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seem to understand the DAILY and WEEKLY
“combination” on Saturday. It will become
fully understood and appreciated, we are con-
fident, as this “combine” becomes better un-
derstood. Price of DAILY, from Monday to
Friday inclusive, one cent. Price of WEEKLY
and DAILY combined, 3 cents
No Paper on Monday.
Monday being a legal holiday. in order to
give the DAILY GAZETTE‘S corps of reporters.
compositors and pressmen “a day off” no
paper will be issued from this ofiice on Monday.
_ Every paper purchased to-day counts
three inthe Gold Watch balloting.
LOCAL ITEllIS.
St. Paw—l3.
Rev. Dr. T. S. CHILDS, of Washing-
ton, will conduct the services at St.
Paul’s, on Sunday week, March 1st.
Cleveland’s Baking Powder makes
wholesome and palatable food.
Mr. D. \V. Corbitt of Victoria, B. C.
is visiting his sister, Mrs. George Van
Tassel on Main street.
——Sewing Machines repaired, corner
’Water and Wall street. W. Smith. 3t
Harper’s Magazine is out two days
ahead of time this month, and we sup-
pose the other Monthlies will show the
same prompt-ness. This is on account
of the holiday next Monday, and is
done so that all the employees may have
‘Washington’s Birthday. For sale at
Pinneo’s. _ __fi____
—A competent salesman. wanted at
18 \Vater street, Nor-walk. 2td&w.
we are told that the experiment of
asking the ladies of the Congregational
Church to send in papers on’the "subject
of joining the church was a very suc-
cessful one. Five papers were read, all
of them of interest, and a stranger re-
marked on coming out that that was
the most interesting prayer meeting
she had ever attended.
—Piano to rent very reasoi able.
Inquire at this office.
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Mrs. F. E. Buxton has arranged to
spend one day in every week in New
York, for the special purpose of buying
dress goods and trimmings for her cus-
tomers, or any one else who is so situ-.
ated that she finds it difficult to spend
the time or endure the fatigue incum-
bent upon a busy day in New York.
There must be quite a number of ladies
who would be glad to avail themselves
of this opportunity. The advice and
experience of a person who is “ up” on
the fashions, and who sees everything
that is being worn or displayed in the
shops is valuable, and this alone would
be agreat help to persons so situated
that it is with-difficulty they can spend
the requisite time such matters need.
—The "King’s Sons’” will give an
entertainment at the Congregational
Church Chapel on the evening of Tues-
day, March 3. ti.
A bright young fellow, who sat on
the stoop of a house on Fifth avenue
Thursday for six mortal hours, to see
the procession, gave a very graphic ac-
count of his impressions of the different
great men. He said “the inimitable
Chauncey Depew must have been telling
Grover Cleveland one Of his best stories,
as ourjovial ex-President was convulsed
with laughter when they passed him.
President Harrison was very pale, he
thought, and at this a wag standing by
remarked ‘he had probably just seen
Judge before he came out! ’ Governor
Bulkeley and the Connecticut delega-
tion made a fine appearance and we
had no cause to mourn the lack of
'Democratic representatives and "sena-
tors. Governor Bulkeley managed very
well without them. ”
——Hand made harness at very low
prices. Blankets, robes, sleighs and
bells, at and below cost. Every kind
of horse equipment and goods, at very
low figures. Trunks, satchels, travel-
ing bags, etc., lower than ever'known
before in this or any other market, at
Wm. B Dann’s, 50 Wall street. - tf40
-Chicago is now in the throes of amove-
sment to secure a half million dollars by
private subscription to establish a per-
manent art palace in that city. It is
expected that the world’s exposition
management will expend a million
dollars on the building. This is a
worthy undertaking and reflects credit
upon the young metropolis of the west,
whose growth and progress have been
the wonder of the worlds
.—
-.n Connecticut.
. little blossoms and the toilet wraps and
NORWALK, Conn, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1891.
—P. \V. Bates at his monumental l
works in \Vater street, has the largest
and finest assortment of finished work
in his wareroom of any establishment
lmeod‘37.
