The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-07
ENGINEER CLARK WAS CONSCIOUS AFTER WRECK Witness Describes to Coroner Phelan Dying Moments of
 Dead Engineer Woman Rescued From Burning Car Thought Only of Her
 Watch and Wearing
 Apparel

| The nnal S6SSlOn or CH6 COlOnSI 5 | inquest at the Naugatuek Freight sta- | tion, Saturday was concluded after the Farmer went to press. A number l of the train-crew working upon sig nal construction related incidents
 which took place shortly prior and di-
 rectly after the derailnent. Those testifying were: Frank Dieter, New
 York; John Heaphy, New York; J. H. Landreg, Norwalk; Vern Cugel, South
 Norwallc; Phillip Miles of the same
 place; John McConville, New York :;
 Edward A. Boss, New York, and John 1 P. Remsey, South Orange, N. J.
 l The testimoily of Remsey was par l ticu1ariy interesting inasmuch as it
 disposed of the idea prevalent that l Engineer Clark was dead in his cab | at the time of the accident and had
 not seen the signals which are stated
 to have been set against him. He tes- | tif1ed that ne found Clark lying beside 1 the engine tender, that he was alive
 at the time although, his eyes were becoming glazed in death, that he | wiped the blood from the engineer s l head and shouted for some stimula mt. l When brandy was put to C1arlx's lips l he murmured Thanks. It is good. '' | Those were his last known words, as 1 he died in Remsey's arms as a. doctor and a Catholic priest were minister
 John McConville testified that with two others of the construction train
 upon the siding near the station. they
  l coming train approached. Hearing
 the click Of the switch being thrown,
 one of the party said, Look out there l goes the jack, a train is coming: " Looking back they the Springfield i express close upon them and one of
 the party Phillip Miles) remarked, l ''She will surely be ditched.'
 1 Frank Deiter, of New York, fore
 man with Jobson & Clifford Co.,, one
 of the witnesses called by Coroner l Phe1an Saturday afternoon, related a, | most exciting tale. It was Deiter with Jack McConvilIe and Edward Boss. 1 both of New York and also foremen
 succeeded, though the fire was raging about them. in freeing the four burn ed women from their position. Die 1 ter was in the work car when the i'll of the coach and with the other fore men saw the express take the cross helped in assisting several women out Of the wrecked parlor cars He had broken through a window and sash and was extracting a woman through the opening when she remonstrated, begging to be let go after watch Her ertreaties were not granted. In pulling the woman through the jagged
 window. her outer skirts became en- tangled in the splintered sash The woman was indignant and fearing that
 prying eyes might see more than mod
 let her arrange her slsits.
 ''The first ear was now mass of raging nan1eS, said De1ter. We could see human forms through the f1ames,'' he said, ''and centered our efforts in that direction. Boss McConvilLe and I broke through the toilet room win
 dow. The flames were raging aM
 about us. In the smoke put out my hand and felt it against a woman's head. The hair was burned off. An other body lay opposite and nearby two other bodies. They were pinned in by splinters from the parlor car and by the driving wheel of the en- zine which crashed through the floor | of their car. l think the women were dead before the fire reached them.
 The breast and chest of one woman l was horribly mangled. It appeared | to be split right up the nidd1e'' Die i ter stated to identify the women he | took the jewelry off their hands. 'sI
 was taking the ring off one finger, | when the finger came off also,'' he 1 stated.
 1 Coroner Phelan was anxious to know 1 if any men had been released or es- | caped from the first parlor car. "T
 hate to think that any of our sex
 would leave the car and let the oth-
 CT sex perish,' said the coroner. Dei- | ter stated that he had not heard of any. He later learned from Joseph Leslie, another foreman with the com struction company, that he, Leslie, had entered the first parlor car and | had attempted to free a woman He 1 had secured hold of her arm but was | pinned in by the wreckageA HsesIie
 was driven back by the raging flames.