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Thirteen Known Killed and About Twenty Injured
When Locomotive Ploughed Through the Two
Rear Sleepers and BoWled Over the Th1rd Car
from the Rear 1n North Haven Today
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:NEW‘UHAVEN, “Sept. 2.——Runnlng as
'11 good speed his thick fog which had
rolled in with the sun from Long Is«
land Sound, 01 er the meadows,
Iiirst section of the White Mountain
1 Express. due at New York at 7:52 a.
111., crashed into the second section of
the Bar Harbor Express, which had
dust beeh standing in a block at North
Haven. four, miles north of the station
here at 6:55 this morning. The en-
gine of the' White Mountain Epress,
IND. 1337, ploughed through the two
year sleepers of the Bar Harbor.- Ex-
press and bowled over the thle car
[from the rear. 1
Seven 06 d in One Gar.
,,..iE1:n1n..thia inst ' mentioned sleeper
'eeven bodies were later taken. The
burly death list indicated 15. The rail-
road company shortly before 10. o’clock
issued a statement to the effect that
thirteen persons were known to have
been killed and about twenty injured
Some of the latter are not seriously
hurt. as five were placed on trolley
joers at North Haven and sent into the
hospitals here, Eight others who had
been hurt were placed pa a relief.
tral nand brought into the city and
placed in ambulances.
Confusion Prevails.
_1At the scene of the wreck and at
{the station here. at Wallingtord, four
miles beyond the wreck and at Merl-
fden further up the line, great contu-
lsion prevailed for a long time owing
,to wild reports of terrible loss of life.
The list of dead may be increased
over the early estimate of 13 made by
the railroad company as one man is
said to have died on the White 'Moun-
iain train after it backed up to Merl
den and that train also had another
body on board.
All accounts agree that there were
practically no injured persons 011 the
White Mountain 'Express, and the pee-
sengers on it seemed to know very lit-
tle of the collision until after their
train had stopped. The engineer of
the White Mountain Express stuck to
his post, but was not badly hurt. The
most seriously hurt appeared to have
been In the third sleeper which was
thrown oror the’embunkmont. 'l‘wo
passengers said they were thrown
from their berths and found tin-1n-
nolves fully 'iorly feet from the over-
;turned our.
Two Sleepers Crushed.
The two sleepers. which worerruuh-
ed by tho impact of engine 13:17, worn
a mass of splinters a few minutes 111'-
ior the accident. "The engine run on
top of the wreckage and remained al-
moai. upright for a considerable time.
The engine was one of thenow super.
boaters of the type that figured in
{the wreck at Stamford. The engine
in the latter instance was No. 1338.
The collision occurred on a clear
'stretoh of track, but the fog was very
dense at the time, as a mile below are
the North Haven meadows, which run
down to the tidal waters of the Sound,
and orer which at this season or the
your come banks of fog nearly every
morning.
it was stated that the Bar Harbor
Express had stopped in a block until
the engineer could make sure oi his
clearance signals. The rear coach was
dust inside the block. limit. The 1113'
note had cleared for the Bar 'Harbor
Express and the engineer had just so iHotchklss. a young son of Leonard
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when the White ‘Mountnin Express Company, brokers of this city; Frank
bore down. The grade is slightly dew
scending. This is a very fast stretch
of track. ‘No statement is yet made as
to thesfieed at which the White Moan:
tain Express which was running or
«whether the enginedi‘ had disregarded
signals.
it was stated at the scene of the
wreck that the engineer of the latter
express had his engine under control,
but the track was slippery and the
grade one on which it was dimcult to
hold the train. ,
Railroad issues Statement,
The railroad statement of the wreck
B. .Rutter, vice-president and
manager of the Scranton Bolt and
'Nut Gerupany, Scranton,
1Altschul, 'of 1Norfalk,'Va. _
‘Somo Victims Unidentified
Among the unidentified bodies w
those of a young woman about twent
years of ago, With brown curly hair;
She wore a pearl necklace and gold“,
chained ring. Another body was that
of a woman with a ring on which was
engraved “For Life or Death. April
30,1874." Another was of a young
man with ".6 G. on." on a smell stone .;
at 1111111111 noses in to the effect thatI ring.
there are thirteen dead One body an
A report current at the wreck was
been taken to Meridian and another1 that the White Mountain Express ran
person died while the second section
was‘ being decked to that city. it is
thought probable that tab death list is
15.
The first section of the White Moun-
tain Express consisted of seven cars
drawn by engine No. 1337. Engineer
1A. B. Miller; Conductor Fowler.
The two rear sleepers demolished
were the Pulimans Chancellor from
1Klneo. IMaine, and the Kasota, fiI'om
Portland. Maine.
