The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-04

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 emergency train sent from Stratford, l and other through trains were sig nailed and those wishing permitted 1 to board them and continue to their destination.
 1 As darkness set in the Iurid glow l of torches carried by the wreckins crew suppIanted with powerful ace I tylene lamps planted at various dis l tances and the belching flame from | the derricks. as well as the light cast | by the slowly burning cars, contrasted weird1y with the inpenetrahle dark ness without
 Edward L. Hill, prominent cotton | and yarn merchant of Philadelphia, l who was one of these in the forward Pullman, states that he has little 1 recollection of the incidents preced- l ing the wreck as he was engaged in conversation with some friends. He felt a grating sensation and then seemed to be lifted in the air and tricating himself from chair which had overturned upon him, he saw the flames and smelled smoke. Break ing, a window he carried a lady to Phillip James. of Chicago in climb
 ing out of the coach. He sought
 examined by a doctor, who stated
 he was too severely injured, for local treatment. He then sought a tele- phone and called up medical friend in New York, who hastened to Saug- atuck and conveyed him to New York. MT. and Mrs. Phillip L. James, of
 
 ed the train at Boston, enroute for New York, were among those rescued
 from the forward burning coach Mrs James in an interview stated that she had noticed the speed at
 which the train was travelling, and that she was somewhat apprehen- sive. It was a crowded car and at
 Springfield she said they decided to add two more coaches. Some delay was there and when the train reach
 ed Bridgeport she heard it stated they
 0iT7If converse ton with her husband when
 she felt a jolting and alncsst instant ly there was 2 crash. She vas im- report spread blackness in front Of her. She had previously smelled pungent odor as if gas were escap- scioussness she was being assisted through a window by two men, one of whom was her husband, and she thinks the other was MT. Hill. To- gethe1 the party sought shelter in the village as the shock was SO great they could not bear to look, upon the injured.
 Shortly after six o'clock General Superintendent B. R. Pollock, and Dis trict Supt. C. W. Woodward, arrived on the scene with fifty special offic- CTS from points between New York and New Haven, and took complete control of the situation. A detail of maintained strict lines and kept back thousands of. curious spectators who arrived in automobiles from the Sur- rounding cities.
 contributing to the accident were in- stituted by the officials, as well as by Medical Examiner Fred Powers.
 Mrs John Sullivan, who resides in the nearest house, said: "I do not know the exast time of the accident, but I was sitting in my parlor when was followed by the breaking of glass throughout the house A stream of mud and water was shooting upon the front porch. I looked out and saw fearful sight. The train lay upon it's side with a coach down the embank- ment. Soon cries could be heard and telephone. Some were cut and bleed ing Soon som said there was a fire among the wreckage. My house is wrecked as you. see ft.'' 5
 The house of Mrs. Sullivan WasI about 100 yards from the scene of the wreck. Portions of steel were upon the porch and had been driven through the windows and walls. Water from the boiler had been spattered all over it's front.
 Charles Keiser, carpenter living in Westport, had been working on the | Enos Estate, nearby, and with John at the time the train left the track. | He heard a terrific crash and saw | the massive iron girder buckle and 1 spread outwards. He also saw. from | his view beneath, the heavy cars lean | way out as if about to plunge to the l roadway beneath. He ran forward | and was almost stunned by violent l explosion.
 Boiling water was thrown upon | himself and companion which pained | him extremely. Just above him he 1 saw a heavy object fall into vacant | lot. It was the tender of thei engine. | A rum bling sound above him with a 1 grating and creaking was followed by l thud. Almost immediately after | wards cries and Shrieks filled the air. | People came pouring from the steps and windows all along the train. They | all seemed stunned and stood for a moment then a detonation forward caused them all to rush Backwards as if in fear of another. Flames burst | from the forward end of a coach lying beside the engine. People were frantically running backwards and | forwards S without with apparent app object ran down the ernbankment only to return, while some sat with their utterly bewildered. Soon, however, they pressed forward in an effort to aid those from whom agonizing pleas for fdeliverance were being uttered 1 window and entered a car with John Doolan. They assisted in the rescue back by the heat of the flames and sn oE<e which defied penetration. CT am positive he told a reporter for the Farmer today, that when I left the car for the final time, there were but four persons in it. They Were | four women pinned beneath wreckage in the forward part, one of whom was already dead and the others imploring that I help them. One said, Oh, get my husband All the persons sure. m e as sefS they came do&n faRse tae steps and before it caught fire from the first car, went through it''
 Two ministers of the Catholic faith, I think, were there as passeng- CTS and also one other minister of some denomination. I cannot tell which. There must have been about 250 persons on the train There were more men than women" Ii
 It is known that at least one life was lost in the mail-car which was turned upside down as it was hurled from the embankment to the lot be-