New-York tribune., 1903-02-15
DAVIS GETS THE BLAME.
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from some part of the engine during the run run
Jersey city to Mestied M the nisns claims
In his ante-mertem statement obseured MS slsioh ,
tin ting s" off steam AS the air heavy this steam
settling around the engine probably the cause cause
ford consisting of red lantern placed on TIM, tne
thus failing s to reGeHe ra m She Y Was on the
for him to get the injeetor he missed fisna bsore
This Sss 6s Of Se
as 1t has been shown by actual experiment Ihdt
at the dnx rate of speea Ty ne ss passing
field strike the rear Of 3h train NO; usual thing he
wdhd dhs ms haSe clear nothing ahead from
ran Jnsfn n TacR K No the Easton
R had been ordered to run ahead 9d n receive we his
ordeF at cranfoFd did this Il hnd train
ahead and unfS1tunatey Ec tram IN the judgment
OF the engineer required his attention and
11 west Of Wesshe1d station where the accident hap
pened ,,o.,,o, 70 show that.
although the engineer, James n. Davis with ms ms
great n in bs ssrng ay for In the mot Keeping
lookout for the signals the instances above @ mar mar
rassn ran No s on an track and
accident TO No. ls which caused it to make ai uii-
The @ which occurred immsdiatey teEyoas after e the the
collision and aobeb caused 70 by y the explosion
the headlight and burning gases escaping & from rom
broken in However. there two STOVES ;roh1 In
each Of the tive rear wrecked f ,S Ssrs
Our investigation shows that this division Of the
4ssy c1 fsaad and Boana BOOK
the electric pneumatic, autonatc pc plocn noyement
Of trains over the track the signals are placed lon on
which M dspsy y Srh ei and M this
to be of the best installed on any
and he the n1er large trunk lines have probably
reached the " n providing the tsss, best Pessas
have not s5 in nr,iasi rsasns g1
sstsp cover tSoreash hn%sn fasaa the
Philadelphia and Reading Railread SompaMs to be-
free from any criminal responsibility Tor the acc
dent above referred TO- .,Aas,ree that
should be taken to guard I against ed the close
accidents 1T t6a 6f fnownr fns hin2 anestons
the traffic of this railroad gfeateI a ,ia annunt
Of nigh SPEED service required if what is the
sbouId not all stoves be prohibited and all pas
senger cars be heated by steam from the iocoliio
should not the headlights engines be electric
or something safer than lamp contaihhs % ia HahIe
quantity Of oil. which in cases Oh accioeii' 10
should railroads be REQUIRED to proyIde ,d be to
Should not stricter observance ef the rules re
officials. this specially in regard 10 Instance "
Wine there is no evidence before US that rat tneSe ne
signals ARE not IN bE eoson there is
! feeling that laxty prevails in TINS matter an
Should not he railroads adopt in connection rect ni
with their automatic visual signals are now in the
which actually S hsu; tran a the f the Track
To arrive at = eorrest decision in these matters,
sndy we that eauIs Of the h sae
Of NewJsf.ey now n ress,oh commission to be
appointed 10y the Governor, composed nsd many men.
%ha sra seagate or the ABOVE
others of equal Importance which ihas Do
This % commission should have the power Ganon to nf
force dsSoe ueh rulings In w ana add % to he safety
fort of the large travelling pubc throughout ''-
would call qteGton 4sst e Rrtan nf fsSt
much more crowded where 7rains are operated
ost S5Ectg s life sne daTs o13ss the Il ss
country where many raiir5 are are taree i, months
enShg er%Gh October l. 1907 iss Collisions. in which
the said jurors have this inqusitioFn set tne,f
fhe hands blaee aad aforesaid ieats Gd 'ne oS anu
DUBOIS AEnnd Bn1fnf f,oyd II Woodruff James
Buckle John ]. Kenney Andrew j. GaVett Juf0's
The verdict was not surprise to the public
here General feeling for several days has peeh
that the responsibility would fall on the engineer.
There has been sympathy for him. however ana
a general belief that Wnlle he pc oNeNoAi'
responsible he was only following a course
which circumstances compelled. While the IND
| ing of the jury is practically 'whitewash Tor
| the railroad company. the members of the jury
| are men of such well known integrity that there
| is no doubt in the popular mind that tney oe-
cided according to their honest belief
It is felt that the investigation made oy tnls
| iurv is practically without precedent, ana that
never before was so much time and labor spent
| bv coroner's jury to find out the causes OF a
disaster.
| OF the recommendations made by the jury.
| the one that State Railroad Commission be
organized has found unanimous favor. The
| general view is that such a body will accom-
| plisb more toward safeguarding the travelling
| publc than anything else While the railroads
themselves may act on some of the suggestions
1 as outlined in the verdict public opinion favors
| state commission that will compel them to
take every possible precaution- With so many
| New-York business men living in Plainfield and
| going to New York every day the city naturally
| takes deep interest in anything that VIII make
| these daily trips safer
The findings of the jury Will now be given 10
| the prosecutor, and he Will turn them over 10
| fudge Van Sickel. of the Court of Oyer and Ter
| miner 1t will depend on the judge whether the
grand Jury will be asked II consider the disaster
| ROADS INTENDED IMPROVEMENTS.
General Superintendent Huntington or the