The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-11-17

DEATH OF ANOTHER VICTIM.
CONTINUATION OF THE INQUEST.
Testimony Of the Conductor and
Brakeman Of the Train.
&c. &c. &c.


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Tho inquest upon the body of'Hehry l. Gordon. who
was killed as the accident which occurred TO the Wash
ington through train from New York on Wednesday
morning. caused by the displacement OF switch when
Just beyond Market station Newark New Jersey,
continued yesterday afternoon in the Office OF Cor
oner Sanford, in that city The evidence of the con-
ductor brakeman the assistant superintendent and the
superintendent Of repairs OF the road who also
passenger on train rken and went to prove the
negligence OF the switch tender, who viii himself be
amined tomorrow. The chief points aimed at in the
testimony the negligence Of the switch tender the
speed at which the running the time of the
accident and lastly whether two brakemen, assisted in
cases emergency by the conductor would BIO sufficient
to stop train Of in any reasonable distance
RATE OF SPEED TO BE RUN.
The following copy Of an ordinance to regulate the
speed of the running of locomotive engines and railroad
upon this line through the city OF Newark N j.,
which was passed December 81, 1865
The New Jersey Railroad and Transportation Company
shall be allowed to their trains at rate Of speed not
exceeding twenty miles per hour as TO their mail or
press trains and shall not be limited in the speed OF
OF their way trains less than fifteen miles per hour;
this limitation Of speed to apply to the railroad track
between Centre and Thomas streets, Newark, N. j.
ANOTHER VICTIM.
James Brett the poor boy from New Brunswick
who was looking out of a window Of the
at the time Of the accident and who dread
fully about the head, expired shortly before
yesterday. Up TO the time Of his death he was quite
sensible Of what was going on around him His pa
rents arrived from New Brunswick in the afternoon,
but too late to their boy alive. Up TO- Wednes-
day afternoon attention had been paid to him. He
brought a stretcher and laid alongside OF the
dead body OF Mr. Gordon, in dirty office belonging to
the depot where his death was patiently awaited He
wae uhcQnu q
SITE and received every attention. but, unfortunately,
without avail The boy was attended to in his last mo-
ments by clergyman of the city, the Rev. Mr.. Levy.
Mr. Mousely OF Wimin gton, who received broken
shoulder blade is in very critical condition, and is at
Captain Q. MITCHELL of the Thomas Collyer whose leg
badly bruised has returned to his home in Balti-
All the others are doing as well as can be ex-
pected
THE STOLEN MONEY.
The money stolen from the dead body Of Mr.. Gordon
has not vet been recovered there appearing mys
terry with the disappearance of the package
The police however on the track and expect to be
rewarded with success Four or five different per
searched the deceased as soon rs found
TESTIMONY OF THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT
OF THE LINE.
James W. Woodruff; being duly sworn, testified
dent Of the New Jersey Railroad W Jackson is the
superintendent have been assistant superintendent for
thirteen fourteen years; Mr.. jackson employs and
shops the rate Of speed to be the road is fixed by
the superintendent, Jackson they are directed to
city, the full las speed Of the Washington trains i about
thry-fve miles an hour and arc to through the city
Of Newark at seventeen miles an hour; the way trains
TO through the city twelve miles and the freight
trains only ten miles hour the engineers conductors
and fremen in the employ Of the road are furnished
with book Of instructions and time table; don't
know whether there is any regard paid by the company
az TO whether the men can read and write or not;
don't know Edward O'Brien, the switch tender; don't
know how long he has been in employ but his name
is familiar to me- seeing il in the book think ne
has been the road acting as lagman, don't know
the disaster on wednesday few moments after the acct
dent occurred which caused by the cars running on
the main track into the enclosure where the
the think from one hundred and nifty to two
hundred yards did not see the switch tender yesterday
inquired for him, and informed that he had been
sent home by Mr. Herrick and another man put in his
place. do not know how long the switch had remained
in the way IL was the duty Of switchman Is TO look
after the switches and see that they in order at all
times If the swchman had attended to his duty the &C
den would never have there are three brake
men and the baggage master on the train we use the
same brakes always did and don't know there are
any better the baggage master acts as brakeman Mr.
Gordon killed instantly at the accident and the boy
has died to-day; do not know that Mr. Campbell, the
engineer has been censured for running his train
on the road; the rails were very much frosted on
Wednesday morning. and that is the reason think, the
engineer could not stop his tram.
TESTIMONY OF WIN. D. cHETwooD.
VIM. u. Chetwood, being duly sworn, sad-I reside
Elizabeth general freight agent OF the New Jersey
Railroad have been employed in that capacity three
years: at the accident ABOUT I'VE minutes
occurred; the dead and wounded; the engine had
run through the lot and into the street the other sdc
from the switch to the irritable was from one hun
dred fifty to two hundred yards the engine had run
its whole length of the end of the track know OBren
the switch tender; have known him six or eight years
and he has been in the employ Of the road all that time
as laborer repairing tracks: did know him in any
other capacity was paymascr on tho road for about
two years the last year have had nothing TO do with
H. laborers paid one dollar and half when paid
them switch tenders get from forty to sixty dollars
month the rate of wages was paid by the amount
OF labor required and the location OF the switches Is
important that competent should 90 employed
switch tenders; don't know anything Of the switch
tenders ability or his carefuness the safety OF the ira
yelling community depends great deal upon the switch
employed misplaced switch is generally attended
with serious consequences; II the switchman had at
tended to his duty and had the switch in Its proper place
the accident would have occurred don't think that
the engine could have been stopped II the engine was
reversed and the brakes on the rails slippery
should doubt Il il could have been stopped had The train
been running at only eight miles an hour; doubt II the
had been running at only eight miles an hour whether
much damage would have been done the cars we're
running the Of seventeen miles an hour would
help TO cause the accident.
THE coNDUCToR's TESTIMONY.
~ ocns aay am condueor on
the New Jersey Railroad have been in their employ
eight years, run from Jersey City to New Brunswick.
the eight O'Clock Washington train in the morning and
the four train TO Philsdephiathe same distance
was the Washington train on Wednesday morning;
TWO vm ana ths Conductor ac
brakemen in cases OF necessity; we were behind time
minute at Market street depot At the time we neared
the switch we were running about fifteen miles hour
inside the and heard the engineer signal 10
brake the train the brakes tho baggage and mail car
applied; / applied one myself, the other by the
brakeman in the smoking car at the time don't
know whether the brakes were applied or not we
met with accident at the rntabe; when the loco
motive struck the turnable jumped off, the cars had
not then broken the broken cars and the dead and
several wounded did all could TO stop the cars after
heard the whistle 10 brake M had we been running
nj eight miles hour ! do not think the cars would
have been much damaged, the accident would not
have been Serious orders are to reduce our speed
half which would be seventeen miles in going through
the city acquainted with o Bren the switch
tender IL is important that careful men should be
poyed switch tenders u sas important position
any the road attribute the accident TO the switch
being misplaced, together With the speed we were
running at; f The switch had been In Its proper
| place the accident would not have occurred /;
was intimately acquainted with Mr. Gordon; he had
just before been up to and asked me for cigar he
theu went away and saw him 20 more alive think