The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-24
SIGNAL LAMPS
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 There was another car following it. H edrew up at the bridge and another car following him drew up and he overheard this conversation:
 Motorman Raymond of the express car to Conductor Dorney of the car
 -'Is that your light '' The reply was Yes
 Raymond then said I will go over and flag you over. Meaning that he would put out green afigs to indicate a car following.
 Coroner PheIan questioned the wit ness as to whether it was customary l to put out the light and turn it on again. The nnotorman said stNo. > Supt. ChapEnan further said there was nothing in the rules requiring such
 Arotorman Smith testified that not one of the three crews standing at l the Westport bridge touched the switch At the foot of the hill they had waited dor each one to arrive at the top of the hill before starting. The collision had occurred before he ar rived at the switch. He could not testify as to the distance between swetches but Chapman stated they were 1,60o feet from the Country club switch to the scene of the accident and about 2,20o from the Westport switch.
 Smith testified the light must have been set against Motorrnan Nadin at the time he left the Country club 1 switch. ls
 He stated when at the westpors switch he was about 50 feet distant 1 from the light and it was discern 1 able. He eEtimated he could see it plainly g. distance of 150 feet At the country club switch the light was very bright and he could See for about 1 15U yards.
 Sidney Charles Cook of s5 First street, conductor of Car 2s4 which carried the ill-fated picnic party swore that he saw Motorman Nadin turning the key of the switch signal light. He said he felt certain that the light went out although just at the time he went back of his car to quell a. disturbance l that started there. Pinned down by the questions of the coroner Cook would not positively say whether the light was burning or not when his car passed the signal box at the switch He repeatedly affirmed that he had seen Nadin place his key in the box and had heard the click as the signals were turned. Cook testified that he had been in the service of the com pany for four weeks but had ten years previous experience in railroadins on the. New York and Queens County Railroad.
 Attorney Fitzgerald who represents the trol1eymen and particularly Ma din and Atty. Baldwin for tEe com pony got into a dispute as to whetll- CT or not the switch lights had actli- ally been turned. Cook declared the 1 try club switch was to throw the sig nals. He knew of no other reason for stopping at signal box at any l time.
 | Sc.t. c. H. Chapman of the Bridge l port division WAS last on the stand | He sad in aIlsw CT to a question ef Coroner PheIan that it was rara | occurrence for a Tnotorman to run hy q switch light get against him. Af- ter et,:ecfIou by Atty. Fitzgerald he said he had not meant to insinuake that 1Sadin had not obeyed his sig nal He described the location and the purposes of the switch signal lights which are supposed to protect the route along which the accident happened.
 The hearing adjourned until 10 a. III. tomorrow and this afternoon Cor oner Phelan went to the car barns at NorwaIll to inspect the cars wn,eh were wrecked.
 South NorwaIk, July 24.-AII of the six victims of the trolley crash who are at the Norwa1k hospital are doing as well as can be expected, was the re- port today from the authorities of that institution. None will be dis
 charged today, their injuries being such as to prevent them from leaving. Mrs. Ruth Jones, of Bridgeport, who has a fracture of the skull is some what improved and Harold Nadin. of Norwalk, the motornnan of the special car, is a little better. He is in great pain, however.
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