The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-23

sistance as hurriedly as possible, in reder to relieve their suffering.
 IL was due to her presence of mind that physicians in automobiles were rushed from the Bridgeport and Nor walk hospitals. She telephoned the trolley company and other places.
 Wrecking ears were rushed to the scene to assist in the rescuing of the women and children. Automobiles took physicians and nurses to the ac-' ctdent A right of way was given to Fwrecking cars from both Bridgeport and Norwa1k, and within fifteen min utes the injured were being rushed to Bridgeport and Norwalk hospitals.
 All passing automobiles were pressed into service, and were forced to take the bleeding women and chil- dren in their cars. First corners stat and refused all aid.
 The early arrivals continued taking the mangled bodies of the injured from the cars while within a short time their numbers were increased by men sent out by the trolley company.
 Many heartrending scenes were wit messed. Mothers who had accompan- jed their children to the picnic, fought franticalIy with the rescuers as they searched for their loved ones. The plight of the injured was terrible. Soon the grass adjoining the roadway, was filled with the writhing forms of the injured children while the dead bodies were carried further away.
 Medical Examiner Frank Powers of Westport, gave permission to remove the bodies of the dead to the under- taking office of Charles Fable in the town of Westport. Here the bodies of George Fuller, Miss Mabel Cleveland, George Fuller, and Andrew Townsend lay unidentified for several hours.
 nf hA e demolished, the framework smashed, and the iron work almost bent double. The controller of the express was bent to the floor. The escape of Motor1nar Raymond was almost miraculous. As it was. he was pinned to the rear of his little cab by the controller. and it was necessary for the rescuers to chop through the back of the car with axes in order to get him out.
 It was stated by a humber of wit nesses, that the car was rounding the curve at Kings road, Miss Mabel Cleveland and Motorman Nadin were talking together. Some declared be- cause of this but little attention was paid to the road by the motorman.
 Motorman Nadin stuck to his con- troIIer to the last. He had shut off the power, but this was unnecessary for the terrific impact of the crashing cars had thrown the trolley poles from the wires. At first it was feared that the swinging poles, and the top of the express which had literally leaped up-. on the trailer open car, would ignite, and further increase the horrors of the scene. Franticaslly, the rescuers worked upon the debris in order that the heavy express car might be low cred from the top of the open car. so that all danger of conflagration be avoided.
 The open car was the worst wreck in the experience of the oldest em- ployes of the street car company. The fender was forced up from it's usual position and to some extent saved some of those sitting in the front seat. It completely covered them, and was held in position by the steel under frame of the express car.
 Not a. seat in the entire car escaped being broken and in many places the steel underframe was snapped and doubled as though it were so much paper. The controller was forced back to the seat. while the first seat of the car was completely crumpled.