New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-16
THE LATE ACCIDENT on THE HARLEM Rail.
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Coroner Bathgate yesterday resumed his in
yetgaton relative to the accident which occurred TO
train on the Harlem Railroad on Thursday night last
and resulted death Of Thomas Hammond tho ire
man. Ransom Ham, conductor Of the train. was recalled
and further examined. without ecng any new facts,
however Augustus NJ. Weise testified that hc was a
brakeman ON the Harlem Railroad when the accident
bappeued at the junction OF the Harlem aud Hewaven
Railroads. he attending to the brakes between tho
smoking and first passenger car; approaching tho juno
ton and before the engineer gave the whistle TO put on
the brakes for the Junction he had begun to brake up
s ia usuaI then looked out and saw tho signal two
green lights placed side by side, indicating all right
for the Harlem trains to 20 down then returned to his
brakes to let them of before he got 70 the junction and
where the brakes always let OH whch an 10 IHhti
bnt he had no sooner let them of than the engineer
hstled brake up" he then put OH the patent brakes
and The others also looked out again on the east side
and saw the engine keeling over pulled tho bellrope
fr"rd in order 20 put on the patent brakes ms no did
NOT know whether the engineer ha han tme 70 uo t,u
jumped of the train on Tue Gus. sue; me ~ t' hmt
seeiug any went to look for the engineer aha re
man found several peISUsas tor th aews the ocomS
tive had turned over and tho fireman was partly under
the boiler he was fast ana dead 'hSro M ov Tn rrDy
to u question asked by q Juror. SAID , notiCSu
that the signals after the accident had been SnanSe%
warning Inc trains tho Harlem Railroad TO sOpi ley
gong up SaS SSS % sSa dSs specd n rum
80 IFa Wv
ming down ~ eight nine mi les an hour until the juno
s sF EsaI H @sfsoa G SsaaS in
BRAKEMAN kaye similar testimony as TO tho POSITION
OF the signals when the Harlem train approached anu W
their subsequent change Patrick McGerty te Switch
man EXAMINED on being Informed by the CORNER
that be could tell his own story III nus
Own way, made tho following t Su.'OusT amman
ed al the junction OF the Harlem ana New'havon
Railroads have been employed there about ~ ontns,
nomt four wears ago was employed as swohnah thero
for about 10 months, when the Company IeuaVeu no
humber OF syitchmcn from four TO TWO Was aons
the switches and signals on the night OF tue accnei ~
ns INV dnty 10 turn the switches ana give no sBuas W
H. tr,ins ns they go up and down the lst tram tat
sant dawn before the accident was Ne~.hhNen uain'
lie bayc M T9l d. M; went out after IL had passed,
nd seed the signal right for the Harlem trains TO go
~, ,St for The New Haven trains TO go down. while the
si,,ai waa rgbt for the Harlem trains 10 30 down.
ss,,66an lie Harlem train was coming along toward
~ witch al s.32 D. M, i was out by the side
s1 ~, he signal post with white light;
W b Iron auproaehcd within about thirty feet OF the
80 t,"b nleryed that the rails were wrong as had
, Tine m reach the switch and change IT. changed the
no nd ma did 80 tho engineer blew down brakes
I rle was at the switch the train ran OH the con-
anu Hie "ff the train aud asked what the matter
80 ami told him supposed tho switch was wrong;
IT, et nm 10 the switch aud saw that II was wfoH ana
no tsd mat they were In id nce hN;' heard
o,csndy calling Mr Ham and supposed 10 was the on
i. vent away into the woods because heard pas,
s,or ali Cor the switchman; ono said II hhu cleared
, ,,ncn auother said " | was lucky To get away;
"as sSndng among tho passeDgers gt tho Time,
10 thcy did not know me. rs hau put down
NV llglT. but soon cleared out after nearing