uro ten or twelve injured. ona or two
perhape eorloualy."
The idcntlflcatlon of Mrs. Ransom
was from a card case beaHng her name.
tho no.Iea of Mrs. Brady, Mra. Ransom
and Mra. Gavitt.
It ia thought that the boiler of the
engino exploded. The engineer. one
r.f the oldtlmere in the road's aervlce,
wae taktn out allve. but _le_ lmme?
diately afterward. His flreman traa
<xuahed to death.
The baggage cara hurdled the engine. ;
but, Btrangc to say, the baggage m-\n j
:.nd a newsboy inslde escaped wlth |
*beir live_. The thr?e day coacheB re
inalned upripht on the ttea, although
off tho raiSs, and lt was due to thls that
there waa no loss of life in them.
Pcles and Wiraa Carried Away.
Wreckage fllled tho dltch alongside
the ecene ol the accident, and, ln addl
tion. the wreck carried away th? tcle
phone ind telegrarh wires and the
poloa on the right of way, and thia
hampered the trainmen In gettlng full
communlcatlon.
Purgeons were called from a!l the i
neighbv.ring cities. and ambulances
ruahed to the ecene with tho flre ap
paratu?.
Th.-se docton came from Norwalk,
l-outh Xorwalk, Brldgeport ar.d New
Haven. and others arrived on a epeclal
train OB-OTOd from Stamford. Wbaa
the eper-lal got to the wreck _BB Injured
vho were able to be moved were placed
abo.rd It ar.d taken back again. Some
rass-ngert. arara taken tn tha MoTwalb
hospital
Yor Eome time it was aupposed that
.fames C Brady had been one 0_ ?he
victima, but it was learned that the
members of the fum-ral parly separatecl |
at Hartford. W. V. Brudy, ono of An
thoay N. Brady's flO-B, went to tbe
littlr* undertaker's shnp nr;d Idaatlflad
the bodlea of Mrs. Brady, Mr?. L C.
llansoiu and Mrs. Gavitt.
Woman Left Child in Flight.
John Graham. of No. 4_S Main street.
Hertford, v.as la tbe laal flf the four
PalUaaa car.-.
"The car tlpped half way over, bat
did not go completely on its eide. be?
cause it att-Cb the .r..n rail '>f the vlu
duot," ha said. 'The paa_engern were
in a state of terror. 1 don't know how
I got out of it. Not far away from me
was a woman ho'.-Ing 8 slx-months-old j
child in her arms. When thfl sho-k .
came she van B_l viithout the child, j
and then 1 88W her light bar way buck
and rescuc it, _eopltfl the faet that men
tried to keep h-r from ilsklnp her life
la the flnmaa v:\ery one waa thf-arn j
down. The flrst thlng I remember ,
when I got out ^?s s-edng a man lu J
<>rlcal olotbaa standlng up by the |
roadway end h?-iing btt_ ea> ;
" ?!:.': calm! Be calrn. good people! ,
The good God is rullng thle univeraeV "
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Howard, of Spring- j
lield, were in ouc of the can with thelr j
lnvalid daughu-r. All were thrown
from thelr seats and Miss lloward waa
badly bruised
A son of John i.'. Crlaunlafl waa at
the wreck soon aftf- lt qpcurred. He
heard of lt and motored from Hartford
to see If he could be of any assistance.
Teara Side Off Houae.
The engine left the track when it hit
the switcb. rushed acrose thf* vladuct
for lf>0 feet. and topplod evar the em
bankmont. lt ro__d into the yard in
front of 8 frame house belonging to
Mrs H. F. Gallagher. The impact of
the rrash caused an exploslon, which
tore r*ff the alde of the house and shat
terefl wlndows throughout tho neigh
borbood.
