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BRIDGEPORT, Aug 7.—'l‘he most
frightful catastrophe recorded in Con-
necticut for nearly half a century, oc—
curred shortly before four o’clock Sun-
day afternoon on the Stratford exten-
sion of. the Shelton Street Railway
Company, when a loaded car went off
the trestle over Peck”s mill pond, at
Putney, in Stratford, about six miles
north of Bridgeport, and sunk in the
flats forty feet below. Thus far twenty-
nine people are known to be dead, and
thirteen more injured. It is believed
that there were forty-three passengers
on the car, but it is impossible to state
accurately the number aboard.
The car making the fatal plunge
was labelled “Milford Street Railway
Co.” It was in charge of Conductor
John Carroll and Motorman George
Hamilton. The car made its descent
from the Stratford end of the bridge.
Carroll was killed and Hamilton who
jumped asthe car went over escaped
.with severe injuries.
The trestle is some 350 feet. long,
made of ir0n with stone foundations
and was not protected by any guard
rails. South of the trestle is quite an
incline. on which the car ran down at a
very fast rate of speed. After it ran
. onto the trestle for about ten feet, the
trucks left the rails, and then the car
continued on the ties for about seventy—
five feet, when it went off the trestle
and dropped into the pond below, over-
turning completely and upending.
~When the car struck, the motor, which
weighed four tons, and, the heavy
trucks, crushed 1nto it, instantly kill~
ing many of the passengers.
Doctors J. C. Lynch, R. W. Ivgrs
and J. M. Johnson of Bridgeport, who
were passengers on a car a short dis-
tance behind, were quickly on the
scene, and rendered all possible as-
sistance to the injured. Word was
quickly sent to Bridgeport, and three
ambulances and a police wagon were
hurried to thescene and the injured
were taken to the Bridgeport General
Hospital. A number of other convey-
ances also were pressed into service
to convey persons to the hospital.
Medical Examiner
’ Stratford, improvised a morgue in the
main room of the town hall of Strat-
forn, and in a very short time 23 bodies
were laid out, awaiting identification.
CoggsWell of
The cause of the accident will proba-
bly not be known until after Coroner
Doten conducts an investigation. Mo-
torman Hamilton, who escaped death,
is suffering from such a severe shock
that it is impossible to learn anything
from him at present. President Radel
stated that it was impossible for him
to account for the accident. Immedi-
ately after his arrival at the scene he
made a thorough inspection of the track
on the trestle and he could see
nothing wrong and the cars were run-
ning over the trestle as usual soon af-
terwards. He denied that the cars
were being run at a high rate of speed
and claimed that every possible precau-
tion had been taken to prevent such an
occurrence. Seven inspectors were
put on to watch the running of the
cars and a time allowance of half an
hour was allowed and'extra cars put on
to provide for this.
One theory advanced is that faulty
construction was responsible for the ac-
cident. At the point where the cars
leave the road for the trestle it is al-
leged that the rails had sunk a little
and though the forward trucks took
the rails all right the rear trucks did
not connect and jumped the track,
which caused the forward trucks to
also leave the iron. It is the belief
that if proper guard rails had been
placed on the trestle the car would
have been prevented from toppling
over.
One of the pathetic scenes was that
of a lifeless baby reclining on the arms
of a dead man and the infant seemed
~ to be smiling and asleep. Another sad
incident was noticed when the three-
year-old son of Mrs. J. H. Rugg, was
frantically appealing to his mother,
who was one of the victims. His sister,
five years old, had her left arm brok-
en. .
The Stratford town hall where the
bedies were taken was soon besieged
by more than 1,000 persons, some of
them had relatives or‘ friends among
the dead and Deputy Sherifis Blake-
man of Shelton, Heisler of Bridgeport
and Stagg of Stratford had considerable
difficulty in handling the c7wd of
WEEKLY! nonwnnik-c-Azn'r'rn.'
weeping women and anxious men. In
the early evening it was estimated that
upwards of 6,000 people visited the vi-
cinity and pickpockcts took advantage
of the crowd to secure considerable
booty. . , ‘
All the bodies of the Bridgeport dead
and the few unidentified were taken to
the morgue at” Bridgeport late to-
night. It has been ascertained that
forty were registered and with the .
young children that did not have to
pay fares and the motorman and con-
ductoy, and an extra motorman that
was being taught, makes the probable
number on thelcar 47.
