New Britain herald., 1917-08-21

The persons killed were:
 Robert H. Rohloff, of 39 Wlnq avenue.
 Gustave Weyal and his wife o Quinnipiac avenue.
 Mrs Louise Astorino and her children. aged four months, thred five years, of Quinnipiac avenue.
 Mabel Wagner, of 209 North street,
 All of New Haven.
 The party had been to NiantIy the evening to see William Weyaa of Gustave Weyel, who is a me of the field hospital. They had rived at the camp ground
 mid evening and had left on tn turn about 1O:30, crossing the necticut river by way of the bI. and then taking the road whicl towards the junction.
 The engine was bound from Haven to New London. The cral the collision was heard by EdxI Bird, towerman near the croI which is not far from the ferryI and the car barn of the Shore electric railway. In the dar1 there was no witnesses of the \ dent. The men on the engine, were Engineer O'Dea, Fireman ace Andrews and Flagman
 Champlin, all of New Haven, did see the machine on the crOe, Fifteen minutes later those who there say the crossing gong was
 ing, giving rise to the suppoa that the engines approach warned by the gong. The croI
 gates are not operated after p.| After the crash Towerrnan called Watchman Walter Buc| They found an automobile, Cont cut 45,735, crushed. and frt.gni scattered along the track.
 On the engine pilot were the bd of man and a baby. The maj; Rohloff. A girl had been thl| clca' the wrcckace. S.ie Lnu' %cEal. A cHild ni i;-el| do'!' dor q portion of the n ss A i. .''!G woman H"-ol@ 'ii tlachl l s'js ~wo women anl one ci1ile, between tracks , and l.
 Five bodies were laid on tha sifi tho tracks until Dr. Grannis, the Il 'cal examiner, came and gave peri sion for their removal to the under ing rooms of II. D. Robinson at ( ire Brook. Two women and one d who were alive, beside Louise W. were placed in automo piles and l to New London. The man, MT. WI died a few minutes after the start made, and the two women succun1 on the way 50 that at the hosI only the girl was admitted. The ies were taken to Kelly's undertal rooms in New London
 Some hours elapsed before iden| cations were definitely made. Asd ance was given by the New Havenl lice. During the morning Louis torino came here and claimed the d ies of his wife and their three child Mrs. Asterino was the daughter of Weyel.
 MT. Rohloff's identification made by means of his drivers iicej He had obtained the machine from F.. Buck of 361 Blohm street, VI Haven, and another card issued 1914 was in the name of Charles MI Costello. 222 Whalley avenue.
 Rohloff was the driver of the Il chine and it is understood here u le had also taken the party to NiaI| )n Sunday.
 Miss Wagner was a close persoI friend of MT. Weyers son.
 The crossing at which this accidI occurred has been the scene of oth} he most recent having been whenl automobile truck from New Ha1 vas demolished.
 c. c. Elweu, a member of the p1 ic utilities commission, and J. Crumbull, engineer of the commiss the crossing this afternoo Four Killed at CharlestoWn, N.
 Bellows Falls, Vt, Aug. 21.-Pt icians at the Bellows Falls hosp said today that Fayette kingsbu who was injured in an automoi accident which cost the lives Of t< persons in CharlestoWu. N. II. y erday, probably would recover. I 'ictimS were Loren W. Coleman south Londonderry, Mrs. Emma IF linS. Mrs. Jennies M. kingsbury q fer ten year old son Laurence, all. 1aremont, N. H. Coleman V Irving the car, in which he was ta ng the party from Manchester At railroad crossi between Charlestown and Nol he stopped the car he south bound track to wait for north bound freight train to pass. ,arently the south bound train whi vas approaching was not seen my of the party until too late a t crashed into the automobile.