The tender of the engine was shaken
88. ln the runh across the trestle, and
;,truck against a tree. A baggage car
and a mall car followed the engine. In
?bt mall car wero three clerkt?. On* of
them. named Wheeler, was taken fnen
the wreck -Otioualy Injured. and di.trl
afterward at the Norwalk hoe
pstal Tbe two other rnen in the car
ar" still unaceounted for.
The first. Pullman left the rails, but
stopped short af the edge of the ?m
bankment. In ita course it sideewlped
tho mall car. The aecond Pullman,
however, followed the cngin. over the
mbankment, and, teartng Into lt,
ai:?ed a aecond exploslon.
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Young Priest Dragged a Dozen
Victims from Burning Coaches
in Saugatuck Wreck.
FIELD HEIR ONE OF THEM
Seeretary MacVeagh Meets Mr. j
James, His Friend?Pas
sengers Oritioiee the
Train Offlcials.
M_ny of the pa_#en_*r* who were in?
jured in the traln wreck at Saugatuck.
Conn.. amte brought back to thls dty on |
varlous trains that flltered into the Grand j
Cei.tral Statlon during yesterday evenlng
:.nd last night. Wlth the exceptlon of a
fe-*.. most or them were able to cont.nue
on to their homes wlthout any aaslstance.
All of them secmefl to hold to the oplnt-.n
that the accident waa due to the engln**er
taklng a switch too -jmckly.
According to the early arrival* her*.
probabTT flfteen persons Nat their UveB
and more than a acoro othera were ln
tara* immediately following tl.e accl*
dent all thosa who h?d succeeded ln get*
ilng out a'.lve want to the rescue of the
Othara. ard tsam the Itariaa that home
oomera relateo lt was apuarent that OBV
their hero'.c WOth kept the llat of deaths
from belng greater.
Many persons were e*tricated from tho
burning ears. the MBOOON bravlng th*
fl.-imes. whlch envfloped the coaches. The
- naiiig*88 w-ra so thankful m aaeatSoe
vith their own llvts that th-r stopi"** ?
no effort in saving those tmpped in th*
burning coach***. ASemt the immitb
ar*** m_nv women. who tore up their
Bklrta lo bandagc pusonfl cut by the fly*
Ing gla-s or gaaheti hy wrecki.ge.
Thfl Fiirvlvovs gave a great der.l c
credit to a young paMat. who was m the
front coach. where most et the. pa**en.
Kers IBM the.r livflfl, According to them.
he n.ade a -OBBB or more trips to the
burning MftCfl and dragged forth as mar.y
MT-ona Bo-Mral of tba** wom so beaiy
lnjurtd tha. they dled BBOB BflM they
arora Mkan out.
whiie a ra-aobM of Iba BtarttvoM vorun*
ttmeA ininrmatlon regurding tbe wreck,
manv only ahuddered with horror Bt Iba
thought Of the sccr.es tb** had BllBBMBl
Kept Av/ay by FlomM.
v,- weamrn aa4 children were belng
burned to death. and thov arbobad auo*
__?**>_ iti B-attk-B safdy a* of ha
coach** stood by tafrorMrtokBB and oen
crles* to Bld them because of the BarM
??._?,. n WM ao hot in some pluc*-,
tbat lt am almost imrosBible to anproa^h
the vlctlma.
Two rersona arho had an ^o*. "j.rae
utous esc-ape from death wttf. Phlllp U
James. who. on hls mother'* slde. was
an h-lr of Marshall Field, of fhicago. and
hls wife. They were in the flrst car. tn
Whith atera many K the BMMMfl wbo
IM killed. Mr. Jamea recelved a long
cut behlnd the ear, ar.d both of Wa
hand. were badly lacamted. ???
kn0fK*d unronattoua at tha <???* "[
the crash and thrown heavily to h* floor
of the coach. Althoiigh "'.rythlng a
Jiofl bec-sme dark. Mrs. I?MM ?"*** I
around and flnally found her husband
Sh, then held to him untll both were
taktn out W the young prtaat.
