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Old Bridgeport traffic tales from 1906
The piece recounts a 1906 Bridgeport incident where Charles Doherty, age 10, was struck by a car on State Street near Howard Avenue, dragged about ten feet before it could stop. It notes other early 20th century traffic mishaps including horse and buggy crashes and a Fairfield automobile collision.
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Charles Doherty
Charles W. Doherty
State Street
Oliver Gould Jennings
State’ Street
Howard Avenue
Republican Standard
Newtown
5. M. Garlick
Eckart
Naugatuck
Housatonic Avenue
Fairfield
A. Holland Forbes
New York City
Jones Homestead
Main Street
Mr. Sewell
Norristown
N. J
Corbin
New Haven
Forbes
Bridgeport
William A. Smith
H. S. Burr
Park Avenue
Clinton and
Fairfield Avenues
O'Neil
Fairfield Avenue
Park
Clinton
Smith