The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-19
AWFUL CRASH
Many Killed and Wounded as Fast Train
Plub5es Over Viaduet.
BAD FIRE BREAKS out

BAD FIRE BREAKS OUT
The Federal Express Running From
Washington to Boston Over the
New York, New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad Wrecked at Bridge
port With Great Loss Of Life.
Many lives, probably twenty, were
crushed out IN an instant and proba-
bly, three times as many persons were
frightfully hurt Tuesday when the
Federal Express running from Wash
ington, D. G. to Boston, over the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad was hurled over con-
viaduct at Bridgeport, Conn, by an
open switch.
Fire broke out in the wreckage
but the Bridgeport fire department
quickly put this out and the men
lent assistance to rescue the injured.
Ambulances and doctors hastily sum-
moned did their best to save those
who were under the debris. At $3.50
o'clock the bodies Of Is dead had
been taken from the wreck and lor-,
ty other passengers were in the 10
cal hospitals severely injured.
The more severely injured are:
Unidentified woman, eye goughed
out, face terribly bruised, leg frac-
tured
Michael Fury, conductor of train,
New Rochelle, N. Y, fracture OF
skull, internal injuries, will die.
David Kissner, New York, brake
man, fracture of the left leg, other
injuries, will probably die.
Mrs. James B. Joyce, of Maury,
suburb of Washington, fracture of
the left wrist, back injured, shock,
condition serious.
Sarah Czalobro, 931 South Penn
sylvania street, Philadelphia, head
badly cut, body bruised, shock, con-
diticn serious.
Christie and Antony Czalobro, her
two children, FIVE and eight years,
Christie, bruised about head and
body, internal injuries; Antony,
fractured arm, scalp wounds; inter-
nal, may die.
John F. Won Pfeiffer, Mcdonald St.
lDeadvile, Mass, fracture Of skull,
condition critical.
Frank Won Pfeiffer, cousin Of
John, 227 East North street, Phila-
delphiadelphia, fracture of ribs, dis
location of shoulder; condition seri-
Gus.
Miss Lucy Note, 222 Washington
avenue, Washington, internal inju-
ries, condition critical.
George Rogers, Washington, D. c.
His young son was killed and an
other son, Frank, badly hurt Mrs.
Rogers is thought to be one Of the
women who were killed.
Charles Frazier, NaVatree Green,
Nd.
Mrs. Emily Wilson, Philadelphia.
Miss Bertha Monroe, Cliftondale,
Mass.
Miss Mary Mccain, Philadelphia.
The express left Harleu River
about an hour late. 1t was going at
high speed when the open switch a
mile and "a half west Of Bridgeport
station was struck.
The switch was near the tower at
the junction of Fairfield avenue and
State street. There was one tremen-
dous crash, an instant of intense 81
lence and then the groans and shrieks
of the wounded.
! The wreck was almost complete,
FIVE cars having gone over, only three
cars of the long train being left on
the track.
The engine, twisted into junk, was
two hundred feet south Of Fairfield
avenue. Behind were the mail and
baggage cars while the Pullmans and
coaches were in a mass at the rear.
The day coach was entirely crush
ed and in it the deaths we're many.
| five bodies being removed at once.
Three Pullmans were almost COM
pIetely crumpled up, but appear
ances indicated that the passengers
in a measure were protected by the
strength of the cars.
With fremen, policemen, and doc
tors working as fast as possible the
dead and injured were laid out upon
the lawn of a residence in Fairfield
avenue. AS fast as the ambulances
came the injured were sent to the
hospitals.
In the wreckage of the engine was
a body thought to be the engineer
who had died at his post. A babe
about year old was found in one
car. It was alive and had become
separated from it's mother, Mrs. w.
V. Cleppane, of Cherry Creek. Md,
and it's aunt, Mrs. Beatrice Cleppane
both of whom escaped with minor in
juries, chiefly wounds on the head.
In another coach a Mrs. Whaton,
of Philadelphia, was taken out alive
but her child was dead under her.
! Mrs. l.. W. Page, of 1928 Massachu-
setts Avenue. Washington, D. c., who
was with her maid and child escaped
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