Mr James and hls wife arrlvr*.* here on
the Sprlngfleld local Bt 10 tfoto*. Ofl, th
same traln was Frankl.n Ma<-\ eagh.Jj?
retarv of the Treasu-y of the T nlted
State*. who ls a personal frlend of Mr.
Jame*. IWore learing the terrninal ln a
taaleab. to which Mr IttoVaagb aaeartaa
hlm and hls wife. Mr. James volunteen.-d
to tell what llttle bfl knew about tlie ac?
cident. He said thal bfl -nd ?? wife
were In the flrst parlor car. Tbay had
been talking. he said, of their vl.lt to hla
mother-ln-law. who Hvcs ln thls city
When aiiddenly he was thrown to the
floor That was alt he rememberod. ho
Mld, untll he was revived by a physlclar..
The. crew of the traln, as well an the o.
ficlals of the New Vork, UeW Haven &
Hartford Rallroad, came in for a great
deal of crlticism from Iba pBMiiai|?r*.
According to the story, immedlately fol?
lowing the accident there WM not a per
_on attached to the train to he Been atiy
where, So far as offlclala were roncerned.
lt waa eald that more th?n two houra
elapaed before rellef arrlved.
O. I_ Wad*. a lavyer, of Indl*.n_p<-"*,
hla wife. and Dr. Anderson, a dentlat alao
of that clty. were among the Bunivora.
It la feared that Mra. Wade'_ back la
broken. Her husband only had hls rlght
slde iu)ur*d. Tbe three went to tha Bel
mont Hotel. where they will remain untll
,uch tlme a* they are able to go home.
At 8ixty Mllfls, Ha Thlnke.
"We were ln the recond car." sale" Mr.
Wade. in relating hls eiperience, "and I
believe that the train was travelllng at
least Bixfy nilles an hour. Buddenly the
traln boUed, and tha next thlng t know
we wefe trapped in the coach arnong a
great deal of debrta It was imposslbl*
to get out of clther the front or rear door
of the coach, and for a whlle lt seemed
as lt all wa* over.
"Perhaps only a few second* elapsed.
but we felt as lf we had been in there
half an hour wh*n aome one broko. the
wlndow where wa were Blttlng and res
cued the three of ua through it. I made
every effort to get the man'* name, but
hc decline-, Paylng r.o Old notlilng more,
tl.an hla duty."
Mr. Wndo and Dr. Anflerson are both
thlrty-thlrd degree Maaons, and had at
tended the conventlon held at Boaton.
They were on their way to this dty,
where they hoped to spend a week before
returntng to Indlanapolls.
Wllllam H. Conk. of tho Bankers' Build?
lng Bureau. at No. 10S East 19th atreet;
Jamea Farrlngton, of the Teatlle nnlsh
lng CompaJjy, and Harry O. Swan, of No.
Ita Lexlngton avenue, Provldence, were
among the furrlvors w!.o reached here
at 8:10 o'clock.
"We were crossing from one track to
another," eald Mr. Swan. "when auddenly
the engine left the track, BBndlBg the lo~
comotive and baggage c*.., whlcb became
uncoupled, at leaat tlfty feet ahead of the
other eoachea. The engineer was InaUnt
ly killed.
"I aaw four women and three childron
burned to death. Their ciies and screama
could be heard for a long dlstanc-s, hut wfl
were all powerless to help them.
"It wae ncarly two hours before any
aeslstance arrlved. In the muin tlme the
dead and Injured we.c ?tre_n all _long'
?he rallroad tracka. The women did good J
work ln helplng to relleve the sufferlngs
Of rnany of those who Wer* Injured. Kvtry
one who was not hurt v.an rr-ady to offor
all tlie uld in hi? or her powtr."
Trapped by Flamea.
A sreclal train arrivlng here at 7:^0
o'clock from Weatport brought, among
other survlvora, R- J. Parkell, Hofner La
BIG rtAILROAD DI6ASTER8 IN
RKCENT YEARS AND THIS YEAR.