Nineteen passengers were in the Ka~
note and twenty-two in the Chancellor.
Another sleeper, the Chisholm, third
from the rear. was overturned and lies
onits side on the tracks. _
No more bodies have been
out.
taken
The first. b0dy ldellilflf’d was that OT. t‘on bptw 88“ [New }1a‘ven and
R. A. Hotchkiss, of New Haven. Conn.
All the passengers were in
berths and in their night 11,.Ilothes
which makes identification of the dead
difficult.
All the bodies and the injured have freight
been taken to New Haven and the in-
jured have been placed in the hospi-
tals there.
inspectoro' Probe Begins.
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theirIl have been made.
past theflagman sent back from Bar
Harbor Express. The railroad offl’
cials were at the wreck had very little
to say in the preliminary inquiry by
Coroner Mix. The later expected to
resume his inquiry at the James street
car barn when the bodies have been
brought in.
Banjo Signals On the Track
The track on which the wreck cc
curred today is protected by the so
called “banjo signals” which type of
signals the Public Utilities Commis-1
sion had ordered changed The New‘
Haven road had begun the reconstruc-
tion and the line from Hartfori to
Springfield had been changed over. it
is understood that the “banjo signal"
was still in use on the immediate sec-
liart
lord. although the change would soon
The reason for the
order of the Public Utilities l‘ominls-
siou was that last spling 11 bad freight
wreck occurred at the Cedar Hill
yards, about a mile below
North Haven, due to an express runn-
ing into the rear of a freight t: sin
which had stopped while the engineer
had ascertained the conditions of the
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Green, of’N-ew York city, and» William, ’
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New England KGrocerv, Sam
‘ Shiiopsld’s Store, Has'Bad
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were Responsible
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Firerbelieved to have been started
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. , by rats gnawing at matches, did darn
W‘Rennody lsaiso in' age to the extent of several hundred
. be inter attended the dollars in the New England Grocery
out entire building, owned by Louis Jose-
IDemocntl’ citiaed Mme-11111111 W loft, was not destroyed, is due to the
resentative Melisa is in Connecticut strenuous efforts of the local firemen “'
and Representative Reilly will not reI
turn from the Pacific coast until about'
Sayre M. Youngs, in passing the
building in an, automobile, noticed the
blaze and he pulled Box I4 which gave
the alarm. 1At,thls time smoke was
pouring from every crack and open
ture in the building. and a fierce blaze
was raging inside the store.
The fire department responded on
the jump as usual, and with several
extinguishers and a line of hose, were
soon at work upon their task. After
chats REPBBTEB a light of half an hour the blaze was
gotten under control, and a short time
later was successfully extinguished.
M ”I" SPQCIIII meeting “I II“? N01“ | Water damage had addedvto that done
walk Board of Health, which was held by fire and it is hard to estimate the
last evening in the home of Dr. Wll- 1055,
“Elm B. BIIUT'ITGTT VT 83L avenue, it W33 Samuel STITTGDBRT, DTODTTBTJDI‘ of the
found that about five more cases of grocery, is resting 1“ the mountains.
IY’IIIIOI‘I “”9" had “99" “I’d“ to we where he is regaining his health after
distuuud the Board of Health make a recent illness
the following recommendations to the' The store's managcr mm at the fire
IIIII’IIC for I-III’II own safety and Inter'1last nightlhat there had been no one
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———'l"he postponed dance of the Eagles ,
will talce place Friday night at Dor-
ion's.
in the store after 10 o'clock in the
FII'III‘JI‘III‘Y recommend “II morning,'but a resident of the vicinity
IIIIIII IIIIII I“ “59“ he II°II°II Isaw someone around the store at ti
Second “I“ ”"9 0t hhe strongest o’clock in the evening. according to 11
recommendations of the b ard is that report
there “IIIIII I)“ “0 bathing I" II“? WI“ I Tile fire was traced back into the
“”5 I“ “I'd “I’m“ NI’IWI‘II‘ “I III“ store where the matches are stored,
various bathing places, because they and it evidently started there though
that
,the spot reported that the fatalities
numbered fit-teen.
