New Britain herald., 1916-04-18
Three More Bodies Believed to Be in Wreckage Bradford, R. I---Fire Adds to Horror, Four
 Coaches Going Up in Flames
ENGINEER SAYS FARTHER SIGNAL
 WAS NOT SET AGAINST HIS TT

Some Victims Thought to Haa
 Burned to Death--Manys
 Acts Reported-Thrcc Ira
 tions Under Way-SicIxeninA
 As Injured Are Taken FrorA
 Train Crews Given HeariA
 Bradford, R. l., April 18.-a of the wreckage resulting fa rear end collision of two traiTl New York, New Haven and railroad here last night was progress today, in an effort mine whether it containad ar| in addition to the five persons
 known to have lost their livea the opinion of many persons been at the scene during the nl at least three other passengI been unable to eXtricate thI from the burning mass.
 More than thirty other persl injured, most of them sufferl cuts, bruises or shock.
 Fire Follows Crash.
 All the victims were occuI the rear car of local trainI had started to run on a sidinez of the Bradford station whenI Edge express, from Boston, into it. Goals from the exprl motive and the explosion of a on the bottom of the coach s1 the wreckage, and the flamd so rapidly that the nearby std
 freight house were destroyed CT with four wooden coachd
 local train. The passengers Il difficulty in climbing out of th| ished car and those who lo| lives were badly burned.
 As there is no fire departmI no adequate fight could bI against the flames until the d apparatus from Westerly, sil distant. A wrecking train VI from New London and p1 came on another train frorA dence. Minor injuries were and several persons were taka hospital at New London.
 No one was injured on the which was backed to a junctH proceeded to New York soon accident. Early today thd1 were sufficiently cleared to eIH resumption of traffic and all tH vors proceeded on other trainA
 Engineer Denies ReSponsiH
 Trainnen were at varianeez statements as to the signals ses the express after the local trA tained here by engine troutH been ordered to take the sidia agreed that the signal nearesa cal was set for danger but CHs Mansfield, engineer of the exps that the signal next bshil showed a clear track ahead E when he caught sight of the light shining through the thtA was too late to stop his swift ing train.
 After tho flames died doS wreckagc was a mass of ca hours. It was impossible toI thorough search for bodies uE after daylight.
 Engineer Mansfield remainx today, not under restraint, E the understanding that he wa leave until the several invesA had been completed.
 Three Investigations Cpl
 The inquiry by tho public commission of Rhode Island E under way, George H. CarmS special agent having been earlS scene with his assistants toH statements from witnesses fol an effort to place responsibility wreck.
 The coroner inquest probas be held this afternoon. Corona cit H. Kingsley of Westerly, vi several hours here, said earll that he was awaiting report E examiner, Dr. M. Fl.
 Supplementing it's earlier iIz tion, the New Haven roadR through Supt. P. T. Litchfiela New London division, attem gain further information as exact cause of the wreck.
 ferred at length with Engines field. whose record, it was showed that it was the first tirH twenty-six years of service "A neer that he had been in an of this kind.