Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 23, 1916, Page 6

ANSFIELD TRIA ing Florist Renkin’s Store Guest-of Local Elks. In the superior court for Washing- county Friday the trial of Charles d on the charge of man- in connection with ge train that crashed into the New ndon local. George H. French, conductor cf the lew London local, who was on the tness stand when court adjourned ursday, was recalied at the opening court Friday morning. While h n was stopped at tower he note at the rear end lanterns of the tra ere lighted properly. He was cor ctor of the train for three months, d once before the train went on jding at Mystic and transferred pa ngers. The witness said he ordered e engineer to take the locomotive to ‘esterly for the purpose of takin; tors on and bring them to Brad- ford. E By Mr. Otis: Witness knew there &e block signals on the system, and was not unusual f T e 1 d on the time of d not consider the t reduced speed and ees were not required. fhe flagman went bac in. He trusted to the . rform the du igned him &By Mr. Fitzgerald: If a thy man could talk would be viol Ehew the flagman 1 ess of the bloc & Herbert 'S. Davis of Mysti ker, testified he was a pass . He knew the tra opped at the fwer and went ¢ e rear plat eman star @nd fuzees. Wi Tear platform he come and get on the trai &r, the conductor sayi rs would transfer at t )pped in the car and 4hd started for the rear door s 1 did so he the headlight o approaching train and hu @scaped injury. “Just as witness stooped to get un der the gate the collision occurred. Believed the tra ite of 25 miles e about five minutes after the stop | Was made at the tower perhap seconds atter the stop : n. The rear car wa #noke and steam and the ine was through the car up t e fitth seat from the farther end. He Beard voic could n assist in the rescue. Four or five me: with lanterns went into the c the collision he saw that t fnin was broken apart Kpow that the 623 #part and did not tve. _Thomas M. Weatherbee of Groton, Cbnn., a locomotive enginser for 27 Years and railroad fireman was the tneds neer of the Ne Wight of the Br: s the seven Bain ‘from New Fhat night he &x minutes 1 at Kingston, no s 0 PBradford. There w after leavi ston, by slder the trou ser eon Fish, a fireman, fired to F and wi there Fist the train was when e@st of towe g engine w the work of cBndition and tWo men in th McManus other man came in towerman fo nc report condition MeClusky was Witness first er ered t “When McClusky came in three bells e, sounded as signal for uniock at od River Junction. a§ McCiusky came in 1 efal levers, and then t MeManus at the ope en McMan id c@ining and witness thp Gilt Edge. He oin, the g back to protec New d@h local. Witness was back on efigine within a minute after lea €88 tower. At that time the flazman fully as far Tfte rule requires whistle sie bexgiven to send the flagman out. We at the siation about 30 seconds wi €Hé collision occurred and ! it took place at 7.32 local came through the rear car a8l knocked the engine away from the trafh abou: 60 feet, brakes were on the engine. off the left side of the c witness got off from the ri ver brid Questioned by Mr, Fitzgerald, the witness said that on that night he made time between Boston and Provi- dence, for it was a big c light train. Stopped t Junction to get steam, as 100, pounds of steam then, steam as had from Appon steam up to 130 before leavi within 40 pounds of limit. At King- #ton 100 and ‘within four minutes had 140, pounids. At Wickford Junction, upon leaving, conditions were better to -keep up steam wit han ar steam jet that keeps up the draft. was due to stop at Westerly, four and a half miles from Bradford. Decided to .stop at tower when witain two miles of Bradford, was runnin; at “shut off,” “drifting along” without steam, and never gained a pound of steam in the “drift” Had not con- sulted conductor in regard to the stop pt the Bradford tower, nor did he re- #t condition to towermen along the ine, as did not consider it necessary. ran on regular time between King- on and Bradford and ran the 12 fles in_17 minutes, with steam shut Dff, the \scheduled running time be- those points. The engine he running was a superheated engine ind did not make steam when shut :fl‘_nnd drifting. The shut oft took 60 s OPJIJQUOIAN‘D p: ' DRUG USING “Treatment. ' Ouinstitute completely equipped, and pew mansgement. No nausea—no dengerous KEELEY/INSTITUTE -West Haven, Conn. s m o R e 2 resulta. L AT WESTERLY “Allof Friday ‘in“Superior Court—Important Tes- timony of Train:Crews—The Evidence in Detail—Miss- Attached—Governor Beekman per cent. of the heating :surface of the tubes and would make steam better with " everything open. Resuming his testimony, at the ternoon session, Engineer Weatherbey testified that after arriving at the Bradford station he kept the air brake on the engine and released the brake on rest of the train. The “arift” valve is supposed to be always open except when the engine is housed and then it has to be shut off. If this is not 'done the engine is liable to run away. i lle kept the brake on the engine as the engine would be liable to creep 2 1 for a i If the en- right there would be no It is the rule Yo to With the brake set in the engine of train 223, the engine acted as a stone wa a locomotive of the Gilt never knew of his