Norwich bulletin., 1912-07-26
PLACING BLAME ON FLAGMAN
Railroad Men in Stonmgon Have Theory to Explain the Big Wreck-Express Was Not Properly Warned They Say Coroner Brown Begins Investgation-Three Dead and Three Injured Injured Polo Ponies Had to be Shot

giving encouragement by his heroic attitude. In the meantime physicians arrived and encouraged the pinioned man.
 Thumb Amputatsd to Free Him.
 When 1t was plain that he could not be extricated until much of the debris was removed, which would take hours, and fearing that there might be fatal result in that emergency 1t was suggested that the thumb of the left hand be emputated, as Hadley was held to the wreck by that member. Ha cheerfully submitted. Both hands we're terribly lacerated and he was in a very weak condition.
 Under the Locomotive Tender.
 Cecil Cheney, the other man killed, was employed as hestler at Midway, and was riding the dead engine He was found under the twisted tender of the locomotive. He was 32 years of age and a resident of New London. Martin Gaynor of Stonington was on the dead engine with Cheney, but got off the train when below the scene oI the wreck, intending to get back when the switching was completed.
 Engineer Hadley's injuries were treat ed by Dr. Brawton at the residence of John Alexander, and left for his home in New Haven in the afternoon.
 Stonington Residents Help. The home of Carl French nearby was rendered as an emergency hospital and the members of the household did all they could for the relief and com fort of the injured. Frederick Hadley Patrick Conley and James Walters were taken there and attended by Drs. l Carl Williams of New Jersey, Dr. | Brayton, H. T. Thurber, William Thompson and J. D. Fallon and Dr. | o. J. Denehey, dentist gave them the 1 best of attention.
 | Hadleys injuries are the most seri- ous, but the physicians are of opin- 1 ion that he will recover. His left hand was amputated atthe wrist and l the index finger of the right hand was amputated at the metacarpal | joint. The right arm is fractured, as is also the left arm between the elbow and shoulder. He is also cut and 1 bruised on the head. but there are no i internal injuries.
 | Patrick COnley, who was in the car with the ponies, had four ribs broken, ] back bruised and a cut in the fore l head. His companion, James Mas 1 terson, received severe cut in the right thigh and bruised on both hips | and on the chest. Both men are pain fully injured, but will recover.
 Conley's. Body Pinned Fast.
 John T. Conley's dead body was found pinned to the ground by the cag that contained the ponies and could not be removed until the wrecldng derrick arrived and lifted the car free of the ground. He was head brake man on the freight train, a resident of South Boston. A years of age and | unmarried.
 What ToWerman Says.
 George Wilbur, the towerman, de- | clares that the accident was due tC | defective wire that operates the sigma and that the defect had been reported through the proper channel. While the signal at the crossing indicated z free track, the home signal wal against that train, thus proving defec
 in mechanism. A messenger was sen
 down the track, so it is said, to war
 the approaching train, but the warn
 ing was given too late.
 Hadley Was to Be Married Saturday
 Engineer Charles H. Mansfield ant Fireman Hadley are in point of ser
 vice among the older employees of tn
 railroad. Hadley was to have beel
 married on Saturday to Miss Ma.
 Fisher of the New Haven depot res
 taurant force. Miss Fisher, with rela tives of Hadley, left New Haven ol Thursday for StoningtOn.