Show ASLEEP AT HIS POST Day Operator Working for Night Man Responsible for Accident New York March Jef Jeffery foxy fery of the D R H G railroad today received the following statement com comA A G Ridgeway genral m manager nag r of the company Dr OConner our chIef surgeon rp re reports ports to me of eighteen bodies being recovered from the wreck He thInks there is a possibility the number zumber of fatalities will reach twenty Six were injured seriously Others injured slight All of the injured will get well No 3 Pueblo had orders to i ime me t No 18 at Adobe The dispatcher I had bad 0 K front Florence and Swallows lows the operator at Swallows stating that No 3 had not gone by He hai been asleep ep beyond m and did i inot not hear hear No 3 go by and OK his order and Is the sole sola author of the c collision This was the day operator and he was doing duty for the nig night t man as the night man had gone to tJ Pueblo to cash pay cheeks checks wIthout ask askIng askIng Ing permission from Pueblo office Our Or standing rule is that day operators ar arnot arnot not to relieve night operators and w work rk overtime unless permission Is asked and an WAnted granted by the chief dispatcher |