Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-09-10
LAW IS DEMANDED
TOST0P SLAUGHTER
Rail Body Seeks information for
Use in Curling Roads.
WILL REQUIRE STEEL CARS
La Toilette Lays New Haven Crash TO.
Stock Wsterin1-Commere Board
and Coroner Probe Wreck
on New Haven.

Washington, Sept. 5.-in order TO
promote greater safety for the travel
ing public. the federal government is
expected to require by law the use Of
steel instead OF wooden cars by all the
interstate railroads Of the country.
The reform will be directly attribute
Bile ao the series OF wrecks which has
taken place on the New York. New
Haven & Hartford railroad culminat.
ing in the horrible disaster In Con
necticut.
From the Interstate commerce com
mission will come a demand for Law
requiring that within fixed period all
railroads shall equip themselves with
steel passenger cars, that the Pullman
company replace all its wooden cars
with those of steel construction, and
providing the interstate commerce
commission with special and drastic
authority to prohibit the running OF
wooden trains close together or at
high rates Of speed pending the com
plete re-cquipment OF all the railroads
on a steel-car basis.
New Haven, Conn, Sept 5. With
q dead and FIVE dying AS results OF
the wreck OF the Bar Harbor express
:rain, the New York. New Haven a.
Hartford railroad faces a searching
public inquiry into the causes Of the
disaster by the Interstate commerce
commission
The first section OF the White Noun
tain express. bound for New York.
speeding along at probably forty miles
an hour. In a thick fog. rushed by a
danger signal. 1t is said. and crashed
into the rear OF the second section OF
the Bar Harbor express. standing 100
feet beyond the block signal.
The White Mountain engine cleayed
through the two rear Pullman cars,
both OF wood. splitting them in two
and tossing their wreckage and three
score OF mangled human beings. some
alive, some dead. IN either side OF the
track.
Howard Elliott. the Eewly elected
head OF the road. who was returning
from his summer home in New Hamp-
shire TO assume his duties, passed
over the scene OF the wreck on an
earlier train. less than an hour before.
Chief Inspector Belknap Of the com.
meree commission wired the road on.
cials not TO burn the debris. This or
der was violated, as the wreckage was
set on fire at night
The New Haven officials were frank
20 admit that the so-called banjo
signal system. which on this part OF
the line has not yet been replaced by
the semaphore system recommended
by the public utilities commission last
December. was In a measure respoD-
slble for the wreck
Some Of Those Killed.
william Altschul, Norfolk Va.
Harold Avery, New York.
Miss Margaret Armstrong, Washing
ton ID. G.
Miss Marie l.. Bullitt, Philadelphia.
Albert Green. New York
Royal W, TIotchkiss, New Haven.
Miss Merritt, Philadelphia.
Miss Harriet Riddle. Torresdale. ia
Miss Murphy. New York
H. r. Martin. Bryn MaWr. Pa.
Mrs. " +. Martin. Bryn Mawr, Pa.
D n, McQuillen. Jr., Philadelphia.
Miss Stoddart. New York
CrozIer Fox, Elklns Park. Pa.
Frank b. Rutter. Scranton. Pa.
Miss Agnes White Boston
Miss e X. Davis. Philadelphia.
r. NJ Yaha. Philadelphia.
Died at hospital.
philo IIotchkss, New Haven,
George II. Korga. New York
Mary Jane -. residence unknown.
Harry X. Imar. Few York