own 5 the matter with the engine th: night. There is n outlying siding Bradford, that it could not be unlocked without tion of the Bradford towerman. without permission or aid from the tower, witness unlocked the siding and went out with the engine. It was an electric locking scheme and he beat the lock that time. He went by the inderlocking ignal without the re- | quired card, He took the engine to idway, the terminal, on that night. Parker S. Ross, of New London, a railroad fireman for eight years, was the next witness called, and before that for four vears a fireman on the Pennsylvania stem. He was fire- man on train 633 on the night of April the night the Bradford wreck, and h d_that particular engine several before. The locomotive { dia not m very well after leav ing Providence. At Bradford,. first »ed about thirty feet from the just 7.25. The watch was it had been compared with me that afternoon. Si- s in the . He got 1t Kingston. He was a ad fired this par- : ssisted in the run Sradford. As they came the signals were set the dwa the of meon e tower ab four went to the station, ithin twenty feet of the siding The collision seemed to come as soon as the local reached the station. Wit- | ness was knocked from his seat by the collision and his nose was injured. The witness told Attorney Fitzger- ald that he knew the local was close on to the Gilt Edge time, an comotive never steamed fre e of low steam but managed to long on running time, but not on dule time. Daniel W. Camp, of New York city, a trainman for sixteen years, and who was on the Gilt Edge on the night of the wreck, told of reaching Providence 2 on time, and stopped at rd reason of collision with |t ‘\\v n was goi home >s_ were set, in v W He in third seat in the rear car. He got his started back to prot. md trac went ba about ten 1in, but lutea as ack to mbs’ lantern s not lighted. the signal ant was at stop Remained at bridge ed the next train. e from the burning When train stopped he did not from engineer 80 ik train. It is cu _not know the man. now Frank Nicholson, Inspec- . Mr. Camp was called to Kingston | last Tuesday and reviewed his evi dence, and was_ordered there by t trainmaster at Boston, and at Kin, Mr 1im to come to W Attorney Fitzger- to The part of the Gilt Edge train he was in before going out to flag, might have broken away, before the locomo- tive struck train 233. He did not know h the train w broken In twd application of the emergenc: but he knew the coupling was He not expect the ens © to signal him to go back and to rotect train, as he knew some- ng had happened and that it w a case of emergency. He went back a mile and on the way met Flagman Coombs near the bri Witness was first to get off his train and no one passed him going in the same direc- ion On the way back there was a man | with him as far as the distant signal. e aia not kno what the man did (‘1‘(‘.} Afte: distance of 1000 back and saw ths sig- s a damp, misty night, Lut t know whether the tracks { slippery condition. Witness 1 it took six or seven minutes for m to get from the rear of the train to his position around the curve. am J. Read, conductor of the n on the night of the was _about four minutes -t ing Providence, and went by Wood River Junction at perhaps fifty les an hour. The first regular stop t to Providence is Westerly. The n arrived at Bradford at about At the time of collision Wwitness gvas passing through the dining car and he got off at the rear end of the car. At that moment he did not know there was a collision. Half a minute after the train stopped he saw the flag. man start back with a red and white light, but:did not go back himself to see that the flagman did his duty. He had confidence in Mr. Camp and knew he would do his duty. The knuckle of one of the cars was broken and the train parted either a second before, or at at the time of the collision. The witness walked to the end of the train, and saw a woman lying on the plat- form. She was Mrs. Martell and was injured. He then went to the bag- gage car.and asKed the baggageman to get a stretcher. Witness then went T Gilt Bdge this time for'a week, but had been on the train for other and| longer periods. - The train seemed to be running along smoothly — on that night until the mishap at Bradford. No regular stops between Providence and Westerly. He had no notice that 633 was not on rynning time. Had a clear way on the run. Conduetors-have time tables showing schedule timé, and the actual time is compared to show the Court adjourned to Monday morns ing at 10.30. S e _ It becomes evident that the disap- pearance of Lewis F. Rankin, is due fo financial entanglements. It is al- leged that Mrs. Rankin has had no trace of him since he left Westerly for New York on Tuesday of last week. Acting on writ issued by Attorney John J. Dunn, the flower store in Dix- on square was attached Friday morn- ing by Deputy Sheriff Frederick T. Mitchell, and an automobile was in- cluded in the attgchment. This action is on & claim of Pasquale Deplacito and wife and the damage is placed at $500. It is understood that Deplacito, who was employed as fireman for Rankin, drew from the bank deposit of hymself and wife the sum of 3300 and loaned it to Rankin. The store attached is a small one, and in this instance the flowers con- tained therin are of no value, The