The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-09-02

q. Lid voc know there a cross road thsre' A.
o. Did ths ssginser bo- the whistle before lie
Q. What xcre your dutisa' A. To break up whsa tn
. No o,s-rf sfA a None that 1no~o on
Are you reauiFrd to looA out for distractions Onh
q Mere yea told shen employed to lock out for o,
@ have you thought il your duty wheH'cn train to
ooL ont right and le- and behind the csrs A. Some.
Q. wnsa YOU left Darlington did you crss-ne your
starting
q Arr you Fl years OF Gyes A. Yes.
2. s.ss rsaehing the ssing and while backing, did
Q. Was its long blow n No but it was su8e;ent as
a warning.
.. "A yo.,pproaehed the roai, did you look ", the
road A. Idsd not.
O. Is i yvn duty to ook the roads ana ,ions
q. Would yoa have rung the bell if you had seeis the
carriage ontiis road A. I would have Instantly sung
Q. What ,L, would you have doney A. / would isve
given the bahs half tuin, ami waited she,e until ee
@ Thsi fsv'a you have then done A. would have
9. Would hayturn have been SUFFICIENT A. No
q How many turns would be required TO stop the
instantly A. sevVral--.wo three.
Did you Try 70 ring the belis A. did, but II wouls
Q How do you know A. Because should have
lizard II.
O. Gould you sce the distinctly from where
O. Was there much dust from the wheels A. Not a
great deal.
g You remember distinctly endeayoring 10 pull the
@ Had you instructions at all when you were EN-.
pioyed by the company A. None other than that Of
attending to the traiug and breaking up.
@ Was the bell rope all right when you left Buring.
O hid you leave your post before tho cara were
smashed No did not stir until | saw I've ears had
broke loose and were smashing up.
Prescott Harvey, recalled;
U n wcry you io1k.
ing outY A. | was.
q On which side coming towards Burlington did you
see anything the street A. As was looking
out TO see how far from turnout saw the
horses and carriage in the opening just above the house
O. How far were they from the track A About six or
eight yards
q How TAR OF the train at tho tmcf A.
About twice as far rs the wagon was from the
the horses were trot and going az a COED
speed Isupposcd the intention Of the driver to
the track: sprung 10 the door 10 see III lie could get
in time for thought II would be mpossblity,
when the dust in that could not see; almost ut
that instant felt the train striking something there
gentleman at the time to whom cxciaim.
ed-"We have hi, them but hardly got the words out
succession Of shocks Jumped n in the car and
tried to myself ~ we'll as could IN lew seconds
all was perfect smash; after getting out Of the ruins,
helped 10 extrica'e tho wou ndcd there dust
the river side
Charles ocot, Of Burlington, sworn deposcd that he
O. Did you Dr. Hannisan's wagon coming down the
river roadf A. ] did.
@ lid you see the ears coming down the track A.
O. which Of these road. we're you nearest tor A. The
river road
O. whnt were you doing there, A. Moving,
2. Al what rate was the wagon drvinsf A. About
seven eight miles hour.
G. How fast was the train gcngs A. From twelve to
fifteen miles per hour
Q. Did you hear ,hs whistle bow2 A. Yes.
.. On whattrains a. supposed it TO oe on the down
train that was backing.
O How far up coald you the train A. About two
hundred yards.
a arat-- he rfaOa or he in
A. The carriage.
Q. Where it ~hcn you Grst IT. A. About
hundred and hfty yards from the railroad, coming from
the river.
q. How long did the whistle blow A. can't say.
q. lid IL blow al the way down 70 the road A. No.
a. When you first the iage did you hear
the ranf a. lid not seeing the train. my atten.
the strike the horses but the who moSing
In the field with did and he cried out that the ladies
In the carriage would be killed then ran over TO
assist them whfn We got there we found that the train
had sI been sshcd.
O. Was 1t before after seeing the carriage that you
heard the whistler A. II was after after seeing the
cident, Hunter and 10 the road, when
TO the engine, the engineer wS- absent
q Were ths curtains Of the Doctors carriage upf A.
They were
a. DO you hnk he could have seen the train approach
ing il be had looked out Of the wagonr think he
could don't know OF anything to prevent him; II was
after cav he that the whistle blew.
q. wou'l you have drove as the Docts didS A.
would bu: would probably have been little more care
full oi drive asross the track Just as train passes
and never consider II dangerous
Henry Hunter TIA, he could correbora,e the last
witnesss testimony.
GcorysF Fort, Of Burlington, then examincdHe
deposeI a. follows
q yere you tis railroad when TIC accident tool
place. A. | was abori hse hundred yards from IL.
q Did you see thc irainf A. did; ny attention
call a TO Il from the that IL cgnng very ast
q Did you see thsgarn when they truck the Doctors
carEiagef A. No.
a Would you b.se seen the acci -~nt you had been
la9kingg A. cou'd not.
q. DO you know anything else shout the uatter. A.
70 except that merely saw us train Just as Z was
smnshed.
Here the inquest adjournei until o'clock r. ".
EVENING sESsIos.
John X. Rotgers, dhc foreu.nl sworn He RstiGci-
was bookc! for Trenton, and sa in the way sar; hal
gone forvar "a the mail and returned ~ this time
the train going pretty asst heard two blows u the
signal for the brakeman tcsop the brakes looked ont
upon ihS road and as, considerable distance ahead
Of hai a locomotive, which supposed attach
ed 10 tse O'Clock train tom New York, a. know that
train past due at Burlington then heard yua
Of u. whistle and shortly after three very quick puff.
the .FAIn having bcso stopped in the meantime then
back into the way car bat The directly
in the oft sat down by the side Of Col Hampton
Mr. Samuel s. sttkcr sitting the rear us the
opposi'e side Is The car who asked Why back
ingf ! toa him that We had mIssoi the half
mile line aud the O'Clock train had tho right IL the
road Hooked out upon tbs river side a. the train
that going pre.t fast: almost Immediately
after that felt slight trembling and wondered wha, Il
caused by; person said that 4 by tight
enng Of the brakes; soon after there up and
loUn motion. of the car; sah 70 Colonel Hampton
eve must be al the track and Immediately strung 70
my feet; the yibfatory motion ~ the mentioned BY
Mr striker hen commenced, then heard the cracking
and the end ~ the IN oanmencd to break
n The car was hlled with dust that could not
out On either aide q the car, Ia moment after The
crushing the car became stlxionary; called
oat, The danger y all over eep quiet think u
Colonel Hampton after that nothing n Colonel H.
Nr. Striker.
u lid you hear the whistle a. cannot speak poi.
lively, het my impression 4 that dd hear H.
Witness resumng-I then went - the 'front.' ~ the
and saw the wreck then looked be1w and te r00f
of car after got tha cnbant nsnt, turned and
saw ihe car in which sitting AZ right ans
ne foad end bcpg driven the bank t0wArit the
risvr and the other end resting upon the rf y 'tHo
which were driven together lOoked a. the extent
anew the people r. burlington veil = dii sArS
into Darlington Astas could bclieye Tho bOsifs
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