The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-10-05
GS,,TAKESHAND
IN THE NEW HAVEN
N WRECK INQUIRY
NbtSNestport Disaster if Les.
son of Year Ago Had
Been Needed.
Defend DEAD ENGINEER
pioyees Resent Effort Of
IN RAILROAD to Put Response
, bility Upon Clark.
Defend DEAD ENGINEER

VIM the ARRIVAL to-day At westport.
IN. Of Interstate Commerce Commits
slseer Ncchord. I'VE Investigations
wses. unlsr way into the wreck Of the
NV York, New Haven and Hartford
saDrsss. which cost seven lives
~. MsChord Il In charge Of the en-
lugeemept q Safety Appliance laws.
80 viii personally direct an investisa-
~. He said to-day that had the COM
mns5on's mendations made at the
SIMe Of the Federal Express wreck a
yoor ago on the same road, been OBJ
lived, this disaster would not have &C.
,eegrsd. Two of his inspectors are on
- scene and viii report 40 to whether
steel cars would have prevented loss
Of iife. and whether automatic control
ooparaAus would have allowed the en-
- to take the orossovsr at the speed
1gAta
9ho other investiga ions are those OF
csronse John J. Phelan Of the railroad
e0csais, Of the Public Utiities Com
mssuiou Of Connecticut and Of the
0sUehsrho1 Of Locomotive Engineers.
H. Brotherhood resents the attempt
g The rsHroad to put the blame on
Engineer George L. Clark. who was
kslysd, ana II u reported II will be
OhDwn that . wsk ago the road issued
opnsrs to it, enginemen TO be more
sSAsous In making W lost tine.
a complete search Of the wreckage
oeeught TIE death list down to sevsn.
II = not believed any Of the sixteen
o. moro seriously injured will die.
00UUr " THE ENGINEER WAS
i TO oLAME.
mere q some evidence that the dis
aG1or was not due to Engineer Clarks
Cnan1oomsos. what Il Will amount 10
~G1a sistsd down remains 70 be seen.
otVoe0 witnesses soy sand was found
q the track for . auartsr Of . miA
onovs ~ wvsck. indicating that an Of.
~ ~ maAA 70 slow down and thai
- oBaeos eAiisA b work. 4 number o.
H passangers remember that bsfor'
- erash me train gave several spAs
uuo10o Jumps. % might have come from
- axtsmvt 70 ct bfakss that wouldn'
An0s>~ shsory u THAI the snsinse
wau dead o. uncensotous In bis cab
1aFt1sy Gordon, . ss0elon foreman Il
eAApUo q . gang near the scene, testi
ne1 yesterday before the Coroner tina
Osyk was hanging out of his cab win
1Ow and looked ~ II he might be dea1
q unconactous. and was apparentl
moking no effort to slow up. thoug'
Shsoe agnals were Get against him. Tw
OeAe9 railroad employees testified a. I
a. dgmAaa The Coroner will resum
his inquest to-day. and other eyswii
aGooes viii b heard.
O. G. Elwell. engineer Of the Publ
Utllitioa Commission. u In charge OF II
osQoiry. He made q most minute 81
a11lno1nea Of the scsne OF the wreci
IsoD de hrst nangs-mArk on the rail
e che cTossovsr. which indicated III
oGrnning Of the derailment. to n
o13odsring ruins that marked its en-,
h ealcial Dhotographer was with hin
anl every step Of the trains proErei
= disaster wac made the subject Of
Rwsn ut fss arst hint Of the TO
t1ps" orders soon after his arrival. r
Queotiousd half Q dosen OF the engineer
q duty In the ncighborhood Of Yves
port and found that there was Cox
haaD for the report that the orders hi
~ issued.
We we're told q week ago that v
weren't doing A. we'll a. We might" a
ono man, whose name was withheld I
/ oeotsction to him.
t0tlGN DID NOT EXPLODE, "a
~ TANKS DID.
- explosions which attended q
w54ok we're Of Pintsch Gas tanks. II
,1oooUotive was got back onto the raj
yesterday afternoon. and II became a
paront then that it, boiler was intst
atthouOh there were two great gsshes
the Gazing that gave Q basis for Il
esriiAr report.
Only two bodies OF the dead remain'
te-Aay At the WestporC morgue-tho
ofliremAn Molker and Mark A. Whes
o.. he mail clerk. The bodies OF Mr.
DroAy. Mrs. Ransom, Mrs. Gavit AT
HaD Hamilton were taken to Albany.
Wenyy Gardner OF No. liz High stree
New Haven, was one Of the cyewl
uees0 Of the wreck who does n
6tAms CLARK. Gardner was fremi
on . work train which stood a "a
hIndEed yards away from the wre,
- the time OF Its occurrence.
~ won't believe that Clark was r
spcnstbie." Gardner said. II knew hi
wslL and ! fired for him for Gig
months.
i-C1srk was going at least six
mites an hour" Gardner went on. 20
that u nothing. even on crossovei
leaayb Ne time they have bssn tak,
- thaA spssd, ana I have been In q
60 nysslf when II was done. I new
heoSa - cay orders against II sithl
un1eoU there WAS Q semAphors block y
The cross. overs are too short anyho
D4nger can't be eliminated from the
uusil they are heightened"
WIDOW SAYS BLAME
~ ISN'T ENGINEER'.
George l.. Clark. widow NJ I
sh6lhesr who 10 of,cially blamed {
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