TRYING TO FIND
CAUSE OF WRECK
CORONER BILL CONDUCTING IN
QUIRY HERE TO-DAY
Engineer Cooke Did Not See Train
Ahead Until Within Seven
Car Lengths
Coroner Arthur G. Bill, of Daniel
son, is conducting an investigation
here today to try and determine the
cause or who was responsible for the
collision on the New Haven road at
Pomfret two weeks ago when four
men were killed, and a fifth lost his
life while working with the train
crew to clear the tracks
But little was brought out this
morning that has not been known
The ost imi»ortant was in the de
position of H. M. Cooke of Hast Hart
ford. engineer of the first locomotive
on the second train, which the Coro
ner took at the i>av Kimball hospi
tal
Vr Cooke said that the first he
saw of the train in front was when
the lights of caboose flashed on
him not more than seven car lengths
ahead. He reversed his engine and
apt lied the air brakes hut it was Im
possible to avert the crash or to check
the speed to any degree He heard
no torpedoes and saw no flagman.
The extra the train in front, was
evj>er»ted to make l r, milejf an hour
hut had had to stop twice because of
trouble with an automatic stoker.
