The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-08-07
Trolley Car Containing Over
Forty Passengers Jumps OF
High Trestle and overturns.
NEARLY FORTY ARE KILLED.
Two Hundred Exeursionists Pre-.
cipitated Into the water..over
Twenty Bodies Recovered.
SCENF OF HOLIDAY GAIETY
Instantly Changed to a Death
strugsle.-AwfuI Nature of Ae.
eldent not Comprehended.

eident not Comprehended.
BRIDGEPORT. conn..Aug. Smear
ly forty people were killed by an aeel-
dent on the sratford extension OF the
Shelton Street Railway Company at
O'Clock this afternoon. when a loaded
trolley car went on the trestle over
Peck's Alin Pond at oronoque, about
six miles north OF Bridgeport, and sank
in the fats forty feet below. Thus far
thlrty-slx people are known to be dead,
nnd several more injured.
Only two persons are known to have
escaped unharmed. II Is believed that
there were forty-three passengers on
the car but the Indicator was removed
by a conductor OF another car and
spirited away. 90 that at present It IS
impossible to state accurately the num-
Der aboard.
The scene Of the accident is midway
between Shelton and Bridgeport. The
car was north-bound. running toward
Shelton. It was in charge Of Conductor
John Carroll. OF Bridgeport. who was
among the killed. and Motorman Ham
nton, Of Bridgeport, who escaped by
Jumping.
The trestie Is go feet long. made OF
iron, with stone foundations md was
not protected by guard rails. South
OF the trestle Is an incline. down which
the car ran at a high rate Of speed.
After 1t ran onto the trestle Tor about
ten feet, the trucks left the rails and
then the car continued on the ties for
about seventy-hve feet, when 1t went
on the tpeste and dropped into the
pond beloz, ovsrturnlng completely and
up-endlng.
Car Crushed.
When the car struck. the four ton
motor and heavy trucks crushed into
It, Instantly killing many OF the passen-
gers. Three physicians who were pas
SenEers on q car n short distance be-
hind, arrived quickly on the scene and
rendered all possible assistance to the
injured. Word was sent 70 Bridgeport
and three ambulances and a police
wagon were hurried to the scene and
the injured we're taken to the Bridgeport
general hospital. A morgue was i'm
provised IN the main room Of the town
hall at stratford and in very short
time twenty-three bodies were laid out
awaiting Identification.
The accident was witnessed by Miss
Frances Peck. who resides about 100
feet from the bridge. She was upstairs
at her home as the car was passing.
and she says Il was running At an un-
usually fast rate. Frank cramer, who
was bathing near the bridge, states
that the passengers were all singing
and In the most joyful mood as they
passed him.
The road. which IS practically con-
troled blythe bridgeport Traction Com
pany. was opened FOR traffic last Thurs
day.
II is now stated that thIrty-six peo-
pie were killed. The Identified dead
ore:
Thirty-siE Killed.
Joseph Hotchiss, Bridgeport. enEin-
Ger nre department; Henry c. cogswell.
bridgeport. aged 60. employe OF New
York. New Hampshire & Hartford rail-
road. member Of the board OF eduea-
lion; orlando Il. Wells. aged g. shoe
maker: seIectman Elias Z. Bradley and
wife S;llford: william Osborn, STRAIT
ford; Daniel Calvin. Ansonla; Condue-
tor John Carroll. bridgeport; S. Banks
Shelton: Mrs. Mcdonald, Bridgeport;
winton I.antIhear. motormnn, Bridge
mort. Traction Company; Bessie Too
ney. p Bridgeport; William II. Har-
yey, n bridgeport; Mrs. ]. II. Rugs
strntford: Mrs. Frank Blew and two
children. boy aged and girl aged .
stratford: William Mccullough STRAIT
ford; Mrs. Arthur Holmes. bridgeport
Margaret Brennan, Bridgeport't idenu-
lcauon not positiye).
Thomas MNally. thirty. Bridgeport
Identification not posItivc)
Peter Ring. twcnty-clght, bridgeport
Patrick McDcrmott. nfty, Bridgeport.
Frank Kraft. twenty-five. Bridgeport.
Alfred Pitt, twenty-five, Bridgeport.
Mn. william II. Harvey. bridgeport
Ms. Patrick Brennan. nifty, Bridge
port
william Cottcr. twenty-five. Bridge
port. Identification not posltlye.)
Irving DorouSe. twenty-thrcc, Bridge
port
Among the seriously injured at the
bridgeport hospital nre: Margaret
Brennan. scalp wound: Mrs. Sidney A.
Pitt. bridgeport. right leg fractured
twice; Margaret Farrell. right lex am
pu,ated above knee. will probably die;
George Hamilton. scalp wound. injury
to lex; Frank Kraft bridgeport, con-
fusion about body. left leg crushed;
Fred Hnlercus. scalp wound, bruised
about body: Matthew olbln, scalp
wound. cut and bruised generally.
Nearly the entire medical force OF
bridgeport responded 20 telephone calls
sent in. but when the doctors arrived
they were unable 10 render much as
ElBtanee Hs 20 few passengers escaped