Capt. Francis L. Norton, of the mis-
sing life—boat, now supposed to be lost I
with all on board. was about Sixty years
of age, and had been a sailor from his
youth. During the war he was a vol
unteer officer of the Navy. He leaves
a son at school in Greenwich, Conn.
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What Miss Spinster Says :
That it is cabled over that Queen
Victoria is going to Grasse.
That Mrs. \Villiam Lockwood, of
Elm street, is very skillful in the art of
tapestry painting. .
That Mrs. Alden Solmans expects to
start for the sunny South in a few days.
That a mild Lenten diversion, for a
favored few, is Prof. Newell’s dancing
class at Music Hall, Friday afternoon.
That we are having another spell of
weather. However, there is so little
going on in society that it makes but
small difference whether it snows,
rains, or is fine. _ .
That Mrs. .McCready and daughters,
of Compo, will start for Georgia next
Thursday, for a six weeks’ trip. Mr.
McCready will accompany them as far
as Washington.
That Rev. Mr. Watkins, of New
Haven, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
\Villiam H. Smith, yesterday, and also
paid a visit to Grace Church to which
he has been invited as Rector.
That the newest rage in those walks
of collectorship in which the fairer sex
specially indulges is for spoons. One
thing to be recorded to the credit of
our fair spoon collectors is, that they
put their collections to practical use.
That the damp atmosphere did not
hinder the Stamp Club from having a
full attendance at Master George
VVoodward’s home on Elm street. Last
evening’s affair was ,a trifle more ambi—
tious than former efforts in the way of
entertainment. The young girls’ Stamp
Club were invited and a very happy
time was the result. The next meeting
will be held at Master Harry Beers’ 011
Lewis street. ' i
That no coifi'ure is Considered finish-
ed without ornamentation. Matrons
crown themselves with coronets of dia-
mond, young married women coil their
necklaces among their puffs and crimps,
belles perch aigrettes and pompous on
their carefully arranged tresses, and
the youngibuds wear fillets of fine gold,
spun silver 01‘ velvet ribbon, fpinned
with a pearl or topaz. ,
That frequenters of the popular
afternoon tea are remarking the extra-
ordinary pains pretty girls who pour
the amber beverage are at, to direct
the taperng spout of the kettle in the
direction of their rosy cheeks or white
brow and chin. It appears that the
warm fragrant steam arising from the
steeping leaves is most beneficial for
softening and purifying the complexion
and cause dampened locks to curl ten-
dril-like about fair foreheads. It is
harmful in the extreme, unless the
suffusion is immediately followed by a
brisk toweling.
That there is a perfect rage for wall
sachets. A sort of light weight com-
fortable is made of some soft, loosoly
woven silk, in pale pink, green or blue,
the size of a sheet. Between the cov-
ers is a single layer of cotton, tacked
with velvet buttercups. Just before
hanging it on the wall a quart of Lily
of the Nile scent is poured over the
clothing of all sorts are hung against
it. For a month or; more the owner
of the garments is as fragrant as an
Egyptian lily, the odor proclaiming
her to be a devotee of Cleopatra.
These sachets are also used as trunk
and closet linings. *
\
Y. M. C. .4. NOTES.
No man should. miss the special ser-
vice for 'men in the Opera House to-,
morrow afternoon at 4.0’clock for the
devotional committee is sparing -no
labor to make this one of the best Ser-
vices ever held by the association.
Col. Alexander S. Bacon, the celebrat-
ed lawyer, of New York, will give an
address upon “The Value of Personal
Purity to Young Men.” Prof. Willey
of Rev. C. M. Selleck’s school, who has
heard Col. Bacon in this lecture, says
that it is the finest address he ever
heard. The association orchestra will
furnish music, and the male quartette
of the Methodist church will sing sev-
eral selections during the service. All
men are invited and the Opera House
should be crowded full.
The worker’s training class will meet
to-morrow afternoon at 3 o’clock sharp,
so as not to interfere with 'the services
in theOpera House.
Mrs. M. Lewis and Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Gage, of Brooklyn, are visit-
ing at. George Allen’s on Chestnut‘
Liv-Senator Hills’ Speech.
