The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-09-03

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list in the wreck on the New York New
Haven & Hartford railroad at Walling
ford yesterday stood this morning at 2
and the hospital list at IL. At moor
the reports from the hospitals said that
five were not expected to recover.
The Dead:
ALTSCHITL. WILLIAM, Norfolk, Va.
ARMSTRONG, MISS MARGARET
Washington, ID. c.
BULLITT, MISS MARIE L., Philadel
phia.
GREEN. ALBERT, New York City.
HOTCHKISS, ROYAL W., New Haven
Conn
BTDDLE, MISS MARRIET, Torres
dale, Pa.
MARTIN, NJ. F., Bryn Mawr, Pa.
MARTIN, MRS. H. F., Bryn Mawr
Pa.
McQUILI4AN, DANIEL NEAL, JR.
Philadelphia.
FOX, S. CROZIER, Elkins Park. Pa
RUTTER, FRANK b.. Scranton, Pa,
DAVIS, MISS EMILE KENNEDY
Philadelphia.
YAHN, ROBERT NJ, Lyceum avenue
Philadelphia.
HOTCHKISS. PHILO, New Haven.
KOREA. GEORGE L.. New York City
MARY JANE, residence I'M
known.
MAR, HARRY X. New York City.
Elderly man, aged 80, l45 pounds, gray
Van Dyke beard, otherwise smoothly
shayen; clothed only in union suit.
4 .tn.lx,.. nl
pounds, evidently of German birth dark
hair turning gray; had gold band ring,
inscribed "For life and for DEATH 30
70.p
Woman aged about So; had diamond
cluster ring engraved d. B. J.. Tor G. b.
~ on left hand; locket with "F. b.
Rand"
Man, gray hair, brown eyes, smooth
face, good teeth; Enquiries made for
Hale Steinman, Lancaster. Pal.
Coroner Mix and Chief Engineer FL
well of the public utilities commission
resumed their investigation this morn
ing. The first steps were taken by these
officials in secret. The hearing yester-
day afternoon. preliminary to the in
quest, was held in the office of the New
Haven's general managers and trainmen
of the two trains colliding were exam
ined.
According to this recital, every pos.
sible precaution was taken. The flag
man of the Bar Harbor express went
back when his train stopped, placed tor
pedoes on the track and stood ready to
stop any train that might be following.
He was recalled by an engine whistle.
His train started but stopped within a
short distance to permit him to overtake
it. The engineer of the oncoming train
saw him and heard the torpedoes ex-
plode and then the red bulls eye of the
banjo block signal glowed through the
fog, but the warnings were too late.
The interstate commerce commissions
investigators on their arrival found
practically no vestige of the wreck along
the track. Notwithstanding the tele-
graphic wires from the commission that
the wreckage lies undisturbed, several
fires were kindled by railroad officials
from the splintered pullman cars.
Inspector Belnap of the interstate
commerce commissions department ar
rived in time to-day to attend the re-
sumption of the hearing before the rail-
road officials. President Elliott said he
WAS Perfectly lhbt bat NOiOhSA .
inquest be public.
Mr.. Belnap said the investigation will
be one of the most thorough ever con-
Quoted in wreck on the New Haven
system. He intends to bring to light
the fundamental conditions of operation
and executive management.
"Banjo" Signal Blamed.
The New Haven officials were frank
to admit that the so-called banjo"
block signal system, which on this part
of the line has not yet been replaced by
the semaphore system, recommended by
the public utilities commission of Con-
necticut last December, was in meas
ure responsible for the wreck, although
the question as to whether the engineer
of the White Mountain train, Augustus
B. Miller, was making too much speed
under the weather conditions is under
investigation.
Under the "banio" system, as soon as
train passes signal it sets red and
automatically opens the signal in the
previous block, allowing train follow
ing to enter.
Under the new semaphore system
which the railroad officials said they
were IN the process OF Installing Lne sig
nal in the previous block would be set
at caution" instead of open.
Both more than an hour late the two
trains passed Wallingford, three miles
north of the scene of the accident, eight
minutes apart, shortly before seven
o'clock. Eight minutes ahead of them
was the first section of the Bar Harbor
express and local train. due to stop
at North Haven. three miles south of
the wreck, led them all
Under the rules of the road, according
to the officials, an engineer may pass
banjo" signal set at red after he has
brought his train to stop. This, ac-
cording to the railroad officials, the en-
gineer of the Bar Harbor express did.
and then came to another stop about
Dne hundred feet on the other side of
the signal, nine miles north of North
Haven.
This opened the signal in the previous
block, mile away, and down stretch
Of track straight as an arrow plunging
through the thick fog, came the White
Mountain express with the impetus Of