Connecticut western news., 1915-08-19
OLD TIME WRECK
Interesting Reminiscence of Fifty
 Years Ago This Month.

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 Years Ago This Month.
 In its "reminiscences of fifty years ago, the Bridgeport Farmer of August l6 reprinted the account of frightful railroad catastrophe on the Housatonic road, (now the Berkshire division,D with the original headings as follows:
 Murder Most Foul Terrible Rail. road Accident. Seven Killed; 20 or 30 Wounded. Frightful Wreck" '"
 "A terrible and friRhtful accident occurred about l 1 o'clock this morning on the Housatonic railroad. three miles and a half from the depot in this city, by which n number of lives were lost, and a large number of persons injured, some fatally, some others slightly.
 Early this morning an extra train going up started on its trip about o'clock. When near Trumbull the en. zine broke down, and as the passenger trian which leaves this city at 10:30 a. m, came up, the engine was hitched onto the rear of the freight train, and both trains were backing down to this city, there being no turnout short of the depot.
 "When about midway between the paper mill and the Pequonnock mills, with no precautions taken 70 prevent such an accident, no flag or signal out, and no man in advance of the backing train, the rear car was run into by single engine, the Fairfield, proceed ing north at a high rate of speed, on a sort of trial trip.
 "The engine cut straight into tho car, tearing and rounding all before it, and stopping at the extreme forward part of it. One man, unknown, was impaled through the bowels on some portion of tue machinery, and wedged so tightly in this terrible position on the hot engine as to make it impossi- ble to move him. The escaping steam scalded number of the passengers terribly. Of course the aforementioned passenger was dead. One man, three women, a boy and girl, were dead at l2 o'clock, when our reporter for The Farmer arrived on the scene, and there were three women who could not live, so badly were they injured. It was impossible to procure the names of the dead. The only name that we could procure was that of Mrs. Charlotte Cable. of Stockhridge. Her niece, Miss Florence Cable, was badly in- jured."
 A partial list of the wounded includ. ed the names of
 "William Delaney, on the engine Fairfield, slightly injured.
 Bridget Ryan, going 10 Great Bar rington, slightly.
 Michael Dunn, a returned soldier, Falls Village, slightly. -a
 "Charles B. Hunt, president of the railroad, hurt in face. He was stand ing on the platform of the car with the conductor, both of whom jumped of.
 George W. Mans field, Falls Village, badly hurt.
 Edward Lyman was running the engine which ran into the train. He escaped injury by jumping of.
 "The scene at the place of slaughter is described as horrible. The car and engine were complete wreck, from which the wounded and dying were taken in a helpless condition. The only house near by was small ono owned by German. The wounded who could help themselves or be helped were taken to the shade of the woods close at hand.
 At about noon a wrecking train was despatched to the scene of the ac- cident, conveying Drs. Hubbard, Ben nett Nash and BaITitt to attend to the injured.
 We hope there will be a rigid ex- animation into the cause of this MUIR. DER, for it is nothing else, and on the heads of some person or persons rests the responsibility of this fearful crime. NOBODY TO BLAME will not am swer now. The accident is the result