1910.
tlaauary 22?Canadlan Pacifte iat
6udbury, Ont.), 90 kllled.
March 21?Rock laland .at Green
Mountaln, lowa), 45 killed, 40 Injured.
July 4? Cincinnati, Kamllton a Day
ton lat Mlddletovwn, Ohlo. 18 kllled,
8 Injured
1911.
April .8? Pennsylvania 'at Martin'e
Creak, N, J.). 11 kllled, 80 Injured.
May 29?aurllngton (at McCook,
Neb.). 18 klllad, 18 Injured.
July 11?New Haven (at BDdgeport,
Conn.), 14 KHled, 44 injured.
August 18? Panneytvanla (at Fort
Wayne, Ind.). 11 kllled, 33 HJure..
Auauat 28?Lehlgh Vailey (al Man.
chester. N. Y.), 28 kllled, 88 Injured.
Deca-nber 18? Mlrwaukee a 81. Pauf
(at Odesaa, Minn.), 12 kllled.
1812.
May a? N?w Orleana * Northeaaxern
rarl Estabuachle, Mlsa.), 9 kllled, BB ln.
Jured.
July 4?Lackawanna (at Cornlng,
N. Y.), 39 kllled, BO Injurad.
July 5?Llgonler Vailey (at Wllpen,
Penn.i, 26 kllled, 30 Injured
July 18?Burllngton (at Chlcago), 13
kirted, 25 Injured.
noche and James Patterson, all of New
York.
Mr. \j\ Rocbe, who ls a chemist. wlth
offlres at No. AG Pulton street, gaTe the
fflfjalflrfai verslon of tha diaoater:
'The aceldent occurred so euddenly the.t
f?:w of us reallaed what had happened
At lf>a_t e doien of ua. Includlng rnany
worr.en, were thrown in a heap, and It
was some time before we could dlsentan
gle ourselrej and get to our feet. Prsa
mtly the coach took fire, and for a whl!?
II looked as If we would all be burned to
death.
Tresence of mlr.d ls the only reason I
eouid naalgn for many of ue gettlng to
aafety. Of course, It was not a very oool
crowd, by any meane. but vc dld rot
Jump around like the other rnssenaer8,
and thls, no doubt, eaved mar.y of u*
from elther belng trarcplod or burned to
de.th ?'
WbM aaked lf he had ar.y idea how
many person* were kllled,Mr. La rtoch"
enid lie eounted more tlian a doaen bo_e?
lying aicnfjaldo UM wreck. Some of tiie
PBUflBflflfljBBa BMB- whom he had talksd, h*
aald. estlmated that tho dead would prob
at-ly 1*88*881 more than a ticure. IIi added
that ftilly twetity person a hnd been in?
jured Bf flying glaaa and by belng thrown
atolanttg to the floora of the coachea.
Mra. W. T. T'irner, Bfho flr_fl on the
train wtta ber son, r W. Tornor, _satet>
ant nup rtnt4?id ml ot the Canard Ltae,
hnd her rtfht lep lajarad Tba tW8 Br_Pfl
Ir the front oat )f the wraebad train
Tl ey had rifltted frtaaAa al Boetoo and
wtre cn their wav to tblfl dty. .Mr. Tur
ner aald he didr.'t know bem badly '.Af
mother 88_f injured, aa he had bflfl> I *
able to a-et a p\.vslclan to ggtefltd ta IM r
He arrived here w'.fh hln mother on th?
Boaton exprea-, whlch rflfltebad the ter*
tr.bial at 10 o'clock, two houra lute. Mr.
Turn*r B?platnad t.,at tha reae.m for tbfl
.Jelay w?4 tbat tl.e tn.lti bad bflfltl Dfl8d
to brlng aome flfteen phyHlclai's from
Bradgaporl to attatti ti tba _aj_8
Uphelds Road Officiala.
