The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-08-08
TWENTY.NINE KILLED
As a Result of the CareleSsness
of a Trolley Conductor.

u1uup. about six miles north OF Bridge
port and sank ln the nats forty feet be-
low.
Thus far. thlrty-six persons are known
20 be dead and several more injured.
Only two persons are known 70 have
escaped unhurt
It IS believed there were forty-three
on the car, but the Indicator
was removed by a conductor OF another
car and spirited away, so that at present
Il Is impossible 10 state accurately the
number aboard
The list OF the dead and injured is as
follows:
DEAD.
Joseph Hotchkiss. Bridgeport engineer
fire department
Henry c. Cogswell. Bridgeport agad 80
employe Of the New York, New Haven &
Hartford railroad. member Of the board
90 education.
Orlando B Wells. aged G8, shoemaker
selec-man ELIAS i. Bradley and wife.
Milford.
William Osborne. Stratford.
Daniel Calvin. Ansonla.
Conductor John Carol. Bridgeport
s. BANKS. SheitOu.
Mrs Mcdonald, Bridgeport
Bessie Toouey aged %. Bridgeport
william H. Harvey aeed 81. Bridgepa,t.
Mrs J. a. Rugg stratford
Mrs Frank Blew and two children. boy
aged and girl aged @, Stratford
William McCuuoush. Stratford
Mrs. Arthur Holmes. Bridgeport,
Thomas McNsuy. aged 30 Bridgeport
Identification not posltve)
Peter Ring. aged 2s, Bridgeport
Patrick McDermou aged 90. Bridge
port
Mrs Patrick Bremen. aged 90. Bridge
port.
Alfred Pitt aged %. Bridgeport.
William Cotter, aged 25 Bridgeport.
identification not posNive)
Irving Doruse. aged %. Bridgeport.
INJURED.
Among the seriously Injured at she
Bridgeport hospital are:
Margaret Bremen. scalp wound.
Mrs Sidney a. HIT Bridgeport right
leg fractured twice
Margaret Farrel right leg amputased
above the knee. VIII probably die.
George Hamilton, scalp wound injury
20 leg
Frank Kraft. Bridgeport injuries about
lead and back.
Arthur Holmes, Bridgeport, confusion
'hout the body, left leg crushed.
Fred Illcrcus, scalp wound. bruised
.bout the body.
Matthew oiyin scalp wound cut and
uu.sed generally
MOTORAIAN ESCAPED
The scene OF the accident IS midway he
ween Shelton and Bridgeport. The car
vas north bound, running toward shelton
was IN charge Of Conductor John Carr
Vi OF Bridgeport. who was among the
He'd. and MotOrman Hamilton Of Bridge.
ort who escaped by jumping
The trestle is 440 fet long, made OF iron
'ith stone foundations and was not pro-
sctcd by guard rails. South OF the tres
e is an incline, down which the car ran
( high rate OF speed After Il ran orto
he trestle for about ten feet the trucks
~ al rails and then the cars continued
20 the lies for about seventy-llye feet |
'hen IL went on the tresue and dropped |
l.o the pond below. overturnIng connie |
y ana upendng when me car struck /
le tour-ton motor and the heavy trucks |
rushed into 3D. instantly killing many q !
be- passengers
WOMAN SAW THE DISASTER.
Three physicians who were paqseDee-s
q "a car q short distance behind. arrived
uckly on the scene and rendered an pos
BILE assistance 20 the injured Word was
700 io Bridgeport and three ambulanc,s
ld police wagon were hurried to fba
.eue and the injured were taken, % the
ridSeport general hospital A nIorque
as .mprovised IN the main room OF the
wn hall al 9tratford and On very
iort time twenty-three bodies were taid
az awaiting Identification.
The accident was witnessed nv NSles
orence Peck who resides about 400 Zee,
on the brodge. She was UP stairs al her
'me as the car was passing and she
ys that ii was running at an unusually
F'a rate. Frank Cramer who was batr
near the bridge, states that the pas
myers were an singing and in the most
yiul mood when they passed him.
"o Io"a winch Is practically controlled
'He Bridgeport Traction COMPANY.
as opened for traffic last Thursday.
hI uke port Conn. Aug. 7-TweDtv-nine
arsons were killed in the trolley car ac-
dent az oronoque yesterday. OF che doz-
injured only three are in a ssrious
'nditon Examination OF the tresue
ld wrenched car hy the coroners iurv
ld the engineer experts today showed
iat the structure was perfectly sound.
% that the wooden str.ngers outside the
ls. We're TOO low 90 serve az guard
-la' that the fiauges OF the car wheels
ere unoroken and the brakes set The
ans was turned 10 shut oc the current
Gorge Hamilton the motorman. has been
rested charged With manslaughter. The
morally accepted theory Is that the car
as running rapidly when IL reached fhe
estie and was swaylrg and that chan
came upon the rails OF the bridge. II
mped the track and there was no guard
q adequate 70 beep the car from goln.
er The coroners Jury has not yet c1n-
ided its investigation n