Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-04-20
ACCIDENT AND INCIDENT.
A Brakeman Has His Skull fractured
Near Stamford.

Near Stamford.
Charles Hill of New Haven, a brake
man on Conductor Ross train, was
struck by bridge below Stamford,
Saturday night. and sustained a frac-
ture of the skull. Owing to the binding
flashes of lightning he was unable to
distinguish the bridge until almost I'M
der it. He had time to partially duck
his head, otherwise he would have been
instantly killed. At Stamford he was
found lying unconscious on the roof of
the car and he was brought to his home
in New Haven DIR Whitmore, the attend
ing physician, yesterday pronounced
him out of danger and said that he
might be up in week, but would not
be able to return to work under three or
four weeks.
Edward Higgins of Bridgeport, aged
21, Saturday night bet that he could go
hand over hand on rope from one
mast to another on schooner living at
the wharf, He went up THE mast,
started to cross the space, but when
about three feet from the mast his
strength gave out and he lost his hold
and fell forty feet to the deck. He
struck on his back and was terribly i'll
Jured. Physicians say he will not re-
cover.
Mary Gill, "a young girl who lives
with her parents on jefferson street =,
Bridgeport, while out boat riding FRI
day, fell overheard. She was rescued
with difficulty by her friends after she
became unconscious. She was then
taken to "A nearby house where restora-
tives succeeded in bringing her too
after much hard work. She YVES con-
veyed to her house where she still in IA
weak condition.
An accident occurred to the Boston
Shore Line express, which left New
Haven at 3:O5 Saturday afternoon. The
locomotive jumped the track lust after
crossing the high trestle bridge over the
Quinnipiac river. The engineer and
firemen were badly in ured. The bag
gage and express cars also left the track
but the passenger cars We're not derailed
The body of an unknown woman was
found in the water on the meadows
near Windsor station at o'clock YES
terday afternoon. There is no clue to
the woman's identity. She was about
30 years of age, five feet and two inches
in height and of heavy build. She was
dressed in faded calico wrapper and
wore plain gold ring.
Suffering with the grip, disheartened
and tired of life, Mrs Mary Ann German
OF New Haven, aged seventy-two years,
tried to end her existence at an early
hour yesterday morning. About a
quarter before o'clock Mrs German
was seen by Officers Sheehan and Jack
son standing on Neck bridge as if DELHI
Grating whether she should plunge into
the water below. The officers OWNED
her purpose and fastened to prevent her
from carrying it into effect. On seeing
the officers approaching she dropped to
her knees and then fell PROSTATE, face
downward. Before they arrived to pre-.
vent her she had squeezed almost all her
body between the railing and the plank
and in another instant would have
rolled off the bridge and into the water
The policeman lifted her back over the
rail and sent her to the Grand avenue
police station. There she told Sergeant
McGrath and Driver Lawlor that she
was tired of life and wanted to die.
She was detained until afternoon, when
she was sent to her home on Dwight
street.
Henry Burke, a prisoner at Haddam
Jail for two months, met with an acct
dent, Thursday, whereby his right leg
was broken, just below the knee. He
was engaged, with two other prisoners,
in moving a heavy stone, which from
some cause, overcame their efforts and
rolling on to Burke inflicted the injury
stated.