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THURSDAY, JULY 23, 19:;
THE SOUTH NORWALK EVENING SENTINEL
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If the “Old Man” had to do
the washing. do you think he
would Stand for able. hot coal
range for heating the water?
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Not for a minute! He would
rent one of our
(1A3
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Heaters
and get an abunr‘ .anee of hot
water without increasing the
temperature of the kitchen.
The rental amounts to only
one and (me half cents per day.
and after a reasonable length
of time ceases entirely.
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would have to determine that. Pas-
_ senders 1m the wretked ear honever,
. declare that Motorman Nadln is re-
isponsible.‘ he haying passed the light
‘ :11)! against hint and then putting on
n automobiles. 111111 speed. rounding the curve and
1 But be't'ore these arrived passing theh sni'hshlng into the freight ex-
. ~ autoists had tuiuod their cats into press. in this they are sustained by
*1 nmhtllancesnnd as the mole 1.1.... Medical Examiner Dr. PO‘WM‘B who
1y injured 'were taken from the said the motorman was clearly ‘0
wreckage} put them into the autos blame and was trying to make 3’”
and trashed full speed for the Nor. other crossover before the trollev
walk Hospital, where other doctors express had passed it N“ dill could
Were waiting to give first aid. The not be interviewed at the Norwalk
cooperation of. everyone near “,9 Hospital. last night, ltisvcondltion be~
scene and the struggles of the res- lng such that he could} not be seen;
. otters...undoubtedly-~nam the -ttves‘~ mule.111m.roco,ver..howe'ir.er.
many. who. had they remained in the The 51""- where the “'“k ocdurred
-ifzz cm a fE\V- mh‘nutes Iungem n1‘u3k‘W0uld Ala”.- indlc‘te that hard!“ WEB
have died. Too much cannot be said trying to make the next switch or
of thetodorts or 61111122 11 he Happeneu. without, "had 11.111“: track. The
to be near {nascené express carniust' have passed the next
. ...: Among those summoned by :tho “”9?“ at. Riversid‘aa 9g?“ 9’ 1°59
.phoner call was Medical Examiner" 31°- mmm“ ‘3” ha 995999 the,
Frank Poweram Westport and When “’th at “‘9 Country 9‘98 and
the bodies of the two little fellows therefore the “811*. ould. b9
' who bar! area. were taken out he “9&9“??? the
viewed: them and expressed the spin.
ion that death must have been 1111111111.
. taneoils in their cases, while Kitss
I Ciogeiand hedwprobablyllved for afi‘ew
mfites.- lie gave pesmission for
their romtiial- to Fable? undertaking
. establishment in Weather-or“ ..
,MDRE INJURED
(Contlntied from Sixth Page).
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' were dead but the young:
: 1.11.1411 to
one began. building the
special car to the rem of 11.8 urn-sod
car. the special was pulled back
110111 the upress car revealing the
in“ extent 111 the catastrophe.
Crusoe}; beneath the pih o1 debris
Jm-l'e‘ 1111 bodies L! 11.1- \eung woman,
and otiur trot-n {eat pas
triggers. 119111} 1--'ontrollri aux
Lino 1.11:1 1.1-1.1 1:111 so that it pinnt-J
lilc 'i'o\\1-.~111d boy to the 11001 111 the
1:1r,c1ushi11_: 11.1; 1111- out of 111111 a1~
most instantaneously. 'ihe heaiy
sheet imnirouoot‘ the excursion car,
111-111 in as though it had b1en a plea-
13.10 i111: *
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1' '111-
111 tin, pinned the other passengers
and 1111- iiiotornlan 111 a \ict-iiu'e
grip. '
Heroic Efforts.
l-‘ranticuliy those who
hurt uorhed to
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W t‘ X' e
111.1
sexiuusl) an
the bodiis could be removed. The
blood-oespntttred controller box was
[Tit-ll ' up and the little limp term or
the Townsend boy lifted from be-
neath and laid grnlly on 1111- grass by
the roadside.
While uilling hands 1111111 the
booty iron from board 111 the cur
1‘1'11111 the prostrate forms. others
pulled them out of the debris and
111111 them on 1111- ground.
