The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-23
Crushed And Hurt Children Fought Frantically To Win
 Free From Wrecked Gar In Westpon Trolley Accident


 Superintendent c. H. Chapman of the Bridgeport division was in per- sonal supervision of clearing away the debris He stated that one of the motormen was at fault because he ran past a light set against him.
 Sheriff Elwood said that beyond a doubt the fault lay with Mo4orman Raymond, as he was the nearest to a. light. and must have passed the switch above the scene of the accident.
 Stories of heroic rescues are told by many of those on the car. Many of the older women took chances Of death and serious injury. so that cht1- dren might escape.
 Mrs. Robert Wake1y. of 19 Curtis street. was among the heroines and 1t is told by witnesses of how she at tempted to Save several of the ch1l-. dren. At the time of the crash she grasped two little children, Dorothy Wilson, aged 12. 1a2 Burroughs street. and Nelly Anthony, aged 10, 312 East Main street and, with quick presence of mind. pushed them from the path Of the inrushinE wreckage just in time to prevent them being pinned between the seats. Mrs. Wake1y herself sus-3 tained fractures Of her thighs and legs.
 The two years old child, Edith Hoff- man, grand-dallghter of former Har- Dor Master Charles H. Morris, was saved frun injury by her mother. Mrs. Ethel Hofnan who, with Miss Mildred Hubbard, were riding well forward in the car. Miss Hubbard was pushed to the running board by Mrs. Hoffman and jumped just be-. fore the crash. Mrs. Hoffman then threw the child into the arms of Miss Hubbard. The mother was caught in the wreckage and painfully injured.
 Ernest Cowaia, aged 10, residing at AS Elias street, slightly injured about the toes, said to his friends upon be- ing returned to the Mission that the. car was going very fast at the time of the crash.
 Scenes of anguish and confusion were everywhere apparent on the East Side when news of the collision be- came known The greatest anxie ty was felt on every hand for children and friends.
 An incident which caused phi1an- thropic persons to aid the injured was witnessed at the Norwa1k railroad sta.- ton where seven of the injured chiI- dren had been taken by auto after their injuries were dressed at the lo- cal hospital. Penni1ess and without means of being transported back to this city after the Norwa1k station master had refused to transport them free over the New Haven lines, one of the children tainted. Through the contributions of g. chauffeur and oth- CTS at the station their fares to Bridge port were paid.
 It, was said that there were many picnics at Roton Point yesterday and that as many as nine carloads of chi1- Qren left Roton Point shortly before the accident. It is believed that the line load was heavy. This is a mat ter of official investigation today.
 Mrs Fred Baer, who was taken to her home on Ann. street, shortly after the crash came. told a vivid story of the accident She had been sitting well to the rear of the car. She did not see the approach Of the trolley express
 The first she knew was when ter rife crash came. and she was hurled headlong over the heads of those sft- ting in front of her. She extricate0 herself shortly and attempted to as- sist the children who were injured.
 Parents of the children expressed themselves as highly indignant over. the action of the Connecticut com pany in allowing the children to be taken to Norwalk, and then left with out means of transportation
 It was declared that the least the company could have done was to have furnished automobiles and taken the children to their homes in Bridgeport. after their injuries were dressed in the Norwa1k hospitals.
 Frederick Darrow, chauffeur 1iv- ing in Westport, told a Farmer repre- sentative that he rode to the scene of the accident last night upon hear ing the crash of the two cars, upon a bicycle. Seeing the number of in jured, he rushed back to the town, where he got his car and took a load of injured to Bridgeport.
 One woman. whose name he did not know, had a broken leg. while several children whom he had taken in his car, insisted that they be taken home. He said that when he advised them that the best place would be the hospital he was nearly nobbed. He advised them to call a, physician immediately. Several livery cars were rushed to the scene at the same time and followed them with loads of the injured.
 Other who took injured to hospitals were Leom Hunt and Fred salmon. both of Westport They volunteered their services.
 MT. Darrow stated that several mo- torists refused their services. on the plea that blood would get on their cars. He intimated that at least one of these men was a, prominent Bridge porter. He refused to tell whom 1t might be.
 George East. messenger on the ex- press car, stated that he did not know anything of the approaching crash, until he was hurled from 8 box upon which he was sitting, well forward into the car, where the boxes had been hurled. When he could extri- cate himself from his position, res cuers had arrived, and assisted in moving the boxes which almost COW cred him.