New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-30

thistle Of the other train; there was sght pree1e
the train going west seemed under pretty good head,
Nav expected it would stop; put his head ont; did
moi think it possible there could be collision; when
he engine came in sight the trains were some iva
innJred or three hundred feet apart; the eastern.
boand train almost at stand the oher was eoip
when he saw the engine he looked along the read and
av H. thew were then 800 feet SO apart; remained
in the car before the collision number Jun ped off
he got on to the seat be was in position TO Lave heard
whistle if there had been any from the We stern bound
train ne was on the inside OF the ourve after the first
alarm his train ran full quarter Of mile perhaps
more; seemed long time to him; after no tho
train he was afraid Of collisions didn't know how
! long il took train TO stop.
The Jury then adjourned until this morning at nine
o'clock
YRSTERDAys EVIDENCE.
The investigation was resumed this morning ana Inc
! following ties timoDy was given:
Mr. sands recalled-After the accident the mail con
ductor and myself compared time; my time was 800
and the mail conductors was 9;Jo there was no sisn
or nagnan at that point the rules OF me company re-
oure that the train that is ont OF time sha SEM man
around each curve when expecting tram; inc run
Gng of the the conductors oT% 0m are
onired TO be governed by the time table; the time al
the different stations usually corresponds the tram
could have been stopped IN less than oneeightn Si
mile at the rate were running; cannot say when
ears the brakes down upon that was down about
three quarters of an hour after; did not make any ex
animation Of the train Immediately alter the COLLISION;
was too much engaged with the sufferers; the en-
CINE had been reversed but do not Know exactly
when; my time at Winfield was 9:45, and
"A minutes after that time tho engi-
neers could see each other distance of half or three
quarters Of mile the grade from this depot TO where
the accident occurred is heavy don't know now mucn;
when the engines struck don't think they could have
been going higher rate OF speed than eight miles an
hour: have had no conversation with any one on the
subject the collision since last nghttnat is have
not advised with any one in reference thereto was
in the smoking at the time OF the accident; the
bIakemen were behind; the baggagemaster was
also in a rear car; / don't know in which car;
! compared my watch at the time OF the collision
with the engineer Of the other train; L did so i'm
medatey after the accident our time agreed, or
very nearly; there not more than minute or
n minute and half difference; If the trains had been
on time they would have passed at Queens If they
don't IL is the duty Of the conductor to wait there four
minutes for variation Of watches, but no longer can
then run 70 Hunters Point keeping four minutes
behind; in the taking up tickets at the time
of the accident; left Jamaica at 80 minutes past by
ny time if time have not to consider another
tnin the other train must keep out OF tue way; trains
on this read have sometimes met and had to back down.
| don't know exactly when.
In answer 10 JuryI stated Yesterday that the view
of the approaching engine was interrupted by the
foliage; il not on tie property Of the company
bat adjoining; know Of 10 ieeing existing between
The engineers the OF the collision the mail
train was running on my time
John Cronan testified that he resides nj Hunters
Point; he is a fireman; he employed on the engine
Of the express train yesterday mornings he dld not
have a watch he does not know what time 1t was Wheh
the train got 10 jamaica lie heard whistle blow when
thew left Jamaica. and again when they got on the
curve; he was on the tender; he had no: heard the
whistle of the other engine; when he saw the other
train il was about 80 yards distant; he did not see TIE
smoke Of the other train before he saw the tram se
his train was going about IL or II mies an noui
AZ tho time he discovered the other engines
after the whistle how he put on ms brake,
and when they got WITHIN ten twenty yards OF the
other train witness Jumped OF; the engineer stayed on
longer than he did be the engine when witness
IN IL. be thought the mail train coming At very
slow rate of speed witness did not any Of the pas
sen.crs get on the train before the collisions witness
has been fireman the road since July last; he was
on the Jess of the baggage ear AT tie time the engine
struck; witness does not know what time ~ was Wheh
the collision occurred; be does not know oi trains
meeting in that place before; he never heard Of any
difficulty between the engineers the mall tram was On
the curve when witness first saw II.
James white testified that he resides az Ryerhead
and has been an engineer for p years he had chate
Of the express train yesterday the train arrived IN
Jamaica ~ 80; when he left IL - minutes past
O'Clock; they taking water at the time he looked
at his watch he compared has watch with that 81 hr
Sands witness Is positive that the exact time ci eaV
ing jamaica was - minutes 70 TO- he did not discover
tho mail train until just they lched the curve; he
did not know how far of the other train as; the
length of the is from $50 10 800 yards; lie was go
ing the of l. - miles an hour when he got on
tie curve he the engine then, he could stop the
train If al the brakes were on, m distance Of - or
rods when going NJ the rate Of % miles an hour rs
they then going he could have stopped IN % or 90
rods; when he first discovered the other engine he had
inst got on the other curye the other train further
on the curve than the train which the witness was;
the trains they then going conld have been
stopped in distance of 80 or 90 yards; witness
reversed his engine as sOOl ne he saw the
approaching train; he then whsiled; II was the
| first time he wbftled after leaving jamaica the
brake was put upon the tender 10 the same time; wit
did not and could not hear the whistle Of the other
engine: he did not the approach OF the other rnh
till be the engine the baggage ear y next 10 the
tender: witness does not know whether the baggage
master was the not; he does not know what
time IL was when the trains coded he did not see any
flag signal the cause Of the collision was mat one
Of the trains was of its imo; II witness was on his
time he was accountable for the accident he was on
his time he never met train there beore he has
me. trains at winfield witness mas been on the ROAD
since the Isl Of MAY; he Is on friendly terms with the
other engineers on the road.
! DauicF Chase testiles that he is locomotive engi
uecr and was cmploycd the Long Island Railroad
On fhc 18th inst he was on the mail train Hun
ers Point 90 when lie lel lnfleld yesterday
morning: be is allowed Il minutes according to the
/ time table, to run from Winfield to Jamaica; he hrst
saw the smoke of the express train when between TIE
two bridges; be thinks that at that tmo they were
standing IN the strtion he thought that they were
standing ~ the water tank when he hr't saw the
smoke; when witness first saw the smoke he made as
much of noise possible with his whistle to let
the other train know that he was coming
he blew the whistle about half minute
the first times be- soon blew again TO have the brakes
put on and kept doing I'LL he saw the other tram
was still coming and then he reversed his engine the
first whistle we hcar " the other train was when II
had pa 3sed tie point of the curve the
engine Of witness moving slowly at the times the
express train was moving AT pretty good rata great
deal faster than Witness was the two engines were
about Two or three hundred yards apart when witness
first saw the other one; when lie llrst the other
tram witness could have stopped in about 800 or 400
feet, nj the of speed be going ut the Time two
men were acting AS brakemen; the fireman acted
as brakeman on the tender; the other train. witness
thinks could have been stopped IN about 1000 feet AZ
the rate IL going at the time Of the collision
was 800 by the watch Of witness and 9:J' 10y the
watch Of the conductor Of the express train witness
had fourteen minutes to run from Winfield To Jamuica
distance of six miles according to the timetable aud
the express train bad right 20 leave the fourteen
minutes would have beea ample time 10 carry
witness to Jamaica; he has gone the dis
lance in eight minutes; when witness first
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