New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-23

stQiled freight tram 70 Duchie, a"o sei.
were thrown over. involving tne o,ner
trains. Then followed. rev oiys
later. the Federal Express wrseN, WIN
twelve persons Killed, inclpding tns
fireman. A. N. Curtis. ne MOI
though, 90 have been reia,en 20 III.
man Curtis, who died at the 'n'0''''
to-day. ,..
dis.,ss.;rg frequency until the series
vas ended on September z, 1913, az
North Haven. when the Bar Haroor sS'
press was run into by the White Noun
tain express aud twenty persons oien'
That wss the day that Howard Ellott
became president Of the system, ana
no accident with loss OF life 70 passen-
gers had core until this wreck Vo-uay;
-Four OF the great wrecks on tne rosa
+, which many lives were snured OUT
were. like to-days. Of the rear-end sina.
The Greenfield Express was to-day
made up with a heavy engine, three
steel coaches and three Pullmans' ana
In the rear another steel coach adden
~ New Haven. The crew were Jonn y
kennedy. engineer: Charles Curtis. nre-
man; George /. ToIrlellette. hagman,
aud T.. T. BRAY. conductor. Inc Ioeai
rad a smaller engine and five WOODEN
coaches. three having been added a,
New Haven 70 accommodate the large
number OF persons bound for way
points. The crew were II. X. Curtis
engineer; Edward McCirnis. hreman,
and ". B. Brandt. conductor.
The express was stalled on the curys
out Of sight Of the straightawsy trscS
frcro the Woodmont station. Three
hundred feet behind 10 vas sigma
which sc'red rs The norc signal Tor
No. 3. and 1000 feet further back WAS
another protecting signal for No. ~
which was the eautionary signal 10
No. ;. Trainmen we're trying TO rem
edy the airhose trouble when the crash
came.
Charles c. Elwell. a member OF the
Public Utilities Commission. who was
soon at the scene OF the wreck, said
"IrasmUch IS the engineer, the nre-
man ard the aagman. three important
witnesses. are dead. 10 will be di'hcutt
20 HN me respons ibiiity, but thorough
investigation wll probably bring thst
out"
The theory Of :he accident advanced
BIZ Mr. Elwell is that Curtis disre-
garded the stationary sigma and when
the danger or nome signal came INTO
view ne could not make his brakes
hold ard No. 5 slid into No. 70. Mr..
Elyeu. ms INSPECTOR for the commits
sion before his appointment TO II, had
10 investigate many wrecks on this paro
of the system.
For several hours the track was COM
pletely blocked. Later the big wreck
ers from New Haven and Bridgeport,
with their powerful steam cranes, be-
gan 70 remove the wrecAage. heavy
steel coal car. which had been partly
overturned. was lifted and dropped
down the bank; trucks which mad oeen
wrenchod from the coaches we're placed
on gondoas and hauled away, and the
overturned coaches righted.
In the late afternoon the railroad
police roped OF the right OF way TO
keep out of the danger zone the hum
dreds who came by automobiles, sleighs.
trollevs and on foot 20 view the wreck.
| To-nigh. the line was beng rapidly
! cleared
Coroner Nix was among the early
arrivals. A. the same time many physl-
clans from New Haven and Bridgeport,
with hospital nurses, were on the scene
10 HELM carry the injured back 20 nos
pitals. The coroner said that he was
unable 10 say when the inquest would
he opened but that probably II would
start without delay. Among those nurt
WAS DR.. K. G.. Goodyear, medical eH
+ aniner. Of North Haven, who viewed
the bodies taken from the North Haven
wreck ia 1913.
General Greeley May Die.
Miss Hyland's body was identified By
her seatmate ard friend, Miss Anna
/ Short. OF New Haven, who moment
] oil
To sneak 10 some one. Miss byland
was employed in the Offices OF the New
/ Haven road in New Haven.
/ Charles T. Allen, OF Groton, who
died in the New Haven Hospital later,
was a salesman for firm OF cereal
makers. making mis- headquarters IN
/ Pcughkeepsie, y. \. He was NIFTY
wears OF age and leaves an invalid
/ wife and three sons.
In the party of Sons OF the Revolu-
/ ton. who were going TO bridgeport,
were ex-Mayor II. Wales Lines, OF
Neriden.. widely known contractor;
General George Hare Ford, OF New
Haven: Lucius s. Storrs, general man
ager of the Connecticut company; Gen.
eral +. s. Greeley, OF New Haven, and
others. who were shaken up, but not
hurt.
Identification of the body OF the male
passenger as Maduros der Hoyhanne-
sian was not certain tonight. There
is a student at Yale OF that family
name. In the clothing was letter
from Albert Armen, 1882 North Eutaw
/ Street. Baltimore, in regard TO a ship
ment OF pearls, and this may indicate
that the dead man was salesman.
Word came tonight from Bridgeport
( that General 4. s. Greeley. Of New
Haven. one OF the few surviving bril-
eade commanders OF Connecticut troops
in the Civil War, is believed 10 be
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