page_title: South Manchester Railroad
section_title: Accidents
hierarchical_section_title: South Manchester Railroad / Accidents
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Nordende der South Manchester Railroad, um1900 English: North end of the South Manchester Railroad at Manchester station in 1900
context_page_description: The South Manchester Railroad was a short-line railroad, operating in Manchester, Connecticut. It was in operation from 1869 to the 1980s.
context_section_description: After a passenger had left the train near the Hilliard street bridge at the North End, he walked off the trestle and fell onto the road beneath. When the conductor rushed to help him, the man got up uninjured and just exclaimed: "Where am I, anyway?"
  At least two fatal accidents occurred, where both victims were drunk. The first victim was hit near the Middle Turnpike crossing. He was only noticed on the return trip and died shortly after being found. His pint bottle of liquor resting against the track was not even broken. The other fatal accident occurred on the embankment near the Center Springs pond.
  Another man who was hit by the train was taken to his home in a sleigh, and when the traffic superintendent Richard O. Cheney visited him later, he apologized for getting in the way of the train. He recovered, and, allegedly, did not drink another drop of intoxicating liquor again.
  A musician got once entangled in the double bass, when the coach, in which he and some of his colleagues were riding, derailed, because a wheel had come off the train. On another occasion, a man flagged the train at Middle Turnpike and asked that Richard O. Cheney should be notified that his bull had escaped from his meadow and was on someone else's property.
caption: North End of the South Manchester Railroad, approx. 1900
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