The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-10-08
ENC|NEERBRAKED
DOOMED TRAIN, BUT
HEWAS TOOLATE
Slgnalled to Stop, but His
Sixty-Mile Speed Made
This Impossible.
The engineer Of the BOSTON express.

-. .,.tc..r ~ ,he uoston sxprcss
... :. w.,,,or, Cam ,as,
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"@y WIN '"o 'os' u
Seemeo oo"h MS p'eahs 'oo '"'e :"
N attempt 10 stop MS Train "ne"
ugnaihd 10 90 So just oeiore ,"e
aocieent rms was Drought out ~. "sy
q the inquiry INTO the wreck he'o .!
interstate commerce COMMISSIONER -
AcChoro.
Inc witness, section 'ore" u % 'ne
New YORK, New Raven ana h'r''oru'
ssA Ma Clark the engineer was COM
lac toward the "eross-oVsr ~hen us
s~ae was wrecked, at the rate OF hi'y
Or sxty miles an hour
s haiioh' sisns' enth'eer AZ 'ne
WsWport orawornse' 'esu.eu '"a' W"
- hAs rules LARK Shouid nave S'o"oo
% twenty-five miles an hour' Una. ehs'-
ueers often went oy al hfty miles an
hour. but hat no did not report THIS
1bobedience. because II had nothing TO
- Nth his duties"
Another employee Of the railroad de-
ciared that Clark was not breaking any
rude OF he company.
Ne sa,d that sixty miles an hour was
u, ordinary speed for expresses On tina,
eegsSop Of track and tina, there was no
,r,. - On. ,.,,rosa comn,ny comn.,,,nv
.ne r.'o"u eo'"va", ,o"'pe'nns
sscnser. 70 SOW up ,her trains before
Thus J. Evan Van schote. head train
Aaspstehsr for the bridegroom division.
e,ssA a. 10, ,h. h,.u. 90, ~. ,r,.c,
49, ~" w o' VT ."' w"
~" the shon'ners OF the "ead enEi-
nsef. the railroad company h'a placed
. w onN 'h,"'so,a,e,y a,'er
!. ~, .,o-,n. snvn o., ,ho .'o,o.s
~ !. "e.ou" wes.por' s.suon.
No MULE POH TRAINS TO SLOW
UP At "CROsS-OvER,"
The chief despa tcber ,a,d tina,
sv..sv ,,,r,,.. h.,or. a.. a., 80
49, 20 a.. me-.
s~ 'a"e
m. oou"" 'o' we" iorh' ne ma
wSo the tower man AZ Westport to
gfve both sections the switch-ovcr
from track No. I TO track No. 3. be-
caaae q freight train WAS on track No.
4 noyond westport. II wa. pot nm nm.
cc~.s,oc o,ac,,c. On .r,,o,, ,r,,,. -,
-. $500 1870. w ' ..n ''."'
ae~ '" ."o'"e'' 'ah "eho'e oe-
eAeee no rule On yonr division
- 80 Trans ~ SLOW up before max.
- ~erese-ovsrr commassionsr no.
eeo essee.
1870 WAasevex," TIE witness an
sUegDl
e1t yeu tSink, - . practical rail-
-. meS u would be better TO
~ oessr"~:rs 70 their destination
~ -,sn..s H.,
..ss.v-.
vEN UNUSED ON TRAIN
THAT DIDN'T SLOW DOWN."
Michael A. COVE. tolerant op.r,,,r
No was h charge OF the signals ans
sU1tehss A W.stport. was The .e,ont
v1Aneoe called.
IAN the hom. ana di,t,pc. s-,,,.
.wess ~ at caution when the accident
'couur$ed." he aid ..rhe exnr... 80 -
- nv tower In . s,raigh, liz. rss
~ ssction passei n, ahon, e,.."n
ME- an hour. rhe second .a,,,ion
.ooune through without sowiny nm sb.
~ ro,n9 nhon, a,iy m,Is. M r. :,
neticed The fireman IN the snr,nn /,
waved to him. but he didn't soc me
A was LOOKING straight out OF the
~ stsnsi, "A's ''s''
Iahn Iacohs canductor n, IN. Al
.sss.' ,sss,N.d ,ba, ,he tran W. 1870 800
~ ns,ss M sorr N e''''S
~ felt C,,erk the IN x,neer MI, nm nj,
Scskss iust aft.r we nssses Tho IA .,
~ ~ Inc We,tport station" he said
ssWs vsre ,t,,i som. distance from m,
- vhe,e the v,ect o-curres
-. SS6nx slov down AZ IN. west
SsA~. uever Nesors wen,
a.. MOO ON . tain ina, sian,
~ Ievn. After we crossed tn,