We give a large space to-day t0 the
speech of Senator Hill delivered before
the recent meeting of the Bridgeport
Board of Trade. But it is worthy of
all the space it occupies and will more
than repay a thoughtful reading.
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The Old Church Boll.
\Ve are indebted to Mrs John S. Sey—
mour for the exceedingly interesting
and carefully, as well as laboriously
prepared, history of the old bell of the
First Congregational church of Nor—
walk, which has been replaced by the
larger one given by Miss Julia Lock-
wood, and ‘wlfich‘a few days since was
shipped to Baltimore to be melted and
cast into small souvenir bells to be
sold on account of the liquidation of
the church debt.
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First Congregational Church.
Services will be held in the First
Congregational Church to—morrow
(Sunday) morning at half past ten
o’clock. In the evening, at half past
seven, a memorial service will be held
in honor of Gen. Sherman. “Buck-
ingham Post” of Norwalk and “ Doug-
las Fowler Post” of South Norwalk
will be present and occupy seats in the
body of the house. The illustrious
services of this model citizen and ideal
soldier will be reviewed, and a tribute
paid to his memory. ‘Music appropriate
to the occasion. The public cordially
invited.
No more": )1 ell: odist Ch «I rch .
Services to-morrow at 10:30 a. m. and
7:30p. m. Subject for the morning:
Fidelity in Darkness Honored of God
in the Light; for the evening: The
Highest Privilege and Greatest Honor.
In these days of high aspirations and
frequent deaths of distinguished men,
it is well to inquire, what honors will
live longest and not most to the
aspirants? Windom the financier,
Bancroft the historian, Sherman the
soldier—all honor to each of them.
But is there hot a higher honor than
has fallen to the lot of even this
splendid trio? Always good music and
gentlemanly ushers, and a cordial wel-
come to all.
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'l'lefl SIL r1112 LIXIXG.
The cloud that darkens the life of
the unfortunate bankrupt seems always
to have a silver lining for somebody.
The un rvoidable sacrifice he is forced
unmerciful slaughter of prices on dry—
goods, ribbons, notions, cloaks, 5.20.,
with anguish, but it is the way cf the
world; and he has to submit to the in-
evitable. If we follow his bankrupt
stock into the new field and to the very
door of a thousand purchasers, we
shall discover how it is that \V. B. Hall
& Co., of Bridgeport, are so regularly
heard from. citing bargains bought for
cash at prices that make slow-coach
dealers green with envy as they shrug
their shoulders and mutter “can’t buy
“ Suicidal to sell ’em at such starvation
figures.” “ There’s where the cloud
that obscured the bankrupt’s vision
presents its silver lining” to the bar-
gain hunting customers of W. B. Hall
& Co. This firm has built up its great
business in Bridgeport by persistently
placing before their customers somef
of first-class goods, and while most of
their goods are bought of manufacturers
and importers, whenever they find a
job lot or a bankrupt stock of goods at
half price or less, they put it on sale at
the smallest possible profit and thus
give all an opportunity to participate
in their good fortune. ' For a few days
our people will find some good bargains
at the old stand of “Ambler & Sons.”
Lester Hyatt, Esq., assisted by well-
known gentlemen, will distribute the
goods at very attractive prices. At the
Bridgeport store a great sale of fine
cloaks, sealskins, and fur capes is going
on.
‘A_
A. F. Underwood, the present U.IS..
Government Chemist, has reported that
‘ he finds Cleveland‘s Baking Powder the
best of all the leading baking powders.
Gold Watch Record.
Following is the score, to date, of
the balloting in the contest for the i
Gold Watch, to be presented by the
DAILY Gaznr'rn to the most popular
working girl in the town of Norwalk.
