New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-14

THE LATE ACCIDENT on THE LONG ISLAND RAIL
RoAD-CoRoNER's INVESTIGATION AND VERDICT OF
TIE JURY-Tbe investigation into the circumstances
attendDg tire accident the Long Island Railroad at
New.Bfooklyn on Friday, the I'd inst by which a
fireman named James Lynch was killed aud three
other persops severely injured, wa, concluded yeste :
day before Coroner Horton and Jury The following
is the evidence taken:
John Vandergax es6ed that he wheelwzht by trade
and bad worked the bu'9 q At sne i9Gs o
oSjon .sneJ II lGon here the diseng gcd
ta tsck ais .ssmo .srdy and found the ties al in
Good oTcer hs rails likewise ties s appeared to be In
cr proper places tested them by introducing knife and found
Ii sound also eKNnn, as T. tn ties taken oui 'un1 no
D, ones they old end bad formerly been there's there
weie 10 new tie. portion o the track examined about
IS yards ard wost wht the went 81 the track
also examined the truck where the engine Ian on ouhd ~
coed oder snd lo ked though had no, been repaired rd
ss e s 10 be an 1oe s Op elimination found ti
were sound the tie where the engine hfst struck was sound
ones engine went Is or 20 ties after becoming olsen
enr Bede testified he re,des 10 Atlantic street and by
s trsok years have worked on the eadns ru
ng and Hsr roads employed D. the Lone lei ,nd ,,
sfki Filth avenue examined the tak oil TIE Long Issnd
Rso,d on s.d' m e PnS yognd an the e IN d cpnd
oo ard the oeA on yelS goa ' ne sS wa o
the engine ran o. ADD found nothing out OF order as far
ent charge Of sections Of tracks upon other 70
where the engine the OF 30 miles an hour and found
tbs raka good others have had cage of also looked
fer but could Ind ties examined the ties with my kne
1n sure they all sornd. . .
TO the not usual 20 try ties with knife goner
ain nv th,ir dness by driving In ske l. necessy Tor
tn ties TO sy level upon the seepers none Of the spikes APP
p,ard 10 be I'D not eXandne the portion Of the road DO
Soud wbe IN, engine len the tlsek Yves all eastsa'd where
examine uink the road up almost ~ or ~ feet
fy,m y lers the engine first went on the track
Gfbt Stone tined that he lives In Fulton near 1aes ave
nue. saw n shout o'clock the morning Of Friday
the "a inst when fret the engine was back OF the
cuVe Al the sAme the whistle blown think the
engine sbout 81 feet from The COW when the whistle was
blown blown only the was not on the track
when fret saw her Abe two three feet from The
track end IN Get Of oss when the engine caught her and
anied her about 100 feet before going on the track was stand
Ing At about 100 feet at the time hrst ,ew the
e: II was thsn minute before the engine had
nUbt the cow after heard Le whistle the tanhhd just
ont fl tine Turn Vn the engine caught the COW the speed Of
The tin waf sacked after the COW was struck wa stand
inc on be south side the track at the time the
was waking The tach there other COWS there
hsn Stnp s %nirns by trade saw the engSr When il
came out of the cut about 30 feet from here the coz
n The COW came out Of the bushes aud In the at Of
The trsch hen engine caught her the bu'hes about
20 or 20 feet om the track the engineer had time 70 'ee NE