The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-09-08

the 'tFairf1eId'' plunged into the rear passenger car. splitting it apart, kill ing eleven passengers. and in5urtng twenty others. One of the killed was Mrs. Taylor nee Marshall, who had just married Fly Taylor, an engineer on the same road. She was on her way to join her husband. who was in Pitts- field, employed at the upper terminal of the railroad.
 At the inquest and investigation of the accident it was decided that MT. Winslow should have exercised great CT caution than to send out locouao- tive on a trial trip so close behind a passenger train.
 Family Crushed by Catastrophe.
 MT. Winslow was a member of the North Congregational church. He and his family were greatly respected. Tho blow that fell on them was overwheln- ing. He left Bridgeport, his son. Charles. removed to Meriden and be- came Adams Express company agent in that city, where he died a few years ago. The other son, Henry, was killed in the Civil war.
 Many years after this railroad catas- tropfe MT. Delaney became engineer on No. 5's Steam Fire Engine com
 Joe and Frank King were also pupils in the old school. The former went to war and afterwards was head which position he held until his death.
 James Garry and his sister, Jane, residents of High street, were other district school attendants. So were James Osborn and James Griffith, and his sister, Mary. These boyr were the sons, respectively, of Osborn and Grff- filth, carriage builders. with large factory near the Housatonic railroad, The buildings have long since been removed.
 Factory Good to Boys. It was in these spacious shops that many of the school boys used to go for bows and arrows, kite sticks fish poles, ball and cricket bats. etc. All the boys were favored by William Griffith, brother of James, who was one of the proprietors. Later on Will liam Griffith married. One of his sons L. Watson bank, who inherits his fathers agreeable personality The son of James Griffith, senior, is James Griffith of the Graphophone company, and his son. James, is a cashier in the First National bank. All the line of Griffiths harks back to the good old school days on High street.
 In the block on Main street, opposite the foot of High street, lived Walter Blank, Katie Hatch, her brother, George, and Jason Beers. These, also Frank and Henry Bennett, attended the school. From up town came later in life, was a reporter on the Standard"
 Near the school house lived George Nichols, son of Elam, stern parent. Between Pedagogue Wilson and old Elam, George had hard life. But when the elder Nichols died he left his son wealthy, so much so that pros perity shortened his lively career.
 and William French. and Cornelta Barnum, who married Colonel Richard F'itzgibbons. Then there were the Curtis boysson of Victory Curtis. Fred, 10 a1 n nd and still is, for that matter, an in- portant official in the local office of the Adams Express company. John, his brother, also served in the war and received medal for bravery. He died not long ago. His daughter is Miss Vera Cameron Curtis, distfn- guished concert singer. Victory ard Elliott, two other sons of Victory, went to New York and are in business there.
 Queen Had Loyal Subjects. From East Bridgeport came Hattie Finch, the queen of Wilson's school, drops and sweet pickles.
 James Loomis, whose fathers resi- dence was on Golden Hill, where now stands the handsome new High school building, was an especially popular lad. He entered Yale at an early age and died in his Junior year there.
 Charles Bissett and John Partridge lived as neighbors and usually walked to school together. John was the son of John Partridge, ST., foreman of the Spring Perch company, and also fore man of old No. 5's Fire Engine com pany after William Holcomh retired. James Wheeler who lived on Arch street, and Arthur Barr. were other pupils. Then there was John Roberts, who was six feet tall and a brave boy. i He married a gifted singer. Mrs. Rob l erts was contraIto so1oist in Christ l church choir. Miss Ramsey of Hart ford was soprano; Arthur Barrows, principal of Union school, was tenor; 1 Samuel Spinning, bass, and Theodore I Spinning was organist.
 1 Divorce Not Popular. l Sunday evenings Christ church was l packed with large audiences to listen \ to the superb music given by this
 famous choir The rector was the l Rev. George B. Thrall. All went along | merrily until Mrs. Roberts fell in love
 with George Blinn, an extremely 1 of long ago. She succeeded in procur- ing a divorce from her husband and
 immediately married MT. Blinn. This was too much for the straight-Iaeed congregation of Church church and the l happy pair left town for good and for ever.
 Charles Shelton, another wel1-liked lad, attended the old school. He served I during the three years of the war and afterwards was proprietor of the pop ular drug store on the corner of Main street and Fairfield avenue, where now stands the MelSS building. At his | death he bequeathed this store and its good will to his lifelong friend, l George Jamesons
 | William Shelton, brother of Charles was the only boy in Wilson's school from whom the principal could not force a tear. He always came out of the little room with a broad grin on his face, and the boys wondered how
 he could stand it. He became a law partner of Judge Sanford, and in the latter part of his life was clerk of the Superior court. He was followed by 1 William T. Havi1and.
 | Thomas Moody was one of the most proficient rrpils in arithmetic and
 bookkeeping. He became clerk o1 the old Bridgeport Steamboat com pany at the time the Rev. Ferris Bishop was its president and JohI
 Hubbeil its superintendent
 ''Stolen Fruits Are Sweeter.'' Miss Wing occupied her residence across the street from the school build hna