Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-31
INVESTIGATING WESTERLY WRECK
section of Broken Rail To Be Sent To Washington For Tests
 Teachers At State Convention-Ra Railroad Sued For Alleged Delay In Delivering Casting-Auto Owner and Chauffeur Held In $5,OOO Bonds Each For Boys Death

The section of broken rail alleged to have caused the accident to the Gilt Edge train near Westerly last Satur- tay night is to be shipped to the bu- rcau of standards in Washington. where it will undergo a complete ana lysis and chemical test for the purpose of determining the cause of the break age. The test will decide whether the rail was defective when manufactured, whether it became defective after it had been laid, and whether or not it was defective before the accident The joint inveSti gation of the cause of the wreck will be held today (Friday) In Providence by the interstate commerce committee and the Rhode Island public utilities commission.
 The train sheets and other records that may aid in determining the cause of the wreck will Re presented at the hearing, and the witnesses to be ex- amined will include all the train crew of the Gilt Edge, the enginenan and fireman of the Merchants limited that preceded the Gilt Edge by an hour and 8 half and the tiagman of the Mer- chants, who was aboard the Gilt Edge at the time of the accidents also the two "deadhedds trainmen. Superinten- dent Gallary and other officials who were 3 the wreck soon after the mis- hap,
 Agents of the interstate commerce commission have investigated the track a " the point where the accident occurred: also the physical condition of the road bed and numerous mea SurementS were taken with the striCtest accuracy. Notes were made of the depth of bal last and the number of ties under each rail especially in the vicinity of the location Of the wreck The angle of the curve was taken and the distance from the curve to the point where the accident happened were carefully measured.
 Nearly all the teachers in the public schools of Westerly are in Providence attending the 69th annual meeting of the Rhode Island Institute of Instruc- ton. which opened Thursday and will close Saturday afternoon During the sessions the teachers will be address ed by eminent educators on questions of practical interest Governor Pothier' gave the address of welcome and the introductory address was by President Emerson L. Adams of Providence
 During Thursday addresses were made by President Faunce of Brown University. by President Alley of the University of Maine, by Walter E. Ranger, commissioner of schools of the state, by Miss Lillian l. Lincoln of the state normal school at Farrnfngton Me, by William Werner principal of the Central Commercial and Training school of Newark N J., by Lotta A. Clark Of the Charleston High school, Mass by Frederick P Fish chairman of the Massachusetts state board of educa tion- by Meyer Bloomfield of the Boston vocation bureau. In the even ing Booker T. Washington, principal of Iuskegee' institute, spoke on The Ap- plication of Education to Life.
 The delay in delivery Of a castinq trem Westerly has resulted in a law suit against the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad company. The Mulberry Publishing company of Null berry, Pa, has entered suit in the su-