Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-09-04

New Haven. Conn.,. Sept. 4.-The
Interstate Commerce commission will
begin a public inquiry here Friday into
the cause of the wreck Of the Bar
Harbor express, telescoped yesterday
miles north of here, with loss of 21
lives. Probably five of those injured
will die. The hearing will be con-
Quoted by Commissioner McChord, who
has invited the public utilities COM
mission of the state to sit with him.
H. W. Belnap. inspector for the
commission, arrived here and served
notice on President Elliott. of the New
Haven road. that he would expect the
attendance at the hearing of all wit
nesses who could throw light on the
cause of the wreck
Federal Order Ignored.
The Interstate Commerce commits
sion's Investigators on their arrival
today found practically no vestige OF
the wreck along the New Haven right
of way. Notwithstanding telegraphic
orders from the commission that the
wreckage lie undisturbed, officials of
the road set gangs OF men to clearing
up the road bed after the crash.
The two rear Pullmans of the Bar
fIarbor express. where nearly all the
loss of life occurred. We're reduced to
splinters by the crash. All of this
wreckage that could be burned was
piled up in dozen or more bonfires
kindled close to the right of way by
the wreclSing gangs last night The
damaged locomotive was hauled away
with the remains of the third Pullman.
List Of Dead.
The revised list of dead as compiled
by the coroner today was as follows:
ALTSCHUL, WILLIAM. Norfolk.
Va.
ARMSTRONG. MARGARET, Wash
tngton D. G..
BIDDLE. HARRIET, Torresdale Pa.
BuLLITT MARIE. L.. Philadelphia.
DAVIS. f. MILI.IE. KENNEDY.
Philadelphia
FOX. SAMUEL CRozIER, Philadel-
phia.
GREEN. ALBERT. New York.
HOTCHKISS, ROYAL A.. New Hav-
HOTCHKIss. PHILo. his brother.
1ZANI. HARRY X, New York.
KOGA. GEORGE T.. New York
MARVIN. DIR. JAMES b., Louisville
Ky.
MARVIN. MRS. JAMES B.. Louis
Vile. Ky.
NARY, MARHINi MARTHA H. oDaughter>.
MARTIN, HOWARD F.. Bryn Mawr
Pa
McQuILLAN. DANIEL NEAL JR..
overlook. Pa.
RUTTER. FRANK p, Scranton. Pa.
RUTrER. MRS. FRANK p, Scran-
ton. Pa.
YAHN. ROBERT NJ. Philadelphia.
MARY JANE. 55 years old,
family Eame not vet ascertained.
The second session of the coroners
inquiry began shcrtly before 10 O'Clock
this morning.
The hearing was held privately in the
office of the railroad general manager
and no intimations as to the testimony
was made public except briefly through
the railroads press agent. AS yester-
day the railroad insisted that the
testimony shows plainly that the
equipment. appliances and signals of
the railroad were in first class condi-
ton"
Story of Trainmen.
c. H. Murray, the tiagman. accord
Ing to his statement, was sent back to
flag the following train when the Bar
Harbor came to a stop in Gront of the
Red Bulls Eye in "Banjo Signal 23"
Murray was recalled by blast from
the locomotive and Conductor Adams
stopped the train to wait for him after
1T had cleared the danger signal hy
perhaps 80 feet.
Running back through the fog. Muir
ray heard the onconing White Noun
tain express and placed two torpedoes
on the rail. The red light of the
Banjo signal and the rear end Of
the standing train took form in the
7 mist before the eyes of Engineer Nil
Ter of the White Mountain express at
the same moment he ran over the tor
Dedoes. Miller was then 45O feet from
the standing train and was running
nearly 40 miles an hour. He whipped
on the emergency brake but a train of
this heavy character at 40 miles an
hour REQUIRES at least l.50O feet to stop
Only One Unidentified.
The body of Miss Marvin. of Louis
Vile. on which was found much Jew
elry, was identified during the night.
A soninlaw of DR.. Marvin Blakemore
Wheeler of Atlantic City. sent word
that the bodies of the doctor. his wife
and daughter should be shipped to
Louisville at once. A fellow passen-
ger in the Marvin party was Harry
Arvner, of New York He is at the
hospital With {, broken arm The hos
pital reports on the II. injured were
encouraging except III the case of Miss
Jeanc Annette, of Bayonne, N. j.. who
was on the cTeiatins. table this morn
ing It Is believed her spine is frac-
tured.
The body of the woman who whis-
pered her lian1e as Mary Jane is still
IT the New Haven hospital. Letters
which IT Is thought belonged to her
were found to belong to others and
there was NO means of identifying the
body. George W. Elxins. jr.. who with