Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-13
Gregory Hume, News
paperman, Dies Of
Injuries Wounded
Are Much Better.
FOUR PROBES OF CRASH
ARE NOW UNDER WAY
Coroner. Railroad, Railroad State and
Federal Government Investi-
gating-Wood Car is Blamed
for Casualties.

Four probes of the disastrous
wreck on the New York, New
Haven and Hartford railroad at
Stamford, Conn, which cost the
lives of six persons and injured
eighteen, have been started to Ak
the responsibility.
Coroner Phelan at Stamford,
assisted by Prosecutor Galen A.
Carter, will try to place any crim-
inal responsibility. The railroad.
Public Utilities Commission and
Interstate Commerce Commission
are also investigating the crash.
inspectors H. D. Lyon, F. A. How
ard and ]. S. Hewley, OK the In
terstate Commerce Commission.
already are on the ground pre-
pairing report upon which
future proceedings will be based.
The official statement Of the New
Haven people say Dougherty ran past
signals and admits that his air brakes
failed to work. Railroad men COM
menting today on the wreck said that
had the Pullman car which was tele-
scoped by the engine of the second
section had been of steel instead OF
wood there would probably have been
no deaths and few serious injuries
STANFORD. Conn, June 15.-ons
additional death was added to the
list of those who were victims in the
collision of the first and second Sec
tions OF the Springfield express here
late yesterday, making the total sixs
Gregory Hume. a newspaper man en-
ployed by the New York World. died
this morning
The woman's body which was not
identified last night is that of Mrs.
". H. Seeley. wife of the manager OF
the industrial bureau of the New
Haven railroad.
The corrected death list from the
KELLY. Mrs. J. Edward. winfhrcps
Mass.
WOODRUFF. Everett H.. Flushing,
l.. 1.
HOWE. DIR. Harmon c.. Hartford.
CONFIELD, Frank X. Springfield,
Mass.
SEELEN. Mrs. W. H.. Boston.
HUME, Gregory, New York city.
The condition of all the passengers
who are at the Stamford Hospital was
good this morning. All of them will
recover. The list of injured follows:
JENNINGS. f. B.. jr.
PLUM. Eleanor.
HOUST }. w. Of Boston.
THOMPSON. Mary. of Goshen, \. Y.
KELLY, D. j.. agent of the c. p. r. R-
whose wife was killed.
GERRITI. c. j.. Hackensack. \. ].
BIER HELY. the Rev. Anthony.
PATTERSON. r. w. Red Bank. Y. j.
JOHNSON. Helen. Springfield, Mass.
BURGESS. Mrs. Thornton w. Springs
field. Mass.
BROWN. r. W.. Richmond Hill. L. !.
MARTIN. }. j.. New York.
INVERSION. Rebecea. New York. and
her months old daughter Marona.
WALTON. George. New York.
WAKEFIELD. Allan A.. Washington.
ID. c.
HARILIN. j. p, New Work.
BEN son. Il. =. New York.
! All the wreckage was removed DUR
ing the night and the scene showed
few traces of the disaster this morn
ing
The inquiry into the collision was
hegun before daybreak, Coroner 2he-
Han of Rridgenorf formally npenin-
an inquest at the Town Hail. While
/ independent inquiries by the fallraa1
company and the Public Utilities
Commission were also launched
Engineer Charles Doherty If the
| colliding train, who could not be
found last night was at his home IN
New Haven this morning and scnt
word that he would be here during
the day for the inquest
A rare exhibition Of pluck vss
put up by Gregory Hume, who died
/ today from his injuries.
As he was carried out. suffering
terribly from crushed pelyis and
compound fractures of both ankIess
he said 10 those who were eafryipg
1 him;
call up the New York Word right
away and tell them there is a wreck
here-a big story; also tell trem I'm
sorry l won't be able to work on the
story because I'm smashed up. Cali
up my mother, too"