The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-08-08
LOST
In the Fdghtiul Trolley Car AccI-
dent, Sunday
.ANDMANY SERlOUSLYNJURED.
complete List OF the Dead-Itis Sup
posed the Motorman sLOst his
Headr-Twenty Victims Claimed by
the Mount Desert Ferry Slip Disas-
ter-Thc Injured Improving.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, August 7.-An
open trolley car Of the Shelton Extern
sion Company. twisted, bent and
smanhed almost into kindung wood, w.
Ing IN the mud Of Peclrs mill pond. at
cronoque, about six miles north OF
here, this morning is the only visible
indication Of the frtghtfrl accident Of
yesterday afternoon. when twenty-nlne
lives were lost and about dozen peo-
pie seriously injured from the car tum-
bling on the trestle which crosses the
pond at this point.
Coroner Doten Is making ARRANGE
ments to conduct an investigation into
the cause of the disaster, as soon as
possible. Sheriff Doan was sent over
this morning to empannel a coroneTs
3ury, and IT is expected that work will
Be begun this afternoon.
The cause Of the accident Is the chief
topic OF conversation to-day and all
kinds of theories have been advanced
and discussed.
Engineer W. Starr, who superintend-
ed the building of the bridge, said to-
day that the bridge was perfectly safe
IN every respect. In his opinion after
a thorough examination, the motor
man became beWildered as the car
commenced to travel fast down the In
cline. and anding himself in a danger
Gus situation, lost his head and turned
the current on instead Of reducing II.
The revised List of the dead is as fol-
lows:
John Carroll. conductor, Bridgeport.
Mrs. Arthur Holmes, Bridgeport.
Mrs. Joseph Rugcls. stratford.
Joseph HotchIIiss. Bridgeport.
o. B. Wells, Bridgeport.
Mrs. Frank Ballou, Stratford.
Two children of Mrs. Frank Ballou,
aeed i've and eight years, stratford.
william H. Harvey and wife, Bridge:
port :
Daniel Calvin. AnsonIa.
John Calvin, AnSonia.
Bessie Toomey. Bridgeport
selectman Elias E. Bradley and wife.
Milford.
sydney A. Pitt, Bridgeport.
Peter Ring. Bridgeport.
Henry C. Coggswel. Bridgeport.
Irving Derous, Bridgeport.
Patrick McDermott and wife. Bridge
port.
John F. Flynn. Bridgeport.
Thomas McNally, Bridgeport.
wIns Osborn. stratford.
Margaret Brennan. Bridgeport.
Miss Mcdonald. Bridgeport
Howard Baldwin. stratford.
Two unidentified bodies at stratford
morgue.
List of injured:
Arthur Holmes, Bridgeport, left leg
crushed at knee; may require nmputn-
ton; internally injured; condition SER
ious.
Fred HIllerkus, Shelton. scalp wounds
and internal injuries.
Charles Delaney, New York, connec-
tlcut National bank. sOn-in-law Of Mr..
Cogswell, internally injured.
Frank r. Knapp. Bridgeport, fracture
Of the left leg and knee, collar bone
broken and body extensively laceratedi
condition critical.
Mrs Sydney A. Pitt, Bridgeport, right
leg fractured above and below knee;
internally injured.
Matthew olbin. Bloomfield, fracture
Of right wrist and scalp wound inter-
naIly injured.
George canaeld, Derby, badly shaken
up.
william Mccullough, Ansonia, inter-
naIly injured; viii probably recover.
Miss Mamie Farrell. New York, COM
pound fracture of the right leg. requlr-
ing immediate nmputntion at the knee;
strained back. cut ankle and injured In
ternally; critical.
John C. Root. Derby, badly shaken
up.
Bertha Rugg, aged six, arm broken.
Edwin Rugg. aged three.
The patients Mt the hospital were all
reported in a favorable condition this
morning and no more fatalities are APP
pretended.
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