New-York daily tribune., 1865-11-17
FHR NEWARK RAILROAD DISASTER.
CONTINUATION OF THE INQUEST
ANOTHER DEATH YESTERDAY


"a, 70 New Brunswick and seriously injured by
She disaster died yesterday, at u O'clock from the
effects Of the injuries he sustained.
Mrs Gordon the wife of the deceased was first ex'
,0ined She testified that she, her husband and two
children left their home in Hodeness New-Hampshre
an Monday morning, for Washington, ID. C., IN wmeh
cit, her husband carrying business in company
Win his brotherin.ldw. Her husband was killed on
the spot The next witnesses were the Rev. DI otIVnb
~ he City of New.York Sylyanus Cooper OF Newark
and John Campbell the engineer ON the ualh az 'ne
time The Examination was continued yesleIua! ''
O'Clock. ~ , N-,...t no ,o
the cause Ofthe accident blame being attributed 10 tc
6rst instance 10 the swtchman NHo ~ Cup"os
neglected his duty while on the other mana, many per
,s5s are inclined TO censuTe the company who, is
aIesed have been mportuned again and again TO use
Cre9mer's patent brake operator, by which, IL Is
.loimed The train can be Immediately stopped. The
6rst witness examined yesterday was MI james w,
Woodruf Assistant Superintendent Of the New-lersey
Railroad who, being duty sworn. testified thai ne Ihs
acted in the capacity Of Assistant Superineu1eht Iol
the last ten years that Mr. jackson regulates the rates
Of speed on the road as follows l's miles per hou,
through the city, and 30 miles the genera rae O sPu
fhro0eboot the vay trains az the rate Of l2 miles
an hour: freight trains through the city at he rate
of 10 miles hour each engineer ana hrenah ls nI
nished with book OF instructions and time taDlei
witness did not know whether the company was Nel!
parteuar as 10 whether the men furnished with DOORS
and time tables could read them or noti ne dld n9l
know whether he knew the man who attended 10 the
switch or not nor cOud he tell how long that man was
in the employment of the company.
O. how much pay does switehman get A. 90
O. Do You know how long they have 70 remain at
their posts, A They have regular hours; how long,
O. Were Won present at the scene Of the accident yes
tarday at the tire Of its occurrence \ was there
few minutes after II took place II took place DIV the en-
gine running Offthe main track into the lot where he
turntable was situated the distance from the sWlich
10 the turn table about 200 yards; 90 not KNOW
xUhether ne Switch-teiIder was discharged nOt
ourilfr nm yn
he had been sent home by Mr.. HcUick, who Is foreman
of repairs and that another man was put IN place oi
him it is the duty OF switchmen to see thot the switch
O. Ifthe switchman in this case had attended to lis
business would the accident have occurred n. No.
Sir il would not think there were three brakemen on
this train. and the bagcage.master.
O. DO yOa use the Old OF the new brakei \. We use
our own; we use the same kind We always dld.
To Juror-The baggagemasieT acts as hrakeslnan'
To the Coroner-I only saw man killed. Mr.. Cor.
dom the boy who so badly huTt has died this morn
ing. ., ..,.- .,;s o,,ci,oor
has ever been condemned ior running too iast
a. | do not; be considered very careful man
the train coud have been brought NJ e vote II was
then going in distance Of about three times ts lehe'i
seven cars the rails were very much frosted yester
day morning.
