Engineer Arrest Follows Dramatic Stamford Train Wreck
Amid a Stamford inquest a railroad engineer testified he could not stop the train after the emergency brake and sand failed. He broke down sobbing and explained a back injury limited lever movement. Witnesses described brakes performance and the parlor car Skylark was burned per standard practice. Coroner Phelan resumed the hearing with more testimony from Doherty, Smith, and Dunn as injured passengers were listed and hospital statements taken.
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Spock
Pullman Company
Barry Smith
Thomas Dunn
New York City
William A. Wilson
New York
Smith
Doherty
Dunn
New Haven
Phelan
Charles J. Doherty
D. E. Smith
Joseph F. Berry
Frederick Huxford
F. B. Jertnings, Jr
F. M. Brown
Staten Island
Stamford
Standstill engine’s failing air brakes linked to fatal collision
An engine operator testified about recurring air brake failure from New Haven to Norwalk causing a collision after a late signal. He described applying emergency brakes, the train’s slow stop, and his failed attempts to halt 60 mph drift on a downgrade. He noted reporting brakes in the work log and that his crew observed the defect.
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New Haven
Norwalk
Stamford
Mellen Denies Blame in New England Accident
New Haven president Charles Mellen issued a statement blaming engineer Do Hert y for the accident on the New York New Haven and Hartford lines. He said every precaution was taken and noted the crushed car belonged to the Pullman company, not the New Haven, and that the locomotive was the latest model part of a $2 million equipment order.
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New York
Charles&. Mellen
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
New England
Doherty
Pullman Company
Shooting tragedy ends in double tragedy for couple
A bullet struck near the heart injuring a woman who died. The man White then shot himself in the temple and died instantly. He had dated Miss Wade for some time and urged marriage, but she refused and they grew estranged until today when he visited her home and persuaded her to stay in.
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White
Navy Yard
Portsmouth
Miss Wade
Bernard
Oscar White
New York
Eugene Hutchins
Hutchins
South Street
Miller’s Hill
Wibird Street
Tonneau
Oscar
Bernard White
Picture Theatre
Robert White
Lafayette Road
500 Women to March mn Flag Day Parade
Major William J. Casey of the Ninth Regiment will lead a parade expected to draw 100000 spectators from Monument Hill to the Common. Veterans groups, Elks, Spanish War and Coast Artillery units join a program aligned with flag sales and patriotic observances. Naval ships New Jersey Rhode Island Virginia Georgia planned to participate, with Secretary Daniels due in Boston to speak at the Boston Press Club.
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Monument Hill
William J. Casey
Ninth Regiment
the Ancients
the National Lancers
First Squadron
Fusilier Veteran Association
Ninth Regiment Veteran Association
United Spanish War Veterans
Sons of Veterans
Lexington Minute Men
Boston Lodge of Elks
Brookline Lodge of Elks
Secretary of the Navy
United States Troops of the Coast Artillery
Daughters of Veterans
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Navy Yard
Virginia
Georgia
Daniels
Marine Corps
Boston
Boston Press Club
Dunn
Foss Strike Benefits Start For Married and Single Men
The weekly strike payments will begin next Tuesday with married men receiving eight dollars and single men five. Many strikers in hard circumstances received emergency financial aid yesterday. Women workers from Sturtevant blower works were paid emergency sums in sympathy. Five hundred strikers attended a meeting at French's Opera House led by Frank Jennings, Fred Hewitt, and Roscoe L. Hall as principal speakers.
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Foss
Sturtevant Blower Works
French’s Opera House
Frank Jennings
Boston Machinists’ Lodge
Fred Hewitt
Washington, D. C
The
Machinists
Roscoe L. Hall
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Benjamin I. Spock
New Haven Road
Stamford Hospital
Margret Broderick
Farmington
Conn
P. J. Gerety
Linden Street
Hackensack
N. J
J. J. Martin
East Seventy-fifth Street
Rebecca Mayerson
East Fifty Seventh Street
F. B. Jennings, Jr
Park Avenue
Flushing
L. I
Alfred Godick
Brooklyn
N. Y
Helen Johnson
Springfield
Mass
Glenbrook
Mellen
Ment
Baltimore
Customs House
Washington
Knickers
Norfolk
Serge Aviation
John T. Connor CO
Mon St
Washington St
Jefferson
Texas
Bermuda
Lenox
Brookside
West India
Rich
Casey Marshal
U.S.A
the Surbrug Co
Bunker Hill
Washington & Hanover
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