Morning journal and courier., 1883-08-06
Killed by the Cars.

wife of Patrick Sullivan, while coming Io | the city over the Shore Line railroad track was struck by the engine of Conductor James SIade's train which arrives here at
 9:O5 and received injuries which resulted in her death two hours later. The accident oc- cured at a point few hundred yards east of the Tin bridge and near the junction of the Shore Line and Hartford division of the Consolidated railroad. Hartford bound ] freight was going out and Conductor Slade's
 train was coming in. As the latter was
 rounding the curve the engineer had left his I usual seat on the right of the cab and crossed ] over to the hreman's side to get Q look across l the curve and detect quickly the lowering of the warning signal which would let his train | on to the bridge. He was moving very ! slowly, his cars being under full control tthe ! time. It was while he was thus awaiting the change of signal that Mrs. Sullivan was \ struck. He did not see her or know of the accident till general alarm whistle from the ! freight locomotive called his attention to it. Both trains quickly stopped. Mrs. Sullivan was found lying unconscious parallel with ! the rails, head toward the city; where she had been thrown by the passenger engine's I cow-c catcher. The mouth and face was bad I ly scraped and filled with dust, and there was fearful fracture in the back of the head. She was at once taken in- to the baggage car and brought to the new depot Father Martin, of Branford, was on the train and administered the last sacra- mental rites of the Catholic church over the body. At the depot wagon and stretcher were procured and the body of the still un- conscious woman was taken to the hospital She fingered in the same state till eleven o'clock, when death ensued. Before the end her son-in-law, Daniel Molloy of 127 Monroe street, Fair Haven, ar- rived, accompanied by another daughter of the woman, and this noon MT. Sullivan, who is laborer on the New York and New Haven railroad and who lives at 129 Monroe street, visited the body. Mrs. Sul- livan was coming to this city to do some trading. The doctors at the hospital found scalp wound two inches long back of the right side of the head, and through that it was seen that there was an irregular fracture of the skull more than eight inches long. | This was the fatal wound. There was bruise on the left leg below the knee, but no bones were broken.
 Coroner Bollman and Medical Examiner Dr. NJ. c. White were notified. Dr. White visited the woman at the hospital and found that the injuries were of such a character that the woman could live but a short time. |
 The engineer of the train is Daniel B. | Knowles, of New London, the fireman Hen | " Comstock, of Old Lyme, and the conduc | tor James Slade. Coroner Bollman had a talk with Engineer Knowles concerning how the woman was struck. The latter made the | following statement: "I did not see the wo- man on the track nor did my fireman. the signals and watching also the she was struck by the engine at all, and the first intimation that had of any danger was when the signal was given to us from the freight train. Then the bell cord
 1Iol o4S zI,o been in front of the engine think we would have seen her. The train was going slowly. l I think that she was close to the train walk | ing alongside, and that one of the wide cars of the train, which projects nearly 8 foot farther out than the engine or tank, hit her in the head. No, she did not get under the train, the blow received knocking her to one side.
 The coroner will cause jury to be sum- moned in the case, and they will meet this morning at o'clock in the police bnilding to hear testimony. This is the first case under | the new law that Coroner Bollman has 1 deemed it necessary to summon a jury, and in this casa he deems the circumstances sur- rounding the womRn's death of sufficient i'm portance to cause thorough investigation | for the purpose of ascertaining if there was any negligence or dereliction of duty on the part of the engineer of the Shore Line road. Among the witnesses summoned are Engin- l 
 Brakeman John Killoy and Switchman Egg gleston. The engineer of the freight train is also to be called.
 Last evening Sergeant Bishop summoned the following jury to hear evidence in the case James w. Bradley, James B. Hickox, Frederick A. Bradley, Caleb Mix, George W. Al'ing, Jacob Mailhouse. Fair Haven Items.
 Monthly meeting of the borough officers this evening.
 Monthly meeting of Quinnipiac engine company tonight.
 Mr. Henry Hitchcock, of Baltimore, visited here on Saturday.
 Bluefish are not very much of a drug in market yet.
 Mr. N. Potwine has bought the James Hunt place.
 Miss Jennie Hunt, of Baltimore, arrived on Saturday.
 ed here last week.
 William Evarts has given up his position in Naugatuck.
 A new tin store is to be opened in the Smith Granniss block.
 Miss Emma Bennett, of Norwalk, is visit ing at Mir. and Mrs. Fl. w. Russells.
 The first Sunday newspaper train over the Shore Line railroad passed through here | yesterday morning just before 10 o'clock.
 The oyster growers are watching the shells | recently planted to see if any oysters have set on the shells thrown overheard. Many | think there will be 8 pretty good set this year.
 The B. N. Rowe Oyster company are en- larging and reftting up their oyster shops preparatory to the busy season which will commence the latter part of the month.
 n-,s.. szSa .-sIH cursion to Glen Island August 23rd. The railroad cars will leave the Center street crossing at o'clock 8. m.
 On Saturday evening 8 man with team on the streets was looking for livery stable where the team belonged. At last accounts the right stable had not been found.
 The yacht Happy Thought dropped down the harbor on Saturday, but did not sail to join the Yacht club until yesterday morning. The officers of the boat are, George Graves, captain; William Howard, sailing master; George Potter, purser.
 A small party were out on the river yester- day morning in a sharpie. As they were about to land at dock, one of the young men fell overheard, but was rescued from his perilous position very quickly by his com panions
 On Saturday afternoon fruit team ran into George Rice's team of North Haven, which was standing in front of Ives grocery store, breaking the hind axle. The driver of the fruit team started to go on without max ing any explanations or giving. his name, but after Mir. Rice got into the wagon and got hold of the man, he thought better ani gave a name, which was not the right one. MT. Rice went to the store where the team be- longed. and the driver after he was told that he would be arrested paid the damages and settled up affairs.
 MT. Frederick Vanname of Brooklyn, LII, who is away from business on few weeks vacation, and during that time is making short tour, visited over Sunday with his brother 0. J. Yanname, on East Pearl street.
 Mrs. Nell Standish returned from Port land last week where she has been tarrying @ short time.
 Yesterday afternoon as Mir. H. K. Kelsey, by Miss D. E. Beebe, both of West Haven, was driving alsng Farren ave- nue with pair of fine and spirited horses, one of the animals stepped on rolling stone and stumbled, breaking the pole to the car riaee. The horses then started on a run and when near MT. s. W. Parker's place one of the wheels struck the little bridge leading on to the sidewalk, breaking the wheel and throwing out the occupants of the vehicle.