. THE DEAD. .
The following bodies were taken' to
the town hall at Stratford ani identi
fied:
H. C. COGSWELL, Bridgeport.
JOSEPH HOTCHKISS, Bridgeport.
Two children named BALLOU, of
Stratford.
‘ WILLIAM H. HARVEY, Bridge-
port.
WILLIAM OSBORN, Stratford. _
DA NIEL GALVI N, Ansonia.
7s. A. PITT and child, Bridgeport.
MRS. ARTHUR HOLMES, ridge-
port.
MRS. P. BRENNAN, Bridgeport.
O. B. WELLS, Bridgeport.
ELIAS C. BRADLEY and wife
Milford.
JACK CARROLL, Bridgeport, con-
ductor.
MISS BESSIE TOOMEY,
port.
JOHN F. FLYNN, South Norwalk.
MRS. \VILLIAM H. HARVEY,
Bridgeport. _
PETER RING, Bridgeport.
PATRICK M’DERMOTT, Bridge-
port. ‘
THOMAS COTTER, Bridgeport.
VICTOR ANDERSON, Bridgeport.
DIED AT HOME.
MRS. BALLOU and MRS. RUGG
and one of Mrs. Rugg’s children were
taken to their home on Strawberry
Hill in Stratford where they died.
DIED AT HOSPITAL.
MRS. PATRICK M’DERMOTT was
taken to the Bridgeport hospital where
she died at 7:30.
IRVING DORUS also was taken to
the hospital and died there.
An unknown man who was taken to
the h0spital also died there.-
INJURED AT THE HOSPITAL AND
AT HOME.
MARGARET BRENNAN, severe
scalp wounds, contusions and injury to
the spine, serious.
MRS. S. A. PITT, fractured thigh
and leg, serious. -
GEORGE HAMILTON, motorman,
jaw broken and leg fractured.
FRANK KRAPP, scalp wounds and
internal injuries, serious.
ARSHUR HOLMES, right foot bad-
ly crushed; amputation may be neces-
sary.
FREDERICK HILERKUS,
scalp wounds. '
MATTHEW OLBIN, Bloomfield, se-
vere scalp wounds.
’ CHARLES DE LANOY, bruises and
internal injuries;'serious; taken to res-
idence of H. C. Coggswell od'Washing-
ton avenue.
RUGG child, taken to home of par-“
cuts on Strawberry Hill, Stratford.
The John F. Flynn of South Nor-
wallr, who was killed in the wreck,
formerly lived in Hanford place and
kept a plumbing store in Washington
street.
He failed injbusiness at South Nor-
,walk and lately has been employed in
Bridgeport. '
Bridgi-
severe
V ‘7‘ 7‘7
_ Knob Outing Club.
Owing to lack of a quorum the gov-
erning board of the Knob Outing club
did not transact any business at its
meeting Monday night.
On Wednesday, August 16, an
entertainment and dance will be held
and the Jerome May Banjo club will
furnish the music.
On August 23, Hon. John H. Ferris
will give the club one of his famous
fish chowder parties.
‘ ‘
Knows How it is Himself-
Councilman Goold Hoyt of the High-
way committee this morning took a
header on the wet pavement in front
of Glendening’s, skinning his hand.
bruising his leg and demolishing Re-
porter Thomas’ bicycle which he was
riding. "
Tne councilman now has an opportu-
nity to realize what a nuisance is the
flooding of the brick pavement by the
watering cart.
Mrs. Croful’s Father Dead.