’ dashed into the rear of the first, tele
'10 o'clock. lie ordered that the bodies
““3”“ TON Sept. 2-«Upon n. I signals 11 hich wel'e obscured by fog think that it is verv likely that the the cause 13 uncertain.
cclptcf news at the New Haven dis-819ml Wan at Danger.
enter the interstate Commerce. ,(Iom- Later, during the course of tho in~
mission ordered inspectors -to proceed quiry at the wreck, it was shown that
inuncdiatoly to the scene to l11vustl-_a iluglnun was sent out from the Bar
gate. (.‘hlot “inspector lialuup probin" Harbor Express to protect the train.
bly will go to Walllnirlord himself in" An inspection of the semaphore signal
tor today. it is probable that (Born-j north of the wreck showed that it was
nllsuloncr Motiliord, directly in charge still at ”danger." Coroner Mix gave
of that phase oi’ the commission's: orders that the engineer and fireman
work, will conduct a personal inquiryI oi’ the White Mountain Express should
into the accident. not be interviewed.
Ono oi“ the nights which met the General Manager llardo and Super~
eyes of those who ware first of the intendentDroege,oltlledlvinion,1voro
wreck were. the bed clothing, cual1-' qnllhly on the scene and dlrwted the
ions, portions of wearing 11puprol, audI wrecking gangs.
bits of wreckage suspended from the 111 the liar 1l-lurbor train was a coach
telegraph wires along the tracks. This which was Carrying forty boys from a
all came when the two sleepers wero summer camp at Continence, Mon-
thrown up into the air by the Impact mouth, Maine. Most of the boys be-
of the engine. long in New York or west of that city.
Coroner Mix Starts Inquiry. Many Boys Wore injured.
Coroner Mix, who is the ofilcial for
the greater part of New Haven county,
Chisholm. which was overturned, was
began inquiry into the wreck at
almost entirely occupied by a camping
party of boys returning from Maine.
which had been taken from the wreck The party was in charge of it. oh.
be brought into this city. Mooney, of New York. The boys came
The relief committee prepared a thorn “Camp Cobbossee," at More
place for thirteen bodies in the trolleyI mouth. Maine. The boys' homes we. 0'
car burns in James street, which is in New York and Philadelphia and we
class to the Cedar Hill station of the, rious parts of the 1801111). Whether
railroad. any of them were killed or severely
At the wreck. identification was 'iniured was not known here. ‘
quickly made of the bodies of 1R. ‘A‘.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 2.-~Tho Pullman.
lfever may the caught from doing this. 1
I The board of 110111111 11111; prohibited
all milk coming into Norwn'lk from
suspected sources and they also wish‘
to say that the No1walk water, which
some people have suspected to be im-
pure, is all right and can be used.
The Board of Health thinks if the
recommendations are all carried out
that the fever will soon be under the
doctors’ control.
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*Clnbnrr-t (innrlnu every night but
Saturday, Rotou Point.
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Several acres oi’ fine meadow grass
were burned over yesterday by flames ,
Which raged all through the afternoon.
The property was located cit Meadow
street and We are avenue and the
dense cloud cf moke was ylslblo for
several 111111113. Attempts were made
the fire shipping when it had burned
itself out. no damage to other prop
erty than the Valuable salt hay in re
ported
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‘i “Cabaret canons every night but
to check the flames but to no avail, ,
The loss is fully covered by insin-
pence with the J. M. Layton & Com-
pany.
The firemen wo1ked well under uli‘iruti
Assistant Chief fJurob Schaub, who is
acting in the absence of (Thief George
W, Bognrrlns,wi1o is attending the tire-
jmeu’s convention in New York.
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HOUSE BREAKER
MAS Billillli [IVER
Harry tiordon Kottinger,
of San
under bonds of $500
charged with daylight burglary at
the home of Milton White, 71 Win-
hold street,’mast Norwalk, on Sunday
afternoon. Judge John Keogh thought
the facts of the case strengthened the
evidence against Kottinger the globe—
trotter, sufficiently to warrant binding
him over
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FINED son Answer.
Andrew Floretti, arrested by Captain
J. Harry Gibson on a warrant charg-
ing B‘eretti with assault on Pasquale
Conzettl. Was fined $5 by Judge Jolie
Keogh this morning. The Wanner
was represented by anorney John J.
perlor Court
dummy. WI! Point.
Guano.
parade on horseback.
Jose. (3111.. is awaiting trial in the 1Su- ,
tor on work.
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Famous tondon~5oitlaud Express in the County oi“
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KllZRKBY STEPHEN. County of wreckage suffering injuries or burnt
Westmoreland, Eng, Sept. 2.——-Fiiteen and as many as ten of these may dila-
persous are believed to have been; The two trains had left Carlislo‘
killed and thirty injured in a collision for London at 1:35 and 1:47 this merger '
early today of two sections of the ing, respectively and the collisio‘x'r 0041 .
famous London-Scotland Express. Ot- curred fifty miles south of Garlisle on."
hotel reports accounted for: nine or high and lonely moor
known dead, while correspondents on} The first section of the train had
stopped to get up steam for a sharp
up grade when the second section
dashedinto the rear, piling up the. 1
sleeping cars, which were crowded: :1
with passengers. Almost immediately .
afterward several of the cars caught
fire and many of their inmates were
unable to’ escape. Rescuers from
farms in the vicinity soon came on the
scene, but too late for many of the
The wreck occur-
red on the Midland Railway near
Hawas Junction, the two sections be-
ing north-bound. The second section
scoping several coaches, which burst
into flames. Many persons were trap-
ped, and if not killed outright they
were burned to death. At least thirty
passengers were taken from the passengers.
