits, the heavy machine
skidded on the highway and crash
ed into the pillow. The babies, who
weighed between four and five
pounds apiece, were shaken and
bruised. The doctors and the nurse
also were injured.
Babies Who Died
The babies who died had been
christened Joseph Achille Alfred and
Marie Lise. The girl who is ex-
pected to live was named Marie
Rita end the fourth quadruplet, still
alive, was christened Joseph Gas
ton Andre.
All the infants, born premature
ly, were bruised. Reaching st. JUS
tine hospital after the collision, they
were placed in incubators with doc
tors and nurses watching over them
anxiously.
Despite the fears of the physi-
clans, they responded wonderfully
and the medical men, revising their
first estimate, believed they were al
most out of danger and had a good
chance to survive.
Born Yesterday
The quadruplets-two boys and
| two girls-were born to Mrs. Arcade
Rondeau at the nearby village of st.
Thomas, yesterday morning. DR.. j.
f. Forest, who attended her, be-
lieved they had no chance to sur
vice at the Rondeau home and pro-
vincial medical authorities ordered
them to the hospital where suitable
equipment Is available.
The ambulance skidded on slip
perry highway near Pointe-Aux-
Trembles, just outside the city, coll
lided with another car and was
completely wrecked. The hauffeur
and a nurse accompanying the in
fants were seriously injured. DR..
Forest also was hurt.
The babies were badly shaken.
The smallest was bruised. All were
taken to the hospital in another
ambulance.
10 Other Children
Mrs. Rondeau, 40. already the
mother Of 10 other children, gave
birth to the first of the babies at
a. m. yesterday. The rest followed
at half hour intervals.
1 "They were born prematurely, Z"
DR.. Forest said before starting oct
In the ambulance, "and I have little
confidence that they will survive,
although doctors at st. Justine hos
pital may be able to do something
for them because they are better
equipped"
Mrs. Rondeau, who the physician
said was doing nicely" did not 60
to the hospital.
Oxygen and serum treatments
were administered the infants at in
tervals. Hospital physicians said
they had a "fifty-fifty" chance OF
recovering.
Had Them Baptized
Mrs. Rondeau, fearing that the
babies would not live, had them
rushed to a little Roman Catholic
church in the village Of st. Thomas
soon after their birth and had them
christened. n the order of their
birth they were named Joseph Gas
ton Andre, Marie Rita, Achille Jo-
seph Alfred, and Marie Lise. Ply
sicians said they weighed between
four and five pounds each The doc
tor and nurse injured were DR.. G.
Brisson and Miss Irene Talbot.
DR.. Forest was summoned hastily
to the Rondeau home early yester-
day by frantic word that "I,heure'
was at hand. Mrs. Rondeau did not
have unusual difficulty. DR.. Forest
was astonished, but no less so than
the father who received the news
In an adjoining room. After the
announcement of each new arrival
he jumped up, to pace, exclaiming:
Mon dieul Mon dieul"
The Rondeau house offered nc
means BY which the babies could
lbe given any than the usual care
IThey were heavily wrapped and FED
| nothing but warm water until the