Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-08-29

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seems no attention was paid to the orders,
and the responsibility for this carelessnesE
must rest somewhere.
A CHASTITY Spectacle.
At the scene of the awful disaster there
| is little to be seen. In the ditch at the
side of the road still smoke the embeIs OF
| the burned cars, but this is almost all
which tells of the disaster. In the town
hall atRevere still lie half dozen bodies.
They are horrible to look at. Bloody
foam lies upon their black, swollen lips,
their eyes protruding from the sockets,
discolored patches of flesh hang loose
from their cheeks, and great flaps OF
boiled skin dangle from their hands. They
have been crushed, cooked, tortured, and,
deeper than mere physical Disagreement,
one sees something still more horrible in
their faces, the haunting look of unspeak-
able sgony.
The officers OF the road were almost
crazed by the accident, and seemed not to
know what to do.
The killed and wounded were nearly all
Boston, Salem and Lynn people.
StiIh AhtcE-1uDnC EctAlnks
BosroN, Aug. %. Two additional
deaths by the railroad disaster occurred
to day.
The papers this morning unite in de-
manding full investigation of the cause
of the catastrophe, and stern judgment
upon those responsible. An inquest will
be held near the scene of slaughter, on
the bodies of the persons killed outright.
Another inquest will be held in the City
Hospital on the bodies of those who died
there.
COroner's Inquest-TestImOny of a
Conductor.
The coroner's inquest this evening in
regard to the Revere disaster was held in
the town hall at Revere. There was a
large attendance of interested citizens.
The first witness called was John ].
Newland, conductor on the Eastern Rail-
road, who testified that the regular time
of starting the accommodation train was
7:15 o'clock. 1t was very late last Sat-
urday, TAO before starring, and proceeded
without interruption until arriving at
Jonesville. l started to run to Jangas.
When / saw the train coming round I
signalled the train which seemed to have
stopped. l afterwards spoke to my engi-
neer who said we could go along. After
a delay of eight minutes at the Junction
| ran down to Everett, from there to
Chelsea, stopped there 104 minutes and
ran to Revere.
After the passengers had alighted, the
word was given, ''All right" and swung
my lantern to start. cannot say wheth-
er the tain started or not. Some one on
the platform said "Here comes train. :"
| Immediately jumped between the tracks
AID swung my lantern. Not minute
elapsed before the crash came. There
was not time to do any more before the
collision.
To the best of my knowledge it was "a
when l started from Chelsea Station. The
express train was not in sight. / had
three cars and g baggage car on my train;
| had orders to start as soon as possible.
The rule is to carry tail lights; they are
white in color, and l attach them burn
ing to the rear of the cars when l arrived
at Revere Station. The detention at
Jangas Branch of eight minutes was occa-
stoned by the 6! o'clock train. l did not
discover the express train till it struck
me. l first discovered the express train
at Everett; the train was approaching at
a rapid rate; l could not tell whether the
steam was shut off or not. The train ap-
peared TO be under full Roadway.
l know the engineer of the
express train, his name is William
Brown. Did not hear any whistle from
his train. Could not say whether he
could hear or not. l call thirty-fve
miles per hour rapid rate. Should i'm
agine it was running at that rate. He
has right to the road according
to the rules. The use of the
lanterns on the rear of the train, Is to no.
THY an approaching train, and the invari-
able rule is to stop when the signals are
seen. 1t is an understood rule that no
tram is 10 be within half mile of pre-
ceding train. The instructions are print
ed. Ii would ordinarily require one and
s-half or two minutes to pass over the
distance Of half mile. l should think
1t would require distance of a quarter
of mile 10 break up train running at
the rate of thirty five miles per hour.
The condition of the weather was
overcast but clear. did see light half
q mile distant that night. A light coulI
be seen mile in straight line. was
on the reav end of the car before arriving
at Revere. My first intimstion had was
the man singing, and from the platform,
ga train is coming" did not see the
man that tended the switch at the depot.
think man jumped in the middle of
the track. There was man at my left
and a man seven feet in advance of me
when the train struck.
was delayed half an hour at the Bos-
ton depot but could not tell the reason.
States his reason when made up and put
into the depot. The Master aDd assis-
tsnts make up the train sometimes and
start On time. There have been times
when trains don't start on time. The
camp meeting has deranged the starting
time by theer being trains, great deal
more so the last the last three days than
usual; delays occur in Boston more than
at any other point. have never made
complaint of the making up of the train
or the time of starting. receive orders
in running time from the Superintendent.
l start when behind time as soon as pos-
sible without any signal The SupeIin-
tendent has never complained of nv
starting benin time during the term of
my employment.
Lunt, the depot master, said on the
night of the disaster he wanted the train
to get out of the depot as soon as posi-
bic. He did not receive any caution that
night. Had no press. The train was to
follow with the ordinary delays The
express would not reach my train before
arriving al Revere. Did not speak to any
one as regards the starting of the express
train, and had no more than the usual
anxiety the night in question.
After the collision, neither of the en-
gineers on my train were disabled, to my
knowledge. l dispatched an en- CINE to
East Boston for help, sent team for
Capt. Prescott, and then another to Chel-
sea. / have received instructions TO send
for help, physicians, etc., in case of acct
dent.
Did not look at my watch from the
time started until midnight. Gave no
orders to run faster than the usual rate
that night. In case of two trains start