Mr. Turne.r sald the N-w .Vork New
Haven _ Hartfor<2 Ofjkdalfl dld _Q ln
tbelr power to bat. _BB8fl ln.'':re1 ir.d rc*
oorded the anrvlvors tbe b'St trratment
pnsslble unfler the clrc.imMari-en
F. L. Paxter, of Rofltcn. ar.d a m??m'-e;
of the Yale Club bore, waa a Bfl)BBa_flJBf
on the Knickerbo..kr>r IJmite'J. arhlch f"'.
lo?.'d the train that waa wrc-oked.
"The engine and tiie <.-oacl.es nere nll
partly off t_4 ttark " he sald. flaactlblnB
the seen... n<* li<- wltnesaed it. "Th" mall
r.r ?'i" ftilly let) feet jtn.it'i iit C a BB
g-.v*. Tbfl crlea _nd ahricka tbal 'oul.) bfl
he*rxl fr<?m inwloe the coach*s were truly
awful. A number 8f our :.aBBer.gerB
allghted. but ete. could n?nder llttle or no
asa\iatar.ro.
"The combination 888?81 and smoker
car. whlch wa-i |q the rear of tb-* er.gln.
t'?6 badly B8_as_ai Tr.". flrnt pB-iflff CBr
wa.?r jammed ln'o the fieoond coach, an.l
lt looked aa If mopt of the people who
v.ere kllled or Injured were ln tlieae rar.' "
A tulnor lnekler.t, aald Mr Haxf.-r. ?as
the kllWng of a lar.re nutniver of eblekaaI
belonglng to Jr,.?.?-pb Miirtlr,, B888__U8tar
Of Baaisat-i'-k, ''.iin., ir: front ti trboSM
bflflBBB tl.e aceldent took plO'e. Tiie cruKli
wai- fo l?8ll_4l that not alone 8888*8 tbfl
chtebfli? B?_ad, )? rt if_e_cally xrrotj ?in
dow ln tl r- pr.stniaater's i.orr.e ^a?
broken.
Mr. Ba_ter sald ha belleved about t?n
persons liad Bfl?B kllled and probably a
rcore Injurf.d. He sald that most of tboae
who lost th?lr llvea were burned to oeath
'-"h'.le irapped !r. the wreokage.
Mr. Uaxter sald some of the survlvors
had heard that Jurt before the aceldent
occurred the gas had been t irned on In
preparatlon for lmhtlng the coaches later
and that they suspected thln faet hnd a
great deal to do wlth the sprcad of tb<
flames. Htarting In the flrat parbir oflfltah.
the flre spread wlth such rapl.l.'ty thut bf
the time the lonc chomlcal f:n<,'!ne of
Westport arrived on the seene It could
not do much good, Mr. Baxter sald.
8cor*8 in Thlrd C?r.
James P. Cotter. of Boston, wan aatOBg
the nurvlvors who reached here on tba
Hoaton Kxpress. He sald he waa ln tbfl
thlrd car and that there were about
twenty other pasaangers In the coach.
Ho declared be belleved tliat at the tlnic
Of the uccldent the train waa maklriR
more than flftv mllee an hour. He add.;."
that the flBaaah took place about y? taot
west fll the Westport station.
H. W Kane, of Ht. laouls. received la' -
eratlons of both bunds. He bad b.;en In
the front car. but he recnlled that ho
had an appolntment wlth a friend ln the
last car, and Just nn th<*y had left Weal
port he started to go back In the trali.
Mr. Kane wns about to enter the third
coach when tbfl crash came.
"It was certalnly a lucky escapc fo?
me," sald Mr. Kane. "Just thlnk of lt:
lf lt liad been only a few ai-conds earller
I don't think I would have escaped allve.
I Intendod to 88848 this friend of mlno
ior.g beforo lt canv to my mlnd. but lt
eacaped me. I don't thlnk It v.aa more
than three recondu before I left tho front
coach that tiie a<?.ldont took place."
