, 1862-01-11
THEH.YDE-RAiRKT ] TRAGEDY :[' j Y:
Third Da, Of the INQUEST,
RAILROAD RULES AND REGULATION, RI

he he Third Da, 81. the Inques
=, :, RAILROAD RULES AND REGULATION III
= :. TIE DETAILS OF TIE co111s1o:
10 The Superintendent. or the V,1sno
s. Central and tho General Agent Of =,
y Stand. ot4 -
Ne publish below the evidence deye1on
y IN inc Investigation Of the Hyde pa
II tragedy. 1t is by far the most ),
n poftant yet taken, and. especially !,
c por1ant- as embracing the statements
), o. ~. 3. Arthur, Esq, Superintendent Of +,
a tn'no1a Central, and Il. e. Sargent Eto
i 1enezal a gent Of the Michigan Central Ra;
3 road. A's'
3 The taking Of testimony commenced 81 ri,
: O'Clock yesterday forenoon, and nnocesdas ~ ~
! follows: r 0N'eoeo
4 TESTIMONY OF ROBERT H. MIDDLETON.
ny home is about half mile 1peat e yeals 3f @ olo
where the accident occurred On Wednesasn tae Spo @
Gn ths track when the Cincinnati TAIN ese aioHa w
railroad tEae saw tie H5de PsrF aIn Me9s ,ss q n
aati aaa aoss too soon; as thought saw tie Cinc
ont of te eeRe ssR the steF Ehtatled almost
th4fk1ng The Cincinnati train VAS rannine xsT
and has than usual the train run on 1;tt
End then looked TO See The HFds n Pal1 1ot p ss2p
Mmen, as thought, was Standing - 1ai1 ~
o e ashsa I'd see sga
ranpns at Taa CITE RFfs sy l0fe h upon them
quickly, thought It must have BEEN It1e RaSsGa 50
teW minutes afterwards man came mat ri
aer ben %nat %na vas the matter said be was gons
20 g Jurpy.The train vas uttia nortH n1tlSa l., -
ss9Soiaense Mo & when The Est whistle sounded. '
nile no1th af tIa e sGhooihouse is quarter Of
directly "egt Of the track On washington aaa
s1de Hare noticed the speed of he Mchisan
iastef than usual: the noise made hrii l4 4aca M
tTaGted NY attention, .~ ~ IL nfss at
had % ,sds yx1 e. wsnt te kenwood Station after
sa1, sHn naiie nom Kenwood Station; can see fhe
KsnEood gtGg Il ss ne Laurel stree. crossing from
Eas4 NE Cincinnati tratn passed the schoo hans
and Was making the are 'AA' seno'i aoase
@n cooh fhlcH. CENTRAL cosDucro11 sEcA,,rn
o eS eeDy Doy acting as brakesman had the privilege
L ne was Is years ofage, and Was the oniv ~
@ u1aT DIakesman we had aboard: the baooa ~
~ also deem it part Of our dutY to an
r,:G,i 70 Hr Aage,I think the brakeman rvas ann,
e1ently strong for the purpose. "Ae 'ot''-
TESTIMONY OF 4 G. WOOD, BAGsAGE4Ay OF r1v
cEcINSAT1 TRAIN. NN-
Live at Indianapolis aud Chicaoo ,n7 t,n,;,.
~ al 51Iet was baggageman Of the Cincinnati
tIs;n Oh ~ Wednesday morning; my duties On that
There were sG e see to aud attend brakes.
generally attend the braEes of foTWard d eaT am
pn aes saf f. dd not see the Hyde PARK TAIN
forward Of the center of tie baepa1a ce up mttle
neafa Ss ne signal to put brakes down obeyea hni
to Tnd @ On re coach did not tine
Tw"e " 4; * closc; The second whistle sounfed ~
tba mas f y ne act Ct breaking cannot teii Wena
,ras ,ne tpain at was when the first whistle sounded
sounding OF the first whistle and H. oesween the
ttss 1ns saoe5 cannot say exactly how fast our trsn
ie1 MI run9ng m g+ At The time but should say twentV
T IN abont half mile in those two mnStn We "oold
sts .ne Tason that your train was not brouah to
that re half mile-bnt the on,V ~ not @sSs
ge The state Of the track and the afInreI ~ H.
na 70 hold' as well as the clipping Of lie div
,da1n Gannot say whether brakes were applied to the
the hrs EoaGnea, as was not upon them. o. Had
have y oTakes esen applied to those coaches would It
a., a: II wep!d Was it, in your opinion. nenss
5sasy under the circumstances, that tie brakes nn
oeeasiea ssasaea shora t. Wa1 harG aHG been
te1a the PIT on 9sa Bscahse hss
ther nH az a4 M4 apply them How many Wers
the b5akess tie eondnctnIs 70 sefSe
ora 01afean m QHow many could theS p1opel1v Q aae
ssee E oga 8 ,ht
these brakes: A-WhereverWeW were asben ~ ap
Of tie f1e oe" eut brake holds more 1t tie rear
tSat to apply al the brakes on that train IN
more conii bsre bne gnea q Two moEe-perhaps one
Was 9har na5e ~ zone # 7 properly stationed q
on board to control the train in fIat mn
We lad 70 81 e il the tine
at rate Of 20 niles an hour wt geaE l5a1n
applet the track being dry, and the enrIne heinu a
at @as 4 6s Rs5hsps esa 59t
,on on the hypothesis that You We're n
ss naca a az 51nr and half mile distant from III
the traia tina az th5es es b5akes applied
SG sht mare avoided it; or the reaso5 vas We
a1n oant saop mad not force enough to STOP: Won
t down fine think Tie tracE vas teo eeoR 60 nFtng
e1eater 70 aecfsstX 5eoP = IN n that esss t there
91E q tssia over az; zee ZEE tss tesa run; T.
