Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-19
NORWICH PEOPLE WERE
 ON GILT EDGE
Escaped Injury But Were consid-
 erabIy JoIted.

Ex-Congressman and Mrs. Edwin w. Higgins of Union street. Mrs. Hen ry Bill Selden of Broadway, George s Watts of Lincoln avenue and William Osgood of Norwich Town were on the Gilt Edge Express when it crashed in- to the New London local passenger train at Bradford. R. T.. on Monday evening.
 They were considerably joIted when the crash came but were not injured After the accident they went to West erly by auto and arrived in this city about II o'clock by trolley.
 Mystic Man Had Narrow Escape.
 Herbert s. Davis of Mystic was passenger on the New London local and had very narrow escape. MT. Davis was seated in the rear coach of the local train when the stop was made at Bradford
 When the announcement was made ! that passengers for New York should leave the local and change to the Gilt Edge, which would make a special stop at Bradford for the purpose. Mir. Da- wis decided to change to the Gilt | Edge on the chance of it's making | the locals regular stop at Mystic. | He had been sitting about five or | six seats from the rear of the coach and took his coat from the hook over | the seat preparatory to his depar- | ture. Just as he turned toward the | hear door, which was open he saw the headlight of the other train only a | few rods away.
 l He made a dash for the rear plat | form and jumped to the ground, the coach at that time being some two car | lengths east of the position to which the express locomotive almost imme- | diately hurled it. Mir. Davis remem- l bers that just as he stopped to go un- der the safety gate at the street cross- Ing. the crash occurred. A few sec ,la- probable death or injury.
 Miss Catherine Cottrell, who was l with Miss Janet Clark. was the last | to get out of the coach next to the 1 rear car. She told Dr. John Cham plin. who attended her, that she saw knees crawling toward the rear en- trance of the coach. He never came out.
 The bodies found were all at the rear end of this coach. piled in a hear | One of them was Miss Clark's. The body was identified by a charred part of her dress which, when piled off. fell apart so as to show the design. which was recognized by Miss Cottren.
 Westerly Men Aboard. ! Representatives Albert H. Lang. worthy and Francis s. Haswell oi | Westerly. who were in Providence fol the republican state convention, were on the train, and were shaken up, but not seriously injured.
 | Assemblyman Langworthy O! | Westerly was a passenger in the smoker. or first car of the local
 MT. Langworthy declared the trair
 was at a standstill when the crasf came and that the weather was fog. gy. Passengers in the smoking cal
 were thrown against the seats ahead
 of them. but few were injured. mos
 of the dead and injured being in thu
 last day coach of the train. This car was two-thirds telescopei
 by the engine of the Gilt Edge, MT | Langworthy said. He left the trail immediately after the collision anC found that the last car was afire while he middle car of the three wa
 considerably split open. Later tha
 car also caught fire and was burne,
 at the same time as the station an, ! freight house.