The Hon. Jeffery O. Phelps of Sims-
bury, father of Mrs. James K. Crofut,
died on Sunday.
Mr. Phelps represented Simsbury in
the lower House in 1856 and the old
Third District in the Senate in 1867..
. flow Norris Lost a Bad
Reputation
By Marie 8. Ladd.
,vaV v- v.. v @
ORRIS THORNTON was the worst
boy in school, and everybody said
so. He was 12 years old now—a strong,
good~looking lad, that could not read
intelligibly because his mind was bent
on mischief the whole day thrdugh.’
With the winter teacher—a min—ho
just kept within bounds;' but every
summer he had a “brush,” as he called
it, with the woman teacher, and kept
her in an anxiously excited state
throughout the term.
The lady who taught them this sumv
mer was ‘Miss Mary Rose, and, as this
was her first school, Norris confided to
the boys that he should postpone break-
ing her in for awhile. ‘
So for a few days she was left to the
illusion that the group of children
around her was made up of so many
cheruhg'and then he began to lay plans
for a siege. ' ' “ ‘
' His base of operations at first always
consisted in defying the rules. So his
first oflense was staying outside half
an hour or more after school had been
called at recess. '
' ’ Now, the summer before he had not
”only remained but, but had pelted the
schoolhouse wall as well; so you see
that he meant to be a little forbearin'g,
after all. . > '
Well, what did Miss Rose do but de-
tain him as many minutes after the
others were dismissed as he had been
absent. ‘
Under ordinary circumstances Norris
w‘0uld have just marched out and paid
no attention to the teacher's command;
but the little s‘choolmistress stood
quietly by the door and looked at him;
and, though he was well aware that,
physically, he was stronger, there was
in her eyes a look' of power that he
could not resist. '
But when once set free he gave a
whoop on the schoolhouse steps, in or-
der to recover his standing a little, and
‘ told the boys when he joined them that
Miss Rose and he had got to have a
brush. and that was just what it was
coming to. '
On his way to school Norris passed
a little grimy smithy, where the village
horses were shod. The proprietor of
this establishment, Jack Parker, and
he were old acquaintances.
The next morning when Norris
passed by to school Jack stood in the
door, looking as sooty as his shop. He
was a huge fellow, sinewy and power-
ful, and looked as though he might have
been made at his own forge; and yet
beneath his rough exterior throbbed a
heart exceedingly warm and tender.
Miss Rose, in passing that way, had
once looked into his shop with seeming
interest. It was work, and she liked
to see the strong arm weld the hard
iron.
Catching a glimpse of her face, Jack
fancied there was the same look in it
that had belonged to a little daughter
of his, who had rested now several
years in the village churchyard.
“Norris,” said Jack this morning,
“Howard Town told me last night that
you was going to lick the teacher.”
Norris straightened up and looked
important.
“Well, yes, I do think of commencin’
a little in that line pretty soon. She
ain’t very big, though, and it won’t do
to be very savage; and it won‘t do to
have her bossin’ of a feller ’round,
nuther, you know.”
“See here, Norris," said Jack; “I don’t
believe you ever had a first-class whip-
ping in your life, and I’ll tell you what
I’ll do. If you lay a finger cm that little
woman to harm her I’ll give you a sound
mauling, as sure’s my name’s Jack
Parker.”
And the stalwart blacksmith brought
down his sledge hammer of a fist with
emphasis on his leather!) apron.
Norris put his thumb up to his nose
and marched on. He did not care much
for Jack’s threat, he felt so sure he
could keep out of his way, and he did
mean to give the young schoolmistress
a scare, at any rate; and this was the
way he would do it:
He would break rules again, and she
would call him out, but he wouldn’t go.
[He was an old warrior, and knew pretty
'w‘ell how to count the cost of an engage
ment and form a correct judgment of
the mettle of his foe, and he felt sure
that Miss Rose was gritty enough to un-
dertake to whip him, iii-which case he
would catch the stick, break it, throw
the fragments over her head, and, in
short, assume so offensive an attitude
that she would be glad to retire to her
desk and leave him master of the-field.
