The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-13

some trouble during the day and or. | dered all those with a knowledge o1
 such conditions before him today. The wrecking crews from New Ha- l ven and New York were quickly or l the scene and traffic was restored tC l it's normal condition at an early hour 1 Not 9, rail had been displaced. A pile l of baggage and debris collected from 1 the spot of the telescoping were piled | at the side of the tracks and examined ed l today.
 Martin Hopkins, 93O Howard ave- l nue, Bridgeport, who is placed with l the responsibility Of having shifted the levers that would block the rush I ing second section against the danger l ahead, ayers that he set the block and | almost collapsed as he saw the black monster rushing at fun speed into the doomed car directly under his eyes. 1 An official statement given out at | the offices of the New Haven road l at New York last night said that Charles Dol1erty, engineer of the sec oTld section, ran past both the distance and home signals. each set at danger, and was going 15 to 20 miles hour when it struck the first section. Do herty put on the air brake, but it did not seem to work, it was stated and he reversed his engine just as the col hsion occurred. Nei ither Doherty nor his fireman was hurt The impact of the heavy engine rather than the trains speed. caused the damage, the officials stated The Boston express was the same train that was in the wreck at Westport, Ct, last October, in which eight persons were killed and scores iu5trred This wreck was also caused when the engineer ran by signals though in that case it was never determined why the engine fail ed to stop.
 The uE-fated section of Hrafn B yes terday was the first section, which is practically a. Springfield New York express though it was the engine of the second section, which came through from Boston that caused the trouble This second section is in reality the regular train, which leaves Boston at noon on the Boston and to Springfield is taken over by the New Haven railroad anrd carried to New York. It is a, popular train, and Is SO heavily filled when it reaches Springfield that second train has to be made up to handle the new traf- fic from Springfield and points South. As a matter of convenience the sec oTld train goes out from Springfield ahead of the train that comes through from Boston, and becomes in railroad language the first section of that train. It leaves Springfield at 2:24
 
 car at the rear. It was this car, the Sky1arlx. that became a scene Of horror while the train was making the stop at Stamford yesterday so that the elee- tric locomotive could be coupled on-
 Yesterday the second section left Springfield a few ninutes later, as usual, composed of nine cars, and motives which the New Haven road has lately been receiving from the Brooks works of the American loco motive company, It was No. 1888, and yesterdays trip is said to have been only it's third It had made the rum in the day and had spent the usual interval at the Toundhouse, where the rules require overhauling for the re- turn trip. Those who investigate the cause of the disaster will have to learn whether the engine had, ever given trouble during one of it's previous trips and whether any of the erng1- neers or inspectors had any suspicion that the ahr-brake apparatus might not yet be in a. good, timber, working condition.
 At all events, it was the failure of the air-b1-a.ke to work in response to the engineers hand that caused the terrible disaster, the ironical features of which are that 1t took place on a etraight and level stretch of track and that the train WN11ch WOTked US havoc of slaughter and mairndng was moving at a speed of only about 20 miles an hour It may be said that the new Pacific locomotives have been in high favor with railroad men, who have been impressed by their beauty as we'll as by their efficiency and speed, so that they have been compared with reason both to the race horse and the deer.
 The wrecked train suffered hardly any damage except in the wrecked rear car. The vestibules of one or two coaches just ahead of the Pullman were smashed somewhat, but that was all. No one on the second section was injured, though the postal clerks in the first car and the passengers gen. orally were shaken up when the shock of the collision came.
 New Haven, June 13-The heavy losses which will fall upon the New Haven road by reason Of the deaths and casualties in the Stamford wreck will be met out of the fund set aside to meet accidents of this kind. The company, some years ago, established its own liability fund for this purpose and there were years when no draft was made upon its aecummulations. The fact that such a, fund was in ex- istence so the losses paid in death and accident claims were not directly drawn from the treasury of the com pany. was made known by President Mellen in October, 1911, when he men toned that the losses incurred by the wreck of the Federal express the pre- vious July, had been met in this way
 The investi gation of the wreck was begun at once, Coroner J. J. PheltDn, Of Bridgeport, arriving here about 7:30 D. m and arranging for an inquest at the town hall. The other and in dependent inquiries are already under way tby the railroad company and for the public utilities commission through it's engineer, MT. E1we11.