Connecticut western news., 1899-08-10
A DAY OF DISASTERS.
TWO ACCIDENTS ON SUNDAY RESULT
 IN GREAT LOSS OF LIFE.

Twenty-ntne Killed st Bridgeport,
 Conn.,, by the Falling Of & Trolley
 Car From a TreHtie-Twenty Are
 Drowned at Bar Harbor, Me.
 An open trolley car of the shelton Ex- tension company, twisted, bent and smashed almost into kindling wood, lying in the mud of Peck's mill pond, at 0ro- noque, six miles north of Bridgeport, Is the only visible indication of frightful catastrophe, when 29 lives were lost and about a dozen people seriously injured from the car tumbling of the trestle which crossed the pond at that point.
 The car was north bound, running to- ward Shelton. It was in charge of Con- ductor John Carroll of Bridgeport, who was among the killed, and Motorman Hamilton of Bridgeport. He escaped by jumping.
 The trestle is 40 feet long, made of iron, with stone foundations, and was not protected by any guard rails. South of the trestle is quite an incline. on which the car ran down at a very fast rate of speed. After it ran on to the trestle for about ten feet the trucks left the rails, and then the car continued on the ties for about T5 feet, when it went of the trestle and dropped into the pond below, overturning completely and up ending. When the car struck, the motor and the heavy trucks crashed into 1t, instantly killing many of the passengers.
 The identified dead are:
 Joseph Hotchkiss of Bridgeport, engi- neer fire department: Henry O. Cogswell of Bridgeport. aged 60, employee of New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad and member of board of education; Or lando B. Wells, aged 03, shoemaker; Se- lectman Elias E. Bradley and wife of Milford, William Osborn of Stratford, Daniel Calvin and John Calvin, p. of Ansonia, Conductor John Carroll of Bridgeport, S. Banks of Shelton, Mrs. Mcdonald of Bridgeport, Winton Lan- thear, motorman for Bridgeport Traction company; Bessie Toomey, 22. of Bridge port; William H. Harvey, 37, of Bridge port; Mrs. ]. H. Rugg of Stratford, Mrs. Frank Blew and two children-boy aged 3, girl 5-of Stratford: William McCul- tough of Stratford, Thomas McNally, 30, of Bridgeport Identification not posi- tive); Peter Ring. 26, of Bridgeport; Pat rick McDermott, 90, of Bridgeport; Frank Kraft, %, of Bridgeport; Mrs Patrick Brennan. 90, of Bridgeport; AL fred Pitt, 9, of Bridgeport; William Cot ter, 25. of Bridgeport Identification not positive); Irving Doruse, 23, of Bridge port; Mrs. William H. Harvey of Bridge port.
 Among the seriously injured al the Bridgeport hospital are:
 Mrs. Sidney A. Pitt of Bridgeport, right leg fractured twice; Margaret Far rell, right leg amputated above knee, will probably die; George Hamilton. scalp wound, injury to leg; Frank Kratt of Bridgeport. injuries about head and back; Fred Hilierous. scalp wound. bruised about body; Matthew olbin, scalp wound. cut and bruised generally: Will liam Kelley of Bridgeport, sprained arm; Mabel Rugg, aged 5, arm broken: Charles Delaney of New York, stock broker, in. iured internally.
 Twenty Drowned at Ear Hmrbor.
 A careful examination by divers In the vicinity of the Mount Desert ferry slip, the scene of the terrible accident Sunday, where about POO excursionists, on their way to Bar Harbor to see the warships there, were thrown into the water by the breaking of gangplank, and an investi- gation on shore by officials of the Maine Central railway and others seem to indi- cate that 20 victims perished as the re- suit of the catastrophe. It seemed prob able, however, that a Mir. Southard of Bangor, who was seriously injured, would not recover. Aside from two other per sons who are suffering from pneumonia, those who were hurt were reported as be- ing in favorable condition.
 The dead are:
 G. H. Bennett of Brewer, Mrs. c. H. Bennett of Brewer, Mrs. A. H. Billings of Bangor, Irving Bridges of West Han cock, Albert Calson of Levant. Clifford Cushman of Corinth, Mrs. George Der went of Bangor, Charles W. Downes of Ellsworth, Mrs. Hollis W. Estey of Ells- worth, Ora Nj. Lank of Danforth, Mel win MeCard of Corinth, Joseph Murphy of oldtown, Mrs. William Murray of Brewer. Mrs. Alonzo P. 0akes of Bangor, Mrs. Charles Stover of Ellsworth, Miss Grace Summer of Bangor, F. E. Sweet ser of Portland. traveling salesman, and Miss Lizzie Ward of Bangor.
 The train on which the victims arrived consisted of 12 passenger coaches jam med to the guards with persons anxious for a sight of the warships and the pleas ure of a day at the seaside. When the train pulled into Mount Desert, the crowd, men, women and children, made a rush for the ferry. They were held in check for a moment while the gangplank was lowered to the boat and then made a rush forward. Some 40 or 90, small number of the whole, succeeded in cross ing and reached the boat in safety. The others damned in behind them.
 Some POO in all were on the plank when there was a crash and a chorus of shrieks. The plank had broken in the center. In an instant all were in the wa ter.
 The box into which they fell gave no chance for the men who could swim. and those who could not had only to reach out to grasp some one. On two sides of them were piles which rose sheer to a height of p feet, and on the other was the boat, which afforded no hold. On another was the wharf faced with piles, green with slime and so slippery that no one could catch hold of them.
 In all the walled up box there were only two outlets. They led along the pill ing and were under the deck of the boat between the piling and the boat. Some availed themselves of these outlets and passed back under the side overhang of the deck to the stern, to find themselves in the open, battling against q strong ebb. What became of them is Rot known. They mev have oero ss,e ts reach the shore by swimming aroaad.
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