The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-08-11
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Bloomfield; the latter is a French-Can- adian and he testified through an inter- preter Mrs Pitt is as yet uninformed of the fate of her husband and child i who were buried yesterday, nor does /, Frank Krapp know that Bessie Toom- ey, who was with him on the car Sun- day afternoon and whom he was to be married to in a few weeks, was buried yesterday.
 MRS. PITT.
 Mrs. Pitt stated that the car went down the grade on to the bridge at a rapid rate. She would not consider the speed dangerous on straight or a safe road, but if the locality was any way dangerous the speed was highly dan gerous. The car rocked from side to side and end to end as 1t was descend ing the grade. She did not notice that 1t bounded when it struck the trestle Her first intimation of danger was when the wheels ran sideways. Most Of the passengers were alarmed and screamed. They were all thrown from their seats to the front of the car and then the car turned over She was conscious she said, when the car struck the ground and remained conscious for some time. Her seat was the third not see the motorman and could not know what he was doing.
 FRANK KRAPP.
 Frank Krapp remembers but very lit tie relative to the accident. He recalls that the car was travelling fast down the grade and that it swayed and rocked considerably and capsized after running along the ties a few feet. He sat with his back to the motorman and did not see him.
 MATTHEW ROBIN.
 Matthew Robin could give but little information, excepting that the car went down the grade at much faster rate than the car travelled when he came from Shelton to Bridgeport, but he was not particularly alarmed.
 WHAT BLAKESLEE SAYS.
 Before going to the hospital Clarence Blakeslee of New Haven, an engineer in the employ of c. w. Blakeslee & Sons, who built the road. testified that he considered the roads construction secure; he was satisfied with ,he con- dition of the approach to the bridge when the road was opened. The sur face was perfect Thursday, but could not say what was the condition at the time af the accident; it might have set tied As he remembered it, it was trihe high to permit of settling. He thought if guard rails of iron had been used they would have been more effec- tive, or if there had been an iron chan mel between the rail on which the cars ran and the stringer, or a little iron railing fastened on top of the stringer, it would have been safer
 DR. TUKEY.
 pr. F. M. Tukey of Bridgeport, who was one of the physicians that respond ed to render what assistance possible, stated that after attending to some of the injured he went up on the bridge and saw close to the trestle very mo- ticeable depression in the track.
 CONKLIN G. COLBY. Conklin G. Coley of Stratford test1- fled that about p. m,, after the dead and injured had been removed, he ex- amiued the bridge and noticed decid- ed depression in the track close to the trestle and very little dirt between the lies, The third tie from the trestle shook under his weight when he stood 1n it. Several other witnesses were examln- ed but nothing new was developed. | The hearing will be continued to-mor- 'ow.