Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-09-03


ford, three miles north Of the scene
Of The accident eight minutes apart
shortly before o'clock Right ahead
Of them was the first section of The
bar ilarbor express. ana local train
due to stop at North Haven. three
miles south of tho wreck led them
an
According to The officials AN cngi-
nccr may pass banjo" signal set ul
rcd after he has brought his train to
% stop. This, according to the rail-
road officials the engineer of tho
Bar llarhor express aid and then
cume another stop about leo feet on
the other side of the signal. mile
north of North Haven.
This opened the signal In the pre-
Nious block, a mile away and down 70
stretch of track straight as an arrow,
pl1nsing through the thick fog. came
the White Mountain express with tho
impetus of seven ears. baggage car,
day coach and five sleepers hchind
the engine. Meantime Flagman c. II.
Murray Of the Par Harhor train had
gone back with the torpcdoes. dis-
ance. it was said. of 400 feet. The
torpcdocs went off according To OFF,
cials of the road aud some Of the train
crew Then came the crash
According to Vice President Whalcy
of the New Haven. it would not have
been possible at the speed he was
making for Engineer Miller to have
stopped within 1900 feet after he saw
the signal The engineer did not soc
il. he said, until he was almost upon
it. or scarcely more than loo feet
from the rear of tho Par Iarbor oX-
prcss-and at the same moment he
heard the torpcdoes
81 do not wish To place any blame
on the engineer said MI WhalcN.
but IN Wow of the foggy conditions
a question to be determined is whether
he was running too fast nndcr the
circumstances.
chief Engineer Eiwcll said tonight
that the New Haven had been advised
twice by the puhliv utilities commits
sion to al olish the "hanjo' system,
once last December and again In
March, following minor wrecks in both
of which the blame was laid at tho
door of the banjo
Passengers IN both trains were
asleep when the collision occurred.
For several minutes after the first
shock there was silence and then
sounded the screams of the wounded.
Trolley cars were pressed into SER
vice to bring to New Haven hotA
the dead and dying Tho death list
grew from thirteen 10 exactly tVic,
that number during the afternoon and
evening. First steps 10 determine
who, if anyone, Was TO blame. wer
taken in secret today Trainmen ol
the two trains were examined In
ter what purported to be q synopsis
of the testimony was given ont by
Coroner Mix.
According TO this recital every pos
sible precaution WAS tukou. The flag
man Of the Bar Harhor xpress went
mack when his train stopped. placed
torpedoes ON the track and stood
ready 10 stop any train that might
be following He was called by an en-
gne whistle. The engineer Of the
coming train saw him heard the tor
pcdoes explode ana saw the red bulls
eye of the banjo Block signal leap
out of the fog-but saw ana heard too
late to stop
Little was left Of the wreck OF the
three sleepcrs of the Bar Harhor ex-
press tonight The wooden ears were
smashed almost to sbllntcrs The
mass of wrcckage was set afirc hy0
road employees. The engine was hauled
away, the sleeper Chisholm was right
cd and pulled 20 New Haven. The nm
harmed cars proceeded to their dos-
tiration. Engine 1897. of the White
Mountain train was placed on It's
trucks
President Wilson passed through
New Haven at $3.50 O'Clock tonight,
enroutc from Cornish. a. IT,. to Wash
ngton The presidents train was
taken over the same route where
earlier i'm the day tho disastrous
wreck of the White Mountain & Bar
Ilarbor express trains occurred
The president stood ON the observa-
tion platform and saw the wreckagc
being burned as his train moved !
slowly by