Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-21
WESTERLY GRANITE WORKER KILLED
Dornenico Sautoni Thrown On Track When Car Coupling Proved Defective-Evidence of Incendarisn of Local Interest in Superior Court at Kingston.

pomen3ce santori, better known as Tommy" who has been one or the most faithful, competent and popular employees of the New England Granite works for the past 2S years, met Wa1n q horrible death Saturday morning, when his body was mangled unoer the wheeis of a heavily laden freight car and . locomotive on the pr1VaIs raai. s,oad of the granite company ana Wnat is commonly termed BatterSon SWltcn. Adr. Santori was Tn charge or the loao- ing and unloading of stock and mate rial to ard from the cars and in the transfer and receipt of cars to and from the main line of the New ork, New Haven and Hartford Rallroad | company, and was engaged Tn Inat Ehe of his work when he was Killed. ine train from the quarry bound to the main line by way of the granite com, pany switch was made up of load of paving stones on a Baltimore and ldnine car, and a cargo of granite mon u1nental stock on a. New Haven car, which was being backed down the branch by a locomotive owned by the granite company and operated by an enploye of the company.
 Just exactly how the fatality occur red will probably never be known, as fhe engineer did not see Tommy when n0 it is known that the car with the paw CTS left the balance of the train and that the other car and the locomotive crushed and nangled the body of San- toyi- When the train was backing slowly down the tracks the engineer saw the man at the rear end of the forward car. The engineer shoveled some coal into the firebox and when he again turned to look in tho direction that tho train was heading he saw the car with the payers running away from the rest of the train down the the carl The locomotive was stopped and the ulangled body of Santort was found on and beside the rails over which the train had passed. The run away car sped on and crashed into the bunters and bank at the end Of the Patterson switch siding, wreckfng the car and throwing the paving blocks in all directions.
 pr. Michael H. scanIon, medical ex- ssniner, was summoned and permit wac granted for the removal of the remains of MT. Santori to the Murphy undertaking establishment The medi- cal examiner made an examination and investigation and is of the opinion that the fatal accident was due to a de- fectfve coupling; that when Santori realized that the car on which he was riding had broken away from the other car and that it was impossible to hold the car with hand brake down the steep grade. he attempted to jump to the other car. and in so doing niscal- culated the distance. fell to the track and was crushed to death Believing that the matter should be investigated beyond the Jurisdiction of the medical examiner, the case was reported to Coroner Everett A. Kingsley. who will make an investigation and report to kn~ 19 ,%n
 MT. Sautori resided in Pearl street where he owned his own home. and leaves a widow, three sons and a daughter. He was about 55 years o1 age, was born in Italy. and was given employment at the New England this country. He was sober and ex- fremely industrious competent and trustworthy, is the tribute paid by the general manager of the company ir Westerly. and he voiced the sentiment of the other officers and every other empdoye of the company.
 So complete was the destruction b, 47re that not enough wood remainee for the manufacture of a toothpiok o the three tenement house owned b3 Anthony Squadrito of Stonington ant located in Pond street. in the sectior o6 Westerly known as Central park T9ais property was formerly owned and occupied by Santo Turano an( family and was nortgaged to Squadri to. AS no interest on the mortgag. wes paid. foreclosure proceedings wer, institutsd and. Squadrito became tn, actual owner. The premises were Va ceted by the Turano family and thel the house was put into good repair but Squadrito was unable to rent tn, place for months and finally it wa. rented to its former owner. MT. Tura no. the keys being delivered last Wed uesday to the lessee. who planned t, 0Cupy one of the tenesnents and sub let the other two. On the day tha the keys were delivered Miss Mar, Turano! went to the house. opened tn windows to give the place an airing She said she forgot to take the key and gained entrance through a win dow, then opening the front door iron the Inside to admit two of he younger sisters.
 None of the Trrano family had wis fled the house since and none of tn household effects of the Turano fauoil had been moved there from the pres ent. home in Rose avenue. Therefor the house was unoccUpied when i was discovered to be ablaze when th at S.15 p. m. reached that point Fri day night.
 The house was but a short distanc from the tracks and the only othe house in the vicinity is the two-stor two-tenement building about 20 feet the north. owned and occupied in pal by Aniello Matreseo. This buildin
 was formerly known as the Whit sohoolhouse and was moved from tt Potter Hill road. The carmen imns
 diately aroused the occupants of u
 Matareseo house and warned them
 flee for safety. There was a telephot
 in this house and request was tel,
 phoned to the local telephone exchans
 to send in a fire alam. Call was in
 mediately made to box 75. corner
 Dayton and Pleasant streets, and vel
 soon thereafter someone sent in al
 other alarm from box Il, corner
 Pleasant and Canal streets The mot
 driven apparatus were quick to r.
 spond. but the fire was not within u
 Westerly fire district, the burni1
 building being located about an eigh
 of mile from the nearest hydra1
 Before the firemen could secure ;
 additional supply of hose, the bull
 ing was doomed. By hard work u
 dremen. with the aid of a stream
 water from garden hose and wi
 fire cxtenguishers. succeeded in kee