t" ‘5.162 morrr
Marine Automobile. Burglary, Liabil-
ity, Cmpcnsation, Fidelity Bonds, int
~ fact we can write any kind of Insur
inch you may require. (‘all us on the
'Phonr No. 1231‘. '
Taylor 8. Golden
,eourH NORWALK TRUST co.‘
BUILDING.
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3“ washwfim "”3"" '7"""" L“ the; the crosshgzsms "2111c“ oppOSite the
‘aplil'ed Chili“ in the stringer. The
LIMA BEANS . CRISCO flSh‘Platth, mp1! kEDt this into line.
l PEA BEANS, lPOUND KIDNEY CUT TO if the timber stayed in line the fish-
; POUND BEANS . plates were not needed."
9 cents 1 23C CRO Engineer l’agon constructed.a dia-
. 5 Cents! 7/2c lb. gram 1.0 show the use of the {isnplath
lICE CREAM Creamery ’l'hc coroner then said that the infor-
iSALT SMOKED BUTTER iffl“,',:eg"f,’l I”: with?" “1:32;“?
JAPAN RICEl 10 lb. sack SHOULDERS In Prints. “a f “ 9 l’ ' p“ 3 ’
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(Continued from First Page.)
also, a. belief on the part of several
witnesses that the cofferdatn suffered
Mr. and Mrs. C. T. McGovern spent
Sunday in New Haven.
. ’1‘th is. the last week of the May
Clearance sale at the lilintz store.
823 silk waists for $1.98 at Frank
Jaoohy‘s. The adv, will tell you all
abbot them.
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a «Mrs. William F. Brede and son, Har‘
rY. 01‘ Lowe street; have been spend~
ing a few days in New York. 9
Miss Illizcta llaedaker, ot‘ Ncw York
city, was the guest of Miss Katherine
Bredc. of Lowe street, over Sunday.
Take advantage of the May
sale prices and replenish the chil-
dren‘s undermuslins at little cost at
the N. E. Ryan Co. tomorrow.
Prank Dorsey, who resigned his posi
tion with Morrclll and t‘arboue, has
accepted one with Aud1:ew Davey, and
he began his new duties today.
1 l
The Tilly carriage works have M
ished their contract for supdying the
iron for the City Hall job to tapioca
tractors Driscoll & Sullivan.
Yacht Club will hold a meeting this
evening, at 8 o'clock, at the office of
Commodore Williamlli- :Byington,Nor
, walk.
Miss Cathc no beginner, of \‘ew
York city.: Mi Annqlli. and John W.
Steegmuller, fit thisbclty, and their
’ mother. will tilts up housekeeping on
«fl'Eliubethtstreet in the near future. 11'l
Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Brown,
,East ampton Conn, are guests of”-
their daughter; Mts Ralph G. Hartley,
in West street. Mr. and Mrs. Brown.-
are on their way home from Florids,l'
' , where they have spent the winter.
The second dance gl1 on by Steward-
.ess Thompson at the Country Club
; was well patroaised last Saturday
the time the regular summer dances
giveh by thelyclub, commence,
s
. ,‘Thore Wilivbe a meeting of the ex-
'_ ecutive committee of the Boy Scouts
‘ it. President Ira 0. Gregory's office,
nesLThursday evening. The matter
9; publicity work in connection with
the scouts will be discussed quite
thoroughly and some action will be
jakon.‘
Dancing this summer will be the
main attraction at an summer resorts.
and if you are not? sure of all the latest
tops or can’t dance at all, take a pri-
, ate course, any afternoon or evening,
at Policy’s private dancing academy.
at 29 Monroe street School opén all
no just. ended;
court. Clerk on o: (31:13amf
This sum is very large. The previous
ldamage.
It’ounded, if the report of
white
.untortonutc. disaster.
i
ll
Pmate acquaintance with the work of
The governing board of the Norwalkf
a “blow up," and at least one witness
was of the opinion that it was an an
derground stream which caused the
T.his howe1er, was not well
,working on the investigation Saturday
{afternoon is detailed correctly, for he.
xis understood to have found nothing
which would indicate this underneath
g "cxp10slot1.“
As The Sentinel foretold exclusively
on Saturday, the members of- the
‘ bridge committee had been summoned
las witnesses, and the
tcstlmony anticpated ni an article ap-I
“interesung”
hearing in these columns. transpired.
’lhis was e1idcnce relative to the tin1-‘
' bers.
The subject is still one most coin-
plex, in which theory plays a promi-
ncnt part, but with little to base the
.conclusion as to the true cause of the
It may never he
definitely determined. and this seems
most probable at the present time. just
what brought about the failure of the:
,caisson.
