NORTH 
SHORE 
BREEZE 
MANCHESTER, MASS., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1907. 
AUTO ACCIDENT. 
Three Men Badly Injured in Auto Crash on 
Craft’s Hill, Manchester. 
Three men were thrown out and badly 
injured as the result of the worst auto- 
mobile accident of the season on the 
North Shore, which occured last Saturday 
evening on Crafts hill in the Manchester 
Cove woods. 
Two large cars, one a 39-horse-power 
Winton, owned and driven by Frank 
R. Neal of Boston, and the other a 50- 
horse-power Pope runabout, owned and 
driven by Garvin Denby of Detroit, came 
together just at the sharp turn in the road 
near the foot of the hill. With Mr. Neal 
was a party of four friends and they 
were returning to Boston from a trip to 
Gloucester. They were coming down 
the hill at an estimated speed of 35 miles 
an hour when just at the turn they saw 
in front of them the Pope car driven by 
Mr. Denby which had just turned out to 
pass a small car going in the same direc- 
tion. So close were they to each other 
and so great was the speed of the Win- 
ton car coming down the hill that a col- 
lision could not be avoided, though 
Neal put on the brakes and ran up on 
the sidewalk in his efforts to avoid the 
collision. So sharply were the brakes put 
on that the car skidded and the rear part 
swung out across the road coming against 
the Denby car with terrific force hurling 
the three men in the rear seat out of the 
tonneau and badly injuring them. ‘The 
three men injured were Dennis O’ Neil 
who received a dislocated ankle, William 
Moore, left arm broken and badly bruis- 
ed, and John Newbury who received 
three broken ribs and a bad scalp wound. 
All three were taken tothe Beverly hos- 
pital and at last reports were resting com- 
fortably and on the road to recovery. 
In the other car were Mr. and Mrs. 
Garvin Denby. Neither was seriously 
injured though Mrs. Denby, who was 
on the side at which the collision occurred 
was bruised somewhat and had her cloth- 
ing torn. The Denby car was quite badly 
stove up though the engine was not put 
out of commission and they were able to 
get to Magnolia without assistance. 
The other car was not damaged at all, 
and after taking two of the injured men 
to the hospital proceeded on to Boston. 
The other injured man was taken to the 
hospital in the Manchester police ambul- 
ance which was quickly on the scene. 
Two ambulances from Gloucester were 
also quickly on the spot but were not 
needed. 
The spot where the accident occured 
is one of the most dangerous on the 
MANCHESTER SCHOOLS OPEN 
Comparatively few changes in the Teaching Force this year. 
Comz 
mercial Cource an added Feature in the High School. 
The Manchester schools opened 
Monday for another year’s work with a 
large enrollment of pupils. In the High 
school there are 54 pupils this year,there 
being 20 in the entering class. The total 
number of pupils in the grades is 392, 
divided up as follows: Ninth grade 24, 
eighth 22, seventh 37, sixth 38, fifth 40, 
fourth 38, advanced fourth 19, third 51, 
second 56 and first 68. “The advanced 
fourth grade is made up of pupils who 
though a little farther advanced than the 
fourth are not yet prepared to go on with 
the work of the fifth. They will be ad- 
vanced to the fifth grade as the year 
progresses. ; 
In the High school, the most notable 
change is the introduction of a business 
course, or more properly, the introcuc- 
tion of business courses such as steno- 
graphy, typewriting and book-keeping, to 
be taken as elective work in conjunction 
with the other studies. Four typewriting 
machines have been bought by the town, 
of standard makes for the pupils to prac- 
tise on. This department is to be in 
charge of L. A. Winslow. Considerable 
interest seems to be taken in this work, 
thirty-five pupils taking courses in the 
commercial branches. The only change 
in the teaching force is in the English 
department where Miss Whiting of 
Franklin takes the place of Miss Mar- 
jorie Weeks, resigned. Miss Whiting is 
a graduate of Boston University, College 
of Liberal Arts, and comes very highly 
recommended. 
In the grades, there are two changes 
in the teaching force. | Miss Grace G. 
Henry of Wellesley Hills has charge of 
the third grade in place of Miss Carolyn 
Allen, resigned, and Miss Lola H. Tay- 
lor is teacher of the first grade in place 
of Miss Laura Norton. | Miss Henry is 
a graduate of the Framingham Normal 
school and comes here from Springfield, 
where she taught last year. Miss Taylor 
is a graduate of the Lowell Normal 
school and last year taught in Whitins- 
ville, where she met with splendid 
success. 
There has been a slight change in the 
locations of the grades, the third grade 
this year being located at the Priest 
school instead of at the Price Primary 
as in the past year. 
The Kindergarten did not open this 
week owing to the inability of Miss Bab- 
cock, who has charge, to return in time. 
Miss Babcock has passed the summer in 
Germany where she has been studying 
along the lines of kindergarten work, and 
was unable to secure passage home so as 
to be here for the opening of. school last 
Monday. This department will open 
next Monday. 
There have been some changes in the 
special teachers, which will be definitely 
announced next week. 
North Shore. The road is very steep at 
this point and there is a sharp curve 
which, on account of the woods on 
both sides prevents one travelling in 
either direction from seeing anyone com- 
ing from the opposite direction. ‘The 
Manchester police have kept careful 
watch over this spot during the year 
seeking to prevent just such accidents as 
occurred Saturday evening and already 
this year three licenses have been taken 
away for reckless driving at this point. 
Two automobiles, owners unknown, 
came in collision about one o'clock 
Tuesday just in front of the post office. 
One was coming up from the depot 
while the other was going toward Glou- 
cester. Neither seemed to know just 
which way the other intended to go andas 
a result they collided springing the wheels 
of the cars though they were no going 
fast enough to cause any serious damage. 
ON BOARD THE “VELTHRA.” 
Many Manchester Citizens Enjoy Sailto Hing= 
ham through the courtesy of S. P. Bremer. 
The annual sail along the shore ten- 
dered to a number of Manchester’s citi- 
zens by S. Parker Bremer on board his 
magnificent and speedy steam yacht, 
‘‘Velthra,’’ was enjoyed Tuesday by 
thirty-three, each and every one of 
whom reports a splendid time and _ pro- 
nounces Capt. Robinson an ideal host. 
The party were taken from Fenton’s 
wharf in launches out to the Velthra 
which lay off West Manchester, where 
they were greeted by Capt. Robinson 
who bade them all welcome telling them 
that the boat was at their disposal for the 
day and to go where they pleased and do 
just as they wished on board. 
Shortly after ten o’ clock they got un- 
der way and enjoyed acruise down along 
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