Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-02-15
Widely Divergent Evidence Giver
by Witnesses.
state RaiIrond Commissioners Inauir.
Ing into Recent Wreck Of New
England states Limited Train
-ResponsibiIity Not FIXED.


occurred at Bolton, January 49, they were
as ""ch NJ sea as TO the responsibility
lor inc disaster as they were III the he
ginning "A large number OF Witnesses
were examined but the nearing was not
coihpie'ed owing 10 the lact t"at state
menus made by some witnesses were Hat
~ cohtrad'cted by other Witnesses ana II
is necessary to summon other people 10
verify assertions maze uesday' All the
memoers OF tho board OF commissioners
were present including ruher - onith
,oi st. Adams H. $. bingham OF Behning-
ION ana q. T. Howard OF Craitsbury.
S'a'e Attorney sherman appeared In
oehalt OF the commissioners {. w. Wit
ltcrS appeared Tor the tchtrai vermont
i''""S' - f'' Spu'e' 0"p'il"'ehue"' VI
'he northern division or the central YER
mont railway and u W. Cree assistant
superintendent OF the st. Johnsbury &
Lake 'hamplain railroad were present.
MISS Grace Cree OF St Johnsoury was the
oillclal stehographer'
bor of noo,,a r.,,o ii,. T., po1tnn nc r.o,,
as many tiainmon. The conflicting
statements we're MADE ny fatflck Nc
'aoe. station agent at Bolton, and Louis
- ''r' ~ "D''''' O''' 49, '''N' -
tween these Witnesses arose over tho MAC.
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)nGton at eleven o'clock. the hearing was
begun at the 1ote BurIlnet"n
SIGNAL. MISPLACED
A. - stevens WHO liVcs III bottom near
inc seem "i me wreck was the irst wit
ness lie notced the signal lights and
sald inc "hl'e hSht showed up ana down
'''e ''"ch' re eAP'"'heo mat 'he lamp
was not III us customary place put was
SuSpchued ny WIre'' ""ch We're common
~ uSed 10 s''l cars. lie SAID the handle
oi 'he i"'"P was "rokeh ana that inc
wires were nS'd instead
WRONG LIGHT SHOWED.
Coors. y, -t,,..,.7 orot,,or ra.i1o,,t oe
BOLTON, said~he was in his bed room on
the evening OF tho accident. going there
10 soc the train pass, as he frequently did.
ON this occasion he noticed hat the light
was not the sam" as usual. From his
window the red liEht could ordinarily be
seen hut on ms occasion the white light
! showed TO some eAtolt' II" thought about
IA thlrd OF the "nite iiGht being visible.
Earlier in tho evening nc saw the light
placed ana h" thought that McCahe was
the man who did il. This witness was
questioned In regard to the locking Of the
switch when the last freight train, pre-
| Nious to the arrival of the limited, left
Bolton. He said that as the freight
crossed tho switch a brakeman locked the
switch and tested t by pulling the chain
! in the usual manner, The switch was
locked in an unusually short space Of
time.