he resided in the City OF Elizabeth his business penn
general freight agent or the NeWJersey Ra'lrosS "a
,cene of the accident about three minutes ate
the occurrence. and saw the dead ana WouH'
4
street M the opposite side having gone through o
The engine was about one hundred and hfiy feet IN
straigat line from the main road the distance nom u
sWitSb TO the engine WIS about two hundred yards;
know the swtclman, Edw'd O-Brien. for he last SIX
eight years during which time be los been IN tne eI
1lOyment OF the company; have not known INN IN az
other capacity than labOTer on the line rtpaiflI
tracks; witness ar paymasier during two wears pa
the switch tenders from ~ 70 $50 month the wag
denended on tie amount o. labor 20 be psrformed II
important that the very best men should DE emlIN'
as switch.,en3ers; know nothing about OBrien
s.n. rNnw sff nfaFra aDH fWuN lI
depends very much on tie employed O., switchmci
had OBrien attended 20 his duties the accident Won
not nave occurred; know nothing about hi diseharg
and do net think that the engineer c"ll nave Nopp
the .ran before the aCcideui aired; doubt whcth
it could be stopped If the train were running at the
Of eight or ten miles an hour; l think the Dagg3i
ear was n good condition 40 'hr time OF the accident
william Campbell testified that he resided al GIo'
Terrace No 10; that be was conductor on Inc Ne'
jersey Road for nearly eight years; he runs nom Jers
City 10 New Brunswick on the morning and eVeLli
trains ran the train yesterday morn.uc when the
were two brakemen on board the tram D-slde tAe Oa
gage master and conductor, who ac as such IN case
Becessitv; we were one minute behind time on leaVi
the Market-st depot yesterday, and when we got
the Muberry.st. crossing were running about
miles an bOuT. heard the signal 70 break I'D and imm
diatey applied one Ofthe brakes does not know wheth
the rear brakes were applied oI mott when the engn
struck the turn-table Jumped on.
O. Did yOu do all y0n could 10 stop the after 70
heard tie signal 70 brake upT a. Yes Sir; If v
had been travelling at less rate Of speed think Il
damage would not have been 50 bad
O. What are your Instructions as 10 the time 70
,hal make through the city A. To reduce the trdil
to half speed, l71 miles en- hour.
q Were YOU acquainted with OBIien, the sWitc
tenderf A. No. SIR the position OF sWnch-te tender
as important as any situation on the road.
Q. To what do you attribute the accidents A. l
the switch being wrong.
Q. To any other cause 4. No, Sir.
q Is not the fact OF the switch being ont Of its props
place combined with the rate OF speed the cause OF IN
accident A Yes, Sir; think Nj. Gordon must nav
been on the platform Of the al the time Of the
dent: witness searched his pockets aud found son
money a watch and other matters, all Of which b
gave 10 Or. Strong; be found small roll Of bills. abot
seven eight dollars he thought but he could not te
how much money was there unless he had counted II
think there five or six bills in the roll; ais
found a few stamps pockethandkercLlei aud ki
gloves.
A FLAGMAN RECEIVES THIRTY DOLLARS MONTH
VIM. Nosl, being duly sworn, ,deposed that he lived
No. 3C6 Mulberry.st, Newark; that he was hagma
on the New-Jersey Railroad al the Mulberry and PEI
mir ,tOn sts crossing; he mplOyCd in such
capacity before; he goes duty at O'Clock il tn
morning and generally works fourteen or hftee
hours per day for which he gets $50 monih.
O. How old yOuf \. am IS years Of age; Il
one relieves me of nv duty during the day and d
not need any assstance was at my post at the tin
OF the disaster; UBricn was there ALSO Hiter tie acc
dent saw 0Blien wrnging ms hands he appeared {
be in great trouble O'Hrien has been attending tho
switch from six TO eight weeks; ] saw INN Slandn
near his shanty about the time Of the accident
BY a JurOr-Q. At what rate DO you think tiat trai
was going AT the timer 4. think II was going al th
rate Of about Il miles an hour; OBrlen was about
81 20 feet from the switch AZ the time. .
Lewis B. Baker being sworn tesuhed mat lc feside
az No. l2s GreeG-st. Jersey Clty ana vas " DIaKcnl
on the jersey City Railroad; he was on the tram al u
time Of the accident; there were two regular DIaheHt
and the baggage master who also acted as snch on t
train; he thought that number sulhccht ioI raih
cars We were going IL of - IAlIes an houi a. ~
tine. / applied one break Oh the main car ana IN
conductor applied one The smoking and baggage car
do not know whether there was one applied ID u
rear or not; do not know Brlen ,r,
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