The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-15
MIL FORD TROLLEY WRECK VICTIMS TO
 SURVIVE INJURIES

Victims of the Milford trolley acc cident. resting at their homes in today reported as resting comfortably and improving from shock and wounds they received last night
 Definite responsibility for the wreck has not been placed by officials of the Connecticut company who are investi- gating- N Q fatalities are likely to en- sue
 Those who were reported as injured and today improving are: Patrick Ryan, motorman. 1430 Hast Main street. shoulder strains and 1acera- lions.
 Mrs. William Powell Of Great Bar rington, Mass, severe shock.
 Mrs. M. Rosorano. 156 Shell Front, Walnut beach. bruises. sprain of right hand
 Mrs F. L. St. George, 122 Bassick avehue, bruises of knees.
 Samuel B. Smith aged O. Milford, wrenched back and bruises.
 A B. Gardner, Rogers avenue, Mil ford, injury to left knee
 Mrs. John H Meehan, Jr., 243 Dea- con street, bruises
 Mrs. John Fl Ieehan, 1884 Sea- view avenue. contusions and abrasions left leg, left arm and left shoulder. in jured back
 Mrs James AfcGuinness, 4ss strat-s ford avenue, injury to back, confused and sprained legs.
 Elizabeth McGovern, aged two years and half, 5s Mead street, broken nose, severe cuts on face and bruises. 1 Ann May McGovern. aged IS, 56 Mead street, bruises. While the crash was a severe ones and might have resulted more disas- uously had there been more passen- gers in the car, or had the front seats been crowded. officials of the conn pany today are at a loss to under stand how the accident could have oc- cured without one of the two motor4 men having passed a signal light. It is claimed that the signals have been found to be in working order They are automatic and of d different type from that used in the Westport Nor walk section The spot at which the crash occurred is a bad one. having been the. scene of wreck several years ago when one was killed It is just this side of Milford. at the foot of steep grade and a turn prevents the operator of car from seeing be- yond the straight away section. The accident occurred shortly before. s o'clock. A car which had come from Bridgeport and was bound for New Haven was manned by Motor Isman Patrick Ryan and Conductor Harry Roland, who had trouble with a controller box and when they reached the switch at Milford exchang- | Sd passengers WlLn a Br1QEepOrt pound car that the damaged trolley might be run back to the car barns here. As they eoasted down the hGl this side of Milford the motormen discov- cred each others cars. The n1omen- turn of Ryan's car going down grade was too great for him to stop before 1.-the two ears met ahead-on Ryan was pinned beneath wfeckage of the front dash and the partition He was severely wrenched about the shout ders and cut by flying glass and splin- Iters. Motorrnan C.. Goldman of the New Haven bound car and Conductor c. J. Minor were not injured. Some of the escapes were remarkable. One woman 1 fainted- There was no eonfusion ana 1 the men passengers. after aiding the women. hastened to nearby residences and soon Had DTS. J. W Ives, " Putney and W J. H. Fisher on the scene. They were taken to offices of the physicians where treatment was rendered, and later returned to Brid port and other homes by auto or strol- l ley.