The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-27
MANY FATALITIES
 DURING OCTOBER
Vital Statistics Disclose Un-
 usual Number of Deaths
 From Accident and Violence.

October was a particularly unlucky month for residents of Bridgeport and during that period there were 19 deaths by accident or violence. Included 1n these was almost every form or var ietv of sudden death in which people take their own lives or are ushered out by means over which they exer- else no control.
 The first occurred on October 1 when John Burns, aged TO- a former inmate of L.akeyiew Home suffered burns from which he died.
 On October 8, Agastino Tastaghone, aged 21, committed suicide by innal- ing illuminating gas at his boarding place, 49 Goodwin street.
 Daniel E. 1Wfldnan. aged 64, of z37 torcycle on October s and sustained injuries from which he died some hours later.
 George e. se1leek, aged s5, a widely known resident of East Bridgeport was making some repairs to the house 1 in which he lived and fell from the roof sustaining fractured skull which later caused his death This on Oc- tober 12. He lived at 1157 East Main street.
 Jeannette Thompson. aged ss, a for nner resident of Pittsdeld, Mass, com mitted suicide on October 12 by taking poison
 l Benjamin Townsend, aged 38, living 1 in South avenue, was driving a two horse truck loaded with scenery down Broad street late on the night of the same day. A piece Of the scenery be- cane loose and fell on him knocking him off the truck He died later of his injuries. l On the afternoon of October 13, GAo1 Sheckleton, aged IT., fell into John son's Creek and was drowned On the morning of the same day Ter rance w. Doyle, aged 57, was found Incidentally asphixiated by illuminat- ing gas at his home, 375 Fairfield ave nue.
 Two days later on October Is, Jane Armstrong, Dobie Glen, aged 29, and James Glen, aged 28, husband and wife, who had been married but a few days, were accidentally asphyxiated by illuminating gas at their home, 645 Union avenue.
 During fog and rain on the night lof October IT, Alfred Merritt, aged sE41, a railroad locomotive engineer. f1waIking through the South. End freight yards was run over and killed Iby a switch locomotive
 | October 19, Francis BallinghaIn, aged I19, and living at 709 East Main street, was washing windows on the third story of one of the factory buildings 1 of the Rernington-U. M. e. Go. He fell and died of a, fractured skull.
 On the same date Stanley Koslowski, | Bridgeport on a freight train when he was overcome by weariness and tfelI between the cars. He was, cut to pieces. His home was in Hastings. | Despondent. stanf1aus staniskowfcz, aged 2s, of 16S Sheridan street exten- sion, drank earboldc acid and the draugtt brought deathe The same I day Vasite Ladwcehka. aged IS or 20, 1 living at 43 Reilly street, was struck and killed by a. railroad train.
 Leslie D. Hatheway, aged 39, and 1 living at 926 Main ,street, was dragged to his death by a horse which he had been driving.
 l October 25. the first football fatality Iof the season occurred when in play between the Park Robins and the Pub lie Market team, Daniel A. Lillis, aged 19, of 499 South avenue, received in- juries from which he succumbed.
 At 33 Bank street on October 26, Jas A. Bacon, aged 6s, was accidentally asphyNiated by illuminating gas.
 On the evening of October 31, while running across Crescent avenue, in a driving rain storm, John Donning, aged 34 of 192 Sterling street, was run over land killed by an automobile driven by Albert E. Lavery-
 This number of violent or accidental deaths is the largest for any single month in 1914