So far those most well acquainted
with the cofferdam, its construction,
“find its every detail, have agreed that
pcrfc'ct confidence in its invunerabili-
Only those. therefore, whose inti-
huilding the caisson was slight, have
stated that they held fear for the safe-
ty of the cofferdam. This would in-
dicate that the constructiofi‘was not
faulty, for the men engagede work
were not in the least‘fworfiod , ,
the dam. The testimony of tholh
most familiar with the matter t the
affect that they anticipated trouble,
would seem to show it. was but chance
alone which gave risp to those feelings ’
Itfmay 3m however-3th“ those deduc-
“tions are «not correct, and that it was
'the' very familiarity with the construc.
ion which m confidence to the
bridge map add prevchted their see
lag the danger sensed by those not
,diractly connected with the contract.
coroner Phclan is determined to
probe the matter to its very depths.
tho} the cause, for whateysit acts
of not negligence. there‘. may
night the dancing hall being well fill- , have" hm contributing to the “‘i“ of
ad. They will be continued right to‘
here, each time securing a raft of tea-
timony. and yet he is not through. He
will come agaip some time this week.
to further inquire into the complicated
question, and to sedprp further testi-
mony.
Foreman Guy Masters, walking boss
of the job, had not been quizzed by the
coroner up to Saturday. He ii an im-
portant witness and when "Coroner
Phelan comes again he expects to get
‘ much of ‘vhltic from this source.
There will probably be, too, a report
of the diver who conduct
water investigation Sailor y, both
from the op and inside of the cof-
term “A sketch of the wprk, lika-
wise, will be presented for guidanci
of the official
111' about {£8 o’clock,
. 5 dis lb. llO cents 14c lb.l
East India Tea Co
WE GIVE AND REDEEM PREMIUM TRADING STAMPS.
the diver J
the accident Twice now, he has béen‘
anundpsl,
formation that“ all 111s top trims. the
t , Saturday {continued
one not wellinfortned. He asked if the
number of pumps was unusual. and it
was replied. “Yes, maybe we did have
an unusual number. There was a
stream of water coming up through the
bottom and we had to contend also
with excessive leakage on the sides.
A: far as the vibration is concerned,
however, it was very little. We had
three motors and one cngln '
was turning up 1,200 and a.
revolutions-‘3 minute, and a
there is Very little vibrati .
was a little at first in the m d e. and
we ran braces down, as some of the
water had gone down, to the second
set of cross timber from the top
and practically did away with all vi-
'bration.”
“The first day we got the 1,200 rev-
(lclb
125 Washington Street
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north sides before I came here, but
had found no indications of this blow-
:ing up, saiing that to all appearances
everything is all right. We have done
lout best to find out why this happen
ed.
There are three reasons which seem
possible: Firstly, there might have
been rotten timber. But every stick
was new, purchased since we have
been here, except in the places where
posts were, piles being used in such
places because there was no strain.
Secondly, if each frame had not its
proper amount of water pressure that
might have caused the accident. llut
{the wedges were employed, four or
five men having this work to do.
The best men on the job were in
that cotterdam when the thing occur-
red. There were the stiperlntcndent.
fitnaster mechanic. walking boss, and
carpenter foreman. All had confidence
la the cofferdam.
'i‘hirdly, the only othcr thing, it
might have been a blow~up. But by
reason _of the dlvcr's progress in in-
‘vestlgating up to the time i came here,
it could not have been on either the
north or west sides, (Mr. llarton stat
ed that he doubted this latter tltcor)
as a probable solution very much.)
The coroner asked Mr. Barton if
ithe timbers would not have been driv-
7cn up through if the rush of water,
had come from beneath but the cou-
tractor stated that while this wiould
seem poasible he could not state posi-
tively. unnecessary,‘ explained the engineer.
Asked about the pressure from , Contractor Barton again said he was
above with relation to the cause the pretty sure all new material was used.
contractor stated, “The pressure from ‘ Engineer 3’80“ stirred things “9 ‘
ago“, never caused “n and he then. little when he said, Since the acct
said that there was no evidence that dent we have taken out some timber
a? mg), of water 1W3 caused it lthat was not new. Whether it ans-
Resumlng, cmmmwm “Hallo.
’well said that. the snap he heard took-
place on the fittest side. The diver b k l ,,
111s found no indkations of the waterl 2‘11? :(izmr asked
hum]; come up through the 9.0119111. done by the". Old would equal that of
owever .1 ,
Engineer W. Waiters Pagou cpl
ated his opinion given at the burgh!
session of the inquest, in effect that
he still believes the flow of‘the tide,
has no bearing on the cause of the aco .
lcident and he explained his deduction on" wanted to know
at some length "As there was great Centractor Barton explained that the
ileum parallel to the direction lull‘uh platens:
which the water was flowing, I do not ”1" mm
week or two before the .coffcrdam fail
ed. The watcr then was a foot and‘a
half below low tide. and there was
very little pressure."
