Show HOLD COMPANY RESPONSIBLE 1 Verdict of Jury In Pennsylvania Railroad Disaster Norristown Pa May 27The Nor ristown and Pottsville juries which have been jointly investigating the cause of the fatal wreck on the Reading Read-ing railway at Exeter today rendered a verdict holding the Reading railway company primarily responsible for the accident which resulted In the loss of twentynine lives and injuries to over fifty persons The jury held the accident ac-cident was due to the following causes Having never established a modern and adequate system of communication communica-tion between signal stations and the main office dispatching trains at too short intervals falling to provide a sight and color test at least once a year for employees required to distinguish dis-tinguish colors on signal boards at a distance for failure to require signal tower and crossing watchmen to have accurate timepieces The jury also finds that mistakes were made by employees of the company com-pany concerned in the running of both sections of train No 2 on the night of the accident but were insufficient to I have caused the collision had a proper system of signals been in use |