EesaSxs b:esas it and tns thisss ,sss it o. does
u your oNn knowledge that there was ant
Gn ,ns t1aek that morning sucIent to Cause aay
he train tLat morning, h me tain 1 By those upon
DE and ee5ng and ha tie tack
M nefe fe had i was the Detroit 1aa train: 81 Gih
naa sy noae yon at Calumet
.aNo 'e.NSen ohndc 1hG curve and Kenwood Etationf
ttenned nn1a & aD1;3x .anythi9g occur after you
SlleFe shere Nas Ice on the tracF at the tiy
Thefe Tbe was: There was Ice on the brake hsndia :
I'll Then MI 99fth1ng sss that feeolect
[aek infer there was Ice because the frafn W. raa
,aV M 81 petoIe Stepping What is theneSt best
40
. no5 knqw as can answer it any better tban =
~ Gan 9nly say ne had no power to ston
ID al TIE poEe1 sae va s9ats Of The
II short OF hair miies 4. We could ana s1op up \
ahs rs n quarter Of mile. 3' '-1 per- u u
70 TIE Co7DRer-Haye been haors1 -,no,t,,e ~
II aeM y months, railroader years Then ;ns9a =
,e eaf can sometlmes tell how fast the trnin u II
,neS; mn n could not tell positively that at tt. the
;nf; ~ 81 TINT rate could stop in hsf 1'Ia
en rso nssI sSppanees to rot be able so to stop
q. Q .u'7zna-can generally lei The sneeS cf g
ben sfuss Ts fss Ws19 H1 HEn1ag eight
a 20 rode further had ne not coSida5 1gns hase tt
et 1 mmef t19ln Ct the size and weight Of yop9s
tee braPss Iis al II e9uid rot be stopped with
-. shoud think 1t might be IS OF 10 niles Az e
AFTERNOON SESSION t.
OF v. r. ARTHUR eupgRrSrrk.n1,,, ~ | b.
1AE ILLINOIS CENTRAL ROAD y" OF
Lire IN Chicago am Super5ntendoat - n
s central Railroad and ayc bern r;sS =. 1ae III to
= ~ years. know nothing regaEd sc
lad happene s5eeRf hs hs1ytn sesn he
3mpany own the track between Cbicsan a,lloa9 @ pc
an.net es well az the balance Of the roaa ana fe
peIlniendent, control the mnreyna1. y a. sh
ntra' 1aaans s.511 Tuning through The Michfesn \,
tueen raii,1o rinroao Gompsny runs It's trains II
u PURPOSE subject to such police reanIaes los BY
may 6e ordered by the SQperintende5t a. o ID,
Ho1s Central Ratlrosd For The n1Tnosa y. me Iay
Of the Illinois Central R5ad tai
have eeassap tme vemsnts s Of trains thereon Io5
connected herewith For the enTern5at,t Of
Rang ana employees On ali paris ~ fha III. tha
~ q eai1met to Cairo and fron ~ tbamca @ le as
ant time es1 suqIton to thts general card We have
E sass Portion of
stMent o. al trains and men cnnnarta5 X aat Mdt
- WhAe thereon, belonging 10 Thataras enste, str
av; M Ihe employees of he Michigan Centrs9 nit
The 1nn;s subject these rules Is are those din
Gne that has been In force since the s ~ trat
.osl, !ebl at 1s O'Clock r. Were 81 nv - - ~ pos
n ,STeftons Of machinery and accidents ins;ds Wh
lime ~ annan the figures upon the lace ~ trai
fh esiu would be al that wonld be necesaorr to
nc M increment OF trains on anY raiiraS 1T u
aot oelng the case special rules are nccess3q
osetn employees when trains ahaII haTs EEK Mr.
: s'me np 70 the general rules laid down for He
eoliided On Asane,a.t1h ~ to the nt tw9 ains Ia
ion az to their relatiTa rpbts b5tt1aang ny Of Il
a3oe Fa5k train WIS In position n@en,taaa sign
p, a.,aoized, BY this time catd, and that ~ itE
s ,isp ~ Mae e that time there tn yolafion
ons, ": Ra1e 6th requires III ree,1o1 Cent
20 Cnicago when fifteen minutes nr ronra ~ thef
sa7e 20 run around the curve 1T fhs ~ tIaf1
S1ue 1laek with great care. The currr ~ .he hind
r9ne fnsf LETT nerG feieTsed to Is the one com ~