New Britain herald., 1917-09-04
THREE KILLED IN
 DERBY CAR WRECK
Heavily Loaded Trolley Tears
 Down Hill When Breaks Fail
HITS REPAIR GAR AT BOTTOM


 jured Hist at Hospital-Coroner
 Mix Holds Motorman and Con-
 ductor Pending Investigation.
 New Haven, Sept All of the i'm jured in the trolley crash on the Con- necticut company's lines near Derby last night was reported today as re- covering and it was expected that the death list would remain at three. Of the dead the two unidentified last night were identified today. A re- vised list of dead and injured as giv- en out by Coroner Eli Mix today fol- lows:
 Julia Scarvota, Waterbury,
 Katherine Simons, IA Railroad St.. Waterbury, (family name also given as Stekaukas)
 Charles Gothberg, Naugatuck.
 Griffin hospital: Josephine Carroll, Waterbury; Florence Keenan, Water bury; Edith Habican, Waterbury; MT. and Mrs. Amadon, Seymour.
 Less seriously hurt: Elizabeth Banner, Shelton; Harry Flannigan, Waterbury; Ralph Lynn, Naugatuck: Walter Pierson, Union City; Tom Bra show. Naugatuck; Estelle German, Beacon Falls: Jessie Patrick, Water bury; Charlotte Lusk, Waterbury; Mrs. Frank Hayman, Seymour; Miss Amadon. Seymour.
 Treated at Griffin hospital and sent home: MT. and Mrs. Stowe, three children, Seymour; John Hackett, IT Coen street, Naugatuck; MT. Mildo- rovy, 5S Coen street, Naugatuck; MT. Earle, Wakelee avenue, Ansonia; Miss Bergin, Waterbury; Mrs. Gertrude Doyle, Watertown avenue, Waterbury; Miss Margaret Doyle, Watertown ave- nue, Waterbury; Gus Geoghan, Water town avenue, Waterbury; Howard Parker, 142 Jackson street, Ansonia; Lyman Pattee. 37 Myrtle avenue, An sonia; Miss H.. Greywacz, 22 Broad street, Seymour' May McNally, 2S noy, IA Caroline street. Derby; Katherine McNally; Raymond Dono- van, 85 Lewett street Ansonia: S. Gagan. IS Clifton street, Seymour; George Foy, 5e Cherry street, Derby: Frank Hayman. Seymour.
 At St. Raphael's hospital, New Karl Schunk, State street, Ansonia.
 At Grace hospital: Mrs. Rex King, 2e Bradley street. Naugatuck.
 Crew of Passenger Car Detained.
 The coroner, who visited the scene of the wreck at the trolley station at Maple Shade Farm, two miles outside of Derby, last night for a preliminary tnQWry, continued his investigation here today. Meanwhile Motorman Earl Eaton and Conductor John Solo man of Derby. the crew of the pas senger car which ran into the repair car, are being held by order of the coroner to await the result of the inquiry.
 The wreck occurred at the foot of 8 steep grade, the passenger car, bound out from New Haven crashing into the repair car. Motorman Eaton of the passenger car, it is said, claims that his car became stalled when he reached the up grade at Chestnut Ridge and he telephoned the des- patcher at New Haven that he was apparently without power The des- patcher ordered the starter at Yale Field to send car to assist him up the hill The latter took out car which pushed him up the grade. L&1IOu IL 1S uuuSiStOOu, ClAl11S LnaC ne tried his brakes and that they appar- ently worked all right, but when he was rushing down the grade and saw the repair car about 25 pole lengths ahead, although he applied the brakes twice, his car continued to slide down hill, not stopping until it had crashed into the repair car. The latter had been sent out from Derby at the re- quest of the New Haven despatcher to assist the New Haven car in.
 According to the crew of the wreck CT, when they reached Maple Shade Farm station they took to a siding and sent a f1agman out with a lantern about 200 feet ahead. The arc head light of the wrecker was also burning, as were ten incandescent lights inside the car.
 The wreckage still blocked the tracks today and it was necessary to route the cars over the other track to get around the obstruction.
 FRENCH MAJOR TNSES 1,EG