Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-10
STORY OF THE ACCIDENT.

ana Some Who Went to the As
 sistance of the Injured-Doc~
 tors Were Kept Busy and { Renaered Valuable
 { Assistance
 Many who were shook up by the 1 crash of the trains arrived in this city on the first train. Among these was
 Miss Lucy Mungavin, who was ren.
 dsred unconscious. She sustained no
 serious injuries.
 Baker Thomas Kelly was in the fifth
 car of the Ill fated train. He said the
 shock in that car was very slight. He
 with others assisted in the work of
 rescue. and the injured received every
 care and attention. The place where 1 the accident occurred, he said. was a
 wild and dangerous spot.
 I Commissioner Finn of the board of
 charities and Clerk McMahon had the
 BroOkside home prepared for any pa tfcntS Wh0 might not have room at the
 hospital. pr Monagan, the city phySi- | elan, was also on hand to give the wounded attention. Their efforts were praiseWorthy, but were spent in vain,
 for none of the injured was sent there. I Charles Connors, proprietor of the l Hub restaurant, and Dr L.. l.. Ryder of this city were sitting together i'll
 the second car when the crash came.
 Roth were bruised slightly, but hurry
 ing from the car they assisted in the
 work of rescue. Richard Farrell,
 whose arm and leg were badly crushed, l was the first one to be extricated.
 Miss QuinIan was also helped from beneath the debris which covered her,
 and MT Connors descl ibes her death as | one of the saddest scenes he has wit
 messed in many days.
 A New York man who was travelling
 on the train said that the little Hamm boy, who was seriously perhaps fatal ly, injured. was the gamest little feI-
 low he ever saw. As his mother bent
 over him to sooth him, although suf- fering intense pain, the young lad said:
 "Oh, mamma; I'm glad it wasn't you the brakes fell on." That was pluck
 said the New Yorker, and there were tears in the eyes of everybody who heard the lad.
 Commissioner D. J. Lahey and AL derman Beach of the board of public safety, were on hand at the station and aided the police in keeping the crowd back. The police and commissioners are to be congratulated on the way the excited people were handled
 While the engineer may be held re- sponsible for the accident. there are several things that the public do not know. The engineer on the excursion train was between two fires, if reports are correct. It was said to-day by a prominent business man that there was an express train behind him and an express train in front of him, and that 1t is supposed the three trains were to meet at the siding. The engineer. real 1z1ng that he was between two fast trains. in all probability became con fused and thus caused the accident. Another thing" said this business man, when there are such excursions as yesterday there should be two con- ductors on the train ,one to take tick. cts and the other to look after the run ming of the train.''
 Persons on the train who wished to communicate by telephone with friends h Waterbury had to walk two miles to lind the telephone. There was none at the Sandy Heck station.
 Another thing that may account for the accident is the fact that the exour- sion train was supposed te leave tha lair grounds at 6 o'clock, bus it was one-half hour later when if did laaye Amid all this confusion and change if Is DO wonder that somebody made mistake.
 pr Frederick C. Graves of this city. Who was 8 passenger on the wrecked excursion train. tells the followino story: was on the fourth car from the engine. All we felt of the collision was a good stiff jolt. We didn't know that anything of a serious na, lure had occurred until some person came to me and informed me that was needed at the station. I was kent very busy at the station. affording as much relief as could until more medi. cal nelp came. Dr Benedict of Sey- lnour ana Dr Goodrich of this city were aiso on the train, and we all worked Iogethar as much as possible in reIiey- ing the injured. The doctors from Danbury and Newtown arrived on tha scene h rather quick time. Miss Ouin- 1 ian or Naugatuck was not dead when 1 she was brought to the station worked on her before l she died, but 1t was of no nse | saw from the first that there wac no | nope Tor her life AS to the collision IL looked a s if the first car was -bnrst l1gnt open by the force or the shock . MT ana Mrs Joseph B. Sherwood of | NO 45 Central avenue had a most for !unate escape. The yoccupied the seat | ln tue front coach just across the aisIe | rom the seat which was occupied bv | Miss Mary Quin1an. When the coi- | llslon occurred they were thrown down through the floor of the car and | crawled out from under the wreckage They escaped with a number nf mt very serious scratches and bruises Dr who is attending them. says Lnat they were extremely fortunate to escape with such slight injuries.
 The condition of William Hamm of a5O South Main street aged 14 wears vas still critical this afternaon hnf Dr hllmartin states that in all nroba. olnty he will recover. The first he knew eI the collision was when he fopnd llmself under pile of wreokage. His ;oliar bone is broken and he is suffer ng also from confusion of the snina Iraamatic rupture and several ahra 'lens pr Kilnartin says that he fs 'estlng quietly to-day.
 AIter the injured had been takan ,aIS ol' those persons on the train who laq Deen more fortunate and had mol osL , tneir senses on account of tha eys