Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-03
BAD NIRno n HARTFORD.
Engine Turned Upside Down Lives of
 Passengers Imperilled.

Hartford Jan 3.-The APO train out of Hartford for Simsbury on the Cen tral New England was wrecked about three miles from Hartford, near Cot tage Grove, few minutes after it left here yesterday afternoon. It was about the worst wreck that has hap pened in this section for a long time. yet the most fortunatae, for all of the fifty people on the train escaped with their lives and only few of them were bruised. The engine was oper- ated by Engineer John Holcomb and Fireman Norman Hicks. It was draw ing two coaches, the first combina- tiOn smoking car. There were about fifty passengers in the coaches. The engine usually on this trip goes back wards. Everything seemed well when all of a sudden Fireman Hicks saw the tender rise and jar. He grasped the reverse lever and pulled it just as the engine tipped over. In falling over the pin connecting the engine and ten der broke and the engine went some distance ahead of the tender This was the most fortunate incident of the whole affair, for when the engine tipped. the coaches also fell over, but the first coach before tipping went far enough to come even with the tender and 1t fell over against it.
 u SdS tIS COupl1uS )lll COLI meeting the two coaches did not break and the second coach also remained tipped on one side, though nearly three-quarterS over. It all happened In few seconds, and before the pas sengerS knew what was going on they found themselves on the side of the car. Thomas Cab of Bloomfield sat on the seat where the car struck the tender. The window broke and he fell through. His face was badly lacerat- cd and he also had body bruises. Rear Brakeman Brady jumped from the platform of the car as it tipped. He was quick to see the need of the pas sengerS and running along beside the coaches, broke the windows an out the people Nearly all the passen- gers got out through the windows
 The engineer and firemen had very narrow escapes. The engine turned completely over and in doing so freed itself from the first coach. Both men found themselves under it with the en- glneer near the front window of the cab. Holcomb managed to break the WlndoW and squeeze out Then he caught hold of Hicks and pulled him out, both men escaping with only a few bruises. As the train left the tracks, it tore up one section of rail- he rall bent up, went through the floor Of the first coach, right through the stove in the car, through the side or the second car, and through the toilet room, ill all about forty-siX feet of rail going through the coaches This probably also helped to keep the coach eS from tipping clear over. The whole thing was bad mess and word was quickly sent to the office in Hartford.
 X relief train was sent out from here to get the passengers. Some of those who were hurt were:
 Mrs $. J. Mills, of Cottage Grove, a sprained ankle.
 Albert Filley of Bloomfield, some bruises by climbing through the win dow.
 Miss Burnham of Tariffyille, spine injured
 A. Mitchelson of Tariffville, leg hurt and it is believed that he is more hurt than any of the others.
 John DWyer of Bloomfield, slightly injured.
 HOW the accident occurred is not vet hHoWh. There was nothing on the track and it is believed that the rails were in good condition. Some said that they thought truck under the tender. might have broken and caused the ac- cident. but that was only a surmisa ahu the real cause of the accident may never De known. A temporary track was built around the wreck last night apout 200 feet long, and traffic win not be 1mpeded to-day. It will prob- ably be two or three days before the wreck can be cleared