Girl still Breathing.
The Cleveland girl was still breath-
ilrst of the rescuers 111'-
riyrrl on the scene. Theodore. l-‘.
Taylor, one 01 the li1~roes 1.1 1111-
\\'reck. who worked until his 112111
were cut and binding from 1111:
wounds receired on broken glass 1'111
splintered woodwork. pulled Hoverul
bodies from the debris. lie was the
first 1111111 to arrive on Ute. scene after
the ambient.
Taylor’s Great Efforts.
' lie saw at once that the tw.) boys
“'tll‘lll‘l “iii
still breathing. \Vltli superhuman
strength he strained at the tangled
muss ol‘ wreckage and lifted the girl‘s
body to the ground. Slu- \‘1h'i un.
conscious. her back having been
broken and other internal injuries
bringing death as a speedy relief :1)
111-1' sulferinus.
\\ hen he had done all that
possible for the Cleveland girl.
lnr rotumed and pulled another
conscious form from the '111'.
was 11 young woman. one 111
now at the Norwalk Hospital.
she was he does not 1.1.1.11.
Miss Clem-land had been pinned
between the trout board of the-cur.
At her side were the‘ other unfortu-
nate victims of the accident. "
“'1’ Motorman smelt to' PosL':
The inotornian. llurold Nadin. was
caught ‘ ben'edtlii tile bo'tttroller box
with the Townsend boy. He bud
his "post and‘asihe ears
crashed together his body was thrown
back. the tender of his car turned
up over the fronthourd and he‘was
buried under the mass. The bone
his leg snapped
ing as the
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111‘ in two as the
heavy controller boil tell in upon 11..
The front of the excuriiiou
car aftér the wreck almost
111111.; limply out. over the splintered
running» board. A tiaxen head, the
hair dyed an ugly crintson stain was
all that could be seen of one small
1
body. iron was piled high on
splintered wood, and beneath the
wood was the mass 01' bleeding
birdies. '
Passengers Imprisoned.
Iiislde’ the car' all was 'contuslon.
So great had been the force of the
collision that the peasongors ; had
been -.catapulted 1011111111. ~~111-13911111.;
down the banks of the seats in front
otfithem. Practicallyeevery seat in
the cnr was torn from its.tqstenlngs
by the“ itnpact of human bodies
thrown against them. . ;
Wh'lte dresses were torn 1.15.1. Ulittta
backs. 1111111111 were 1.1111111; children
crushed beneath"_tha. weight of the oc-
cupants of the seats behind them.
while the heavy wooden am backs
kept. the weaker women and childreii
pinned where théy had fallen.
A vivid description of the scene
was elven; by Taylor. witness: or; the
crash; and his sisters Miss Harriet
f Tiiylor. 1111. litres 11111. 11111. As are
.oars enumeration from 1111131161113 dime-
'tioita Taylor has out in (is yard
resume seine piss; Hts slstér was
111 the chicken your '
w 91111111111111 Merry. 1
Hui‘raii boys!” ”shouted one o! the
Taylor-$111111 at. brother outstation:
ed; byftlie 1111an 111111111 11111! tit "
sec ond
1111- met-.1! 11nd splintered good so theft"
those.
permitted: on the front seat or the” “3: W118 allowed to
, 31121111111- car 1'1 it; outsmart mm the -
the hospitals 5111111.:
ter sending 0111.:- 0“ after call as
fast 21: Connections could be made.
The opeialmorsgn’ilf “estport tric-
phone 1\tIahg sing at LlUt‘e the
extent-.11.] seiifluupess 111111»; 12112.11.-
HY bonito a< He) .ate 1:9; north-1;
since the railroad wreck at :uugatm‘lt
”‘0 tears ago the 1.:uil .4.» that
doctors and ambulantes were on the
segue soon trite: the accident UtCLlIc‘d
it the time 'ot‘ the collision 1111-,-
road “as well tilled wuh'passiug an.
wists and the owners quickly Emp-
iied the cars and tilled theta with
tilt-"bounded and fughtd 1th111th the
hospitals in, Bridegport and Nor
walla. The inure seriously injuiod
were ~‘. token to Norwalk which
" ‘ ‘ . ' LII miles . 11011.1
'11- scene at. ’11;- car after ca drtu
fi’iifii‘é’fifinw’ with appartntly
seriously injured, it gave the impres-
sion that the accident was eyen 1111111
terrible man it was and a crowd
hundreds in 111113111913 gathered around
the institution and smuewhat inter-
111.11 with tht' 'transier or the injured
into 1111 hospital.