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Decal physicians believe that thfi
A‘s a result °I the big charm 01' I3.“ minor tpyhoid fever epidemic in Booth:
Friday night the United Electric Norwalk in fig vicinity of Railroad
Light and Water Companye lines in avenue and Clay streets has heed'
F‘alrfield County éustained considera- caused by the [tearing up of those that»
”I8 damage TITIS W33 PVIICIIIIII’IY ‘oughfares and the turning over a!
true in Georgetown, Wilton. New 031- earth packed down by years of traffic
I133“ and 0m“ °IIIIVIII3 sections by the paving contractors They have I
As soon I“ the extent of the injury the disease cases well in hand, and. '
became known Superintendent Frank fear no great spread of the epidemic. H
Egréfii’ts 1:111 Egg??? $33!. Paving operations with the primary"
men looking for trouble, and gave period of excavating have caused epi-
them orders to repair the lines as demics of various sorts in many plat»
rnp'ldi y as possible. The repair fierce es and it is quite renewable to believe
consists of eighteen in en, and they that the supposition of the local med-
comma ndeerd automobiles; wagons, ical men is correct. The cases dom-
etc. and worked all day Saturday not exceed half a dozen-according to
night. and up until Sunday noon, wh‘én reports received, and there is no cause
it was reported that everything was for alarm. ,
finished Most of «the patients are either res
One noteworthy feature of the rn- covered or well 0“ the road to recov— I
pldity with which repairs were made 1e1’y and It I“ OXIII’CIEII III“ II“ new
was that power w” supplied to cus- cases will develop as the sun has novf
tomers using the some on Saturdav had a chance to pour into the excavab ‘
morning. ed portions of the street.
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Yesterday afternoon the canoe tilt
at the Norwalk Country Club proved
to be 11 very luterestln; ovodt. There
were six {‘llIlOUH In the coolest. Two
from the Knob, two from the Country
Club, one from the outside and out)
with a country club man in it and a;
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The Maria as del Aasuntu Society, of
Norwalk. held a parade through the
streets of the city yesterday morning
in celebration of Labor Day. The
Bridgeport Marine linnd rendered man
tlul airs and-proved a valuable 1111-
inner. to the successful event, Iltnob 1111111.
.ioaoph lllsesn, as grand inurshal,‘ .ioscph Lori-hurl and "Spark"
and John J. cuneo, as marshal, led the .1011" were mu two wlnnr'rs.
They were fol- 1llnrold Baldwin and William Udell
lowed by the band, and some hundred tilled against Louis Gray and Fredsre
or more men in line, doublc‘fllo, with ink llncdi‘ord, the latter being the
burouches following with other meln- winners. 'ltandolph lletis and Harry"
bore seated therein. , ldurlo tilted against “Spark” St. John
Owing to the holiday a lame num- 111111 Joseph Loclchart. Mr. Lockhttl‘t
bar gathered along the line of roarcIrand Mr. St. John won that. tilt.
and watched the parade with interest. 1111111113111 1111111111111 and William Nash.
' were defeated by William Ferris and."
Horace Gray. , 1
We wish. to thank the many friends agm|.F|nnlg,
and nelghbo'rs for their kindness and Louis Gray and Frederick Baedford.
beautiful flowers sent us at the pass- vIero defeated by ‘Mr. St. John and Mr.
lng away of our dear husband and Lockhart. 1
father. The Final. ‘
MRS. C. M. ALMNG AND FAMILY in a hard battle and a long light Mr.
W at John and Mr. Imltlial‘t orerturm
CRAP PLAYERS FINED—‘ ,ed and throw their men, who were, ,1,
The case of Charles Kunz, caught in William Ferris and Horace Gray. j
the My street raid on Sunday Mm"; There was a large crowd about their
noon. .was heard yesterday meminxv dock watching the lnterontldt
He was fined to. John Stain. anothei my in (11.311993 the young 1116!! my
player. was this moraine 1111111111111 1111 hard to win and modem u (11
treated by Judge John Keogh. Io! fun, ,
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naturally, Roton Point. , .
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