The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-23
Crowded So That It Swayed From Side to Side, Con necticut Go. Carrier Leaves Poor Road Bed, Crosses Street and Crash es Into Sidewalk.
Two of Score That Jumped As Gar Rushed Toward Buildings, in Hospital and Another Taken Injured to Home Wheels Grind Curb to Bits.

The long predicted wreck on the lines of the Connecticut Go. in this city because of the flat wheeled cars and poorly-jointed rails occurred s,bo,,t 10 minutes before o'clock this informing on the East Main street line while the cars were crowded with factory employees on the1r way to. work and resulted in the injuries or three passengers while many others were severely shaken up and bruises but did not require medical treat 1nent.
 Max Labran, 40 years old of 76S Grand street, and Oscar Necanter, 30 wears of age, of East Norwalk, are at fhe Bridgeport hospital suffering with the injuries they received and neither is able to walk. The wrenching they s1,ffered as a car tore across the street is believed to have strained the muscles of their backs and legs. La bran also has an abrasiong of the knee and a strained wrist while Necanter suffered abrasions all over his body. =Rfiss Lillian Robinson, 21 years of age. of 251 Pequonnock street, receive ed minor bruises and also suffered from shock. She was taken to her home.
 car No. ee4, overloaded with pas sengers so that the running board was crowded, was going north on East Main street at a fast rate when, as it neared Cedar street, the teeter1ng or the car caused by the great load on the running board caused the hanges on the left wheels of the forward truck to lose their grip and the car mounted the rails and crossed diag- ona1ly over the street The brick block pavement was broken and torn as the wheels dug into it and the .-11rbing where the front trucks stopped, was ground to dust.
 In charge of the car at the time was Motorman J. Murphy, whose number dss 367 and Conductor J. Brandt, No 4. 422.A At the Connecticut Co ofhces today it was stated that no report or 41ne accident had been made to the claim agent but General Manager e. Fl Chapman stated that he knew or 4ha accident but was unable to state how it occurred. He said that the ac- cident had been caused by some thing" but refused to state what that something was
 Persons who have been familiar with traction work state that the accident 1s no surprise to them as it has been expected right along and the only sur prise is that it had not happened sooner The rails throughout the city are in a deplorabIe condition because the company is unable to get zlaborers to care for them at Lne wage IL pay S and the cars rattle bang over them as though they were ready to fall apart
 On the East Main street line, the employees of the Arms company are transported to their work and all the cars around the time the shifts go on are loaded with passengers. The con- gestion is so great that the running boards are crowded with persons tc such an extent that the cars rock great deal.
 When the car left, the track and cut across the street, all trolley traffic was held up for Is minutes and many oi the worknen were Iate at the shops struck the curbing, the height was toc ing wheels ground the edge of the curbstone. The rear of the car was sxvline across the tracks so that nc other cars could pass.
 As the passengers on the running board felt the ear mount the rail many Jumped, and it was regarded al fortunate that-no one was fatally in. 1ured- All the passengers were excit ed It looked as though the car was destined to head straight into the buildings on the northwest corner Several persons came very near fall ing under the wheels in their mad eff fort to escape what appeared to bt impending catastrophe.
 Both Lajbran and Necanter were taken to the hospital in the emergenc1 ambulance by pr. J. W. Powers Mis-: Robinson was removed to her home.