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Shelton, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

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MCARTHY’S FATAL NAP. While Intoxicated He Falls Asleep on the Railroad at Derby and is Run Over.    John McCarthy a moulder employed at DeForest’s iron works at Shelton, while asleep on the track of the Naugatuck railroad at Derby last night was struck by the south bound train which passes that point about 11 o’clock. He was so terribly bruised that it is though impossible for him to live the day out. He had been drinking liquor freely during the night and while in an intoxicated condition wandered on the track and fell asleep near Stilling’s saloon. He resided in Brooklyn but has friends in Naugatuck and his acquaintances speak well of him. He was a young unmarried man. New Haven Register New Haven, Connecticut 16 Jun 1887

1890 - A FATAL CONNECTICUT FIRE.   Shelton, Conn., April 25. - Fire was discovered in the Birmingham Bone Comb manufactory on Division Street, yesterday. The flames spread to the Housatonic Brass Company's building, then to the Radcliff woolen mill, Horace Wheeler's grocery store, Newell's printing establishment and two dwelling houses. MRS. MARIE SLIE, aged 85 years, who occupied a tenement in the Wheeler building, was burned so terribly before she could be taken from the house that she died in a few hours. MRS. JULIA HOPKINS and LEONARD SMITH were removed from the blazing buildings badly burned. Eight buildings, with contents, were destroyed, involving a total loss of over $50,000. They were insured to the amount of $30,000. One of the buildings destroyed was an old landmark, which was known as the "LaFayette House" because the famous Frenchman stopped in it for several hours on one of his trips to this country. It was nearly two hundred years old. Trenton Times Trenton, New Jersey 25 April 1890

1894 FREIGHT TRAIN WRECKED.   There was a bad smash-up on the Berkshire division of the Consolidated railroad at the Derby meadows near Shelton and only about 100 feet away from the bridge at 11 o'clock yesterday forenoon. A switching engine attached to some freight cars was backing down grade and was unable to slow up in time to get out of the way of a special freight train that was coming up from the rear. The presence of the special was discovered in time for the switcher to stop, but the brakes apparently refused to work, and the engine of the freight ran into the tender of the switcher and wrecked it. Eight coal cars were thrown off the spilings into the meadows 20 feet below. William Keileher, a brakeman, who lives at 25 Hedge street, was caught in the wreck and had one of his arms broken and suffered other internal injuries. He was taken to the hospital. He will recover. An unsuccessful attempt was made to wreck the fast freight on the Air Line road between midnight and 2 o'clock yesterday morning, by unlocking the switch at Portland, but luckily the attempt failed. A railroad man discovered that the switch had been tampered with. The New Haven Evening Register New Haven, CT 17 May 1894

1921 EIGHT DEAD; 25 HURT IN CAR CRASH. TROLLEYS MEET HEAD ON NEAR HIGHBRIDGE, CONN.   EXPLOSION AND FIRE FROM GASOLINE ADDS TO CASUALTY LIST -- 5-GALLON CAN CARRIED IN FRONT VESTIBULE OF CAR -- FOUR OF VICTIMS CHILDREN. Shelton, Conn., Feb. 22. - Eight persons were burned to death and 25 injured this afternoon when two trolley cars collided head-on on the Bridgeport - Shelton line near High Bridge, in the southern part of this town. The Dead: MILTON CHERITREE of Shelton, motorman of the Bridgeport bound car. EDITH WILKINSON, four years old, of Shelton. NANCY WILKINSON, three years old, her sister. FREDA GOLDBERG, 15 years old, of Derby. HARRY GOLDBERG, 13, her brother. PETER KOCK, 26, of Shelton. An unidentified girl and and unidentified woman. A five gallon can of gasoline, which was in the front part of the Bridgeport-bound trolley car, exploded and caused a fierce fire to burn the two cars, John J. Phelan, coroner of Fairfield county, declared tonight. The coroner expressed the opinion that there would have been no loss of life and probably very few injuries if the gasoline had not been in the car. Coroner Phelan has the remnants of the can. A hearing of the accident will be held in Bridgeport Thursday, said the coroner, and the public utilities commission will sit with the coroner's jury. The collision occurred about 500 feet south of a switch, when both cars were traveling at a fair rate of speed. Witnesses said there was a loud report immediately after the crash and flames burst out in the wreckage where the two cars were buckled together. A report circulated among the crowd that gathered at the scene of the wreck, was that a five-gallon can of gasoline was in the front vestibule of the Bridgeport bound car. The source of the report could not be learned. Spectators were of the opinion that something accelerated the flames, as they spread rapidly. There were but five persons in the north bound car and all were able to get out safely and quickly. The south bound car, going to Bridgeport, had about 35 passengers. Panic broke out on the heels of the crash, as the flames spread through the forward part of the cars. The GOLDBERG children were seated in the front seat of the car and were caught in the first sweep of the fire. Near the middle of the car was MRS. WILLIAM A. WILKINSON of Shelton, with her two daughters, aged three and four. As men among the passengers smashed windows, several of them made efforts to push the two little ones out of the car, it was said, but the attempt was not successful and the bodies of the children were among those taken to a Shelton morgue. All of the bodies were charred and identification of the girl and woman whose names are unknown, seemed almost impossible. Fourteen persons are in the Griffin Hospital, Derby. One of these is MRS. WILKINSON, who is severely burned and blinded. Practically no hope is held out for her recovery. An unidentified man of Italian nationality also is in the hospital and is not expected to live. The other injured are expected to recover. The two trolley cars were making their first trips on the Bridgeport-Derby line since the snowstorm tied up the line Sunday. The Connecticut company offices in Derby said it was believed orders had been given to the southbound car to pass the switch near High Bridge, where the northbound car usually is waiting. The southbound car went over the switch and across the bridge and had travelled but a few hundred feet further when the collision occurred. Connecticut company officials said the signal lights used at the switch were in good order and were working after the accident. There is a clear view of the tracks for more than 500 feet either way at the point of the collision. High Bridge crosses a deep gully. The collision was seen from a distance by a number of persons including passengers on a Waterbury to New Haven trolley car, which was across the Housatonic river. The crew of this car reported the crash at the Connecticut company offices at Derby a minute or two later and calls were sent out for physicians. The Shelton fire department was called and Griffin hospital sent its ambulance. Most of the injured were taken the two miles to the hospital in fire hose wagons. The work of fighting the fire preceded the efforts to get out the bodies. The flames had gained great headway when the firemen arrived, and both the trolley cars of the large double truck type, were burned down to the trucks. The crowd was kept back from the scene as firemen, police and physicians removed the bodies from the debris. An embankment on one side of the tracks made it difficult for passengers who got out of the cars to reach a safe footing. Daily Kennebec Journal Kennebec, Maine 23 February 1921

Ancestors Who Were Born in Shelton, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

Blessing
Charles William Blessing (27 May 1920,Shelton, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA-18 Apr 2009,Lancaster, Los Angeles, California, USA)	Donald A Blessing (17 Apr 1925,Shelton, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA-2 Sep 2009,Longmont, Boulder, Colorado, USA)	Lillian Blessing (8 Oct 1932,Shelton, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA-22 Mar 2010,Ansonia, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)
Stevens
Richard C Stevens (22 Jan 1924,Shelton, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA-1 Dec 2005,West Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)

Ancestors Who Died in Shelton, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

Pettingill

Beryl E Pettingill (11 Aug 1922,Jay, Franklin, Maine, USA-12 Dec 2010,Shelton, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA)

Zelanin

Walter Alexander Zelanin (23 May 1927,West Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-8 Nov 2007,Shelton, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA)

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