The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-14
TELL DETAILS OF FATALITY AT
 CURVE IN ROAD
Witnesses Relate Stories to Coroner Accidental, the
 Finding.

The death of Charles Finnegan, automobile. salesman, who was killed in Park avenue extension near Subur- ban avenue last Monday. morning will be pronounced accidental by Deputy Coroner H. c. Stevenson, following a hearing in which details of the occur renee and the method of summoning aid were told by eye witnesses.
 Finnegan, who lived in Park avenue extension in the town of Fairfield was driving a large roadster towards his home at about 2:20 Sunday morning, accompanied by his friend, Walter V. Stapleton of 150 Arch street. The two had been bathing at the Seaside park bath houses until after midnight. Stapleton had consented to spend the night at Finnegan's home.
 Suspicion, who Is the only survivor of the catastrophe was sufficiently re- covered from the shock to tell the deputy coroner details today.
 He said that they had left Seaside park sometime after midnight and were driving along the road when they came to a bridge. A gap in Staple tno's memory occurs at this time to the effects of a blow upon the head.
 He next remembered regaining par tia1 consciousness. Both Finnegan and himself were pinned beneath the car which was completely overturned. F.innegan was weakly and repeatedly calling the name of his wife, but with in a few minutes even that sound stopped and stiffness reigned supreme and darkness overshadowed every thing except for the direct rays of one automobile headlight which show ed that the car lay far down an em- bankment and in a swamp.
 Suspicion cried out as loudly as he could. Nobody came. Finally he managed to locate an electric horn button which he pushed.
 Within Is or 20 minutes the sound awakened John Del Vertigo, who lives at 25-27 Suburban avenue. Del Verigo hastily donned some clothing and went out to investigate. He found the car overturned and ran for help. On the witness stand today Del Verigo told the examining official at the in quest that he could awaken none of the residents of the vicinity unti he got six shooter and fired it several times in the air. This not only brought the police on the run but awakned everybody in the neighbor- hood. Immediate calls were sent for physicians and the .ambuance.
 It, required the effort to 12 men to raise the heavy car so that Stapleton and F,innegan could be pulled from beneath Stapleton 1apsed into un- consciousness after rescue but F'inne- gan ony gasped and probably died at that time.
 Evidence of the witnesses and po-' | :z- l ~, < 70 <,,1~ the accident happened has bad turn which would not be lighted by an au- tomobiles headlight travelling, towards 1t, also that there is not sufficient room for two cars to pass beside each other.
 The Ffnnegan car had struck the curve at an estimated speed of from 25 to 30 miles an hour. The car had skidded over the crowned surface of the roadway. and into a ditch. As Finnegan tried to right it in the next 50 feet 1t had first struck the railed approach and then the stone abut- ment and had toppled over.
 Although it was admitted by his companion that Finnegan had taken one glass of beer during the evening it was established that he was. in no way intoxicated and had driven care- fully (during the trip from Seaside p%S;s to the fatal spot. The accident occurred at about 2:23 am.
 | Deputy Coroner Stevenson an- nounced that his finding would prob ably be accidental death.