‘ Mr. Barton explained that the sat-
isfattton of the bridge workers was
approved by the representatives of the
Lackwana Steel compam by what they
knew, what they carried in their heads.
“They knew it was right because of
what they knew," he stated,
"Have you anything further in your
own mind of :1 material nature which
would help me to come to any c0n~
cluslon'r“ the coroner asked Mr. Bar-
ton.
“No," the latter replied. “i gave you
the only three thing-1 that tould possl
hlv have. caused the cofferdam to fail
and we have practically eliminated one
of those, 1 don‘t believe there was any
blow-up."
*But if it yielded a little. than the
later might have been of import
slice?" he was asked.
“Not materially." the contractor re-
plit-d.
‘ lf equal pressure was exerted on all
sides the fish- plates would have been
in doubt.
ha d Some or the new: however. was
l
‘ ' new
.dld." said the engineer.
have done it. and the. pressure was
really. small}: ‘
‘As‘to'the timbers the engineer stat-
ed that very few 12 by 12s had come
out of the cofferdam, and that he had
seen none which were broken.
As to a possible explanation for the
start of the quashlng process the cats-
son went through it might be said that
the strain was‘ shifted from the bot-
tom timbers up to those above sivn.
, Contractor Barton said, “Hallmvoli - lithe cw“ timbers Wm 0}“ on the
said that it was the, nest to the ‘bob W“- U‘“ “’9" ”We“ ‘° N“
tom set of ranges, or the third from “"9“!th 9% joint ‘3 as strong as a?
the top, (same). which went first butlumbfll b 1! Imt 0990““ Y“ “m”
Idon’t think he could know that." have ‘0 o,that. The practical pur-
About the rotten timber Contractor 9"“ W “‘9 ““91“". “‘9‘” " m “1“
Barton and "i know personally am the brace in position. , ,,
a“ w" new umber. never “‘9‘ the. “ff W Hill! was exchsed that
1mg .1 . _ - . he might prepare a. sketch of the cor-
coroner ritual. who am he tail to "‘1‘"! M “1“ he mist} mm
Foreman Guy Masters, who was dis-
charged from the hoapital Saturday
afternoon about 1 oclock. , (He did
use the Joint and we spliced it to make
‘thoir service. Except in the case of
vibration. however. but there Was very
little vibration, and it was so. exces-
1
Rob those that in the centsr.Mr.Ba1~
firmwares. And that they: 'were
,
clutions from our motors running, a‘
V he had several.
the spiles were being dri1en He held
the opinion that it was a blow -up
which was the cause, basing his con-
clusions on what transpired in‘ taking
the soundings [and when the piles
were being driven.
Engineer Pagan explained that when
the soundings were being made water
flowed over the top of one of the
spouts for a few minutes, but that it
(eased soon and never flowed again.
“As far as I'm concerned, l'm not
sure it wasn‘t a rush of water that
caused it," Mr, Moran saiu.
Engineer Pagon explained the driv-
ing of the sheathing. He told, too, of
one stream in each end of Cofl'erdam
No. S estimating the inflow of water
at about 800 bailout; in each this on
the fatal day
Mr Pa on read his reports to (Ton—
sulting “Q? J. E. Greiner. at
BaltMMdh '
Coroner Phelan asked if this strcam
coming from a, spring near Pier to
was sufficient in size to have caused
this accident, assuming that it was
possible that it was the. some stream.
The engineer replied that he did not
believe it would.
Samuel Lynes, of the bridge com-
mission, was next called, but shortly
excused, having testified that he had
seen the cofferdam but two or three
1 3
times. and those on occasions when.
he drove across the bridge.
Committeeman John F. McMahon
had a theory that a rotten timber was
rcsponéible, and told of seeing one
of these, of very inferior quality, on‘
the deck of the derrick barge since
the accident. “it looked like a sort
of dry rot," he said. "I always felt
that the bracing of the pier was not out.
fit-lent to withstand the pressure. l‘m
not competent to judge. but that was
my opinion. When I heard of the ac-
cident at 5 o'clock on Thursday thorn-
lug l was sure of What had happened '
Isaac Church another of the con-
struction committee, said, i don't know
the cause, but i have my ideas." and
lie doubted the
strength of the braces because of the
splicing in the center and said that
.the strength of a timber depended on
if the service i
think that even a large pressure could in” "WWW than anything 9‘“ before it happened, by engineer
‘Thef’ra 8001! "1 any 038%," he I‘la- With.” P3301), ‘nd 13 am“ expire}.
