The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-10-04
STATEMENT BY NEW HAVEN.
Rond Says SIX Were Killed and
Gives List Of Injured.

VoRd says SIX Were Killed ana
give. List Of Injured.
New HAVEN. Conn. Oct. s-The on
cials Of the New Haven road gave out the
following statement tonight:
The IL o'clock train ont Of ston for
New York. which runs over the Albany.
via Springfield. and thence over the New
Haven TO New York was wrecked at the
Westport crossover about 4:A5 p. NJ. to-day
II was the second section OF train So.
and pulled by Engineer George l..
Clark. one OF the old time engineers of the
New Haven road.
The train had ten care. consisting OF one
b gage. one mail, four parlors. three
coaches and one smoking car in the order
named The engine. tender. baggage car.
mail. four paror cars and one coach were
derailed. engine going down the bank.
Baggage car went by the envine. The mail
and one parlor car followed and were on
top of the engine. Balance of the deraled
cars were partially tipped over. The mail
! and three parlor cars caught Ere. The
| fourth parlor car was scorched on the end.
| All passengers got out except those in
the first parlor car.
Five unknown women were burned to
death Engineer Clark killed
Fireman Mokcr fatally injured. Colored
man named Elliot Harris from Aiken, s. {. e.,
got caught in the door and had his leg
broken.
Mrs. o. l.. Wade Of Indiana polls. Ind. D. ribs
broken o. l.. Wade Of same town. ribs
broken. James Apts. through baggage
master. bruised and cut about the head not
dangerously Mrs James A. Garfield. arm
broken Miss Marion Knight. injured
! Both the latter continued on to their desti-
nation. Philadelphia.
Phillip James Of Lake Forest, Ill head
and hands cut and bruised. Mrs. Phillip
James of same town cut on leg. fingers and
arm cut. +. 7. hin Of 1900 Fifteenth street
PHILADELPHIA. cut on head and right arm.
Mr. Franklin OF Dennison Manufacturing q
Company. South birmingham. Mass, taken
10 Norwalk Hospital. Mrs. Anderson, ad-
dress unknown. bruised and shaken up
r. Is. Cleveland. porter. Of Brooklyn. y. V.
and j +. Silvia, porter. Cambridge, Mass
both not badly injured Mail Clerk Wheeler
injured dangerously.
Others vera injured. but not danger
ously. although some are now in the
Nospita1 at Norwalk.
Outside westbound track badly damaged
Track / westbound blocked the two east
bound tracks clear. ~
There wns no explosion OF the engine.
Interstate Commerce Commission notified
of the accident.
| G. G. Elwell Of the Connecticut Public
Utilities Commission. who was in New Haven
iGeneral Superintend Pollock and Supt
Woodward. all three promptly left New
Haven for the scene Of the wreck and vii
investigate the cause. which will be an
nounced later
| First SO, few minutes ahead Of Second 50
went through this crossover. which is 4
No. 10. all right. Second SO took the cross
over AT high speed in spite of the fact tha
home signal was at danger or in stop posi-
tion.
one Of the passengers brought to this
city late tonight Miss Eleanor Bartlett
aged 10 She Is the daughter of John p
Bartlett n New York lawyer. Accordni
to the statement of the young woman to
night she was on her way to New York
from>the White Mountains. where she hat
been spending the summer. She wal
with crowd Of young girl friends wheI
the crash came, The next she knew sh'
was picked out OF the wreck OF one of tn,
burning cars and she was in consi dera bl,
pain.
She was tenderly cared for by the un
known men who had helped her and he
companions from the burning car. Then
friend of her family who happened to com
TO the wreck In an auto heard of her beini
injured and she was placed in his auto ant
brought to this city to Grove Hall, board
ing house, where she found her aunt. Ellel
Strong Bartlett. waiting for her Mis-
Bartlett is suffering from deep flesh woun'
In the back and was cut in different parts o
the body, She suffered much from shock