Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-08-30
THE LAST RAILROAD HORROR.
Continuation of the investigation Before
the Jury of Inquest.

| gong rOulu CuEN6SS u0 H0N0A huOW
an engineer to run by and disregard
the signal of danger; there is no rule
of the road requiring me to have
man to signal an approaching train;
| should think ! could see train half
a mile from my train as it stood that
night.
William o. Brown, engineer of the
accommodation train, was sworn, and
testified as follows: I do not know
at what time the collision took place;
| stopped at Revere three quarters or
one minute, looking out for the sig
nal; l saw it, and started, and all at
once was forced ahead; when looked
back saw that the cars were on fire
and great confusion; just after start
| ing l heard a whistle to down brakes;
l started from Boston quarter be-
fore o'clock; l should have started
at O'Clock; felt no anxiety about
the express train; L should think we
stopped at SOmerVille about one and
a half minutes, at Sargin's Branch
| eight minutes, at Everett one min
ute, at Chelsea two minutes, and at
| Revere not more than one minute;
nv place is to look out for an engine,
which position needed my attention;
| / had never seen any service before
employed by the Eastern railroad Co.;
| l do not receive any instructions more
than what is in the book; it was very
foggy that night; judge that l could
not see more than quarter of mile;
l Judge the distance from the depot
at Revere to the bridge to be a quarter
| of a mile; a train cannot be stopped
in running from the bridge to the de.
pot before arriving there; half mile
is required to stop train; if 1 knew
| there was train ahead l should not
feel Justified in running at full speed;
| if l know there is one ahead always
have experienced brakemen on the
train; have been fifteen miles be-
hind time in the past ten days.
Dainel A. Stacey sWOrn-l thought
they stopped fifteen minutes at Sangus
Branch instead of eight.
Albert N. GOodhoe, conductor of
the Pullman train, was next sworn
The accident occurred twenty-five
minutes past eight; the weather was
thick but not foggy; felt some anxiety
with regard to the train preceding me /;
did not see any signals on the accom-
mediation train; should judge that the
proper light could be seen on a
straight line for the distance of half a
mile; was running at the rate of
twenty miles an hour, twenty-five
miles being the usual speed; the first
intimation I had of being near the
train preceding me was the "Whistle
down brakes" and in minute we
struck the train; expecting another
train behind me, / sent back two men
to notify and stop the train; no.
ticed the engine of my train as being
tWO-thirds of the way into the rear car
| of the forward train, with the smoke
stack OFF; did not expect or apprehend
| any special danger; was employed
on an Eastern railroad four years as
baggage master before was nrOmOt-
cd conductor; had become acquainted
with the duties of conductor; did not
| know about the time the accOlnmOda-
ton; saw a train ahead at SaWyer's
| branch, but could not tell the distance !;
Judge that from the time my train
| was slowed it ran mile; saw the
train on the Branch as it passed by !;
| think l could see signal at half a
mile; told the baggage master that
the Branch train had just gone and
must look out for them; said nothing
to engineer in regard to train ahead :
| knew there was need OF caution and
was twenty minutes behind. The
| Beverly train did not run at the usual
speed because the engineer knew there
was another train ahead after leaving
| Everett the speed was increased, but
was checked between Chelsea and
Revere, near the curve, and should
know if the brakes were applied; they
were not applied near the bridge;
should Judge the distance to be fifty
rods between the bridge and the
depot at BeVere; the preceding train
has the right of road; did not know
that the other train was not on time !;
the accommodation train was to look
out for me and get out of my way;
should not suppose any engineer could
see the approaching train; have
known the engineer three years; con-
slider him reliable man do not know
that he ever carried liquor on board
the train with him; never saw him
intoxicated; use kerosene in all the
cars; should have been notified il
they had encrOached on my train by
leaving word at the station of the time
the train left; should have done
so If I had been in conductor Know
lands place; think my engineer was
on the lookout for them all the time
should expect to be notified at every
station if the train was running on
my time; should be informed at the
depot if the train left on my time; did
not obtain that knowledge; was five
minutes late; saw the engineer after
the collision; had no conversation
with him in regard to the accident
he went home; think he mad right
to leave without any authority; saw
him an hour after the accident.
Question by Mr.. Adams-NoW,
sir, state to the commissioner how
many cars was your train COM
posed of, and did you have brakemen
according to law? Answer. FOur-a
smoking car, Pullman and passenger
car and baggage car; there were five
men to break up and brakes were ap.
piled at once; when the whistle
sounded we were not running at the
rate of more than ten miles an hour
when the collision occurred.
BOsTON, August 29.-Several per-
sons who were wounded in the late
railroad disaster exhibit unfavOra BILE
symptoms to-day. Edward Williams,
of Lynn, aged twenty-three years,
was badly y scalded, and it Is thought
cannot survive; Fred Browning and
J. B. Belts, both of Lynn, are in a
critical condition; Jefferson Rowe,
baggage master, who remained at his
post, lies at the city hospital in pre-
carious situation. His right arm was
amputated yesterday, and to-day his
left leg will be taken off. He was in
jured internally, and also received
severe bruises about the face,
and his recovery is extremely doubt
full. The number of deaths thus far
have reached thirty-tWO. The funeral
services of the late Rev. DIR. CARAT
will take place to morrow in Airing
ton Street Church. The Rev. DR.. Cal
vim Lincoln, college class-mate and
an intimate friend of DIR. Garrat's,
will conduct the services. Rev. DR..
Mason's funeral will take place on
Thursday at 2 o'clock pm. from the
Baptist church at Cambridgeport.
The Mayor Of CambridgepOrt has
ordered that the flags be at half-mast
throughout the day.