Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-01-15
Railroad Commissioners Consider
ing Recent Wreck Near
ShelburDe.
WITNESSES EXAMINED
Train Dispatcher Arnold a I'D Telegraph
Operator rynsn Tell OF Orders Is.
sued and Received for Running
OF the Wild Engine That Met
the Flyer.

OF LnS w llQ Engine 1uat MSU
the Flyer.
A hearing was held Friday at the
town Dall in Shelburio before the state
board of railroad commissioners and tcs-
t,mony taken in regard to the cause of the
wreck on the Rutland railroad, which
occurred week ago Friday, just south
of Burrtts crossing between this city
and Shelburne, in which five men lost
their lives. The board is composed Of
Fuller c. Smith of St. Adams. Henry s
Bingham of Bennington and Horace w
Bailey OF Newbury. States Attorney M.
q. I.cary of this city appeared for the
State, +. W. Moloney of Rutland for the
families of Engineers Dennis Mahoney
and r. Cowee and Fireman James fitz-
patrick, II. +. Graham of Craftsbury and
f. l.. Miles of Newport for Mrs. c. II.
Hoyt. Mrs. j. G.. Babcock and Miss Alice
Chase, relatives of Fireman ID M. Chase
and +. NJ. Meldon of Rutland for the rail
road.
The hearing began at o'clock and CON
tinued throughout the afternoon. The
principal witnesses were b. +. Arnold Of
Rutland, train dispatcher. and +. f. Ty-
nCn of this city. operator at the Rutland
office These men were under a wither-
ing fire OF questions thrown at them by
the different attorneys but both insisted
that the orders of the road had been fully
complied with by them a number of
other witnesses were also on the stand
but with the exception of the testimony
given by IL. n. Rowley nothing new was
developed. He testified to remarks made
by Fireman Chase before he died but
they gave no theory as to why Engineer
Cowec left Burlington as he did.
DR.. +. X. Stoddard of Shelburne was
tie first witness He said that he re-
ceivcd word of the accident at about 5:45.
He went to the station and there met
onductor L. -. Welch and they walked
to the scene of the wreck. arriving there
| at about 6:l5. He said that when he ar
rived Engineers Mahoney and Cowee were
dead but chat Fireman Chase and Brake
man Cochran were alive, the latter being
unconscious. He said he cared for the
injured and then assisted in removing the
dead He said that Fireman Chase lived
| about a quarter OF an hour after he ar
| rived
Mr. Arnold was the second witness. His
examination was begun by question
from the States attorney relative to what
| a train running extra really is. Mr.. Ar
mold replied that it was train running
only by special orders and that such a
| train was governed by the book OF rules
and the time table. He said that such q
train is supposed to clear all regular
trains at station by 1--WE minutes.
ne Voc %sneu w 49,. e,a,,oo fa,
%n,Gn cav r"s...r' ,. rro,-idnd tbo
',. ioo .h;ah Co,',ao ) al chorgo
should run from burlington 10 Rutland
meeting train No. p at Vergennes ano
No. y at New Haven Junction. The flyer
VI VI '' q, ~ ~ ~, ,-airh,s 49, for,,ar ha
no. = anu - d.. 'me $3.50, o.
ne. -, ,,nS Emo Iattcr a local freight
- d; IN ai.i ,i'o c.,n pn,h ~
.sas n'e ~ ,.,o NJ Arroid sa;f
these Trains were 'a'e' tu' ~ nv 9a.'
tnn -, PutIa,1 vas sent at an m wa.
ro,'eo,od hnck to Rutland nv Generator nv
pS n,,.t,o.,. ava as on,,iIv st,ns,
men oi nui ,.''Ston anu Nv s,id ,hot raj,
u,,ano,1 horo,sa :, ha,
~ u;.,r, of y,v In ms connection h,
~ H., au ,ra,, in tho eomc cl,s
sa,u "a, ha1 ~ ri,bt ~ NAV over al
so't '"ou'',' ''a ,''] 80 or,h hound rh
trains u, '' ~ n,'er ,,.ero bnynet,or IN tw
iif,.,,t ola.sa.
Ittorro,, NoIonoy n s,,ed t,e witness If /
.\.'o'i.'s '''.s 80" ~, ~ roro,o -
Uur,,,,,rton IA notify the dispatcher a
p ,'. w., 30 avc-ina ,of, Is,,riincto,
nut NJ, 49,. ~. ,,sarn,atinn i,n,oed,a,o nj
am u" VIZ ~. ,,,no 80 ~ nnaira ~
upui' NV uei 80 20. ,,o.,ossor,, ,b,
repilcu ''a' !. va ,.J,
o. W.. 1,,na, rotify vou immediate
,9,
~ , 49, .,,o,, roo.rd 40
, ~, w w IA ho notifv vou7"
"t dor't Luo,y'
..Ntnn aia .n.ina No 1872 leave Bur
!, ~. VI"
nne.o" ,s. p,,-,,u.o -, .,o"
40. ~ ~ ~, .r NJ - rsrortcd out =
i'cil mas ''"'" -'''
= Shelnurhe' 80. - S.o,h,,r,.
= ~ was rePo''ou o"' VI ''-
o'ls. o,,,,,,,a ,,o,r,.,r ~
= i"en ,nf, sh,ihrrre and wha
{ tlme "nen o. W ~ nrhira ~, oo,,r,
y w ieit bur'Iie'n,' ~, '"o 10, ha,.e t,nou
-. ,'"''
lhis'
Yes IT.. ..... .,,,o t. ord
u la II not uue no Sou' - ,rat,
. narily h'tiheu OIL t!s uera, a"' 3D., TO-,
\ from a station "iliIl a avS' ''''' We
minutes AFTER they !ea'.
cannot say 'nat " -. a,,;,,,r;
: is IL not 'rue WA, Sou ,,,s ,,,,, ~
Il notified OF the nepar,u,e VI '"'''' "'''
II two or three minutes
NO. SIT. :, COO ,,, ,,a>
e The witness was aShtu II ~, nav rn a
;. reported from t'urI, NINA No, have know
:" sonhpie NM ~ -" no,itdsd win \
= that 1T would nave co!.iutG w. -
Is s.. He replied that ne wou't no, as .
! ~Fa.1 ~