A. HAMILT^rVS_DAUGHTER
Mrs. Brady'e Father Fi^ured in
? Inaurance Inqniry.
Mrs. .IaBB88 0. Brady. wlfe of the aec?
ond s6n of Anthon> Vf, Brady, was tha
daughter of "Judge" Andrew Hamllton,
of Xlbanv. '.vho came t-o prtiminently B*>
fore the public ln 180*5 ar_88 tbc afTalrs .if
tho Now Tork Llfe Insurinc- f'ompany
were under Investlgatf488
Mrn. B, Palmer Oavit was Mlflfl Flora
Brady before her marrlage. Bba waa horn
In Albany und ?*ducat?*<l ln the Sacr<-.1
Heart Convent at Kenwnod and at tho
Albany |r_B_?fl aVcadetny. Sho waa lntro
.iU' ?xl 88 aocloty BaT88_l TOagO ago. Tho
ilavlt home. Ir, \\ -atern avenue. ut Tl.ur
low Tcrraco, Albany, waa prraetit?*d to
tl,. BOtfplfl as a weddlng present oy An
thony K, l'.radv,
Mr_ Hanaom wae tbu cldeat ot the
f OVER FlFTEEN THOUSAND EMPLOYEES |
I Bonded under Blanket Bonds J
NEARLY $25,000,000 IN AMOUNT!
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Hamllto-i .Hlsterr and waa marrb-d I n
yeare .g" tba has two cnildren. a BM
and a t> . the latter narn.-d after BUBfl
liaadfaibat. atiexandrr 8__a_aai IUa>
so-1 Tba Ransom home ta Bfl Thurlow
Terrare, nltnost adjolrur.g tbal Bf tbc
finvlte.
Tbc llrad) famil> apent mu. b of thelr
tim?> ln _?asB?9 ln tba flfflBtflr. ta:t hnd a
boa 8 ln ITfth avenue. at 80th. street, _nd
a aummer place, Oceari 4'reat. nt V'.iat
Knd. or. tba New .88.89 coaat.
Mra. t'arll Tucker. wh?*. *lth hfl
b_?d, va.ib Injured, was Mur.l.i Brady,
EIGHT HURT "at CROSSING
Train Strikes Wagon and Two
Injured Persons May Die.
P.o.-kland. ___8 Od 8 - _BB-t fl8888flBI
arera laJttlr_t? two pro*>abIy fatally. when
a paae'r.ger train cn the Hanover branch
Bf tt- N.w York. New Haven _ Hart?
ford road atruck u wagon al the i'nlon
Iqoara ctaaabif ln Ibta taara tQ'day
Tha outtmait barl arata Joba ftoa.h, a
Bagaaan, aaraaaiy-oax raara oM aad Harry
Wade, Df Ro<'kland. tn.. rt;- 8-BTfl ate.
?j ba t_Bta araa lalmnlag from t.t" _r8e_>
The .ngine etrtick the rear
whuelfl of the wagon, hurllng the \ehlcle
BB top flf Hoar-b. the flPflflateg fiaginan.
The railroad stati?n BflflUr by wn*' < -
verted Into a temp?>rary hoapltal. ard ?!x
pbyaletaaa attflaBflad the injur? d
a
MISS G0ULDJN_R. R. CRASH
Asleep in Private Oar When
Train Runs Into Another.
Buffnlo, Oct. I.? Two person. were kllled
and fiftren others hurt 1n n colllalon be
tween a Weat Hbore passengar train and
a frelght train at Wer.de lt__oa- lflrflaty
miles eawt of this clty thls morning. Ten
pubsengi'i 008)0-08 left the track und
elgUteen fffllfbt cars were hurled Into a
dlb b.
MIb" Helen K. <.ou!d ard a party of
a*OBQen ir. bar prlvate car went through
tbe wreck. Th.y were asleep when the
eolllslon occurred and were badly pbaketi
up. but no one ln the tar was injured.
