Morning journal and courier., 1889-12-25
A CaAsu or rHE DEnnr.

The Hear Coach of Passenger Train
 Knocked Into splinsers and Twenty
 Five. Persons Injured, Bus None
 serio1sly.
 The passenger train on the Derby road from this city at 7:20 yesterday morning in charge of Conductor Beers was Jagged just before reaching Tyler city to allow freight train to draw ont of the way onto siding. A construction train was following close be- hind the passenger and before 1t could also be Jagged 1t dashed around the curve at twenty miles an hour, smashed into the rear of the passenger train and completely demolished, one end of the rear ear. The other end WIS dsivsn with grssA force shalf' way through the smoking car ahead. The twenty-fve passengers in tho car were thrown around N every direction, seats were smashed and q general scene of confusion ensued. Nearly all of the passengers were badly bruised. Ope man started to run for the front door. He was thrown up into the air and his head struck lamp, cutting a bad scalp wound. He was the most serious ly hurt. Two ladies were pinioned down by broken seats, but were taken out without injury beyond bruises. The ladies when extricated were hardly able to stand up, but were not badly hurt.
 Samuel l.. Narsden of this city, the hard. ware manufacturer, and 30 long identified with the Farrell & Munson stone crusher, was thrown by the concussion upon the floor under the seats. The top of his hat was struck by piece of metal, and MT. Mars. den's seat was thrown ten feet away. He fortunately escaped without injury.
 Charles M. Smith of so Ashmun street, this city, travelling agent for Auger & Futile, was near the door of the rear car and saw the construction train approaching. He had merely time to shout e warning. Then jumping from the train he scrambled up the embankment, and sitting on the ground wit messed the collision. A. J. Brooks of BIO Wooster street,, commercial traveller for the Sterling Piano company, was slightly cut on the top of the head and more severely on the left hand.
 John Guinivan, the local agent in Ansonis for Joseph Weibel, of New Haven, was on the train and sat we'll towards the rear of the passenger car reading the morning paper. He saw the brakeman running past the car window and half minute later heard the approaching train and looking through the rear door saw the engine. He shouted to Mir. Marsden and started to run forward but he had taken but few steps when the crash came and he was flung to the floor of the car, striking heavily upon his shoulders. There was a confused mixing up of seats, passengers, and broken glass. and it was over with. Mr.. Guinivan went to Ansonia, but was 90 badly shaken up and suffered so from Q severe headache and numerous bruis- es that he returned to New Haven on the train leaving at 9:08, being unfit to attend to his usual duties. He admits that he was badly frightened and thinks that he has cause for being SO.
 A drummer for the firm of Cutler & Por- ter, shoe dealers of Springfield, Mass, cor | rnhn ofaaf ha 70 nta 0f f0 the time the collision occurred after the train stopped. He heard tho cry of danger and bIaced himself for tho shock. It came, and when he picked himself up he sat in seat three seats ahead of tho original one and he did not know how he came there. Every body was thrown forward. The passengers could not get out of the front door of the car and the engine blocked the rear door. Fearing an explosion, there was rush for the win dows. but before anyone got out it was learn ed that there was no danger and the panic subsided. He was badly shaken up and was also suffering from severe headache.
 There is always comioal side of every &C., cident, and 1t occurred here. After the pas- sengers were seated in the uninjured car a man spoke up, saying: "Boys, lost box of cigars, but If we had them now would open them and celebrate our escape by 8 good smoke" Just then the car door opened and Conductor Beers said: "Here is box of cigars some one must have lost" 'Yes," said the first speaker, "these are mine, aud I never expected to get them again." He took them and placed them on the seat by his side, but never said word about opening them for the benefit of the boys.
 George w. AllinR, commercial traveller, residing in this city, severely sprained his right arm. The fireman on the construction train was injured in the back. CM. .Thomp- son, clerk at Bristol's drug store, Ansonia, was on the rear platform. He saw the work train approaching, jumped and got up the bank without injury. John Gurnivan, of Birmingham, was thrown upon his back, re- oeiving number of bruises and wrenching his shoulder.
 No blame attaches to Conductor Beers He obsysd the flag signal and immediately dispatched a man to flag the train in the rear. Before the messenger had walked the length of two cars the construction train dashed into the rear of the passenger train. Conductor Beers was badly stunned and shaken up by the collision, and was nervouslv prostrsted for several hours.
 The work of removing the wreck was com pleted at 8 o'clock. The loss to the railroad company is estimated at $10,000. On ac. count of the accident 1t was necessary to transfer passengers and baggage at that point during the day.