Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-07-16
ACCIDENT AND INCIDENT.
Edwin Collins Of Willimantic Shoots
 Himself Through the Breast.

I Edwin w. Collins, of Willimantic, carpenter for Hillhouse x Taylor, started with his wife yesterday for the circus, but after going a short distance he con- cluded to return to his home on Union street lon account of the heat" he said: which he accordingly did, and lay down on the lounge. About o'clock pistol shot was heard. and on investigation it was found he had attempted suicide by shooting himself through the breast, the ball entering close to the heart. He will die.
 George Ryan was killed yesterday afternoon by the limited express on the Consolidated road which reaches Hart ford at 6:30, about half mile north of Berlin. Ryan arrived at Berlin Monday. Not much is known of him there, except that he has a brother in New York. He was thought to be drunk at the time he was killed.
 Stephen Morgan, aged B and un- married, tried to jump on an engin in the New York, New Haven & Hartford freight yard at Belle Dock, New Haven, last evening at Q o'clock. He fell under the wheels and both legs were cut off. He was taken to the hospital, where he died this morning.
 Liveryman Bradley observed box floating down the stream near his stable on South Main street this morning, and seizinY q pitchfork he jabbed it into the | boz, which was made of paste board and was mortified to discover as he supposed, ] the head of d child roll out from the box. On close examination, however, it was discovered that the supposed child was only large sized doll, placed in the box probably by some joker.
 Mrs Washington SSmith of Bristol, aged 55 years, while helping her hus- band to load wagon with hay, yester- day afternoon, fell from the load. She was picked up unconscious and died almost immediately. Medical Examiner Hull made an examination and found that death resulted from a broken neck.
 Peter Wilson, an employe at Norcross' quarry in Stony Creek, was sunstruck yesterday. He may not recover.
 About o'clock yesterday afternoon Charles Peterson, one of the Consolida- ted freight yard employees in Meriden fell from the top of house car while en- gagged in switching. He landed on his feet, tut was struck on the back by the car, thrown underneath and badly mangled by the truck, although the wheels did not pass over him. He was taken to his boarding place over F. J. Wheeler's hardware store, and attended by Dr Smith, who pronounced his back to be broken. His injuries are considered to probably be fatal.
 The body of the man who was killed at the Tin bridge in New Haven early yes- terday morning lies in Lewis & May cocks morgue unidentified. He was of medium height, light complexioned, with dark hair and a small dark mus tache. He was apparently 22 years old. The letter IN" was tattoed on his breast in India ink, and on his shirt tab the initials "E. L." were stamped. small note book was found in his pocket, on the outside of which were the initials "A. H. H." On the inside was written "A. H. Hamburg, fl Great Jones street, Miss Rogers, Miss Webber and Pat Reilly" Unless the body is identified and claimed by friends it will be buried to-day in Potter's field.