MihH Qould and her g.iests were on tbe
way to < hb'ngo, to attend the fourteenth
unnual InU .nilionul Cflahl-B88 of the
Voung IfBO'a C_rifl8_?8 Asaorlatlun of
Itullway Men. which begun a three daya'
..'?"rlort t'>-n!-,!lt
OVER 20-rT1_EMBANKMENT
Splitting Switch Last Year
Caused Wreck of Express.
Spllttlr.g tb.i switch whlch tt i? aald
was rrsponslble for the wreck on the New
Haven road yenterday. was what nont tiie
I-'ederal iOxpn-BH .raalilng over the eldo of
a twenty-foot cmbankment ln Rrldifeport
on July 11, 1911. A dozen pnopte were
kllled ln ti..- wreck and almost half u
hundred Injured.
1'iiitla, the englneer aho was ln char.e
of the train aa lt dashed Into _rldgei*ort
at .1:30 oi'lock ln the mornlng, It is said,
took the "crosa over" from tntck No. 2 to
track No. i at a rate of alxty mllea an
hour. He went down under bla 8BflJ_Bfl
8_d wna kllled, but the ofllclal statement
sald bfl aho.ild have BBBBBfld down to flf
tccn miles an hour wher ha toolt tho
"'?ross ovr '
There w?re nine Boaabflfl Ifl the train.
and th<* flrst sll wero broken to kindlhtg
Brafld at th" foot of the embankment.
TO IN8TRUCT NEW YORK MIUITIA.
Albany, Oct 3 ? Adjuiar.t General Wr
beck to-duy announced thut <'aptaln W.
D. A. Anderaon. of the Kngtnoer C'orpa,
l'. _ A.. b.ia been rtfltflllad to thls sluto
as ltiBpector-lnatructor of tho organtzed
mllitia, to begln hls dutlea October 30,
with headquartera ln New York. Hc wlll
k_8_*aet the _5d Englnears of the natlonal
guard.
60,11 SEE AVIATOR
Ef Ifl "DIP OF OEAIH"
? .???' .ii... il frona n**t v?c
chlne he rtRle bv.tort th* thousaiida raf
people in i.n automoblle wlth Mre. Lln
OBla Hcachey, wife of the well known
aviutor. Walsh wns Heachry'? pupll ln
the trtefc flylng, and it wa* Heachey
?vlii. flrat tiuiBht hlm the eptrul g'lde.
calMd tha "?llp nf ileath
Hardihood Atnazing.
All week Walsh had been flymg Bl
th<* falr. And ea/'h dHy he nm:i?**1 tho
crowd hy the rccklossness with whi< h
, he executed the spiral Blide. He was a
' natlve 8_ Pan V\fgo, QeJL, wh<-re he
1 llved wlth IiIh wife ;md .'hlUlrnii. who
' .ir-. now vlflltiiiK at Hnnirnondsport.
I N". ... huvlng lnt<n(i<'l tn lemain there
| whlle tbe avlator waa flylng in tho
' LaHt
Thiw wns nnly the aecond aodderit
Wnlsh had had since he had been fly
inar for tlie Curtlss r-ninrany. Two
v.oeks _go he ron into a tree In Hall
fax and waa sllghtly hurt. It was
! thought that hls good luck tn the paat
j waa largely responslble for hls extreme
I rcckleannena.
Hia death to-day was wltnesned by
? th* greatest throng ever contalned tn
| the falr grounda. It waa polUlclans*
day, and, with tho exoeptlon of Gov?
ernor WIlHon. practlcally overy person
of politlcal consequenci In New Jersey
whb at the falr. I'nited States t*en
ators Frank O. HrlggB and James E.
Martine, togKher wlth all tho Demo?
cratic and Hepublican candldates fur
Congress, were tn the crowd.
