Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-10
IS Injured in
 Train DGraiIment
ON A SIDING SIX MILES NORTH
 OF WATERBURY
A AHALF-THROWN SWITCH
Caused Engine to Leave the Traek. Ran 4oo Feet and Then Went Down Embankmsnt, Followed by the Hau- gage Car.

Waterbury. Conn, April e-sfr-s.n persons were injured, none seriousIv carry today by the deraiirnent of nas senSer train No. 1255 from WIusted on | Ine New York. New Haven and Hart . at s.1I o'clock six miles north of Wa teroury on Jericho siding and was caused. according to the raflroad'1 statement by half-thrown switch. '
 Went Down Embankrnent.
 After the derailment, the engine ran instance or about 400 feet and then went down an embanl0ment, followed . oy the baggage car. The two coaches toHoWing left the track. The rear mann Us'5a,, ana nd me rear baggage car re-
 The injured were given medical treatment in this city and one pasSen- ger. Edward Bassone, of Torrington. s,.ss nss taASSl 10 the Waterbury hospital. suffering from a fractured leg Most or the injuries consisted of cuts aHIr. stons and shock.
 Following Is a list of the injured:
 List of Injured. C. H. Holmes, engineer. Waterbury left leg bruised.
 G. E. Carr. fireman, winsted. dead heading on train, cut oA head.
 C; F. Strol1er, baggagemaster, right leg bruised.
 Edward Bassone. passenrer Tor rlngton, left leg fractured.
 DornfzLck Kulhawek, Torrfngton. cut about the head.
 Mrs. F; Yingst, winsted. right knee 1 cut and bruised
 ! bruised.
 J. Russell. Brooklyn. N. Y- right 1 shin scraped.
 Alice McGilvany. New York, back
 Joseph Barton. Brooklyn. N. r. slight | bruises about back
 | of right knee. | Willie segal. New York. nose cut
 Sam Lavette. Brooklyn. N Y rsrb, shoulder slightly cut.
 bruised
 Robert R. GIitman. Torr1ngton. abra- 1 sion of knuckles right hand -Sertrude Rose, New York, left flaw bruised.
 In a statement explaining the acci- dent, the railroad says:
 Accident Occurred on a Curve. The north switcR at Jericho siding where the engine was derailed, fs Or curve The engineer co. H Holmes or WaterouTy) states that just before reaching it he noticed it was apparent. ! 1 immediately applied, but the distance was too short 70 avoid derailment."
 The speed of the train was about st miles an hour.
 The track was opened for traffc iat, in the afternoon Passengers on trair , lISS north or Waterbury were run spe cial from Waterbury to Bridgeport ant
 special trip of the AnsOnia traiT made the connection for the New Ha, : ven people.
 Wreck Was Spectacular.
 The wreck was one of the most spec
 ,2cular seen in this part of the stat, in years. How the passengers coul, nave escaped with the slight injuriea
 tney did after the manner in whicl , tthe cars were strewn about was con
 sidered marvellous by the spectators.
 Engine Flowed Deep Furro~. . The engine had plowed a deep fur row down rhe side of the embankmen | and was sunk deep in the soft soil. 1 lay partly on his right side and th
 hoor Of the cab vals well below th
 earth The tender was sprung. bu had not crowded forward into the en ' glneers cab. to which is due the escap ! of the fireman, who did not leave th 2 cab until after the crash. The baggag
 coach was thrown clear off its truck at right angles to the track. Insid ! ! the baggage lay a jumbled mass bu I 1 ! great extent.
 Passenger Coaches BuckIed.
 The two passenger coaches to tb 3, rear had buclSled and slid off thel ri trucks The rear of the first and nh 1 | front of the second had jumped of in ! track forming sharp angle. Man
 or the seats had been sprung fror
 rheir fastenings and most of the win n doWs were broken The two coache - in the rear of these had left the traci = but remained wholly on the embark e ment.
 SPiintered Ties and Twisted Iron.
 For a distance of several hundre e | feet the siding was a mass of splinter . ed ties and twisted iron The mai !, track was not dama Eed much. as tf 7 train plunged off 1t at an angle. OnI v | one rail had to be replaced on tl1
 main line. though many of the ties ha
 to be renewed
 Engineer Had Lucky Esczpe. Engineer Holmes had a-luclxy oscar v from harm. being hurled through ti < window of his cab. He received onl = few cuts about the head.
 TANNAR TO CONTINUE AS