Maggie Cavanaugh, R. & Gr. shop,
Mamie Beers, B. (in G. shop, ,
Ma gie McCauIey, R. & _G. shop, 313
L11 y Hendricks, Hutchinson, Cole & Co. 243
Anna F. Clune. “ " “ 3
Maud Nisbett, T. Cousins’ factory, 1,012
May Brot herton, Union Mfg. 00., 1,344
Mary J. Clant ,oUnion Mfg. Co. 352
Maud Hyatt nlon Mfg. 00., 616
Flarence DeForest. e e ohone office, 153
Nellie Platt. Dennis _ Bauchar , 42
Lizzie _Kelle , Dunning & Stevens, $99
Eugenie We eman, Wood’s-shoe shop, -30
Annie Smit . , . ‘ . “ “ “ 1
Jennie Bates, N1ekerson-& Be‘t‘ts, 25
Jorgma Peterson, George Ward Seneck’s 189
Clara Graham. Dr. W. . Bal win’sJ 125
ulu Hammer, Co-o‘pe'rativo a‘t slim)» 137
Rose-Flynn. Volks’ hat shop, 1.046
Anna. Burr, C.- . o. 2 , . .89
Julia Godfrey, ohnan’s hat shop. 19
street. -
l Sara-h Dibble. C. S. Trobridge, 17
to make in closing up business, the
makes the retiring merchant groan
’em at the mill for such prices”.
fresh bargains in good black goods, ,
silks, sealskins, and general assortment ,
1.659 |
100
c:
2 1|'()U;\'DEI) BIRDS .FLUTTERLVG.
l The following bit of smartness show-
. D o
ing a ‘;‘wounded spirit,” appeared 111
last evening’s Sentinel and of course
was promptly copied into the Hour this
I morning:
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; ‘ ‘Is the circulation Increasmg much, ”
g asked the editor of the Chinook Breeze,
l f‘Yes, Indeec ,” replied the publisher:
1 “I put three new subscribers on the
books to-day and sold 4,000 copies to a
club of young men who want to vote
for the most popular burglar.”
Thanks, gentlemen, for this addition-
al advertisement of the DAILY GA-
zE'rrE’s unparalleled success. Perhaps
our sorely discomfited neighbors see
humor in comparing the reputable
working girls of Norwalk toa burglar,
but the GAZETTE sees nothing witty in
this mean. and unworthy imputation.
If there is anything in human life,
worthy of all admiration and praise, it
is a self-reSpecting, worthy, working
Come
al ways
ability to earn her own living.
higher, neighbors. There’s
room at the top.
.VE'W-CANAA- .
“The Messenger” is negotiating for
a cylinder press and more type, and
thus shows our paper has prospered and
is, still growing. Brother Kirk is a
wide awake editor, and keeps diging
his spurs into our mossbacks, urging
them to boom ! boom ! boom !
The bright weather last Sunday had
a decided effect on the congregations
at all the churches. The hearts of our
ministers were cheered by the presence
of so many hearers.
Miss Bessie Barbour, daughter of
the late Dr‘. Barbour of Norwalk, is
making quite a protracted visit with
friends in town.
The Fire Department is making pre-
parations for a first-class entertainment
in the Opera House, after Lent. The
programme will be carried out by local
talent and, indeed, there is no use of
going outside New Canaan for anything
of this sort. Experience of formal
years will probably crowd the house.
I L. M. Monroe J r., has spent. the
week with his sister, Mrs. Humason, in
New Britain.
l An entertainment will soon be given,
it is rumored, by the young people of
the Congregational Church, for the
benefit of the public clock fund.
The indications at present are very
promising for the erection of a number
of houses in the borough in the spring.
' One house is now going up. Mr.
Hodges has decided to add a third
double mouse to the row he has already
' erected, and Senator Mead is selling
lots on the new street opened last year,
' connecting Park street with South
avenue.
The Odd Fellows will furnish and oc-
cupy their new room, in Nicholl’s
Opera House, about the first of April.
The Masons will re-furnish their room
in the Benedict building, and make it
more attractive than it now is.
Mr. Baldwin has removed from his
harness shop under the post-office, oc-
' cupied by him for so many years, and
there is now a chance for a business of
‘ this kind. A first-class man. it is said,
would make money at it.
The choir of the Congregational
Church sang: Dudley Buck’s “Rock of
Ages” last Sunday, in a very effective
' manner. Under Prof. Ferris, and also
as a result of Mr. Hallam’s instruc-
tions, the choir has improved very
much.