The death of CtarM-M F. Waleb oonart
tutos the slxty-ntnth avlation fatality for
i the year 1912, brlngln_ th* number ot
di-atha reguitlng frcm accldertta to
lieavler*tlian-alr machlnes to >i titul of
1K*.
PAINT MEN AT DINNER
Speakers Indulgc in Lif-ht Ban
ter at Association Feast.
The twenty-flfth annual dinner of the
National I'alnt, 00 and Varnish Associa?
tion, following thu three dayB' conventlon.
wuh held laat night at the Waldorf-As
torla. Fully tino persona weru present,
one-thlrd of whom wer? wornen. John M.
Petexs, of thU clty, preslded _h toaat
niRBter.
Commlssloner Wllllam H. Kdwarde fll
the tftreet Cleanlng Department apok*
for Mayor (laynor. who was unable to at*
tend. The H?v. Hertnan Haudall, of th*
Mount Murrls M--.ptlst I'hurch: Dorough
President Oeorge McAnany, Arthur S.
Houn-rs, of Brooklyn; J. \V. Daniela, of
MluneapiillN, the newly elected president,
and Lutlier Martln, Jr., alao spoke.
Hlnliop Davld H. Qreer pronounced tha
lnvocatlon.
f'ommlaslonor Bdward* remarked that
tho Mavor would aurely have sald that
from tlie appearance. of tho assemblage
the [niltit ur.d varntah buslneas must be
proaperinK. "bo much so that you can
even pay extra for bread and butter.
And perhaps tho ladles may have ob
served thut there are one or two glrla ln
New York who u?e paint."
Wshop Oreor got ln a hlt at the toast
mH.strr, rn a Brooklynlte, thus.
"I have heard that the chlef reaaon for
buildlng subways under the East Rlver
ls to .nahle a man to go to Itrooklyn
wlthout belng aeou."
LEAGUE NAMES STRAUS
Progressive Wins Fight Against
SuLzer by Only 89 to 79.
After a roeotlng that laated al' day and
untll 1:30 o'cIock thls morning. the Inde
P'jr.dencs League declried upon Oa'ar S.
diraus a* Ita candidate for Governor.
Tha florht w.ih a bu'ir one between the
Striu* and Btt-BM f-'.'tloni*. and ln the
end the vote anM tt to 7T>.
There whh ho much trouble nt the tt:ne
thfl : oll 8TM lallcd for the laet tlme that
James A. Allen, the chairman, sent for a
pultceman to come in. as a flght secmcd
B-OOt lo take pMOfl ln one of the corners.
The nau.a of J^hn .1. Ifopper was before
th* conventlon for a tlme, but Mr. Hor
ptr di-cllned to continue ln the race and
let the btraua and Sulzer far-tlor.s flght lt
out between them-'el.e..
Th? ilght agalnst Sulzer wa* made on
the ground that ln aceepting the Demo
cratic nomlnation he aubacrilied to a "rt
actlonary" piatform.
Kerbert R. IJmburg mad* a epaech a~*
viaing agalnet th* indorsement of Ftraua,
B* doclared that Mr Straus said tn ar
awer to a lattM asklng lf be would accapt
the noml'iatton that he would, but that
WnttBH H. Hotchklss, state chalrrr*.n of
tho Progressive party, had advieed
ugalnat tt becauae It mlght rala* le?-l
r_l___8_tt-Bfl BBBtM tho prov.alona ot t ?
I.?vy law.
Tho chairman c-v-s the gave] to J. J.
Hopper for a whlle and then made a
apeech urglng tho delegatea not to desen
Hearst
*.? ??
55 HURT IN RUNAWAY CAR.
Pittsburgh, Oct. I.?Th* breksa on ?.
streetcar gave way thla morning a* lt
P_v*?d down the Grcenfleld avenue hlil,
and men and women were tosaed In %
heap aa it left the rait.i and bm a tele?
phone polo. John Eandera, a me_liarlca|
HlBflMHBB. waa kil!.?d, and flfty-flveohM
passengera were Injured.
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