The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-01-01

NGAOpluS Iub as u re-
suit of their exposure while pinned in
the wreck was feared by the surgeons
last night. as several of them show
some symptoms of the disease.
Say Operator Is Responsible.
: Andrew Carson, the operator at
watford. the first station east of the
wreck, whose failure to deliver orders
to Conductor McAulfffe, of the Pacific
express, to pass the freight at Wan
stead, is said by the Grand Trunk OFF,
cials to have caused the wreck, yester-
day afternoon made to the Associated
Press his first statement since the
wreck. He says he received the order
for No. 5. the express, to pass the
freight at Wanstead at 9:4S O'Clock,
but declares positively that few min
utes later Dispatcher J. G. Kerr, at
London. called him and ordered him
to bust" or cancel, the order. He
said:
About asa. after calling Wyoming
and ascertaintng that the freight was
there, the dispatcher called me rap
idly half dozen times. When an.
swered on the wire he told me to
Dust" this order. I'wrote "bust IT,
across the order Just as No. was
coming in. Conductor McAuliffe came
in and asked me what the order boar1
was out against him for. / told him
that-we had had an order for him. but
the dispatcher had busted" 1t. He
asked me to hurry and write him a
clearance ORDER which did. After
the train had started and was out of
my reach the dispatcher learned that
hefrefght had left Wyoming. 1 told
him / could not stop No. 5, as It had
left. He Immediately began calling
Kings Court Junction, the station, be-
tween Watford and Wanstead, on the
railroad wire, and 1 tried to raise
them on commercial wire We both
failed to do this, however, until after
the express had passed the junction"
Knew 1t Was Against Rules.
Carson admitted that he knew it
was against the rules. of the company
to cancel q train order without send
ing substitute for it, but said that
the dispatcher was his superior off,
GER and he disliked to question his
order or dispute his authority to take
this action. Dispatcher Kerr's orde-
book in the. local Grand Trunk Office
does not show that the order was
busted" or Cancelled, as Carson
claims. According to the book 1t was
still in force and should have been de-
livered to the conductor OF the ex.
press. Kerr has not made any state.
ment. even to the railroad officials,
and will not until he takes the stand
at the inquest.
Division Superintendent George
Jones. of Toronto, says that the rule
against canceIing or busting" train
orders is the strictest in the com.
pany's. code. az do not believe he
said last night, that It has been VIC
lated since the standard dispatchiug
rules went into, effect. Dispatcher
Kerr is one of the best and most EN-
cient dispatchers in our service. He
Is the operator who accompanied the
train bearing the duke and duchess o.
York, on the royal tour of Canada a
year ago; / have every confidence in
him"
Inquest Began.
Other Grand Trunk officials who
were present also expressed their con-
fidence in Kerr. Coroner DR.. Harvey,
OF Lambton county. began the inquest
at Wyoming. today.
One, of the mos. pathetic features
of the wreck Is the triple loss sus.
tanned by the Bodley family, Of Port
Huron. in the death of Mrs, j. Bod
ley, her son, Glenn Bodley, and grand.
daughter; little Lottie Lynch, who
died at Victoria hospital. The bodies
OF 10 Of the victims have been shipped
to their sorrowing friends at home.
The trunk OF the as, yet unidentified
woman was located by the Grand
Trunk officials yesterday and arrived
here about 10 o'clock last night II
viii be searched in nm endnnvnr "a