The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-07

standing there the exprass came asoaa
 and both noticed that the train vgsS l going peculiarly. Both had q rJrsseuf-
 1ltgiit neI tha5 ia5 soInethins was going to hap | ooIn rushed for the tracks
 | Ihe engine was going wildly acroEe
 trt 1ue of1oge when witness saw e.
 Ihen 1t stopped and stood for a mo
 ment or so in an upright poattior. Then it suddenly toppIed over. ff7cv,s,
 mas cLocd Of eteam, smoke and duss opscured- When things had cleared again the tender was down the er7-
 side about 100 feet west of ti,s on vjs1 sS1 duct The engine lad crossed the
 orldge all right It was the oars that crashed into the bridge and su1aetI- ed it. Witness didn't notice psrtIcf,- larly the cars, but did notice the ay, glne. He cav it first about % eees easL or tne vladuct It sounded as though it was off the tracks 7,i3e
 wasn't swayfng very much when afSc
 seen Engine was in the spur track This was what first attracted E1f0 at tention to the train.
 Arriving on the scene witness told
 or seeing a woman standing on part Of the upturned engine. When he ars-
 preached her, she cried, My God Fr~
 husband Is in tse car" Witness r1s@il-
 ed to car and through the aasfs9auno
 of his companion who had crawIed
 into the ear, the man was pulled nsrr
 after some difficulty. The man wan
 EfAILNLL&
 so. He was carried away frnr4 ahn
 wreck and left to hi@ wife
 som cone asked where the enwfzanr of the train was. Then he and sskhef.T, began looking for the enEfnoar Theey looked all about the engine but comld not find the man. Next someone car Flames had already broken crt ana there were cries which trfqrmsasf that there were peopie inside. on ac- count of tf'@ lfistnes i1- was hard e. get into ne cars. Fire extfnsufahens
 were secured. witness didn't knov. where from.
 He had had experience ms q. fire man, with fire exunguiShers and knew how they should be worked. TIe didn't work any himself. Everything was done to reach the people in the cars but 1t was impossible to do 50. Suddenly the cries stopped and noth- ing more vas heard from inside
 ing, was questioned He said he vvas carpenter and was on his way home for a moment or so debating as to which way to go home. Finally they decided to go by way of the railroad tracks. Just as they started r1p the train and particularly the engine The noise indicated that the engine wac off the tracks but it was upright and tipped only a little
 Witness testified that so far a@ he knew he was the first person to en- ter the car in which the people were burned to death He said that when eh got inside he found a man. Eroan- ing and doubled up beneath a. seat wrecked seats to get the man When he did reach him witness draGged the man back to the window through which witness had entered. W5tneea had, climbed through a broken window out of which the woman had craWIed- After much trouble witness manag- ed to get the man to the broken win dow and with assistance from the outside the man was taken out of the car. Witness didn't see others in the car then because he couldn't see the full length of the car on account of the smoke. He heard cries and en- deavored to get to tine people. He couldn't because of the flames While in the car 9 porter began smashing the car windows. Witness saw three of the men operating them. The oth- CTS he didn't know. The man he was acquainted with was John or Jarnes Donnegan. a grocery clerk in Wet had extinguiRsher and managed to secure a good position where he could But when he tried to operate the en- tin guisher it wouldn't work Witness sand that all three of the extinguisf- CTS wouldn't work The extingufEh- of the wrecked train They appeared to be in good condition were not bent the chemical supposed to be in them knew nothing about the speed of the train before the wreck He judged that it was going very fast Alter the engine had toppIed over witness with others examined the brakes on the wheels. Witness said the brakes appeared to have been. clamped down hard and tight
 Mfr Doo1ing, the previous witneElg was asked about the brakes and sa3d that he had Observed that they were tight on the wheels. Kaiser again tes- tified. He said that 1t was noticeable to him that the water from the ho@o furnished by the fire company was not Of high pressure. He told Of ono when single fireman twist ed the hose up double and stopped the flow of water in go doing. This could not be done, witness thought. if there had been high water pres sure Witness said that a good stream of water would have put out he fire and done much toward ksav- ng the people in tue fated Pullman car He also said that had there been adequate equipment on hand there were sufficient number of people pres ,nt to handle the articles and make
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