The Washington times., 1903-05-03
FREIGHT CRASHES
INTO LOCAL TRAIN
Two Killed in Hartford
Railway Wreck.
EIGHT PERSONS INJURED
Curve Near South Norwalk Prevents
Engineer From Seeing Approach
ing Train.


Two killed and from a dozen to fifteen
more or less seriously injured, two of
whom may die, is the record OF rail-
road wreck on the New York division of
the New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad here this afternoon.
y freight train. backing on the Dam
bury and Norwalk tracks on a curve.
crashed into the accommodation train
from New Haven TO New York at 5:55
O'Clock. The freight car on the end of
the train grazed the engine and baggage
car and pushed through the side of the
smoker, which was gouged out, passen-
! gers, seats, and the entire contents be-
ing crushed into a mass in the end OF
the vehicle.
The Dead.
/ The dead are:
EUGENE c. CAVANAGH, 7os East
| Lombard Street. Baltimore, Md, COP
persmith
! UNKNOWN MAN. evidently laborer.
| The injured are
! r. E. Schnetman, 629 Fairfield Avenue.
| Bridgeport, Conn Both legs broken, in
ternal injuries: may die.
Thomas J. Anderson, Darien. side in
jured. bruised and cut, in semi-con-
seious condition; may die. Taken to
hospital.
Mortimer C. Ogden. Fairfield Avenue.
Bridgeport. right ankle broken; scalp
wound; cut about face Taken to nos
pital.
George A. Davis, negro. SO ST. John
Street, Stamford; internal injuries, wrist
injured, and body bruised. Taken to
hospital
Harry McGatt, Elizabeth Street.
South NorwaIk; leg sprained. Taken
home
Louis FairchiId. Darien; head cut:
body bruised; internal injuries feared.
Theodore F. Guyer, South Norwalk:
badly bruised: picked up unconscious
Taken home
Alfred J. Middleton. Bridgeport; Sc
verely bruised Taken TO his home.
Responsibility Not Fixed.
The cause of the wreck has not been
positively determined. The freight is a
pickup train in charge OF Conductor
Andrew Mccormick, Engineer John
Somers had charge OF the freight en-
gine. and Extra Brakeman Dennis Dowd
of S2S Portsea Street. New Haven, was
on the rear of the freight train.
The freight had been up on the Dan
bury and Norwalk tracks and had LEFT
two cars near the Washington Street
bridge. Three cars had been left or the
New York division tracks. The freight
was backing down onto the New York
division tracks to get the ears left there.
A curve hid the main line tracks from
the view of the engineer on the freight
and the passenger train engineer could
not see the danger.
The crash came within 200 feet of the
South Norwalk station. The engine was
scratched by the fat car and the bag
gage car escaped with similar damage.
There were twenty-five passengers in
the smoker and half of them were cut
and bruised.
Fought Like Madman.
Cavanagh's body was found crushed
to the floor. When he was released he
fought like an insane man and he died
struggling in the ambulance on the way
TO the hospital. where all the injured
were taken as fast as they were re-
leased. The other dead man was found
crushed into the end of the car between
the seats His skull was fractured and
he died of brain eoncussion. His cloth
ing indicated that he was laborer, but
Eothing could be found to identify him
Sehnetman and Anderson were caught
in the wreckage and hurled with great
force into the end of the car Schnet-
man is woman's tailor in this city.
and was on the way here from Bridge
port.
The cries of the dying and injured in
the smoker reached the next passenger
coach behind. This was scratched and
the windows partly broken in. a dozen
women in the car were thrown from
their seats and were so panic stricken
that they shrieked, and several were
with difficulty prevented by the men
from jumping through the windows Two
other passenger coaches and an unoccu-
pied vestibule car completed the train.
Nearly ali the passengers in these We're
thrown about and tossed from their
seats. but none was seriously injured.
Crew Reticent.
Conductor Benham was in charge OF
the passenger train and a New Haven
man was on the engine The crew Of
the passenger train would have little 10
say after the accident The engineer
said that he did not see the approach
ing freight until it was 100 late.
The damaged passenger cars were
taken out of the train. which was made
up so that it proceeded to New York an
hour after the accident. All except the
injured proceeded on the train. The
wrecker was late in getting here from
Stamford because OF the strike of the
who are on the march toward
Bridgeport 4 wreeker was also sum
moned from New Haven. and arrived
here shortly before cloGk.