The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-07

tlSalie lne car would nave Deen pre-
vent from toppling over.
: The scene about the wrecked car was
one of horror and seemed to stun all
the early ones ON the scene. Fortunate
~, all that We're not instantly killed
We're rendered unconscious, so that few
OF the gruesome scenes connected with
some disasters We're evidenced. All Of
the persons killed sustained fractured
skulls. William Kelley of Bridgeport,
VINO was in company with Miss Farrell,
escaped death by jumping from the car,
as ne felt it sWaying, to the flats below.
soon afterWard the car toppled over.
lie sustained a severe shock, but was
otherwise uninjured. He stated to-
night that the car was not running un-
usually fast, but that the car was sway
ing considerably when it struck the
trestle and he realized the danger and
knew his only safety was in jumping.
George Willis superintendent of the
H. N. Bassett company, Shelton, was
ON the highway not more than one hun
dred feet from the scene and witnessed
the car topping over. He said that
there was one unearthly shrek as 1t
went down, and after that silence.
Miss Frances Peck, who was dress
ing in her room, saw the accident from
her window and it is her impression
that the ear was running very fast.
She was so excited that she could give
but meagre information but AYERS that
te car was swaying considerably as it
reached the trestle.
A camping party, which included Gilt
ford Calverly, the rope walker were in
| ~ ia, A.. 4 nnnGiHnr-
able assistance. One of the pathetic
scenes was that Of lfeless baby re-
clining ON the arms Of a dead man ana
| the infant seemed to be smiling ana
| asleep. Another sad incident was no
| ticed when the three-year-od son OF
Mrs. ]. H. Rugg was frantically appeal
ing to his mother, who was one of the
victims. His sister, five years old, had
her left arm broken.
The Stratford town hall, where the
bodies were taken, was soon besieged by
more than 1000 persons some of whom
had relatives or friends among the
dead, and Deputy Sheriff Brakeman of
Shelton, Heisler of Bridgeport and
Stagg of Stratford had considerable diff
ficulty in handling the crowd of weeping
women and anxious men. In the early
evening it was estimated that upwards
Of 5000 people visited the vicinity and
pickpockets took advantage of the
crowd to secure considerable booty.
All the bodies of the Bridgeport dead
and the few unidentified We're taken to
the morgue at Bridgeport late tonight,
1t has been ascertained that forty fares
We're registered and with the young
oh i16roy, hat lid ont have In no fnrpE |
and the motorman and conductor and |
an extra motorman that was being
taught makes the probable number on
the car forty-seven.
The identified dead are:
John Galivan, aged % Ansonia
William Mccullough, Stratford.
Winton Lanthear, motorman, Bridge
port Traction Co.
S. Banks, Shelton.
Mrs. Mcdonald, Bridgeport.
Frank Kraft, aged 25 Bridgeport.
Mrs. Arthur Holmes, aged %, Bridge
port
Joseph Hotchkiss, aged SIS, Bridgeport
j. F. Flynn, laborer, aged 80, Bridge
port
Hans Anderson. aged 26 coachman,
Bridgeport.
Mrs. Frank Ballou and two children.
Melville five and Mabel three, Bridge
port.
John Carroll. conductor, Bridgeport.
Mre, Patrick McDermott, 80, Bridge
port
Patrick McDermott, aged So, Bridge
port, sexton of st. Mary's church.
o. p. Wells, shoemaker, aged 60,
Bridgeport
William Fl. Harvey and wife, aged go
and 45, foreman for Coghlin & Bros,
decorators. Bridgeport
Miss Bessie Toomey, aged 20, Bridge
port.
Thomas Fl. Cotter, aged 40, stone cut
ter, Bridgeport.
Daniel Galvan, aged 20, Ansonia.
5. A. Pitt, aged 25 and one year old
clerk for r. G. Dunn e. Co,
H. c. Coggswell, aged 65, freight agent
or New York, New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad company, and member of
the board of education Bridgeport.
Mrs. Elias E. Bradley, aged 10, Mil
ford.
Elias E. Bradley, aged 55, seIectman
If town of Milford. !
william Osborn, aged 81, gardener G
Stratford.
Joseph Hotchkiss engineer aged 55.
Bridgeport :
Mrs. Patrick Brennan, aged 2S, Bridge
port.
Peter Ring, shoemaker, aged fifty, E
Bridgeport. =
Mrs. James H. Rugg and daughter r
ethel, Bridgeport !
Irving Downs, Bridgeport. \
Unknown man. aged %, short, darl, (
'oiored suit, no means of Identification h
Unknown man, aged 3S. dark mus
ache, sandy hair, feet 10 inches. well
'ullt, thought to be Cornelius Callahan,
70 Jones avenue, Bridgeport.
The injured at the Bridgeport hospital NJ
re:
Margaret Brennan, Bridgeport, scalp
wound, confusion, injury to spine CT
James Delaney New York, stock V
roker, badly hurt v
Mrs: S. A. Pitt Bridgeport. fracture W
f right leg. i
Mrs, Marearet Farrell Fort ITamil- N
On, N. Y, compound fracture of left W
e. necessitating amputation. i
George Hamilton, motormau Bridre II
Ort fracture right leg law broken il