The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-07
FELL FROM A HIGH TRESTLE.
xr.ny FORTY TROLLEY CAR PAS
SENGERS KILLED.

Car Overturned OOAhpieteIy ana
sopl, ~ the Flats Forty Feet Re
1o,y-It Was Running at High
HATE of speed-Thirty-six People
t,po,vn to Be Dead and Several
seriously Injured-OnIy Two Per-
son, Escaped Uninjured.
1,ri5oerort. Conn, Aug. 6.-Nearly forty
v.oplc were killed by an accident on the
strstford extension of the Shelton Street
pgHuay Company at O'Clock this after
r.or when a loaded trolley car went off
,ha trsste over Peck's milI pond at Oro-
roo,e about six miles north of Bridgeport,
and sank in the fats forty feet below.
THUS far thirty-six people are known to
he dead and several more injured.
The Identified dead are;
JoseDh Hotchkiss, Bridgeport, engineer
fire Department.; Henry c. Cogswen
Rr.5eep5rt. aged 90. employe of New York
New Haven and Hartford Railroad, mem
her of Board of Education; Orlando B.
Wells. aged GO. shoemaker; Selectman
Elias f. Bradley and wife, Milford; WI
liam Osborn. stratford; Daniel Calvin, An
sonia: Conductor John Carroll, Bridgeport; ;
s Banks. Shelton; Mrs. Mcdonald, Bridge
port: Winton Lanthear, motorman, Bridge
port Traction Company; Bessie Toomey. %,
Bridgeport; William II. Harvey, g. Bridge
port. Mrs J. H. Rugg. Stratfold; Mrs
Frank Blew and two children. boy
aged s. and girl, aged 3, STRAIT
ford; william Mccullough STRAIT
ford; Mrs. Arthur Holmes, Bridgeport;
II omas' McNally 80, Bridgeport ddenuf-
cation not rostive); Peter Ring, 2S, Bridge
port: Patrick McDermott, 50, Bridgeport
Frank Kraft %. Bridgeport; Mrs. Patrick
Brennan. %, Bridgeport; Alfred Pitt, z,
Bridgeport, William Cotter, rs, Bridgeport
Olcuuhcut on not posidve); Irving Doruse,
%, Bridge port; Mrs. William II. Harvey.
Bridgeport; John Calvin, % Ansonia.
Among The seriously injured at the
Bridgeport hospital are: Margaret Bren
nan, scalp wound; Mrs. Sidney A. Pitt
Bridgeport right leg fractured; Margaret
FARRELL rieht teg amputated above knee,
i VIII probably die; George Hamilton, scalp
: Wound injury to leg; Frank Kraft
4 Bridgoport injuries about head and back
u3iy, left leg crushed; Fred Hillerius,
aal2 wound, bruised about body; Matthew
9ibn, scalp wound, cut and bruised gen
ga.ly; William Kelly, Bridgeport, sprain-
Cd arm; Mabel Rugg, aged ), arm broken;
Charles Delaney, New York. stock broker
Injured internally; Margaret Farrell, New
York
Only Two Were Fortunate.
Only two persons are known to have es-
W nped unharmed. 1t is believed that there
we're l3 passengers on the car, but the in
ccator was removed by a conductor of an
'ner car and spirited away, so that at
PRESENT il is impossible to state accurately
ae number aboard.
The scene OF the accident is midway be
tween Shelton and Bridgeport. The car
was northoound, running toward Shelton
It was in charge of Conductor John Car
foI OF Bridgeport, who was among the
Killed ana Motorman Hamilton of Bridge
port who escaped by jumping.
me trestle is 44O feet long, made of iron,
Win stone foundations, and was not pro-
NcIed by guard rails. South Of the trestle
an incline down which the car ran at "a
lEA rate OF speed.
After il ran on to the trestle for about
tn feet the trucks left the rails. and
1eh lhe car continued on the ties for
aout seveniy-fve feet, when it went off
-e Ueste and dropped into the pond be-
wv oVFrturning completely and up-end-
v when the car struck the four-ton mo-
and the heavy trucks crashed into it,
Ganlly killing many of the passengers.
Aid for the Injured.
iAree physicians who were passengers
q ear short distance behind, arrived
eNiy on the scene and rendered all
sI'le assistance TO the injured.
"ord was sent to Bridgeport, and three
.noulances and police wagon were hur-
' to the scene and the injured were
A'n TO the Bridgeport general hospital.
moi CUE was improvised in the main
'oll OF the town hall at Stratford, and in
very snort time twenty-three bodies
r I3'd out awaiting identification.
i"e accident was witnessed by Miss
ailes Peck, who resides about 400 feet
om lhe bridge She was upstairs at her
.D' 'S The car was passing, and she says
P""S running al an unusually fast rate.
i"HH Cfamer, who was bathing near
'.lH2e, states that the passengers
49, al singing and in the most joyful
-,r,l r as hey passed him.
road, which Is practically controlled
m HIlHeeport Traction Company, was
'"g' Tor traffic last Thursday,
"""ths Were instantaneous.
nv, the entire medical force of Bridge
IN, .-ionded to telephone calls sent in.
N..n the doctors arrived they were
n, TOO render much assistance. as so
I'>S'nGers escaped instant death.
ear after upending. soon settled over
N'"e and there was little difficulty in
'7 me bodies of the dead as well as
.hs he wounded.
man Hamilton is suffering from
7erVere shock that it was impossi-
earn anything from him tonight.
''C M Radell Of the railway company
'nai IL was impossible for him to
'' Iof the accident. Immedia tely
ms arrival at the scene he made a
5A Inspection of the track on the
ana could see nothing wrong. an /
were running over the trestle as usual
tlefWards. He denied that the cars
'ns run al high rate Of speed and
mat every possible precaution had
sen 10 prevent accidents.
'"eor% advanced is that faulty con-
on was responsible for the accident.
..' loint Whele the cars lsava tbe road