The times., 1897-07-18
ELECTRIC CARS WRECKED
One Man Is Killed and Six Are
Badly Injured.
Three Trolley Cars Crash Into Ono
Another-A Failure to switch
the Cause.

Hartford, Conn, July 17.-Three trolley
crashed into one another at an early hour
this morning, and as a result one man was
Killed ard six seriously Injured, one
fatally, and perhaps another OF the half
dozen will die.
The man killed was Andrew Pupil,
Italian, a laborer. He was crused to death
between the platforms OF two OF the cars
The wreck is vt Cedar Mountain about
two miles from here, and is, perhaps, the
loneiiest place OH the line The cars run
through d densely wooded section and
there are several sharp curves in the
track
Two cars left New Britain at daybreak
One was the regular passenger car, " hieh,
he wever, was practically empty. Followed
close upon its time was another car filled
with Italian Iaborers employed on the
tracks.
At Cedar Mountain the regular train was
to meet the one on its way from Hartford To
New Britain.
In some way one of the cars failed to take
thcswitch and the two came together, for.
tuI,ately on reduced head way, tie motor
men saving themselves by jumping Both
cars were empty.
No one gave a thought to the filled
car Coming along behind the New Britain
| car.
| It's existence was completely forgotten
| and no one was sent back beyond the
curve 10 notify it OF the accident in
| front.
While the trainmen were engaged clear
tr,-
| the damaged runner gear OF the cars,
| the special car came surging around the
| snarp curve, only ii hundred yards away
| The men working On the wrecked cars
| sprung forward with frantic cries to warn
| him OF the danger But they were too
| late.
| The car was going at terrific speed,
! and, ia the half-Hght OF the mountain
| cut, the m0torman of the Inflated car
| did not see the tangled mass in front
! OF him until he was almost into the thick
| oft
he had just time enough TO shut off the
current, hut not to apply the brakes, and
| theu he jumped Puppi, the Italian, stoodon
tb. front platform beside the motorman's
box and stared at the scene in front of hiIt
| He made a me chanical mo tion toward the
brake as If 10 apply the wheel applying
them. but before he could realize that bis
| only escape from certain death was TO
jump out against the rocky sides of the cnt
the caI ploaghed into the two IN front of t.
il torcd its way half through the OBJ
| straction and then twisted itself off the
| track: and like thing alive went down
on its side, an almost uurecognizable heap
Of yellow wood, glass and iron.
Tit noise Of the crash dfowned the cries
OF the tightly packed in crowd OF laborers
for a moment. but then the means Of the
wcuDded came out OF the wreck and the
trainn.en of the three cars commenc ed the
work OF rescue.
luppi was taken out first HIS body was
| crushed and cut. lie was dead Some Of
the Iner: We're saved through the every force
OF numbers. Those sitting In the front OF
the car were the ones to receive the
serious hurts.
Every man in the car was bruis ed
slightly or cut by the flying glass.
Tho injured men were made as COM
Portable as the wooden seats Of the on,
remaining car would allow, and Were
brought into Hartford and taken to the
city boFpitaI.
Six of them were found to be In a
condition making their stay in the fos
pital necessary. One OF them was in
ternauy injured, and it is said that he
cannot live. Another was caught be
tween the side rail and the ground, and
roth legs broken, besides being badly
! bruised.
Wreclling crews were sent out and the
tack cleared 80 that traffic was resumed
at noon.
To- inbred men were all member,
OF the Italian colony at New Britain
Puppi, sort Of foreman, was the only on,
one known by name, the others bein.
dcsigl ated simply by number.
car will be rigged up in hospita
fashion. and those not seriously hurt
vii be sent back to their homes tonight