One woman is dead, a man has been lingering near death for six days, four others are injured, and a house has been knocked partly off its foundation as 13 separate automobile accidents occurred this week.
Joseph Cartmel, 42, of 419 Summer st., has been in a coma since last Friday when his automobile was struck by a Boston and Maine train at the Ryder st. crossing.
Cartmel has not regained consciousness since the accident. He is known to have suffered a fractured skull among other injuries. Symmes hospital officials term his condition “poor.”
His vehicle was driven over 100 yards by the impact of the train. |
| Mrs. Fulton Killed |
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Mrs. Norma Fulton, 38, of 252 Appleton st., was killed Sunday when the vehicle in which she was riding was in an accident with another car on route 3 in Lowell. Her husband, Orpheus O. Fulton and son John, 11, suffered lacerations.
Funeral services were held yesterday at the Park Avenue Congregational church. Mrs. Fulton was a seventh grade teacher there and active in Arlington PTA affairs.
On Saturday, an accident at the corner of Mystic street and Mystic Valley parkway sent two more men to Symmes. They are Donald Hammond, of 49 Washington st., who suffered head injuries, and Richard L. Prince who suffered lacerations of the mouth. |
| Two Others Injured |
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Still two more persons were taken to Symmes after another accident on Lake Street Sunday. Luissa Artessani was rushed to the hospital in a police ambulance with head injuries. Her companion, Mary Bergen of Cambridge was taken to Symmes in a police car with internal injuries and a lacerated left leg.
On Saturday, a home at 280 Summer street, and owned by Francis [J.] Miller, was knocked two feet off its foundation when a car went out of control, jumped the sidewalk and plowed into the building. The driver, a soldier, was later arrested for violation of the automobile laws. Luckily no one in the house was injured. |
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The Cartmel crash is still unexplained. The view at the Ryder street crossing is not obstructed.
Some officials think that the windows of the Cartmel vehicle were frosted and thus he could not see the train. Others feel that the automobile stalled on the tracks.
The train smashed into the rear right side of the vehicle and drove it along the tracks. Pieces of the car were scattered over a distance of 300 yards. |
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Cartmel's Condition
Slightly Improved |
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As the Advocate went to press yesterday, Symmes hospital officials said Joseph Cartmel's condition was “slightly improved.”
Cartmel underwent surgery yesterday morning. He did not regain consciousness after the operation, marking the sixth straight day he has been in a coma.
[see also 3 November 1955] |
| More Polio |
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One Arlington man was stricken with polio this week and a 17-year old youth has been confined to the Boston Floating hospital with what may be polio, it was learned this week.
Board of Health officials did not know whether the 31-year old resident suffered a paralytic or non-paralytic type case.
The youth is John McCulloch, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter McCulloch of 22 Longfellow rd.
His parents and friends have asked neighbors to send letters or cards to him at the hospital. |
| Car Thieves Nabbed |
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Quick work by the Arlington and Andover forces brought about the arrest of two Arlington teen-agers this week.
Friday at 5:30 p.m., Mrs. Kenneth H. Knowlton reported that her husband's automobile had been stolen from in front of their home at 41 Grand View road.
Arlington police sent a description of the car to all communities.
At 11:00 p.m., Andover police sighted the car and arrested two 16-year-old Arlington boys.
Local police went to Andover and picked up the suspects. They were turned over to the Youth Service Board at 2:14 a.m.
One boy received a one year suspended sentence to the House of Correction. The other boy's case has been continued.
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| Born to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Emerson Platt Jr. (Nancy Ann Gatchell) of North Plainfield, N. J., a son, Thomas III, on Oct. 15. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Hermann H. Gatchell, formerly of Lincoln st., not, of Norwood, and Thomas E. Platt Sr., of Plainfield. |
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