The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-06

evidently saw the approaching train for he increased his speed to over forty five miles an hour, and attempt-' ed to c1oss ahead of the train. He mfsjudged the speed of the express for the pilot of the locomotive struck the >automobi1e in the center.
 On July 1e, 1913, Mrs. Wynnetta Benedict was fatally injured when the automobile in which she and her husband, A. J. Benedict overturned in a gutter when the tire burst. Husband and wife lay pinioned under the frame work of the machine be- fore their predtcament was discover ed by other automobile parties. Mrs. Benedict was a, bride of but two weeks. She and her husband were out for an outing when the machine4 turned turtle. She received injuries that resulted in her death They were travelling about thirty miles per hour at the time of the accident.
 December 24. 1913, James Nichols of Ridgeffeld was found lying by the side of the road at Sugar Hollow in an unconscious condition. He died great number of automobile that are continually going from MapIewobd Inn to the town the coroner came to the conclusion that he came to his
 death as the result of being struck by an automobile.
 
 neighborhood Of Stamford as the di- rect result of driving automobiles at a reckless rate. Both accidents could have, according to the auth critics. been avoided with proper precautions by the drivers In- the vicinity of this town oyer thirty automobile acci-s dents have accorded in the past year, injuring the occupants more or less.
 On February 13,s 1913 Frank May was walking along the gutter of the road leading out of the town As he reached the crest of the hill he by George Graulfch. accompanied by Henry Sennewald, and fatally injured. The men did not stop to pick up the injured man but returned to the town to get. another automobile. The men were arrested and it developed that both had been drinking, and that Sennewa1d was in an intoxicated con. dition- The coroner found Graulick responsible for Mays death, and held Sennewald as an accessory.
 On July 80, 1913 whiIe John J. Creigh was riding in an automobile driven by George Knickerbocker, he was thrown from the machine receiv- ing fatal injuries. They were riding down the Middlesex road at point where a dangerous curve lies at the bottom of steep hill. Disregarding the warning sign, Creigh drove at a speed estimated at thirty miles an hour, and when the car struck the curve, Creigh was thrown out. Knick- erbocker was found crimina1ly negIi- gent by the coroner.
 Stepneys has also been the scene of many automobile accidents within the past year, and although many were injured only two died. Owing to the serious aspect of some of them and the condition of those brought to the hospital in this city this is thought a comparatively small number of cas- ualties.
 On June 8 Frank Magua was crushed to death in the stables of the Derby Transfer Co, when large iron frame fell upon him, when it was knocked from it's resting place by a truck being backed by Henry w. Munson. There was only a small place for the adnittance of the truck, and the wheel sent it crashing to the floor burying the youth beneath. EAunsey was apsoIved Of blame by the coroner.
 On October 6, 1918, Alma, Best CT Bridgeport was fatally injured when an autom obi1e in which she was rid ing in company with her sister May, Charles P. Newman and Isaac Hawes at the wheel crashed into a telephone pole, when a tire burst causing 1t to skid. The party had been drinking at the NeWtown Inn and were return ing to town along the Newtown Turn pike. Suddenly and Without warn ing there was a blow out. The me- chine sl1idded and crashed into the pole in the gutter. The entire party were precipitated into an adjoining field and the Best girl, struck with frightful force fraeturing her skull The coroner found that Hawes was driving at a. reckless rate. Trial in the Superior court resulted in jury acquitting him. f Records for a ror,-oSy,,a y,f <,y5 of time iu 1912 show almost an equal number of deaths. Although It is re- ported that ,one sentence was impos- ed in the county none has been i'm prisoned for Bridgeport deaths, and the mainaing and killing. which has put a blot upon the same of the coun- ty Is likely to increase during tf1e5 coming year