The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-28
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 The coroner's finding follows:
 I. the undersigned, Clifford B. Will son, Coroner, having notice of the death of Elliott F. Beach, white male 4S years old, late of the town or New Haven, Connecticut, who on the : 9th day of June, A. D. 1911, died sudden, violent, untimely death in the town of Fairfield, having viewed the body of the deceased and made im- mediate inquiry concerning his death, do hereby certify that said Elliott F. Beach died in the 9th day of June, A. D., 1e11 from a fractured skull. sustained by reason of the train on which he was engineer running into the rear of another train on the same track, causing a wreck with wnicn two trains travelling in the opposite direction on two separate tracks be- came involved, all four being freight trains.
 On the day in question, June 9th. 1911. Elliott F. Beach was the eng1- neer of No. 2So. hauling one of saia freight trains. Robert 5. Gates and Leonard N. Harris were the fireman and brakeman, respectively, on Beach's engine, and were also in the engine cab at the time of accident, and Fred erick G. Noon was conductor and in the caboose of said train; William Laurie, Charles J. Fox, and Daniel F. Hannon were the engineer, fireman, and head brakeman, respectively, and were together in the engine cab of engine No. 260 which was attached to another of said trains, and Herman J. Cordes was conductor and in the caboose of said train; John R. Brace, were engineer. conductor. and rear f1agman, respectively, on Extra 338' another freight train on said road, Brace being in the engine cab ana Huff and Walsh in the caboose at the time of accident; Charles B. Clark and David T. Medill were engineer and conductor, respectively, on Pick up Extra 312'' a fourth freight train running on said road, being respec- lively in the engine cab and caboose of said train.
 Some of these trains have, and are known by, symbol numbers, which give the starting point and terminus of each train. Beach's train was known as "H-Y-2" Harlem to Hol- yoke) and Laurie's train as "S-H-1" (Springfeld to Harlem). Both of these trains, as well as the other two men, ed by the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad company on it's own line or rails, and all the afore- said men were in the employ of said company.
 - For many miles East and West oS of the point of accident, the roadbed of said company is four-tracked and the tracks are numbered as follows, viz: the outside Eastbound track is No 4, the inside EastbOund No. 2; the inside 'Westbound No. l; and the outside Westbound No. 3. The use of these tracks is controlled by sys- tenn of so-called block signals, which are manipulated from towers. located at certain intervals along said rail- road, by means of < levers. One of these towers is placed a~few feet east of the Fairfield passenger station on the south side of said tracks, and governs eastward the so-called block Burr Road. the one next east of Fair field The one next west from Fair field is at Greens Farms.
 In each of these towers are four cabinets, and each cabinet is electri- cally connected with such portion of the track corresponding to the num- Der of such cabinet as lies within the black controlled by such tower, and with the levers to the signals of the respective tracks as well as with the tower immediately preceding.
 : Before the Fairfield tower operator could set his signals. which are nor mally set in the Stop position. for a clear track for train travelling eastward on track g. he must have the cabinet in his tower which con- trols the signals to said track unlock ed by the tower operator next East. This will permit the Fairfield opera tor to indicate to the oncoming train a clear track for his block.
 Until the operator at the Burr Road tower has unlocked the Fairfield tow CT. 1t Is impossible for the Fairfield operator to set the signals at "clear" for the block East of his station; and this the Burr Road operator cannot %L1 %ra Ivy the Fairfield Tower and his tower has passed the Burr Road, as the train is still within the circuit.
 There is also a time sheet kept by the operator in each tower, on which