(1111- oi the autoists brought tire
apparently lifeless persons 11. the
hospital among the number being
little Fruuit Negry 111 ll Steuben
street, liridgepm't. The boy war
terribly cut. torn and smashed up
and liltlluul'il ilt.‘fk'l‘.it"3n Mimi: were
11111111., to :-:_1‘.1' .11.» lite, they were ill-
tile and 111- rind shortly 1111+ 111-111g
brought to the institution. Du lit-ur-
inu 11' 1111' actldt-m scnrhl Xcl'uaib
doctors hurried to the hospital and
assisted the regular stall in caring
for the injured. For oier two
hours they were kept busy Adminis-
tering anesthetics and dressing the
wounds oi the least injured and
many were thus unable to leave the
hospital for their iltllllt'S until often
ward.
Mrs. Jones May Die.
The most seriously injured aside
from little Nugry, who di1d, appear—
ed to be Mrs. Ruth Jones, wife or
itnytnond Jones assistant superin-
I111d1-111 or the 'Brldaeport Hospital.
When hroguht into the hospital Mrs.
.lonrs‘ injuries did not appear to be
very serious, but shortly after hein-
orrhages from .the ears started'and
continued intermittently and it was
t'cnred 111 a late hour that she had
sttfl’dred 11 111161196 of the skull. She
was" seated near. the forward end of
the car and was thrown violently
against the upright supports of the
roof when the crash came. '
Mil-acoléus Escape.
Two otlnrs 11911111 Nor-nail; lidsplf
tul hud tuliucuitflh *ésehpia ilorn
death with the; fiction; who 1113111
killed outright. *Thoy are Mildred
s‘ntllh.‘ used 20, and her brother,
t‘lnik Smith. aged 1], 111 210 P111111
street Miss Cleveland. the girl
\ictlm of the "catastrophe; was
guest of Miss Smith on the outing.
and all three new on the forward
seat a: the wre‘elted enr. When the
crash came the Smiths Were caught
in the jam and then thrown and eat
coped with a broken leg each and
the naturally resultant cuts and
bruises.
Harold Nadia. the motor-man, o!
the wrecked e'xcdrsion car, was also‘
taken to the Norwalk Hospital and~
there it was found that his injui‘ios
we.) mainly 11 broken leg. Wild
stories were 1ir'culated during the
night that he had died at the hoopl-
tal right after being taken therebut}
these are unfounded rand latte 11.111
night it was said at the thospltal
these wus little danger or his dying.
llceman IFrank Verllti on orders or
Coroner Phelau. , .
Many of those who had broken
noses". dislocated arms and like his
was were speedily fiefiteii by the
mam star?! of doctors slid theoret—
unteer physicians and rapidly dis.)
charged {118111 the hospital. They
were taken to the Jot-walk mitt-6111f.
“ station. where they tdoir‘ triiiniii batik”;
1o Bridgeport.
The scenes at the hospital werei " . _
“fillers and “in"?! Or 'i’h‘one’ 16224 W. R. Austin. it
heartbreaking.
and other relatives or the injured
crowding the recéiition rooms wait-
in: in 11111.. tor dot-ti truth the war
and operating rodlns‘ as to how their
loved titles were 11111112
whose injuries were" not.
W‘fibm the streets '
at her transmit?
walk Hospittil. between
o'clock.
not H. Huntington was culled'u‘nd gave
his opinion that the boy died
' shock and less of bloods The boy was
fourteen years of age.
were a crushed left knee, the rlgiit side.
of the pelvis bone was broken and a
lone wound penetrated the abdomen
at a very low price.
head attention Have it looked oyer
He is under detention of State P0- in “"1341"! “would“?
