The Portland daily press., 1878-01-17
THE RAILROAD DISASTER.
Thirteen Persons known to Have
Been Killed.
MANY WOUNDED.

HARTFORD, Conn.,, Jan. 16-Further details
on the railroad accident on the Connecticut
Western railroad last evening are received
The train was returning from the Moody and
Sanky meeting at Hartford and fell through
the treste bridge into the Pennington river.
The accident occurred at the trestle bridge
crossing the river lust west of the village The
train was bound for Millerton, and carried pas
sengers for all the stations between this city
and that place, who came in to attend the
Moody aud Sanly meeting. Two engines, bag
gage and three passenger cars went down on
the western end Of the bridge, the engine
touching the shore. Three cars broke through
the Ice in three feet of water, and one Car rest
ed end on o pier.
Seven bodies were recovered at 2 o'clock this
morning, aud others were believed to be in the
wreck. Among the dead are Mrs. BENJAMIN
Carman, Miss Minnie Allen and two Misses
McCarger, all of Winsted. One woman and
two men have not been identified Miss Janet
Warner OF Canaan. and Mr.. Fl. r. I. Whiting
OF Wipsted are missing. They are perhaps
included among the three bodies not recogniz-
ed. 1t is almost certain that other bodies have
not been recovered.
The more seriously wounded were Rev. W.
ID. Thomas, the Methodist pastor of Winsted
both legs broken and side injured; engineers
Eraney and Hatch of Hartford, badly scslded,
the latter probably fatally; W. a. Pinney Of
Winsted, head AMI right SIDE; Frederick Hotch-
kiss of Canton, ribs broken; Dwight Case of
Barkhamsted, head and ribe; j. G, Riggs of
Norfolk, leg broken. There are a large number
less seriously injured. The wounded may be
numbered at forty.
A special train from Winsted and Hartford.
bearing surgeons, reached the scene at 1.3O a.
M, and soou after the.accident the factory and
church bells were rung, and the citizens gave
all the aid possible. The bodies were taken on
planks on rude sleds across the ice to the Tariff
| vile side, The wounded were mostly put on
| special train for this city. A few were left at
| Tariffyille.
HARTFORD, Ct.. Jan. 16.-The work at the
| wreck OF the Connecticut Western train at
| TaritfVille continues. So far dead bodies have
| been recovered as follows: William and G. E.
| Gilman, brothers; Benz. Giltz Geo. Pinney,
| all of New Hartford, being party of young
| men; Howard e. Warner of Canton, ticket
| agent; Mrs. BENZ. Carman, Miss Minnie Allen.
and two Misses McCarger, all of Winsted
Fred Hotchkiss of Canton, fatally injured; ten
or more wour ded, in houses in Tariffvlle, doiug
l well, and 20 wounded gone home. Many miss
| ing persons are from places west of the break
and not yet in communication. 1t is thought
most of them will be heard from. One car lies
in the river still and several bodies are supposed
1 to be in it. Wreckers are working to rescue
/ them. Two other cars lie head down in the
river, resting on the bridge. Passengers climbed
| up and out of these The baggage car with
Conductor Elmer, and three others, broke in
two in the fall, and all escaped. Geo. z. Hatch,
one of the engineers, died at eleven O clock this
morning. Several of the dead show cuts and
bruises, hut most of them were drowned or
sutfocated by steam caused by heaters in the
cars. The railroad commissioners examined
the bridge two months ago and pronounced it
| safe. They will hold an investigation at once.
The latest adviees from the scene of the rail-
road accident at Tiriffvile and from the places
where the wounded were taken after the acci-
dent place the number of dead at IS. 1t is pos
sible that more may ysyet be found in the wreck.