Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-23
BROKEN AIR HOSE
 CAUSES BAD WRECK
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were trying to remedy the air hose trouble when the crash came.
 Theory of Charles c. EIweII.
 Charles c. ElweH, a member of the public utilities commission, who was soon at the scene of the wreck, said, bearing upon what had happened:
 1nasmuch as the engineer, the fire men and the dagman, three important witnesses, are dead, it will be difficult to fix the responsibility but thorough investigation will probably bring out the responsibility"
 The theory of the accident advanced by MT. Elwell is that Curtiss disre- garded the cautionary signal two thousand feet east of the stalled train and when the dnger or home" sig nal came into view he could not make his brakes hold and No. 5 slid into No. 79. MT. Elwell as inspector for the commission before his appointment to it had to investigate the many wrecks on this part of the system.
 Both Trains We'll Filled With Pas
 sengers.
 Both trains were well filled with passengers. Many Yale alumni were nj No. 79 as they had attended alum there last night for the annul meetings of the senior societies. They were re- turning to New York. Many of these have figured prominently in athletics at the university in years past. The local train had many on board who were bound for Bridgeport to attend the dinner of the Sons of the American Revolution Others were commuters for Milford and other stations.
 Boiler of No. 5 Exploded
 As the crash came the boiler of No. exploded and hurtling through the air over the freight on the next track to the eastbound track dropped right Sid mn at hn hntfnT10 of the daar 0- bankment. The rest of the engine was a mass of twisted and splintered iron. The bodies of the fireman, engineer, mangled and scalded, were picked out of the wreckage.
 Roadbed Covered With Debris.
 While the roadbed was not torn up it was literally covered with the ru- Heavy iron brs were twisted like wire and steel frames of the rear coach of No. 79 were ripped apart, the wreck age of the three trains being piled up in a great junk heap. All around lay the furnishings of the coaches, appli- ances to be used in case of wrecks and some personal belonging of passeng- CTS Snow beside the tracks was stained with blood.
 Bodies Under Rear Coach.
 The rear coach of the express split wide open was thrown across the moving freight, crushing these cars partly down and then falling over the eastbound tracks. Caught under 1t were the bodies of Miss Susan B. Fly land of New Haven and of the man believed to be Madirios Der Hovhanes- sian, a student at Yale. Late in the afternoon this car was raised suftic- iently to permit of removal of the bodies and they were taken to a morgue here.
 Pullman Narrowly Escaped Going
 Down Embankment
 The Pullman coach Napoleon mar rowly escaped a plunge down the en- bankment with it's passengers. The second coach from the rear, it was jammed by the force of the collision with it's forward ends hard against one of the standards supporting the eaten ary system of the road. In this man. ner it hung on the edge of the bank. Had it fallen even slightly short of the standard it would have taken a express escped injury, the forward express escaped injury, the forward cars being damned together, the win dows smashed and showing the ter rifle force of the Impact. The bag gage car of No. was torn from it's trucks and thrown on it's side. The other coaches were not seriously dam aged and were hauled away soon after by a wrecking train
 Tracks Blocked Several Hours.
 For several hours the tracks were completely blocked. Later the big wreckers from New Haven and Bridgeport with their powerful steam cranes began to remove the wreck nge. A heavy steel coal car which had been partly overturned was lifted and dropped down the bank and trucks which had been wrenched from the coaches were placed on gondolas and hauled away and the overturned coaches righted. In the late after noon the railroad police roped off the right of way to keep out of the dang CT zone the hundreds who came by automobiles, sIeighs, trolleys and on foot to view the wreck. Tonight the line was being rapidly cleared.
 Physicians and Nurses on Scene.
 Coroner Mix was among the early arrivals At the same time many physicians from New Haven and Bridgeport with hospital nurses were on the scene to render aid in carry ing the injured back to the various hospitals.
 The coroner said that he was unable to say when the inquest will be opened ub probably it will start without delay. Among those hurt was pr. R. G. Good year, medical examiner of North Ha- ven who viewed the bodies taken from the North Haven wreck in 1913. Miss HyIand's Body Identified by Seat
 mate.
 Miss Hyland's body was identified by her seat mate and friend, Miss An na Shortz of New Haven, who a mo- ment before the crash crossed the car aisle to speak to some one.
 Charles F. Allen, of Groton, who died in the New Haven hospital later, was a salesman for firm of cereal makers, making his headquarters in Pough- keersie, N P. He was 50 years of age and he is survived by his invalid wife and three sons.
 Miss Hyland was employed in the offices of the New Haven road in New Haven, in a clerical position.
 Prominent Men on Train.
 In the party of Sons of the Revolu- tion who were going to Bridgepore,