Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-29
Filled Trolley Car Was Smashed and Turned Over on Its Side--1S or 20 Persons Were Seriously Injured and Are Nursing Broken Arms and egs---Conductor on Trolley and Flagnlan at Crossing Placed Under Arrest--Coroner Makepeace is Now Mak- ina an Investigation.

tertown train due at the Bank street
 station had just pulled into the West
 Main street station. Flagman Flavin
 was in all probability on the west side of the rails and his view of the approaching freight was perhaps obstructed by the Watertown train which was stopped at the West Main street station. Conductor Dillon also must have crossed the rails to the west side and must have imagined that his track was clear after the Watertown train had passed. But at any rate the gates were going up when along came the trolley and along came the train, consisting of many freight cars and two engines.
 Those who witnessed the collision say that 1t was something awful. "You should have seen that car hurl- ed in the air." said one man after the accident. 'Tt was something which you can hardly imagine" Apparently the engine struck the car right in the middle, perhaps trifle to the front if anything. The car which was com pletely turned around was dragged almost 100 feet. How a person on it escaped is miracle. It was con- pletely demolished and with little work it could be made into kindling wood.
 Lewis Beauchamp of 21 Fifth street. was engineer on the engine which hit the car; R. A. Wood, con- ductor, and P. S. Green fireman. The second engine was in charge of En- gineer Wilson and Fireman Murray.
 The police station was immediately notified of the accident and soon had a number of officers and doctors at the scene of the catastrophe. Officers James Walsh and Con Kiersted were among the first to arrive while Medi- cal Examiner A. A. Crane was the first physician to reach the spot. He was followed later by Drs Grady, Deming, Hayes, Lalley and Faber. It was only short time after that a line of ambulances from the rooms were on the way to the west end to bring back the dead bodies. Lunny's ambulance was also of great aid in carrying the in-i jured to their homes.
 An Appalling Sight.
 What a sight that met the eyes of those who first hastened to the aid of the injured. Within the car was a struggling mass of humanity, some dead, others painfully injured. i No entrance conld be made through | the front part of the car and the rescuers had to climb in through the windows. Notwithstanding the num- i Der of the injured very few screams were heard and the injured -aited patiently for help to reach them. But when the injured were looked after and the doctors with aid of several men began to pick up the dead it was a most appalling sight- One woman was found in the end of the car and was quickly disem- doweIIed. Not far away was another person body, the head having been severed from his saoul- ders; his head was found later in a pile of debris. it being discovered when a fellow stepped on it. Right under the car were a man and woman apparently locked in the em- brace Of death. They were sos b1dly mangIed they could not be -eeOg- nized- Near by them on the rails were a mass of brains and not far away were several pieces of broken skull And what is that see under there" said one of the doctors as the car was being lifted On in Testigation it proved to be part of the body of one of the women that had been disemhowelIed-
 Story of an Eye Witness It
 James Turlsy of this city who is