The times., 1899-08-08
The BRIDGEPORT WRECK
The List of Dead Now includes
Twenty Eight Names.
Motorman Hamilton Is Receiving
the blame for the Accident md
Has Been Placed Under 4-rrest on
the Charge of annslaughtcr
Coroner's Jury Speedily InpaneIed

Bridgeport, Conn, Aug. THE dead in
the Shelton trolley road accident now num-
Der twenty eight, with thirteen injured
The revised list OF dead follows:
VICTOR ANDERSON, coachrnan
FLORENCE, wife OF Arthur Holmes, aged
nineteen years.
IRVING DORuS.
SIDNEY ALEXANDER PITT
SIDNEY ARTHUR, infant son of Mr.. Pitt.
0SMER b. WELLS
WILLIAM II. HARVEY.
HANNAH S. HARVEY, his wife,
JOHN j. CARROLL, conductor.
BESSIE ToOMEY.
JOHN FLYNN.
ELLEN BRENNAN.
PETER RING.
PATRICK McDERMOTT.
ANNIE McDERMOTT.
HENRY G. C0GSWEII.
JOSEPH H0TCHKISS.
HOWARD r. p. BALDWIN.
MICHAEL GARvIN.
Mrs. FRANK BLEW.
MAuDE BLEW.
MELVIN BLEW
Mrs JOSEPH RUGG.
ETHEL RUGG
ELIAS +. BRADLEY.
Mrs ELIAS Z. BRADLEY
The iniured--Arthur Holmes, Bridgeport left leg
crushed at knee. may require amputation, inter-
nally injured condition serious, Fred Hillerkus
Shelton, scalp wounds and internal injuries;
Charles Delaney, New York. Connecticut Na-
ionai Bank, son-in-law OF Mr.. Cogswell, inter
nally injured; Frank Knapp, Bridgeport, fracture
OF the lett leg and knee, collar bone broken and
body extensively lacerated, condition critical ;
Mrs. Sidney A. Pitt, Bridgeport, right leg frac-
tured above and below the knee, internally in
iured; George Garfield Derby, badly shaken up;
William Mccullough. AnsoDia internally injured,
will probably recover; Miss Mamie Farrell New
York, compound fracture of the right leg re-
quiring Immediate amputation at the knee strain
ed back, cut ankle, and injured internally, criti-
cal; John G. Root, Derby, badly shaken up
Bertha Rugg, six years old, arm broken, and Ed
win Rugg, aged three years.
There are two other bodies not yet
identified. One is a foreigner, probably a
Slav or Bohemian, ard the other of a man
about fifty years old, apparently a. laborer.
Winton b. Lamphear, who was reported
dead last night, showed up at work this
morning. He is. In the employ of the
traction company.
Three of the passengers and Motorman
Hamilton jumped before the car left the
bridge, and landed in the mud over fifty
feet below They were free from the ear.
Miss Margaret Farrell of Bay Ridge, who
is visiting in this city, and who was re-
ported as dead last night, is alive. Both
her legs have been amputated below the
knee. and she is badly injured about the
body Size is the worst injured of the
patients now at the nOSplt2I.
Where the responsibility for the acci-
dent rests Is the question in the mouths
of thousands of persons today. Motorman
Hamilton is blamed on all sides, but no
testimony or statements which can be con-
sidered as placing the responsibility upon
him have been made as yet. Attorney
Allan w. Paige, Secretary and Treasurer
Of the Shelton Street Railway Company,
said today.
81 cannot understand how 1t occurred
unless the motorman deliberately disobeyed
special orders not to run on the bridge
or over any other part of the road at a
high rate OF speed. Either that or he
found himself in trouble after he entered
upon the trestle and then endsavored to
stop the car but made the mistake of turn
ing the controller handle the wrong way.
The bridge is In good condition and per-
fectly safe
This afternoon Motorman Hamilton. who
has so far recovered as to be able to be
cut. was placed under arrest. He is
charged with manslaughter. The informa-
tion was drawn by Grand Juror David
Rhodes. OF Stratford, and signed by Justice
Charles Peck, 1t charges Hamilton with
neglect in performing the duties OF mo-
torman whereby q trolley car which ne
was operating was run off Peck's Pond
Bridge, so called, and William Osborne.
Of Stafford, and others killed.
There win be a hearing tomorrow morn
ing for the purpose OF fixing the amount
of bond, but no further hearing will be
had until the verdict Of the coroner's jury
is received. This morning Coroner Doten
summoned coroner's jury to investigate
the case. The members of the jury went
to the scene of the accident this afternoon
and tomorrow morning viii begin the tax
ing of testimony.