Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-13
MATTERS INTERESTING WESTERLY
Coroner Spencer Finds w. F. Mills Bameess in Death O. William Perry Sisson- Adams Express Train Wreck
 Carolina Early Sunday Morning South Norwalk Pas. senger Only Person Injured

Coroner Edgar T. Spencer has filed his findings with the clerk of the su- perior court and the attorney general ] concerning the Geath of William Per-
 ry Sisson. age seven. son of MT. and Mrs. Edward Sisson, who was struck and killed by an automobile owned
 and operated by Walter F. Miller. when on his way from his work in Westerly to his, home in Hopknton City. The coroner says:
 "The testimony all seems to agree that the boy came out from behind the
 team and that the first that MT. Mills
 could have seen of him was when he
 was right upon him and then too late
 to do anything to avoid the accident.
 It Is evident that the team obstruct-
 ed the view and prevented him from seeing the boy any sooner.
 There is no evidence that MT. Mills
 was in any way driving fast or in a
 manner that was other than careful. After carefully considering the testi-
 mony I hereby certify that it is my opinion and I find that the death of
 said William Perry Sisson was caus-
 ed by being strusl by an automobile
 owned and driven by Walter Mills. I
 further find and am of the opinion
 that said death was caused by acci-
 c.eat and unavoidable"
 Mrs. Elizabeth Mccarthy who had many aCffuatnIanCSS tn westerly, ana
 who formerly resided in Willimantic,
 died Friday at her home in Provi dence. She was born in Prince Ed
 ward Island in 1884, the daughter of
 Michael and Elizabeth Cantwel1 and
 married Dennis F. Mccarthy in St.
 Joseph's church. Providence. in 1864
 She is survived by two sons, Robert
 E., and Joseph T., and a daughter
 Miss Mary Mccarthy, of Providesce.
 Her husband. Dennis F. Mccarthy died about two years ago. He was among the founders of the Catholic cut. while a resident of Willimantic and devoted all his spare time to the advancement of Catholic Total Ab- stinence. He made addresses al temperance rallies in every city and towr in Connecticut, and was known aS the Total Abstinence War Horse throughout the state.
 By occupation he was a locomotive engineer and operated on the old
 Providence and Fishkill road and later
 on the New Haven system. After re- tirement he held his membership in the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
 gineers and at the time of his death
 was an officer and one of the oldest members. His last address in Con- nectjcut was at the exercises connect ed with the golden anniversary of the
 St. fIary's Total Abstinence society of NOrWlCQ.
 The through Adams Express train from Boston to New York, while travelling at high speed struck a
 broken rail just west of the Carolina station, at no Sunday morning, and
 the train was so badly wrecked that through traffic. east and west bound
 did not get back on schedule time un til late at night, trains going around
 the wreck on a temporary track. The
 train was going at the rate of about ffty-five miles an hour, when the To- comotive struck the defective rail which was near to the junction of the l main line and a siding. The loco motive and four cars went over the defect, but the fifth car and the five that followed were derailed being thrown to both sides. They were
 dragged along the rock ballasted road bed for a distance of several hundred feet, and tore the rails and ties from
 place in the irregular run. The train was made up Of steel cars; the trucks of the four rear cars were town away and the wreck resembIed. a tangled | mass of steel, and piled high above the average height of e car. None o1 the cars was capsized, but two oi