New Britain herald., 1914-04-11

posts held the coach up and allowed a space of about two feet perween the ground and the side of the coach. Through this space many in the first coach crept to safety.
 Engineer Benson was found by the side of the locomotive. Fireman McCarrOll was lying unconscious at the side of the coal tender. It is Nbe- lieved that he clung to the tender as it separated from the locomotive. Among the physicians who re- sponded to the call were Drs. Ma 1 loney Walsh, Greenberg, Kelly. Dunn and O'Connell.
 Thomas Dolan, New Britain. sales agent for the Pillsbury Flour Mills
 company, was sitting on the left hand side of the second car. He per- ceived suddenly that the car ran un- evenly and the next instant he was plunged to the other side on top of a heap of humanity. Women shrieked and he. with the aid of several other passengers, aided in breaking windows that they might be taken out MT. Dolan was badly shaken up. N. T. Textorius of Boston, Mass, was walking towards the main line tracks when overtaken by a re- porter. He was so weak that it was necessary for him to keep hold on the fence as he walked. He was injured about the waist and hips. He was enroute from Bristol to Boston at the time of the accident l MT. Textorius thought he was struck in the back with a heavy suit case. Joe Weinstein of Paradise park. this city, was sitting in the car next to the engine. A woman, unknown to him. was sitting on the aisle side of .fe seat and as the ear plunged down the enbankment she fell heavily upon him. Somebody opened the window and dragged the woman out, he said. before he had time to ascertain whether or not she suffered any seri- ous injuries.
 A man named Joseph Willett, who said he resides at 11O High street, Hartford, had the forefnger and second finger of his left hand badly lacerated. They were bleeding pro- fusely when Dr. Kelly took charge of his case.
 M. D. Sake Makes Statement. Attorney Morris D. Saxe, of ihts city, was passenger on the ill-fated dinkey and stated that it was by only the greatest of miracles that all wers snot killed. He states that there were but very few people in the forward coach, which received the brunt of the wreck, but that the second and third cars were we'll filled with peo- pie going to Hartford to do their Sat- urday shopping.
 ''The first thing I noticed says Lawyer Sake, was as We were ap- preaching the Clayton crossing the cars began to sway and jolt about on the rails and to bump along until the whole business overturned The coach following the first two almost tipped over also, but balanced nicely and then stopped Had the train gone only few feet further that car would also have gone over and then many would doubtless have been killed.'
 Asked as to what caused the wrecI. MT. Sake said that as far as he could find out it was due to spreading rails, resulting from apparently rotten ties
 The story told by other victims is much the same. All say that the train was proceeding as usual when they felt bump, then a series oi bumps until the whole train swayed violently to the right and came to al stop, the engine and first two coaches turning completely over on their side
 Slid Under Seat.
 Edward Augustus of Bristol was sitting in his seat in such a manner that, when the cars turned over, he slid far under the seat in front and became wedged in. It was with much difficulty that he, without as- sistance, was able to extricate him. self. The skin was taken from his knees and he was generally shaken up.
 Frank Bacon of 52 Greenwood