The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-23
SHOCKING ACCIDENT
AT YARD STREET CROSSING, WALL
 LNGFORD, LAST EYENING.

Five Small Children Crashed Into by
 Freight Train-Hnufman Carried Along
 on the Cow Catcher-Wm Probably Die
 Entire Train Passes Over One of the Girls
 There was 0 shocking railroad acci- dent here about 7;15 last evening. John Kaufman and Frank Russell, with five small children in wagon, were cross ing the railroad at the Ward street crossing, a. quarter of a mile below the depot, when the wagon was struck by the engine of a freight trala going south in charge of Conductor Daly. The wagon was smashed to pieces and the occupants were thrown in different di- rections. Haufmann was caught, iT is thought, on the cowcatcher and carried down until the train was stopped and was terribly cut up and will probably die. Russell was badly cut about the head and body, but it Is thought he will live. Three of the little ones were Haufman's two girls and a boy. One of the girls was badly cut up and 1t is said that the entire train passed over her while she was between the tracks Her head was badly cut, as were her legs and it is probable she will die The other children were named Love ling, and lived near Hausman on South Washington street, not far west of where the accident occurred Owing to the crowd that gathered and the in tense excitement, it was impossible to find out all the particulars. Four of the little ones were taken home and the Kaufman child was carried to the veranda of one of the houses near by and cared for as best could be, The various doctors were summoned and attended the cases. Kaufman was in the center of the lot east of the track on the ground and Father Cronin ad- ministered the last rites as it was thought the boy would soon die. The crossing is on the grade,one of the worst on the line, and has no gates or watch man. The accident has caused great excitement here. By order of Officer Reilly the train was delayed an hour, or until the arrival of the coroner. Russell said he did not see the train until the wagon was in front of the en- zine.
 The wagon struck was a hay wagon.
  acter of their injuries are:
 Frank Russell aged thirty-ffve, cut about the head.
 nally injured
 Annie Hoffman, aged eight, left leg crushed. internal injuries. Frank Noyack, aged eight, confusion | on head.
 Henry Novack, aged six, thigh frac- | tured.
 Edward Novack, aged four, scalp | wounds.
 i The train was in charge of Conduc- l tor James Daley and Engineer John F. Burke, and was going at the rate of about fifteen miles an hour. It is as- serted that the electric bell which sig nailed the approach of trains failed to work but this statement could not be verified.
 The team was owned by Frank Rus | sell, well known oil peddler, who was driving, and he maintains that he heard no warning. The crossing is an excep- | tionally dangerous one, and he was | just on the tracks when the train bore | down on them. The hind wheel of the wagon was struck, causing an upset, and MT Russell was thrown about twenty feet in the air. Hoffman was carried along the pilot of the engine about five hundred feet, while the oth- CT occupants of the wagon were thrown along the side of the track. The horse | escaped unharmed. The occupants of the wagon were going home when MT. ] Russell met them and he had acceeded ! to their request for ride. The Mo- vacks were children of Herman No- vack and were taken to their home af- ter the accident. Russell and John Hoffman were each taken to their re- spective homes, but Annie Hoffman was taken to house adjoining the scene of the accident, where her left leg was amputated in hopes of saving her life but she was unable to withstand the shock.
 Annie Hoffman died shortly before midnight, and the death of the father, John Hoffman, Is momentarily expect ed.
 OTHER WALLINGFORD NOTES.
 The following programme has been ar ranged by the Misses Blanche Harrison, Alice Curran and Emeline Lane, for the modern history class, at the High school tomorrow:
 "The Part Played by the Universities in the Time of the Reformation" .............. Miss Alice V. Curran "Catharine De Medici' i'..............
 ..........M Miss Blanche Harrison "The Palace at Versailles" ............
 ................ Miss Jessie E. Wooding
 ne ........,......... l....iV A @ Miss Maade Jacob ''The Tobacco Parlianent''. =. Archie PrsE "Table Talk of Napoleon" .......;
 Marie Antoinette" ....... Miss Ellen Hall
 "Voltaire, Rousseau and Moliere' .... | .................... Miss Maude Hal
 "The Life of Napoleon at St. Helena".. l .................M Miss Emelne Lane Peter the Great. Miss Alice F. Brldgette
 ''The Founding of st. Petersburg.
 ....................Mi Miss Ellie Hampton Percy Dawes of this town, and Miss Annie Kay, who recently arrived from Sheffield, England were married by Rev. J. E. Wildman on Monday even ing.
 w. B. Kirkman of Far Rockaway is stopping in town.
 w. A. Booth has sold his trotter l"Go1d Dust" to c. R. Pomeroy of Mer. iden.
 Judge and Mrs. L. M. Hubbard wen to Wilbraham, Mass, yesterday to at tend commencement exercises at thu | academy.
 The Northford nine will play thu
 High school team here on Saturday.
 Miss Emma Bunnell has gone tt 1 Keene, N. H.