Tirol, All Sizes add About All Makes.
prioeS.
T389.
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NINE
Medical Examiner Acts
The bodies were examined 1.1
Frank hours. the tux-n int-11111.1 ta
amiLlL‘l‘. soon after being brought to
the morgue. He rlL-iltd 1....'. 1 .
bodic: pi‘dllll)‘ should 1:... :‘!.1:
lulu.- oi the tullbicli. 111 said that
there-11a: no doubt out [1181 lilti
Tourist-i111 and i‘uilm boys 1.-..d been.
instantly killed. The )uuhg no 4
~11:;.:; 31:11." .r,._’1.llt'ul 11113111, 11:1.cc; Hr
ter being crushed.
The six patients at liit' Norwalk'
HUSPital today as a result at tile trol-
11:)" collision. last night at \uslr‘s our '
LlU‘ are all doom as 1'.
peered. Mrs.ltutn.l1.ne.. 1.111 a frac-
ture at the base 01 11 .u— :hu11.aud liar
old \adin, the 11 oto1inuu oi the spe-
clal car carrz. .1115 the intuit-hen,
the broken leg:- and mum bod: ’ '
ies. are in the most is rious 1111311111. .'
’111eir (hanms 1.1 1‘ecu1eiy or: about.
even. The other tour are not 111 21
dangerous slate and 11111 recon-r. :1.
din was married only too weeks ago,
and 111: bride is almost prosll'attd 1101.1
shock.
An attempt to secure a statement
t’ronx either of the lilUlUllllLll ot' 1111;111-
iated cars was lutile iris 1.1.111111:.1..
The hospital authorities did not think
it wise to burden Nadine 11111.11 1111:.
the question: about 1111- sign-.11 115111.».
us he 1': non 111 a highly nervous state
.‘.1 11. ltuyinouds
home, no statement could be secured.
Many lepert: about 1111- signal lights
are going about. but 11.no- hus been
\eriiied. neural passengers oi the
picnic car, it is reported, hare Siult‘d
that they noticed a wry dim 111.1111 1;.
the box when Motorinan Nadia turned
on the other ltsht. .‘Thut this was 11
possible condition seemed credible
when it is considered that 1111- 111111..-
was 'extra hoary at the time, thus 11
ducing the power, and lii~o 111111 a dim.
1111-11 light ttould not be easily
when the daylight was so bright as at
the time he turned the hey.
The calls for medical help ut‘tertlie
aecldenuhad occurred brought many 11:
the Norawlk doctors to the scene, al-
111' 11111111. Flam;
>01 11
though they found Upon arriving that.
the more seriously hurt had been 111-
ken to the" hospital 111 automobiles.
Dr's. W. J. Tracey. lieun C. Sheier
and F. (‘1.13i‘omwe1e kept 13.1 1 :9 91c
institution from shortly alter the fine
of life {accident until long site mid-
night. They are on the staff 2131\n-
month. Dr. George E. Cram was call-
ed in to attend to Mrs. Jones, at the
request of h'er husband. Other doctors:
assisted in met-y wa1 possible.
One Vlctlrn Dies In Norwalk Hospital.
Frank Antonio Nagrey, one (it use
unlortunate ylcthns. died at the \or-,
9 unit‘-
Medical Examiner Dr. 18.11111-
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His injuries
Wanton Tells How Signal Fallsd.
Standing out even among the deeds
of the men who distinguished theor-
solves for heroin worl. at the wreck.
was that of Mrs. Robert \\'al1ely, or
19 Cu Artie ateuue. Bridgeport. who ‘1..-
one of moment seriously hurt of the
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picnieers and is in a‘eritical condition'
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fact that she lay in the midst of the
wreckage. sutt'eriug‘i'roru fractures of
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probable fatal injury. Tommy—Then
Mrs. Waltely‘s story corroborates H. '
the story of others that something 11.11111.
was the matter with the signal sys-
tem. She declares that it didn't
work when the motorman tried to
turn on his light. ‘
Tells How Light Failed.
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Cause i heard pop say he owed you
some money, and you’d have to whis-
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