New Britain herald., 1916-09-29
Dinky Demo|ishes Delivery
 Truck and Occupants are
 Rushed to Hospital With . Fractured Limbs
ONE MAY DIE FROM
 INTERNAL INJURIES

Driver Says Electric Warming Bell
 Did Not Ring Until Train Was On
 Top of Machine-F1reman Shouts
 to Engineer But Too Late to Avoid
 CoIhsion-Truck Hurled Fifty Feet
 and Is Reduced to Scrap Metal.
 One man was perhaps fatally in Jured and another seriously injured when the 10:30 o'clock dinky out of Hartford crashed into an autom bile delivery truck at the Clayton crossing at about 10:45 o'clock this morning. - The injured men are Eugene War shaw and Nicholas Sorakin, both of whom live on Broad street in Hartford and are partners in business under the firm name of Eugene Warshaw & Co.,, dealers in barbers' supplies and perfumery.
 The accident occurred at the ex- act spot where many other fatal ac- cicents have occurred in the past and where the mem orable dinky wreck, occurred a little over a year ago. Co.,
 
 ly dangerous one, as all view of the Arack is hidden by brick-yard sheds. Coming in this direction, however, a good view of the track can be had for an eighth of a mile. It was in this direction that the ill-fated machine was going Sorakin, who was driving the automobile, was the least serious ay injured of the two. His injuries consist chiefly of fractured left hip, scalp decorations, body bruises and general nervous shock His partner Is in a much more serious condition. His right leg has a compound frac- ture above the knee, his left hip is bnoken, the back of his head is split open and he has internal injuries in addition to numerous minor injuries about the body.
 Auto Driver Blamed.
 Just what led up to the accident is a mystery, but indications are that Sorakin tried to speed across the tracks ahead of the train. After the accident, as he lay on the ground, he was questioned by several regarding the accident and witnesses say he ad- mitted that he saw the train coming but thought he could beat it to the crossing. In the ambulance, however, sorakin told a different story. He said he did not see the train and that the Tell at the crossing did not begin to ring until he was in the middle of the tracks, an instant before the collis- ion. Railroad men say this Is im- possible for the bell Is electrically controlled so that if it rang at all it Lad to begin ringing when the train made the connections several hundfed yards up the track.
 Both men exhibited remarka ble nerve after the accident, but War shaw was only semi-conscious. His 8ompanion was conscious at all times Erd although suffering from a frac- tured hip his nerve did not desert him and as he lay on the ground he ex- pressed the gravest concern for his friend. Offered whiskey as a stimu- 1ant, he steadfastly refused and took nothing all the way to the hospital riding on the floor of the ambulance as his friend lay above him on the stretcher grooming with anguish at every little jounce caused by the un- evenness of the road.
 Says Auto Stopped First.
 The train was in charge of Conduct or Hughes and Engineer Teed. Nei- ther knew of the accident until it oc- cured Engineer Teed was on the right side of the engine cab so did not see the road over which the two Hartford men were driving. The fire man, however, saw them coming and states that to his eye the automobile driver seemed to slow up just before reaching the crossing and then speed ed ahead. The fremen shouted a warning cry to his engineer but it was too late and the front of the Ioco- ~motive struck the autom obile in the middle. Engineer Teed handled his train in masterly manner and at the instant of impact set his emerg- enoy brake, locking the big driving wheels That he applied the brakes Instantly was shown by the fact that the locomotive wheels passed over the front of the automobi and so quick 1y did Teed apply the brakes that the wheels locked at the very instant they passed over the car. The train slid about it's own length before coming to stop and investigation showed that one of the side curtains of the auto was even then firmly pinned be- meath the wheel and the rail.
 Auto Completely Demolished.
 The automobile was Ford delivery q car com mpleteIy enclosed and with the side curtains up. This last fact may