This was to be the programme. It
was all to be done without real violence
—and let Jack Parker catch him if he
could.
So, a little while after school had be-
gun that morning, he commenced
throwing spitballs; but Miss Rose, who
was attending to a class, seemed entire-
ly oblivious of what Norris was doing.
When she had done she walked up
the aisle. to “do sums.” She was at
work a little back of Norris’ seat, when,
pop! went a ball and hit Luqe Smith
on the chin.
At the instant, from some mysterious
fold of Miss Rose’s dress, flew a long.
tough blue-beech and gave several quick
slashes around the shoulders of Norris’
linen coat before he seemed to compre-
hend the situation.
Then he sprang up and caught at
the ‘stick. But the blows came thicker
and faster, first at one point, then at an-
other, until the'whole whip was worn
up, and he had not succeeded in catch-
ing it once.
Norris was defeated, but not con-
quered, and he would get the better of
her yet, as sure as fate, he told the boys
at recess.
80, all day long, ._ while his back
emu-ted, he pondered some new method
of assault; and, no doubt, Miss Bose
would have been equal to the occasion
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‘ '“But‘as’ Norris— went home that night,
studying at his problem, with benf
head, he was caught by Jack Parker, ;
who held him as if-in one of his own
vises. ' i
He carried him into his shop, and laid
him across his anvil block.
_“Hand me the hammer,” said Jack to
his man, who was blowing at the bel-
lows, that pufied and snorted, and
threw the angry sparks up snapping
and cracking. ’ 1-
Jack turned the boy over on th'!
block, held‘both his hands in oneof his,
and raised his free arm. ‘ ,
“Hold—hold on, Mr. Parker!” yelled
I-IELD HIM AS IF IN A VISE. l
Norris. “I—I didn’t do it. I never i
touched her. But she gin me a awful
wallupin’.” ~ ‘
J ack hesitated.
“I’ve heard long enough that Norris
Thornton was the worst boy in the .
school, and was traveling on as fast as
he could to the gallows. He’d better
die a respectable death here, at this
present time, and not be allowed to
walk the earth just for a worry and a
nuisance any longer, never doing any
good whatsoever.” -
Norris twisted his head around and
took sight at Jack. He looked like a
grimy angel of retribution, firmly de-
voted to his work.
“Oh, Mr. Parker, I won’t! I never
will again! Please lemme go this time,
and see ef I do. I’ll do all I can for
mother, and be. a good boy at school.
Do, Mr. Parker, let me up! ”
Jack set him off the block and rc- l
placed his anvil. ‘ .
“If you’re in earnest about being a
good boy, Norris, I hope you’ll live to be ,
a regular Met-husaler, and I’ll be the
last man to end your days. But as your '
present character stands, the whole
community would be glad to get rid
of you. Did you ever think of that,
young man?” .
“I never knowed how mean 1 was
afore, Mr. Parker. I can see it now, and
I’m goin’ to do better. See ef I don’t.”
And, really, after. this Norris went to
work with a new set of faculties that
his brain appeared to have in reserve
somewhere; and that was the way. it
happened that he lost the reputation of
being the worst boy in school.—Golden
Days. .
., His Chilly mthemlflel.
“,1 suppose you regard yourself as
sure to win?” said the friend.
, “Absolutely,” was the answer. “I
can’t lose. If I’m elected I’ll make no
end of money, and I’ve bet enough on
the other candidate to more than even
up my expenses in case of my defeat.”
—Washington Star.
Mother and Daughter.
Baggs—It is said that Dame Fortune
knocks once at every man’s door.
Jaggs—Well, it was her daughter,
Miss Fortune, who called on mo.—-Tit-
Bits.
, Charcoal In Italy.
Charcoal is the great Italian fuel.
Naples alone consuming 40,000 tons of
wood charcoal, at a cost of from $16 to
$20 per ton. The national consumption
is 700,000 tons.
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