Connecticut western news., 1878-01-17
HORRIBLE ACCIDENT
The Killed and Wounded.

The most appalling accident that ever happened in thls region occurred at Tariff vile last Tuesday evening. An excursion train, consisting of two locomotives, one baggage and eight passenger cars, all heavily loaded with people from stations along the Conn. Western road from the scene of the accident to Millerton. broke through the long bridge about fifty rods west of Tariffville station, and both loco motives. the baggage Car and three psssen- ger cars plunged into the Burlington river. So far as is now known sevep were killed or drowned and thirty-five wounded, some of wbom very seriously, if not fatally in- jured. The train was returning from Hart tord with its large load of people from this way, who had been to attend the meetings of Moody 6 Sankey, and it left Hartford about quarter past nine in the evening and ran slowly all the way till it reached thls Taiiffville bridge. and having just lett the station at Tar,ffville, approached the bridge at very low rate of speed, but the train brought upon the structure a greater weight than it could sustain, and it went down.
 The scene that followed bsfRss descrip' tien; the groans of rbe injured Snd shri-ks of the victims struggling amongst the wreck ID the ice cold water calling tor ald; the dark ness and terrible eontuslon can not be pictured. At hrsG those who wore unlnjured were almost parallEed with the scene of horror thus suddenly come upon them. but the work of saving the unfortu. nate passengers began; and every body who could lend helping nand worked with al their strength. and nothing was left undone to rescue them and make them as comfortable as possible. The people of Tarrlfvllle were aroused by the rln ginR of bells, and came to tho assistance of the sufferers. Trains were telegr apned tor from Hartford and WInsted. and as soon as possible caue. bringing physlclans and surgeons aud at about two o'clock tiain returned to Hartford carrying the dead and the wounded. and another was made up to go west.
 The train for the western end of the road left the wreck at o'clock in the morning. and going by the way ot Plalnville on the Canal roau, ran very slowly With it's dead. dying and lacerated human freight, ano dld not reac Canaan till aoout noon Wed nesday, and waen It drove In1o this st statlOn It seemed more like funeral procession than anything eise we can iiken It to. In tue ears were tue bAndaged heads auo hm Us of the WoundeI, qua the lmprov1sed cots with the niure serlously Injured aud the general aspect ot the interior was hke an arm1 hOspIta after a battle.
 .. TIL DEAD,
 Mrs William Jones, l akeville; Miss Janette Warner, East Canaan: Miss Mary E. McCarger and sister hettie, Miss Minnie Allen, Winsted; and engineer HaIch.
 THE WOUNDED. W1NsTE D AND WET WlNsTED.-Mrs.B Benjamin oarmxn, Mrs o. Ptnney. wm Belmont, Rev. W. H. Thomas, Thomas E. aney. Warren A. Pinney, MT .. A. N. Beach. q. Y. York; George Dudley, sr., Milton Gibson. F Ryals, c. K. Hut and wife, Thomas H. Beardsley.
 NoRroLK.-Joseph Rigps, ,Wm. Beckley.
 CANAAN.-Austin Adams, Vm. G. Humphrey; The Rev and Mrr. Hunt, Asel Toby.
 SAIIsBURY.- Lew c. Seleck, Henry Pratt.
 LAKEv1LLE 70. Benjamin and wife, E. Flnkle
 SHARON -Chas. D. Dakin, John B.Smith. Harry Hamlie.
 ELLswoRTH.-G.H H. Peck.
 Among those more seriously injured as far as Te can ascertain. besides those from th,s village. of whom we are able to make more parGlcul T mention below, are Rev: MT. Thomas. Wlnsted, both legs and one arm broken and face badly scaIded; Joseph Riggs. Norfolk. leg broken; M. Gibbs, WinsGed, arm broken; c. D. Dakln. Sharon. shoulder disloeated, and HeLry Pratt, Sa,lsbury. wrist dlslocated.
 Mir William Humphrey of this place, who recelved a scalp wound and badly spralned back, was in the baggage car i'm behil the two locomotIves. He had passed ,hrougn the passenger cars, and being unable 10 fad seat, went on into the baggage car, and finding box there, Sat upon it. It seems miracle tuat person could be in this Car, and which was terri bly, broken up, and come out alive. Mr says there were only about SIX or seven persons in this car, and how many of these escaped Is not known at this writing. He says the first lntimation of anything wrong was terrible crash and he lnstant' ly found himself to ms middle m water,