Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-09-10
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FIFTY INJURED WHEN ENGINE.
Flows THROW NEW HAVEN
COACHES. S5
Off cIALs BURN DEBRIS
Rail Heads Violate Order Sent BY
Chief Inspector o. corn'sres Com
q mission and Destroy Evidence o.
" pIsasts q Congress to Probe.

causes Of the disaster By tho inter.
state commerce commission.
The announcement was made on
Thursday by II. w. Belnap, chief In
sspector Of the commission. Commits
Y ioner Nee Chord will preside 1t the In
curry. Mr.. Belnap said the inquiry
would determine what causes IN the
operation and management Of the
road were responsible for it, series Of
fatal wrecks within the last two
years. Il, ss II ss$
3 Coroner Mix refused 70 make public
4 the testimony Of Engineer Miller Of
I the White Mountain express train.
which crashed into the Bar HArbor
train. Or Of F1agman Murray Of the.
latter train, both Of whom he exam
5iined In = preliminary investigation.
The f,rst section Of the White Noun:
tain express, bound for New York.
speeding along ct probably forty miles
an hour, in thick fog. rushed BY =
danger signal, Il 10 said, and crashed
into the rear Of the second section OF
the Bar Harbor expres5. standing 100
feet beyond the block signal I,
The White Mountain engine cleaved
through the two rear Pullman cars.
both Of wood. splitting them in two
and tossing their wreckage and three
score OF nnangled human beings, some
alive, some dead. on either side OF the
track. & 4 NJ
500 The third car. also sof wood. and 90.
coupled by forty boys on their way
from summer camp ct Monmouth
Ne, was thrown into the air and a. I:
most completely lifted OF the track.
The, car fell on Its side, crumpled up,
crushed two OF the boys TO death and
injured several others.
Howard Elliott, the newly elected
head OF. the road, who was returning
from his summer home In New Hamp-
shire to assume his duties. passed
Z over the scene OF the wreck on an
EARLIER train, less than an hour before.
is Practically all the passengers on
both trains were returning homo from
summer vacations. No one was hurt
lin the White Mountain train. {
Chief inspector Belknap Of the com
tmerce commission wired the road ON
j cials not to burn the debris. This or
der was violated. ~ the wrsckage was 70
fset on nre II night .5sis
The New Haven onhcials were frank
tto admit that the so:called banjo"
signal system, which on this part OF
the line has not yet been replaced ~
the semaphore system recommended
by the public utilities commission last
December was In . measure respon-
Isfble for the wreck. s5ss
Those killed In the. wreck:
william Altschui. Norfolk. VI.
;sS Harold Avery. New York.
s s Miss Marrarst Armstrong. Washins-
ton. D. G. ;ss.5
sss Miss Marie L. Bullitt hiladelphia.
Albert Green. New York. 5Es
Royal w. Ho<chkiss, New Haven.
Miss II srTitt. philadelphia
Miss Harriet Biddle, Torrssda1s. p.
Miss Murphy, New York
II. s.. Martin. Bryn nawr, Pa
Nrs. II. 81. Martin. Bryn Mawr. Pa III
D. N. Ncouillen.. Jr, Philadelphia.
Miss stoddart, New York
8. Crosisr Fo1, Elklns Park, Pa-
\! Frank B. Ruttsr. Scranton. Pa.
Miss Agnes White. Boston.
Miss Z. K. Davis. Philadelphia.
! II r. N. Yahn. PhiladelphiA. {. \
Died ct hospital:
Philo Hotchkiss, New Haven.
George T. Korga, New York
Mary Jane residence unknown.
Harry K. Imar. New York ia.
Unidentified dead: Il. Ia,
Elderly man. aged sixty. 146 pounds.
s'& Elderly woman; had gold band ring
inscribed For life and for death-A-S'O-.
10 - - s NJ III Z AZ. 3.
Man. gray hair. brown eyes. smooth 9th
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