New Britain herald., 1914-07-23
FOUR PERSONS DEAD,
 RESULT OF TROLLEY CRASH AT WESTP0RT
Three Cars, Heavily Laden With
 PiCnickeTs, Crash Into an Express Car.
SCENES OF ANGUISH FOLLOW
 AMONG THE PASSENGERS

But Ready Hands Cared For Those
 Who Could Be Moved and These
 Were Taken to Hospitals in Bridge
 port and Norwalk.-Fully Half a
 Hundred Are Said to Have Been
 Injured.
 westport, July 23.--No additional deaths occurred during the night among the many victims of the crash of trolley cars here late yesterday, and the prospects are that there will be no immediate deaths and the list will stand at four, with the number of those injured either severely or slightly fully half a hundred.
 The dead were:
 !, Miss Mabel Cleveland. aged 23, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Edson M. Cleveland, No. 2970 Main street, Bridgeport
 Andrew Townsend, aged 16. son of Mrs. Frank Fisher, Bridgeport.
 George R. Fuller, aged IS. son of G. W. Fuller, Bridgeport.
 Frank Negry, aged B, son of Mrs. Mary Negry. Bridgeport.
 Of the patients taken to the several hospitals ten remained at the Bridgeport and St. Vincent's hospitals and six at the Norwalk hospital. Others have been removed to their homes. or had themselves departed, being not so badly hurt as at first feared On the other hand, num- Der of persons who. in last nights ex- citement had not thought themselves sufferers are today feeling the effects of their experience in bruises and shock. s9
 No Inquest Today.
 No inquest will be held today as Coroner John J. Phelan of Bridge port is desirous of obtaining as many witnesses as possible before he begins his task. He has ordered State Off, cer Frank Vireli and Deputy Sheriff H. R. Elwood of Fairfield to serve subpoenas upon all persons who have knowledge of the collision and can give information, and he has also or dered any person who may be deemed material witness to be placed under surveillance. Harold Nadin, the motorman of the passen-
 
 press car and who is at the hospital with a broken leg. is under observa- ton as a material witness but has not been arrested
 The inquest will be held in Fables undertaking rooms here, where was held a part of the inquiry by Coroner Phelan into the wreck of the Spring. field express in October, 1912. The bodies of those killed outright last night and of whom there were three. were taken to the undertaking rooms for examination by the medi- cal examiner.
 There was nothing left at the junc- ton of King and State streets, known as Nashs corner, in this town. to in Gicate the extent of the wreck last night The open car which was hit by the express car was completely demolished and it did not take long for wrecking crew to gather up the remnants and throw them upon flat car to be hauled away. The frame of the car crumpled up, and most of the roof was crushed. The express car was of so much heavier construction that it was not damaged to any ex- ent. It tore it's way through halo the passenger car.
 When Crash Came.
 The main facts about the collision were unchanged today. Three pas- sanger cars laden with members of. the Point Union Mission Sunday school. who had been on picnic, left Roton Point for Bridgeport running fairly close together. Harold Naddn was motorman of the leading car and served as pilot for the others While these cars were running towards Bridgeport an express car was coming from Bridgeport bound to Norwalk According to statements made last night the express car passed a switch at Riverside and went on to a single track which passes through Westport With one turn out to accommodate traffic. The picnic cars passed the switch at the Country club in the western part of the town about the same time, placing all the cars on one line of single track. approaching each other with but single turnout on which to pass. It Is claimed that +he express car in passing a switch at Riverside set the signal light which protects the block against any car an- proaching the switch at the Country club. The coroner's inquest will de- termine9 if Motorman Nadin had the signal against him at the Country club. The cause Of the collision 1t is alleged was due to Nadin trying to make the single turnout which was between his car and the approaching express car Both passengers on the car and eye x witnesses say that the passenger car was running at a high rate of speed
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