The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-08-14
MORNING EDITION-TUEsDAY AUGUST H. 1860


0r0Oklyn City News.
Tn LAn ACCIDENT ON nm 1.-Two rsr A xp RAuRoAn-CoRo
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Nm 'AN'nioS, AND VERDICT OF The Jrkf-tne IN
vestgson INTO the circumstances attending the acciden
on the Long Island Railroad Al Nav Rrookvr ON Friday
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', ~ 49, A''"~n ns"oa JAMES Lyncn wa
killed ana tnree otner persons severely injured
c,uded Yesterday bef,re Coroner Horton and ;,r, r
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'0no~ns - 'ne ev'a'nce Aken'-
Jonn VanderRrew tessined that be was wheelwrigh
by trade and had worked n the bus,nes. 10,
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y..s - w .Stuses VI CoIoner noiton went 70 the
$3.50 ~ 80 d. s oI' .ouna tno roso 10 gooA conaiton
eS1a rom wneIe inc cars nrst disengaged IRON
III ~ &c., S I'M sna Iound tne ties
~ soS uaer Tue iain nkewise; tue Tics al appeared
20 .nc'r proper places tested them oy introducing
- snu ,ooua nem sound ALSO exAmiae, as 70 tne
guy, vunu no ne" ones; tney were Oh &C q had
1olmeIy oeen tnere tnere were no new ties on that
PoItion " the HAcki examined ABOUT seventy i've
VIC usux siso examined tho track where the en-
sne TAU Oh; found II In good order and looked
.uousn nsa nov peen repaired tried the ties with
al pocket kne they appeared At nrst sight 70
DC rotten but on examination found that they SQUAD
the Tie which the engine irst struck sound the
engine went over fifteen or sweny ties after becoming
dsengsged from The track.
merry bsde Testified that he resides In Atlantic street,
ana oy business track hyeraying tracks for
cars worked on this track fourteen ye.rs ago. have
employed by tina Long Island Railroad Company about
snTee years ago. Am now engaged 10 laying tracks on
road on Saturday, in company with the last Witness ex
amincd where the engine Off and found all the
In good condition; furthermore, found the rails 10 good
condition, and the track very good ne surface
was very good, indee examined about 100 $50 feet
eastward from where The engine aud found nothing
out OF order as far as went have had charge OF sec
tons Of tracks upon other roads, the cngue ran 1t
the rate Of forty miles hour AMI found this track as
good as others have had charge looked for oct
could find ties examined the ties with my knife
am sure they all sound.
To the jury-It s no: usual to try ties with knife
generally try their soundness by driving In a rpike
II Is necessary for the ties 10 Law level ,pou the
sleepers Of spokes appeared TO be ooas did
the portion Of the road beyond wher. the en-
CINE Jeff the track il was all wher exsmue
feet from where the engine hrst went OF the track
Gilbert testified that he lives ia Fulton avenue
Yates the accident about nine O'Clock on The
morning Of Friday, the 81 inst; when arst saw the
engine Il waa back OF the curve ana AZ the time tha
whistle was blown; think the engine Was about Thirty
feet from the cow when the whistle was blown i, was
blown only once: the COW was not on the trark when
rrst saw her she was some two or three feet from The
rack and in the act of crossing when the engine caught
her and carried her about 100 ct before going on ths
track was standing at distance OF about hundred
than one minute before the engine bad ,rcht the c
after beard the whistle the train rad inst orr AZ
turn when the engine caught the COW the sped OF The
train was not Stacked After the COW was sIruck WAS
standing on The south side Of the track At Inc time: am
sure the cow Vac vak mo- an the trarr ,nc-a sra M
other cows thcre.
An rsu%p sessinsa .nas ne res,des u A.cdousal
engine when cane ont Of the cut. E.s anot snrtv
feet from where the vas; the out OF the
bushes and was In the act " crossing the track when tho