The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-20
FIFTY YEARS AGO. THE RAIIIR0AD NIURDERsl

statexuentS s1G Eshsrt DanH1ning at Jury Inauest- T resale in New York cfty;s received a telegram yesterday, came on. and found my father dead, SannueI B. Demming. of A Morton street. New York; he d1ed z2 minutes after this morning, at the Sterling House. he was TT or 78 years old; he received his injuries, which resulted in his death, on the Housatonic Rail road train that was wrecked recently.
 SHERMAN FAREWELL 4iof Bridgeport, said he was ins<the rear of this train, Sat forward of the cen- tre- I corrpborate what the conduc- tor has stated-I think his statement about correct sat on the right hand side William Chapman, my. grand son, sat with me. As soon as came zxo, [ found MT. Chapman had gone; after an effort, and with the aid from the outside, I succeeded in getting out ! of the win dow- I did not think I was injured at the time, but fell slight bruises this morning. [ heard no whistles We were coming down with great speed I think about 10 Or 12 miles an hour. heard no alarm un- til the concussion.
 CHAR LES HUNT testf1ed-That the statement in. The Standard should think was correct w e were stopped by a signal of a. freight train 1; wents fOrward@ @lD Our engineer said he could not shove -lipe both trains, the J then started to back down. MT. Plumb. the lconducfor, was with me on the hind car-s Il la card no whistle from this up engines as we neared the second crossing at a sharp curve, I saw the engine, say 10 rods ahead. the. crossing and there was lots nof dustyuI Jumped Qns thought it was my only chances though expected to be injured by the debris of the wreck. [ am hurt about the face: it was the engineers duty that was to follow to have a red flag put up on the ex- press train engine, to donate that a train followed T had no intimation of this engine coming out; suppose MT. Winslow( master mechanic of the road1s ordered her out. He has authority to order an engine out a short distance: he has no right to run her clear through; by compIying g with regulations he has authority to run out an engine a. short distance. No engineer could run out without < mechanic or engineer to have a flag put on the expressStrain, either one or the other; the engineer going out ougt to know whether he was regu- lar or going on extra. and if extra, he should have a1hag on the regular train that he was to follow There was no necessity to send flag back for the regular freight, as we had time o3get to Bridgeport before she left Mrs Bronson was engineersen the ex- press train, Edward R. Lyman was in charge of the engine Fairfield; James Myatt, Edwin Hunt and William De- 1aney were on with Lyman; it is not a frequent occurrence to nay knowledge to send out engines this way; trial trips occur seldom; am not here much at this end of the road. We
 nadennqi tfffert stes push the train up, the=e engineer saying heeWass unable to do so- We knew the power of our en- zine was not enough to shove both trains up against the grade, we there fore made no effort The down train showed the engine back, when they struck; I don't think anyone was hurt in tie second scar;s it is sometimes the case that freight trains get stuck on this grade, which is heavy, 40 feet to Che uailee MT. Wins1ow told me today thai the engine. Fairfield was to go only a short way.
 eTomorrow night will appear. the statement given by George B. Hunt, locaIsfreight agent and son of the president Of the road, and that of An drew EVinsiows master mechanic of fine Hol1saffnfc oads-Fd