New Britain herald., 1916-12-09
TRAIN HITS HACK
 ON WASHINGTON ST,
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1 (COntlnuoQ rom First Page.) 1 geon, was the first physician on the 1 scene and gave first aid treatment to 1 Claughsey and his niece. He accom- panied the former to the hospital on l the ambulance's second trip Miss Claughsey was rushed to that insti- tuition in Parker & O'Connors auto de- l livery truck Claughsey's condition was pro-
 nounced hopeless following an ex- animation of his injuries on the operating table. Before his transfer to the hospital it was feared that he would die and call was sent to St. Mary's parish for a priest He ar rived after the injured had been taken to the hospital and followed them there.
 Mrs. Claughsey Prostrated.
 Drs. Walsh and John l.. Kelly were in charge of Claughseys case and operated at once in a desperate at tempt to save his life. They found him to be suffering from a fractured skull, compound fracture of the left leg, internal injuries, multiple abrais- ions and decorations as we'll as shock He was unconscious to the end. His wife was at his bedside as he died. She was prostrated by the tragedy
 Pieces of the wrecked hack were scattered along the tracks and upon the embankment for a wide area. Blood from the injured and mangled horse made the scene appear like slaughter house. Pieces of wood and iron from the hack were picked up nearly to the Main street crossing and taken from the 1ocom motive at the railroad station. The locomotive pilot was splintered and battered on one side and the iron step between the cab and tender torn off.
 Engineer Harry Drinkwater of Win sted and Conductor Benjamin Clark of Waterbury were in charge of the train. Drinkwater and Fireman Ray mond A. Becker of East Hartford said that all precautions had been taken in approaching the crossing and were unaware that it was not protected properly until they saw the hack appear almost directly in front of the locom otive. Drinkwater, ac- cording to New Haven road officials, was engineer of the train that fig ured in wreck at Bristol about a year ago.
 Three Investigations Under Way.
 Three investigations were imme- diately begun following the removal of the injured to the hospital. Medical Examiner Harry A. Elcock was one of the first physicians on the scene. Immediately upon being informed of Claughsey's death he began a formal investigation. Chief Rawlings began the police investigation by interview ing trainmen and witnesses. In this he was assisted by Detective Sergeant Samuel A. Bamforth.
 According to the police, Gatetender Jones said the gates were not lowered because he had no warning of the approach of the express and his view was obscured by a train of freight cars which had just been hauled past that point by a switching engine.
 The railroad officials, including de- tectives covering this territory also questioned witnesses.
 Tn great agony, unable to rise and bleeding profusely from one side, which had been partially torn away by the locomotive pilot, one of the horses attached to the hack presented a pitifu1 sight. Chief Rawlings gave it a hurried examination and ordered it shot Policeman Charles Mccarthy nSed ings.
 Brakeman Thomas Buckley of the switching crew is credited with hav-
 ing been largely responsible for saving the third hack from a somewhat slm- liar fate as the one before it. It's oc- cupants were mortified spectators of the accident and almost overcome at the narrOwness of their escape. f. Says No Whistle Was Blown. Among those questioned by Chief Rawlings as eyeWitnesses were George F. Hennig of 398 South Main
 street, yard superintendent of the Russell & Erwin Manufacturing com pany, Edmund Coogan of 56S East l Main street and Frank Cook of Al 1 Chestnut street. The three agreed | that no warning was given of the 1 trains approach and that the gates l were not lowered until after the hack 1 was on the tracks. Hennig was posi- 1 tive that Engineer Drinkwater did
 not whistle for the crossing until inn mediately before the impact. He said 1 that the whistle and crash of the col l lison came so near together that it 1 was almost impossible to separate l them.
 1 That the four occupants of the 1 hack were not killed outright is a 1 cause of wonderment to those who 1 witnessed the accident and were on l the scene soon afterwards. They 1 never had a chance to escape and if l is considered doubtful if they knew l what struck them. The curtains of 1 the hack windows were drawn and no