Woodward Stands by Human Element in New Haven Train Wreck
The second day of Stamford accident hearings focused on the New Haven line's use of human judgment over mechanical safeguards. General Superintendent Clayton N. Woodward defended the human element, while engineers testifying about the 1332 engine described brake and signal issues. Coroner Phelan will probe the Skylark parlor car fire. ICC hearings begin June 18 with officials in New Haven to scrutinize steel car use and automatic stops.
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Stamford
Clayton N. Woodward
John Harmon
Charles Rust
John Francis Carroll
Doherty
Interstate’ Commerce Commission
Public Utilites Board of Connecticut
Phelan
Skylark
Bardo
New Haven Company
Connecticut
Interstate Commerce Commission
McChord
New Haven
Westport
Mellen
Public Utilities Board of Connecticut
Woodward
Macchinery
Woodward Star Witness Before Coroner Today
Coroner John J. Phelan opened a major inquiry into railroad responsibility with General Superintendent Clayton J. Woodward testifying. He pressed questions on duties of operating heads and roadbed upkeep, revealing limits of authority held by President Mellen and the Board of Directors. The testimony showed two trains may occupy a block and exposed gaps in conductor and engineer knowledge of block rules.
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Corres
John J. Phelan
Clayton J. Woodward
New Haven
Mellen
Phelan
Trial Hears on Brakes In New Haven Route Wreck
Stamford inquest into the fatal wreck on the New York New Haven Hartford line resumed in city court. Coroner Phelan seeks details on braking apparatus and Pacific type locomotive. Engineer Doherty faces questions under 5000 bond for manslaughter as witnesses discuss block signal system and duties of railroad officials.
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Stamford
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Skylerx
John J. Phelan
Charles J. Doherty
Stamford Roundhouse
John Harmon
New Heaven
Harmon
Doherty
John H. Dillon
New Haven
Fred Huxford
Thomas H. Dunn
Clayton N. Woodward
New York, New Haven &Hartford Road
Droege
Shore Line
Woodward
Co. L. Bardo
Bardo
Gentral New Eagland
Boston & Milne
Mellen
Board of Directors
Rich Park Ave Residents Lose to Shelinsky
The Connecticut Supreme Court reversed the Superior Court ruling, awarding Abraham Shelinsky deed to a Atlantic Street parcel and $2,700 in costs against Foster. John E Foster and Waldo C Bryant lost after a 1910 land sale dispute tied to moving two houses from Warner Bros. properties.
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John E Foster
Waldo C. Bryant
Abraham Shelinsky
Atlantic Street
Foster
Shelinsky
Wilson Marshall
Bryant
Warner Bros
Burpee
Stiles Judson
Henry E. Shannon
William H. Comley, Jr
Shapiro & Shapiro
Harris Goldberg
Albert J. Parker
Supreme Court
Common Pleas Court
Goldberg
Parker
Cottage Street
Peter F. Marron
Norwalk
Connecticut Company
Marron
Dar
Stafford to Lose His Liquor License
The county commissioners plan revocation of Dudley J. Stafford’s Stratford Inn liquor license after Judge James F. Walsh refused to issue a certificate. Stafford was convicted on state police testimony of liquor law violations and bond calls will follow once action is formalized.
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Dudley J. Stafford
Stratford Inn
Stratford
James F. Walsh
Common Pleas Court
Stafford
Stefford
Connecticut beaten by Bay State golfers at Oakley
In the annual team golf match at Oakley Country Club Watertown Mass this morning the Connecticut home players captured three points to Bay State two four matches required extra holes or decisive finishes one match went to an extra hole and another to the home green for a decision Foreman was noted among participants.
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Watertown
Mass
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Oakley Country Club
Foreman
Death by own action of war correspondent in New York hotel
Angus Hamilton, former war correspondent for the Central News Association of London, killed himself in his uptown New York hotel room by razor. He had been captured by Bulgars as a spy and escaped earlier. The letter to the editor asks when President McKinley was killed, noting his death occurred on September 6, 1901, in Buffalo.