One by one, these who, previous to
the election last November, held to the
notion that as much liquor was sold and
: drank under no license, as with license,
‘ are caving in. We have had only three
months and a half of license, and those
who voted for it are quite sick of it.
But they have nine months more to
spend in vain regrets. “Experience is
a hard teacher,” but. etc.
* The patrons of husbandry, “Gran-
gers” of this town, held their anniver-
sary meeting in Grange Hall, on Tues-
day evening last. As is generally
known, this is a secret society, com-
posed chiefly of farmers, and is de-
signed to be educational, social and
financial in character and benefits. An
, elaborate programme ~ was, accordingly,
‘ well carried out, Mrs. Annie Keeler’s
i poem eliciting special and well deserv-
' ed applause and mention. Mr. Freder-
.ick M. Hardy made an interesting and
statistical address, setting forth the ob.
jects of the organization, and he was
‘ followed with remarks from Rev. Mr.
' Scofield and Hopkins.
Representative Jones has in hand an
i application for a charter for the New
Canaan Historical Society, which he
i will present as soon as the Legislature
1 makes up its mind to attend to busi—
ness. . .
Sunday will be Prof. Ferris"'last day
art the organ of the Congregational
’ Church. The first of March he will be- '
- gin his duties in Dr. VanAlstyneis‘
church in Norwalk. Mrs. Carrie Hus-
ted McKendi-ick takes his place here.
She is an excellent musician.
young woman, with the, courage and
DEATH’SJUNNEL.
A Frightful Accident on the
New York Central’s Tracks.
EIGHT TAKEN OUT DEAD.
Flames Add to the Awful Horror of
the Catastrophe.
Two Trains Come Into Collision on the
Exact Spot of the Terrible Accident 0]
Six Years Ago, “’hen Wagner Lost His
Life—The Names of the Dead Not Yet
Discovered—Many Persons Injured in
the Smashup.
New YouK, Feb. 21.—One train ran into
another in the Fourth avenue tunnel at
7:10 o’clock Friday morning. The rear car
of the train ahead was smashed and
i caught fire. About a dozen human beings
were killed outright or slowly roasted to
death. 'No one knows the exact number
yet. At 9:30 o’clock seven had been taken
out dead—five men, one woman and a boy
in kuickerbockers, probably a newsboy.
Not one could be recognized. They were
nothing but masses of charred, smoking
flesh. One man died on the way to the
hospital. It was believed at that hour
that as many more might be left in the
wreck.
Such is the brief story of the morning’s
accident, the worst that has befallen the
Central {railroad in the city’s limits ex-
cept the wreck in the Spuyten Duyvil cut,
in which Senator V‘Vaguer was burned to
death with a company of friends in one of
his own palace cars, or the smashup in the
same tunnel on the identical spot of to.
day’s horror six or seven years ago.
The accident was caused by the New
Haven accommodation train, which left
the Grand Central depot at 7:01, crashing
into the “shop” train, the rear car of which
was filled With car cleaners and other em-
.ployes bound for the railroad shops at
Mott Haven, and which had left the depot
five minutes ahead of the New Haven
train.
The tunnel was filled with a dense fog,
owing towhich the engineer of the “shop
train” run under slow headway. \Vhen
the, train reached Eighty-fourth street the
fog was almost impenetrable, and the en-
gineer slackened the speed of his train
still more. It was not running more than
five miles an hour. In the meantime the
New Haven local was speeding behind the
“shop train” at about thirteen miles an
hour. The engineer of the local was un-
conscious of the danger ahead.
The Crash.
When within twenty feet of the “shop
train” he saw its red lights, and at once
applied the air brakes. The fireman
jumped to the engineer’s side and opened
the whistle to give. the warning, but it was
too late. The engine had already crashed
into the hind end, and had telescoped the
car containing the unfortunate cmployes
on their way to work.
The scene that followed beggars descrip-
tion. Men and women screamed for help
and therewere moans from the dying.