,Tlle Weakest point in Inythlng of this [give 0‘ his opinlon regardlng matters
kind is' the joint. We found we must’ at that time
the end~thrust. A certain amount of
strain would cause these timbers to
buckle. Whether that was the cause
he could not state.
"When the dam failed, there was 75
per cent, of pressure, or 25 per cent,
less pressure than what existed at 7
o'clock," stated the engineer. This
was due to the tide changes.
"The continual vibration alight have
, shifted the ends or ode side " said Mr. '.
wered tl1e)1urpose as well as new ‘3 Church. "‘Spllced construction is not
1w" “9°” looked pretty as strong as straight timbers all the
way across would be."
The coroner then determined that
as there were no further witnesses, he
would continue the hearing at some
“If “3 w“ °M it would break future time the date to be announced
PM" it ‘ 1° be supposed that they later as arrangements are completed.
Despite announbcment that the cor-
I if they "in old rotten “1‘ plates. onor had interviewed Mr. Masters, he
what purpose did they serve, the cor had not seen the foreman up ,0 4
o 'clock Saturday.
The following was written as a mat-
more to help in 8°"an ter of record at eight oclock on the
position (0" erection 0‘ ,nlght of the accident, and two hours'
W.
All four pumps are working sstls
it as strong as any other part of the factorlly in coffcrdam No. 8 today, and an
timber. After the timber was in place the water level has been lowered since I mechanic. arranged a line down the street discussing the next day's work.
the fish plates had practically done noon to about El. 22 “Must a rising
tide. The tide is now at El. 0. 0 feet
outside. and is ”within fifteen minutes
a: scheduled high tide. The time is
8 p. m., ~Thc present plan is to keep .
the pumps going all night.
The leakage t rough the shooting
has been enormous coming in at 50
or 100 places in large streams These
are all readily cloSed with ashes. al-
though the ashes have to
throngh 20 feet of water before reacti-
ing the leaks.
At about the center of each group
of piles under the twa legs there is
'a leakage through the bottom, which
can be toldvbyl. the water that bolls up
at these places I would estimate the
.1:
settle ‘
reoprd month financially, is the ‘ ;
for the "local Atom“.
o: unequal size soundly connected .by
one fish-Slate. the coroner 111111111611
‘11 saw nothing of that kind niyifit."
said Engineer won.
, . Qalyln 1.. Barton was the
, l'thcofteraoonl. He told
etch; pf Caibfihh‘ “No. 8 can"-
.be found The. coffcrdam was
completed three months ago, be ex-
ptatned. and there was no need there-
after for the map. The superintendent
don’t believe it was done," said Con-
tractor Barton. ‘
The coroner asked'llir Barton if he
month only netted. about $130. The
(De’wkr) bad 11.1.1: lavas unable to
find it among the papers in his effects
tbsllevbs that dish plates were (in every
Joint properly and that the timber
_ was all. right. ' »
, "frills, weakest similar was strong
' , ’ eunuch. man-grants that carton.
and on top or that i have had two;
men from the uckwsnns Steel com-
”dbi
"I never si'w any such thing and l .
' Bridge Construction Committee.
knows notions of engineering. he stat- the tone of the pads, and it is possi- "
ad. but “I :lmow when we haVé 80f)l1 his that the flow through the bottom j
The coroner ‘will increase with the Zgrcater head -
opined that Mr. 3...... had gotten .When the bottom is exposed. but the, ,.
alohgyory well with the engineer, and' increase in $5.3 trill only be so perl j:
the "
bottom should not be abnormally --
I
"I don’t think such a condition ar' satisfied”
mentioned ever sxistpd. tdon't think it
nottreturmbefore the adjournment °rlpreaent now through each of these .
:thé hearing, however, but will likely‘t-s'pfl'ngs- at perhaps 800 gals. per min-
present “which 3‘ the continuancclme' but the foreman stated a short
at vim“ film” date now undecided )\ lwhlle ago that he believes that the
Chairman Dr. Augustus 1" Beard leakage now is less than when first
was next called, as the head of the “may
H0 The water is now about 4 feet above
i
engines he said.
the chairman replied “I will?!” wenlcent, hence the w“. through
\
nor asked if in. 11111111., or gay soil gals. per minute.
,1?” ill seemtoboesoufii
Y moot develop the full static ahead.
or Eustace Canon
,, Milli: “Skull" 0* , ‘19- ,ff. a blowout county, the inflow can- :1
".1‘0‘ not be anticipated, but there does not '-
water to or... a .I 1
not; blowrout, and by being pumped out it 3:
, the following are extracts from a -.
