New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-12

shock
/ iuries. continued journey 20 Boston.
MONROE. Miss Bertha No 535 Lincoln Avenue M,
injured about head and BODY. left arm VIII
have 20 he amputated 81 elbow
MURDOCH Johr No PA BroadgaE so me (,
wounds and fracture of ringer on tight hand
CAM Mrs Mar. 10 1910 Wat9}n street let
! thigh fractured left wrist fractured ribs on
| left side frs,tured
NJ SWEENEY. Miss MARY. Phinipsbure. Penn.
| ST Vincent's Hospital, tav fractured, rlen'
| elbow dislocated long cut on scalp
NcoNNoR. Mrs Eleanor Moylin avenue, Chest hest
| pital, fracture ~ rios on left side
NICKENs Mrs. Jennie j. tTsnty-fve ye9Is o ia
Washington Bridgeport Hospital injuries
ington. St vlnoents Hospital, fracture Of
McRoKEN. 1sauretta. sixteen years Old. Phila-
! delphia. Bridgeport Hospital ribs erok I,
Internally injured. s,a'ded. viii prooaDE III
| ROGERS. G. +. electrician sergeant; coast ar
tnerv stationed at Fort. Hunt, - YIN
cents Hospital suffering from shock
| ROGERS Frank. three years old. son ~ ser
eeant Rogers 81 Vincents. shock
| scHLOsKE Mrs Nary, philadelphia Bridge
! port Hospital. injuries sh2ht
sCHLosKE. baby girl. four months old. hruis'
srssoN. JOSEPH e. Nav Haven: Bridsspor'
Hospital deep cut on ri iss, % srh bioos
WALKER. Mrs Josephine: Philadelphia Fridge
port Hospital; slight injuries
| WALKER Mrs Narv. 10 1923 11th street
Washington. u. c. st Nincents Hospl l,ii
| conclusion of the brain. di'ioca'ed shoul-
De-. rot expected 70 live
PbiIadeIpbior S. vince1ts Hospital,
| wrench ed back end right hand crushed.
WALLACE. Henry \. Mnlbrdss. Ne Bridge,
face and felt ear cut.
Won PFIEFFER Frank 242I East North
street PhnadAlphia ST Nncents HOSP
tai. ribs broken. d's'oca'on 81 rlsh'
shoulder
Won PFIEFFFR. John F. 20 Q Mcdonald
street PeadvilIe Mass. cousin % Frank
had exactly the same injuries as he
cousin
The official statement Of the New
Haven company concerning the wreck
Issued from the main Offices at New
Haven. together with the testimony Of
the railroads representatives here makes
st plain that the only possible cause for
the wreck was the tremendous speed Of
the train when II struck the cross-over
switch
The Federal Express is scheduled to
go through Bridgeport at 2 "a 2. m The
railroad officials place the time Of the
wreck, which occurred mile west Of the
station here. IT 90 2 m which made
the train more than one hour late 4
large part Of this hour, IL was said. had
been lost bv the PENNSYLVANIA and the
ferry going around Manhattan. so that
Curtis. the New Ravens engineer. was
plainly irving 70 make ND the time lost
before he took the train
Bridgeport Officially learned Of the
wreck through rs fire department Ac-
cording 70 the records. z FIRE alarm box
from a corner near the wreck was pulled
ct 10 a m. and CAPTAIN Johnson, with
! his company. answered Johnson. as
, soon as he saw the extent If thA wreck.
sent for all the availsh bic apparatus in
the way Of ladders and axes Meanwhile
sergeants Blansfeld and Prouty. Of the
! local police force. had been sent from
| headquarters with six policemen. in an
automobile patrol wagon When they
saw that il was 2 wreck on the New
Haven, they sent word back TO Chief
Eugene Birmingham that AL the doctors
IN the city were needed
Calls rhirty-f FIVE Doctors.
birmingham got thirty-fve doctors 70
the scene Of the accident inside Of a few
minutes Most OF them came in their
automobiles, and these were turned into
n1akeshift ambulances n carry the in
/ 1ured 10 the hospitals
| Meanwhile an elderly but very active
woman, ar whose very door the mass Of
wreckage was strewn. had taken hold Of
the situation in one quick grasp. and had
started relief work within minutes. al
most seconds. after the first roar If the
wreck had subsidized
The Koran home is fronted b. large.
sweeping lawn, tree shaded. and sloping
gently down 10 the street level. over
which the viaduct crosses. Mrs. Koran
saw the train leave the rails and plunge
down the embankment and was out aid
| ing the injured immediately
THE mosquitoes had kept me half
| ~ AXE M HDIlI bfl''f lllE NTcths Sdll
| Mrs Koran. and when 7 heard the bell
Of the train coming I got up to look out
Of my window The engine seemed 10
stagger as II reached the viaduct. then It
! plunged down the emf 'nkment this side
OF the viaduct and rely thought II
was coming straight at my house.
There was 2 terrible roar and q Nv
ing Of sparks and J ran 10 get some
thing on and get outdoors When 7
reached the lawn few seconds after
ward the train was all off the track
except the two sleepers. and the whole
place seemed 10 be filled with broken
cars Then ] heard people scream. and
neighbors came running IN. and we
! started 10 do what we could"
Thought All Must Be Dead.
Sergeant Philip Blansheld, who led the
first policemen 10 the scene, declared
that when he first saw the mass OF
wreckage he believed that everyone on
the cars must have been killed out
right.
plansheld and al the other policemen
ON duty declared that it vas an hour be