When the engineer of the “shop train”
felt the shock he quickly stopped his train
and sprang out into the black tunnel.
Everything was in darkness. When he
reached the wreck he found the rear car
smashed, while its occupants were crushed
and mangled. The greatest sort of confu-
sion reigned. The passengers on the New
Haven local (none of whom were injured)
rushed pell mell over each other in the
dark tunnel panic stricken. A few of the
cooler heads ran for the Eighty-sixth street
station and up into Park avenue. A po—
liceman quickly sounded alarms for the
fire department and ambulance corps.
Following close on the crash flames
burst from the wreck and clouds of smoke
rolled up through the air vent in the tun-
nel, that was almost directly over the scene
of the accident. Fearful cries for help
were heard by those who were passing in
the street overhead. Citizens ran for the
police and sent alarms for the firemen, but
help was already on its way. Burned and
breathless men, coal black with smoke and
with their clothes blazing, then began to
crawl up through the air vent, where a
ladder had been hastily let down.
The Work 01' Rescue.
The firemen got to work first, and sent a
deluge of water into the flaming tunnel.
For fully ten minutes dirt begrimed pas-
sengers rushed out at intervals from the
tunnel and shovved by their appearance
that they had had a rough experience in
the panic that followed the crash.
Almost as soon as the accident occurred
the station agent at Eighty-sixth street
telegraphed for a. relief train, which ‘was
sent out within a few minutes. .
In the,m‘eantime firemen had swarmed
down‘into the tunnel and had begun their
work of rescuing the injured passengers. _ .
One of the women car cleaners had been
struck by the engine and her condition
Was sufficient evidence to believe that she
Iliad been killed instantly. The lamp in
the car had exploded and scattered oil
over her clothes, and besides being horri-
bly mutilated her head and body were so
badly burned that she was unrecognizable.
Louis Fowler, the engineer of the New
Haven local, was found in the wreck with
'both legs almost severed frbm «the body.
He was unconscious. He was hastily con-
Veyed to the Presbyterian hospital.
Out of a. broken window of the wrecked
out, where the engine of the local had
pinned him fast, hung John Hancke, a cat
cleaner, crying for help. No other cry
arose from the annl pile.
The firemen as tenderly as possible tried
topull him out. The efforts of . the fire—
men caused the unfortunate man intense
pain, and again and again he mqucsted
than to let him die where he was. When
«he wins pulled out at last it was found that
his legs had been partially burned'ofi. He
was 28 years old. '
, Some of the Injured.
Charlie Wellington, 8. train boy, was
next taken out. It was at first feared that
NUMBER ‘8.
he was” dead, but as the rescuers worked
at the wreck which pinned him down he
showed signs of life. He is still alive,
though shockingly injured.
Five trainmen, who were less seriously
injured, wore then removed from the
wreck.
Daniel Coulbred, a colored cook. em-
ployed in one of the cars which were being
taken to Mott Haven to be cleaned, was
the next victim removed. He received
serious internal injuries. '
’l‘wo unknown men were then taken
from the wreck. Their injuries are 1“,“.lJil‘
lily f:|tu..
”00"!” flute-bins. the conductor of
New Haven train, escaped injury in tin
collision. In jumping from the train. how
ever, in some way he fell and was iniierrmilg
injured.
William T. Brown, a lnzlkemau (~22 mt
shop train, was internally injuri’al.
An unknown woman was cut imill}
about the head. All of the injured wen
taken to the Presbyterian hospital].
The police reported at 2 o’clml. :met the
total number of dead was eight.
Father Walker, of St. Lawrence's chm-”Ch.
right across from the scene of the accident.
was called among the first, and climbed
down into the dreadful, smoking hole
where the fire was raging. He. stood by
the imprisoned fireman while the work of
rescue was going on and prayed with him.
“In all my days Inever saw so horrlblca
thing,” he said.
\Vhen the‘end of the car was smashed in
and the dead were reached. Father “'alkex
remained, watching the process of recover—
ing the bodies. Surgeons stood by ready
to help, but no sign of lil’: appeard.
A Horrible Eight.