refrigerator is claimed by a Mystic man as his property and the decorative small trees that were outside the store are owned by Schultz, another florist, and who is also a creditor. Although there has been but one _ attachment placed on Ranking property, there are several creditors and it is said that the actual time, ‘ liabilities are greatly in excess of the assets. Two cases of infantile paralysis were reported to Lewis Stanton, health of- ficer, Friday afternoon, ore at Potter Hill 'and another at the H. . Greene cottage at Pleasant View, and both within the limits of the town of West- erly. There are two more cases in the town, one in Railroad avenue, in the village, and the other at Bradford. All the premises where the disease prevails are under strict quarantine. Two cases were also reported Fri- day afternoon just over the bridge in the village of Pawcatuclk, in the town f Stonington. These cases are at No. 7 Dower street and are the wife and the daughter of Joseph Christiana. The daughter was taken ill over a week and the attending physician charged five days ago. A phy- ician was called Friday afternoon to attend Mrs. Christiana and both che and her daughter were found to be seriously ill with infantile paralysis. The cases were reported to Dr, Charles F. Congdon, health officer for the town of Stonington, and he has taken direct charge of the premises. The Christiana has been attending the West d et school and it was said “riday evening that the echool was liable to be closed indefinitely. Laconics. Thgre is a ected. case of infan- tile paralysis in Potter Hill. Charles Arnold, of Putnam is the guest of his sister, Mrs. Jorn T. Ed- mond, in W Miss Mary Cl ident of Nam , 94, the oldest res- ett” Pier, died Wed- born in Matunuck, M tillman, 91, widow of Charles n, died Thursday. is survived by a daughter, Mr: Hempill and a son, Her man, The Burrillville High School build- ing in Pascoag, was complet des- ved by fire from some unknown cause, Thursday. The loss is estimat- ed at’ $20,000., Irank Parker, for strjking Mary White, both are-colored, was before the Third District court, and was sen- tenced to three months in the Provi- wce county jail. he one hundred ang fif: meet of the War with which is affiliated, v h annual ist asso- | y_church of 11 be held on nesday, with the First Bap- *h in Providenc 'he reception to Governor Beeck- n in the Elks quarters, Friday night big success. The event was 1 a great many took occasion the governor. There was mu- 2 t refreshm There will be-a special train Sunday | to Providence accommodate the | members of the Holy Name soclety, | of the parish of the Church of the Im- ilate Conception, that will par- ate in the monster parade Sunday afternoon. Many besides the paraders will make the trip. The Rhode Island pany e o ink Granite com- > be 1o steriy, with a stock rry on anite busi by the he incorporators are lsaac C. amuel H. Davis and Genevieve 1 of Wester STONINGTON Men in Employ of Construction Com- pany Strike for Eight Hour Day. “orty men in the employ of the John “onstruction company of Pas- rly all residents of Ston- Westerly and New an cight hour day, instead’ of at present, or an addition of . The O'Leary company is building a big addition to the plant of the American Velvet com- | pany and the contract includes the improvement of a large tract of ad- joining land. Another Battle Reminder. If cannonballs are a criterion, there must be almost as many of them used in the battle of Stonington as at Ver- undreds of them are preserved beled, and every little while an- other is discovered. It was found in the fireplace of the Jabez Holines house, one of the oldest in the bor- , which is being razed to make v 'for the enlargement of the At- wood Machinery company’s plant. OFFICIAL MATRIMONIAL AGENCY IN FRANCE To Relieve the Anticipated Dearth of Husbands After the War. Paris, Sept. 22.—A sort of official matrimonial agency is the latest ex- pedient _proposed by Eugene Brieux of the French academy to relieve the anticipated dearth of husbands after the war. There were 1,878,265 single men ana single women above the age in France before the war, ac- cording to the latest compiete statis- tics. From the age of 30 up the num- ber of $amarried was about equal be- tween the two sexes With a million each. A considerable number of happy households, could have been organized out of these vast resources, Mr. Bri- eux thinks, had there been greater facilities for bringing eligible partles together. They should in the future he thinks be all registered at their re- spective town hajls. A more signifiant suggestion, also due to M. Brieux, is the abolition of the marriage contract and the dower —the great barrier to the marriage of into the burning car anq assisted in the rescue work. The locomotive ploughed through the rear car of the local perhaps three quarters the length of the car. Conductor Read stated to Attorney Fitzgerald that he had been on the the girl without a fortune. Some be- lieve a romantic period is to set In in | which the dower will get lost in a great flood of spontaneous and genu- ine sentiment. insie” BSOS Nothing so enhances the value of a thing as difficulty in_obtaining it. The New Eight- Type 55 HERE is one thought in connecti like you to grasp at once. 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