STRUCK ON BERLIN BRANCH

He Receives Injuries From Which He Dies at About 11 o'clock Last Night - Circumstances of the Occurrence - He Leaves a Large and Helpless Family

 Last night, shortly after 8 o'clock, Cornelius Sullivan of Lawlor Street was struck by an engine on the Berlin branch road between Chestnut street and Park street, and received injuries which resulted in his death three hours later.  It appears that the unfortunate man was walking on the track near the grist mill on Chestnut street when the 8:10 train from Berlin came along. The engineer, Mr. Church, did not see him until his engine was within about thirty feet of him. It was then too late to prevent the fatal occurrence.  Mr. Sullivan turned his head towards the approaching engine and looked in a dazed manner at it. In another instant he was struck and thrown along side the track. Mr. Church says his train was going at the rate of twelve miles an hour at the time. The train was stopped as soon as possible and Mr. Sullivan was picked up and taken to the passenger station. He was unconscious, and bleeding very freely from three deep gashes in his head.  Dr. Lyon the surgeon of the road, and Dr. Comings, the deputy coroner, examined the man and found that he was suffering from concussion of the brain, caused by the accident.

 The Rev. Father Gibbons gave the man the last rites of the Catholic church.

 Mr. Sullivan lay on a stretcher in the baggage room breathing heavily for about three hours when he died.  Mr. Nelligan took the body to the undertaking establishment of Curtin, Nelligan & Co., where it was prepared for interment.  Dr. Comings examined the body again this morning to see if any bones had been broken. He found that the only injuries which the deceased had received other than the scalp wounds, which caused his death, were slight scratches on his legs.

 The deceased man was 35 years old. He leaves a wife and six children, the oldest of whom [my grandfather] is only eleven years and the youngest but six months. He was formerly employed in the gas house. Three weeks ago he entered the employ of the Consolidated road as a section man and worked yesterday with a gang of men between Meriden and Berlin, in charge of Section Boss Corcoran. He was a sober, industrious man and there is a general sympathy for his sad fate and for his bereaved family.