The dreadful masses of burned flesh
were laid on a south 1 ound track and
hoisted up to the street through the an
vent on stretchers. Policemen at the head
of the gap pulled them up and laid them
down in the little park that incloses the
air vents, and covered them decently with
horse blankets.
Every fresh body brought out steamed,
as if it had been par-boiled in addition to
being burned. Half a dozen lire engines
had pumped streams of water into the
gap before the wreck could be approached.
Police Surgeon McGovern had joined
Father W'alker in the tunnel. As priest
and surgeon knelt by each of the bodies
laid at their feet, turning up the dead face
and vainly hunting for some sign of life or
hope, the groups on the track held their
breath, and some reverently uncovered
their heads.
“None,” was the brief verdict of the doc-
tor, quickly given in each case. “No life,”
and policemen took up the limp burden to
send it up into the air above.
Story of an Eyewitness.
Mr. Frederick Moteer, collector for the
Marvin Safe. company, [who was on the
train, tells the following story: “At
Eighty-first street the collision occurred
It was a terrible scene. The engine of the,
one train smashed the switch engine and
threw it from the track along with om
car. There was the wildest confusion.
and the next moment our engine had tele-
scoped the sleeping car, in which were a
number of the New Haven road’s emv
ployes. I ran ahead with theconductoz
of our train, No. 701.
“The sleeping car was on fire, and not an
instant had elapsed I saw a. man with his
head partly out of the window of the burn-
ing car. The conductor and I tried to save
him, but could not. He implored us-tr
kill him, for he was burning alive.
“The roof of theburning car melted and
molten leadfell on .us. The man’s cries
were agonizing; henvas pinned .in by the
debris. Then another train-rushed; byon
its way to New York, and. the draught
caused black:smoke to hide the. burning
car. After that we saw-no more of the
unfortunate man.
“Then the .fire engines arrived and the
work of extinguishing the flames began. i
saw two men taken from‘ the...ca.r—-ouc
dead and one :still breathing. They pre-
sented a horrible spectacle, and it was a
sight Ishall never forget. .Qur train was
in the center :tunnel on..the west track,
the other train .was on thesame track and
backing when‘we struck it. .We threw the
engine of the “other train across the east
side‘track, blocking. down traffic. The car
next to theengine was-badly smashed and
thrown on the east track with the engine.
“This, I think, was abaggage car, but it
was .so badly smashed. that I am In ot sure.
There were twelve on thirteen cars in the
train we ran into. lIt was the opinion of
all that the accident resulted from the
fact that there was no light onathe part of
the-enginefacing our train.”
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Does you; cake dry quickly? If so.
you are using a baking powder adulter-
ated with alum or ammonia.
Rockville Conn., Feb 21.—~Mrs. An-
nette Leach died at Ellington this
morning of hydrophobia. Last No-
vember she was bitten by a cat which
had come to the house of Henry Kim-
ball for whom Mrs. Leach was house-
keeper. Mrs. Leach was feeding the
cat when it seized her hand and bit her
badly. The wounds soon healed and
aftera few weeks Mrs. Leach experi-
enced no pain. Last Tuesday, how-
ever, she was seized with spasms and
since ‘then has suffered the most terri-
ble agonyj She showed every symptom _
of hydrophobia, frothing at the mouth.
and snapping and biting like a rabid
animal. This morning she died after a
serieso’f'violent spasms. Mrs. Leach
was 48years of age. ‘Thecat left the
housefsoon after biting the woman.
—More broken-lots of shoes at A. H.
Hoyt & SOn’s. Ladies’ Patent Leather
Shoes, $1.25 ; Pebble Geat Shoes, $1.50,
just one.half price ;. another lot at $1.25.
Fine Kid Tipped": laced ‘xshoes, $1.25,
worth $2.00. Large -. lot Children’s
Spring Heel Shoes at 50cm. Slippers
.at 50 and 69‘cts. ,. werth $1.00 and $1.25.
Children’s and Misses School Shoes at '
low prices. tf44
The town. meeting yesterday unanié
' 'mously voted all the anewuroads and
bounty money asked for.
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Norwalk Chronicler