New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-05
No Statement to Make.

II will not-say anything about that"
he said. 81 am not here to make state
ments. / know nothing about it,"
When similar inquiries were put to
A. n. Woodward, division superln-
tendent, he became visibly annoyed.
Il am not here to be cross-exam-
ined." he said.
Another busy official was c. c. Ell
well, engineer Of the Public Utilities
Commission Of Connecticut, formerly
an engineer with the New York, New
Haven & Hartford. He was at work
all day making photographs and
measurements Of tho tracks and in
speeding the results of the smash-up
The reported speed order was called to
his attention.
II am here making a careful investi-
CATION" he said II have not heard Of
! that. Now, don't be unfair to the rail
road"
| 1t was called to his attention that he
might ask the engineer In an engine
standing near at hand. Mr.. Elwell
thought that might be a good idea and
! at once put the question.
Well" the engineer said. glancing
! the road were within hearing, I'VE did
| get an order-well, l can't say much
/ about it, but we were told that we were
not making as good time with our
| trains as we ought to make"
Mr.. Elwell accepted this information
with a serious face, but refused to
| comment on IT., resuming his more
technical investigation. He discovered
! the interesting fact that the engine
! had first begun to jump the track i'm
mediately after it had passed the cross
over. but ran along on its Ranges on
! top of the rails for two hundred feet
before leaping off on to the ties.
Comment on Wooden Coaches.
Mr.. Elwell was asked TO comment on
the use Of wooden coaches and whether
in his opinion steel coaches would have
reduced the fatalities.
THAT does not belong to my part Of
the investigation" he said. But Fred
erick Howard, an Interstate Commerce
Commission inspector, is expected here.
He will undoubtedly take that matter
up That has been point OF which
considerable has been made In the COM
missions Investigations"
Another witness called by Coroner
Phelan was Michael A. Coyle, telegraph
operator in the signal tower controlling
the semaphores near the scene OF the
wreck. He said the train passed
twelve minutes late, going nifty miles
an hour. He said that two signals
were set against the train as warning
for the engineer to be careful of the
crossover he was approaching, and that
In his opinion they were disregarded.
The first section. he said, passed at
fifteen miles an hour.
1t was officially announced by DR.. F.
Powers. the local medical examiner,
that the total correct list of dead was
seven. as told in The Tribune this
morning. At the Norwalk City Hos
pital, where the most seriously injured
were taken, it is said that ten persons
In all had been taken there and that
two had left the hospital for home.
The eight others. 1t was said. were
doing well, and no further deaths from
these injuries were expected.
The bodies OF Mrs. Flora Brady
Gavit. Miss Mary Hamilton, Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Hamilton Brady and Mrs. jessie
| Hamilton Ransom, the four women
who were burned to death. were taken
to Albany in : special car to-day. The
deaths OF the last three, all daughters
of the late Andy" Hamilton, wiped out
completely that family. The bodies
were taken in charge by Francis r.