History of Branford, Connecticut, USA

Branford is a post township, situated upon Long-Island sound, 8 miles from New-Haven, and 40 miles from Hartford; bounded on the north by Wallingford, on the east by Guilford, on the south by Long-Island sound, and on the west by North and East-Haven. Its average length is 9 miles, and its average breadth 5 miles; comprising 45 square miles, or about 30,000 acres...

Branford, Connecticut
New Haven county. An uneven township, of strong soil, on Long Island Sound, about 7 miles E. from New Haven. Thimble islands and Indian islands lie within the limits of the town. Here are fish of various kinds, a small stream of water, a harbor, and some vessels engaged in the fishery. The town was settled in 1644. Population, 1830, 2,332. A beautiful pond called Saltonstall's lake lies between Branford and East Haven.

Branford, a post-township of New Haven county, Connecticut, bordering on Long Island found. Population, 1423.

Branford, a post-town and seaport in the above township, on the New Haven and New London railroad, 8 miles E. by S. from New Haven. The harbor, which is about 1 J mile S. W., is well protected from the sea, and of sufficient depth for vessels of over 300 tons. A substantial wharf has been constructed here for the accommodation of the shipping. This port, in early times, was the rival of New Haven, and the centre of an important foreign trade.

New Haven, Wednesday, Aug. 23.
The Palladium says that about 7 1/ 2 o'clock last night, the evening train from New London ran over a cow, three miles this side of Branford, and the baggage, mail and first passenger cars were thrown from the track.

The baggage car turned a complete somersault down an embankment, and rolled over twice, and was badly smashed.

Almost all the employes of the road, ten or twelve in number were injured, some seriously, but none fatally. But one passenger was badly injured.

A special train returned to this city with the wounded, at 12 o'clock in the night.

Second Dispatch.
New Haven, Wednesday, Aug. 23.

The following is a list of those injured by the accident on the Shore Line last night:
L. P. HEMPSTEAD, mail agent, head bruised, mouth cut, and right knee injured.
IRA HICKS, express messenger, hurt in the back, and it is feared has received internal injuries.
CHARLES PETTIBONE, baggage-master, slightly bruised.
HIRAM DAVISON,...

Bran'ford, a post-town and watering-place of New Haven co, Conn., on Long Island Sound, and on the Shore Line Railroad, 8 miles E.S.E. of New Haven. It has 9 churches, a graded school, good hotels, extensive granite quarries, and an establishment for the manufacture of locks and malleable iron, in which together about 1000 men are employed. Pop in 1890, 4460.

Vessel Was Loaded with Brick, From New York for New London - Suddenly Sprung a Leak and Went Down in a Few Minutes Crew Narrowly Escaped Drowning.

Branford, Nov. 7. - The schooner Anna Melia, bound from New York to New London loaded with brick, sprang a leak about one mile and a half south and east of the Branford Beacon about 2:30 Monday afternoon, and sank in about 40 feet of water.

Walter Averill, of the Ark, who was fishing off Spectacle Rock, seeing that some accident had happened to the schooner, made for her in his sailboat, but she went down so quickly that the men aboard had only time to get into their yawl and put off.

Walter Averill towed them into the Thimble Islands, and they went ashore at Stony Creek, and from there took the evening train to New Haven. They had put into New Haven harbor on Sunday and remained over night.

The schooner was built in 1853. Her tonnage was 17,54-100; length, 67 feet, ? inches; breadth of beam, 29 feet, ? inches, and she drew 6...