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New York
Angus Hamilton
Central News Association of London
the Farmer
McKinley
Buffalo
Thousands of Women Help Escort Emily Davison’s Funeral Procession
London crowds witness a 5000 to 6000 woman procession from Victoria Station to St George’s, Bloomsbury, for Emily Davison’s funeral. Militants and non militants attend with banners, wreaths, and floral sashes while Scotland Yard faces protests over route choice. Rev Charles Dodd Baumgarten disavows militant tactics.
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London
Emily Wilding Davison
Epsom
Victoria Station
St .George's Church
Bloomsbury
Epsom Station
Wictoria Station
Scotland Yard
Menthy
Mary Allen
St. George's Church
Charles ‘Dodd Baumgarten
Father Sweeney suffers severe sinking spell at Hartford parish
Rev. Timothy R. Sweeney pastor of Sacred Heart church experienced a grave sinking spell last night causing alarm at the parochial residence. He rallied this morning and his condition was more reassuring this afternoon. A longtime Hartford priest of about 33 years, he has served in Meriden Norwich Litchfield Portland and Hartford. He became pastor of Sacred Heart 15 years ago.
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Timothy R. Sweeney
Sacred Heart Church
Meriden
Norwich
Litchfield
Portland
J. C. O'Brien
Sacred Beart Church
New London
Foreman Killed Dismantling Engine at Benedict & Burnham Plant
James McDonnell aged 46 foreman of the millwrights at Benedict and Burnham American Brass Company was fatally injured today during engine dismantling when a hoisted section snapped free. He had 25 years of service. Fire department responses included three still alarms for chimney back drafts and a back fire from an automobile with minimal damage.
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Waterbury
James McDonnell
Benedict & Burnham
Ameican Brass Company
McDonnell
Elm Street
Lexington Avenue
Fairfield Avenue
Burnstein Defies Pharmacy Board in Drug License Stand
Abraham Burnstein defies the state board by reopening his drug store after license revocation. Board secretary J A Leverty says the board will treat unlicensed drug sales as illegal and may suspend licenses even without conviction. He cites nationwide drug abuses and notes a pending federal measure for penalties.
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State Board of Pharmacy Commissioners
Abraham Burnstein
J. A. Leverty
Burnstein
J. Burnstein
Keves
Fallon & Greenstein
Mr. Leverty
Coughlin
Pharmacy Commission
John H. Light
Leverty
Convic
Dowd
Birmingham
Caeotain Arnold
Headquart
Hartford
Bridgeport
Congress
Bridgeport customs plan unlikely to change in Congress
Connecticut reorganization plan for state customs offices appears fixed this session. Augustine Lonergan, visiting Haddam for a bridge celebration, says Hartford should gain the honor. He notes Assistant Secretary Curtis and most House members expect the plan to stand as drafted. Lonergan plans to return to Washington soon.
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Congress
Augustine Lonergan
Haddam
Edward Lonergan
Congressman Lonergan
Bridgeport
Hartford
Curtis
House
Collee
Enos
Als Commission
Glaes
McAdoo
Wilenn
Lonergan
East Haddam
Washington
Fire along Norwalk harbor destroys Radhel Oyster building
Fire at about 11 30 this morning on Washington Street bridge in South Norwalk swept the Radhel Oyster Company’s old building and damaged nearby oyster houses. Firemen saved most structures but the spile driver and the Radhel building were lost, fanned by a north wind as workmen razed a bridge project nearby. dégâts estimated in the thousands.
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Norwalk
Radhel Oyster Company
Washington Street
Norwalk Harbor
Decker Oyster Company
Sealshipt Oyster Company
Sterling Oyster Company
Timate
South Norwalk
East Norwalk
President Wilson Seeks Saturday Golf Recreation
Washington June 14 President Wilson continued his weekend routine by heading out to play golf for recreation. The brief item notes the president’s habitual Saturday leisure activity without additional details.
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Washington
Wilson
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