1878 Tariffville train crash

1878 railroad accident in Connecticut April 2019 thumb|right|The wrecked train photographed the next day The Tariffville train crash was a railroad accident that occurred on January 15, 1878 on the Connecticut Western line,http://www.tariffvillevillage.com/history/TVA_RR_Hist_01.html Tariffville Rail Road History Nagy John Tariffville Village Association July 20, 2017 April 26, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160426064608/http://www.tariffvillevillage.com/history/TVA_RR_Hist_01.html dead then a 69 mi route linking Hartford and the Hudson Valley.http://wnpr.org/post/tragedy-tariffville-railroad-wreck-1878 Tragedy at Tariffville: The Railroad Wreck of 1878 Malley Richard C. January 10, 2014 WNPR News July 20, 2017 On January 15, 1878, around 10:00 PM, a passenger train returning from Hartford crossed the wooden bridge spanning the Farmington River at Tariffville, as one of the two main bridge spans collapsed, dropping two locomotives, one baggage car and three passenger coaches into the icy river. Some people from New Hartford hitching a ride between the cars were killed when they were thrown beneath the wreck.https://www.courant.com/news/local/fv/hc-simwreck0809.artaug09-story.html 13 Died In 1878 Train Wreck Owens David August 9, 2003 Hartford Courant July 20, 2017 The wreck claimed 13 lives and injured more than 70, some severely. Many of the passengers were returning from a Protestant revival meeting in Hartford featuring well-known evangelist Dwight L. Moody. Residents of Tariffville provided emergency assistance for passengers and provided them with dry clothing and shelter. Dr. D.P. Pelletier was the first Hartford surgeon notified of the accident. He went to a drug store on Capitol Avenue and used the store's telephone to summon other doctors for a relief train in what is possibly the first emergency telephone call.https://www.mit.edu/hacker/part1.html The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier Sterling Bruce November 1, 1992 Bantam 0-553-56370-X 2nd New York But in January 1878, a disaster made the telephone famous. A train crashed in Tarriffville, Connecticut. Forward-looking doctors in the nearby city of Hartford had had Bell's "speaking telephone" installed. An alert local druggist was able to telephone an entire community of local doctors, who rushed to the site to give aid. The disaster, as disasters do, aroused intense press coverage. The phone had proven its usefulness in the real world. July 20, 2017 A special relief train carrying physicians and other rescue personnel was sent that became known as the "Samaritan Special." Further reading Railroad wreck on Tariffville bridge, January 15, 1878 (photo) https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-6d0e-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 NYPL Digital Collections The New York Public Library July 20, 2017 References 41.907 -72.775 title Category:January 1878 in the United States Category:Railway accidents and incidents in Connecticut Category:1878 disasters in the United States Category:1878 in Connecticut Category:Simsbury, Connecticut Category:Organized events in Hartford County, Connecticut