, on
Specicl . 180
Panama ., I. New I
52.95 ' ' Summer
Black and Dresses
Sailors 99c.
THE LAST WEEK
MAY CLEARING
SALE.
Regardless of what the other
stores do, this store
CiOSES SATURDAY, All Day.
Open Friday Evening till 10.
_..:-
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span motor. .Both H1010” 00““ Em ones, causing a corresponding short-
De Operated at onfe. At each shutllu? telling of the diagonal. He did not feet
down the remaining pumps were 1101 that it meant much, and the brace was
able. to handle the large amount of a light one, and so far as I could see
leakage in the lower portion of the in the darkness, the only one or its
sheeting where the joints were not kind, hence i said nothing more about
yet tight. hence the water gained in n, Except, that I asked Masters
height. Mr. Dewar was Very mUCll whether or not the posts which sup-
pleased with the successful operation ported the (enter longitudinal brace
of the motors, whlth ran better 85 were spliced to resist tension as well
the head increased nearer to the rat- as compression lie was busy at the
ad bead. Having gained so much, llt‘ time on the pumps, but I decided that
decided to keep at it all night. or at they wrre not, although i could not
least until low tide, which was due at clearly see in the semmaflmess, The ,
2:30 a. m. ‘ point involved was that the trans-
At about 6:30 D. 111., While there was verse braces were all spliced at this
still daylight, i went down to the bot- longitudinal brace, by fish plates “[1.
tom of the dam, the water b81118 350‘“ der and above it. When acting as col-
[91.210 feet or 4.0 feet above the tops umng ”1658 transverse braces were
,of the pileswhlch however. could not stiffened against deflection downward.
be seen for the mud. “At the time, by the posts, but i was doubtful wheth-
there were-a greht many leaks, and e1- 0; not they were stiffened against
one very large one bl"- these WBI‘E all deflegtion upward. it is true, of course,
Stopped while I was down. Two menrthat bci'ore lifting at the center, they ‘
in a boat were constantly pouring fish would have to lift the weight of the
'es outside. , {center moor house with the motors in
While down at the bottom. I exam it. and part of the weight of two
ined everything as carefully as possl' pumps, also part of the weight of the
bio. though hindered by theleaks and steam engine. 1 did not see that this
‘the slime, but found nothing to cause could be dangerous at the time. and
any distrust. All.tlmbel‘s were 6” [ am not inclined even now to attri-
dcntly under great stress, as l Conld hate the failure to it.
tell by their rigidity, but all seemed; When I left the dam. i asked Dewar
to be doing their work. Mr. Barton 11 there was anything 1 could do to
had strongly cautioned Dewar to 889 help out, but everything seemed to be
that all walling pieces had bearins going nicely, and he said that there
against the sheeting, so that each,was nothing. He was in an exception-
, frame would take its share of the load, ally good humor, because the dam was
1and at about 10 p m. Dewar told him .3 pet prnloct of his, and he seemed
that this had been done. lto be conquering the water. I still
l After supper, I went back to the'lingered for a time, not feeling that
;dam and remained until 10 p. m 'Illl ought to leave, but at 9: 45 p.111.
was somewhat dark until Dewar got went and changed my clothes Then
an auto searchllsht. which gave meeting Mr and Mrs. Barton at tho
81103811 light, together with two oridam, i lingered longer, while Mr. Bar-
more torches, to make climbing safefton examined the work. When no
Once the steam pump lost its charge came he was satisfied that everything
d raced, so Hallowwell, the master was all right, so we walked up the
center of the dam 50 that the pump When the break came, Dewar, Mas-
could be shut off from any position. tors, Chip and Hallowell were on top.
IWhile doing this, something gave way wallowcll was tending his engine
under where Dewar, Masters and l which had stopped, and was thrown
were standing. Hearing nothing fur- overboard by the shock, Masters was
ther, they went back to work, but I thrown into the dam, but managed to
was not satisfied. Getting down on climb out. He is in the hospital with
my knees I found a 2 x 4 brace under a dislocated shoulder, but he is the
me, which had bowad about 6 inches only one who can give a lucid account
in perhaps 17 feet. I sent Culp, down of the conditions. It appears that Do-
:to measure the deflecuo'n, while ilwar and Chip were filractlcally out of
the dam. when Dewar decided to go
back and shut off the pumps. It is be-
sighted on his rule. This I called to
Dewar's attention, for it indiCated thatl
the bottom cross braces had shortened
under pressure more than the upper
(Continued on Ninth Page)
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