New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-05-09

opposite the ID pot Owing to the suansss Of the roo
the reporters could be admitted The evi edcs 81 IA
witness L. therefore. taken from the minutes OF the CerK o.
Eersrd " Ticker Engineer. e1amined-Has been on
this road this tme about two months; eved ny h
sfrucfous from printed time card from Mr. simon s IL
train was running at thu rate Of about miles per hour
whsfed the brakes - be app led ut IN ther SD Of
the bridge where We hrsi see the gn 8, aid an cer
uai / the bal IN is place cannot be deceived ga
look Of the windows but put my head entirely out
50 as MOTTO be deceived the signal just before get
ting the bridge ta crosses the highway after Getting
through the bridge the signal goes out OF sight don thhK
there Is anything could have mistaken for the signal am
lust so certain that the signal up | that IN
alive at present have DO directions to look for any
other signals 10 indicate that the dra. IS up or
down sounded the whistle the moment i saw
the draw open snd reversed the engine think the
brakes not applied they had been think the tram
might have been stopped as the engine powerful one
the engine might have gone in aud the brakes would have
been strong enough 10 have parted the couplings OF the
cars had no directions from the conductor Was behind
tine about eight minutes; read the papers WINE
driving the engine trust to the dreman don't know
if there any wanting To get of the train jumped
of near the corner Of the bridge and my heal struck
can stop the train if the brakes applied in twice taeu
length this bridge is the worst OF the road by all odas
stop trains before coming to the draw after turning the
the draw because the distance much shOs'e
am familiar With the road and its signals as am Etn my
A. b. s; was formerly employed on the road.
George El4er, freman-Resides in New York at No.
433 Fourth av: have been the road - monfhf WAS
attending 20 my duties when got TO the button factory
the engineer whistled think 100 yards from the
draw the engineer blows the signal Of coming INTO tne
station the train going the rate Of IS 20 miles per
hour If il had been known al the depot the train might
have been stopped the train is generally II minutes in
going fro the inst sight of the signal to the bridge have
seen engineers read newspapers while the train was NOV
ing such not often the case the conductor DID not speak
10 the engineer between Stamford and South Nor this
engineer was not reading paper never fred for him
before Yesterday; him put his head out OF the win
dow lust before reaching the signal
Charles ComSt0ck Conductor sworn.As we turned the
curve thought the engine would go down and that the
i1ht he EnOnppr sounded
after turning the curve and the brakes the train
was going at the rate Of from 10 to l2 miles an hour
was in the froat passenger consider that this bridge
need great care think it might not be possible to stop
the train after turning the had stopped Al
the Norwak station; The Engineer went down with me
the day before not acquainted with the habits OF the
Engineer did not give him any directions to the speed
of the passenger requested to be set down at the
NOrwalk station
At o'clock Saturday evening the Jury adjourned to
meet again at o'clock this Monday morning