The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-08-30
Tho Massaohu.e.Ls RAILWAY sIaugh.

friends of the killed, and sympathy fol
the wounded in the late disaster, vert
passed. Wendell Phillips offered arreso
luton to suggest when railroads
could not be required 70 adopt measures
for the prevention of the occurrence oi
such horrors. Similar pubhR, meetings
will probably bo held here. tlg4gI
Several Of the wounded exhibit unia.
vorable symptoms today Edward
Williams, OF Lynn, aged 90, was badly
scalded, and 1t Is thought cannot survive.
Frederick Browning and j. B. Belts,
both OF Lynn, are In q critical condition,
Jefferson Rowe, baggage master 0t ne
Pullman train who remained athis post,
| lies at the City Hospital In a precarious
situation; his right arm was amputated
Yesterday, and to-day his left leg will be
taken of. lie Is injured internally, and
received severe bruises about the face,
His recovery Is extremely doubtful. The
number Of deaths Is reported at thirty.
two.
BosToN, August 90.
The INQUEST was continued to-day, John
Suowland recalled; certified that the
directions had been slowing when going
round tho curve; never knew an engineer
To run by and disregard signal OF dan.
ger; there is no rule to require mo to leave
man to signal an approaching train;
should think could see train half a mile
from my train Us 1t stood that night.
VIM. o. Brown, engineer on accommo'
dation train, sworn: l do not know the
time when the collision took place. stopp.
ed at Revere thTee.quarters Of an hour;
one man was looking out Tor the signal;
saw II and started at once; was forced
ahead; looked back and saw the cars on
fire and great cOnlusipny just AFTER starting
heard whistle down brakes; stdfted from
Boston quarter before eight o'clock; time
of starting should be seven o'clock;
felt no anxiety about the express train;
| should think we stopped at
Somervile one and half minutes, at
Sangus Branch eight minutes, at Everett
one minute, Chelsea two minutes, and Re-
we're not moro than one minute before wo
were struck; my place Is TO look for the
engine, which needed by attention; had
never seen any service. before being en-
ployed by the Eastern Railroadi do notr
ceIyc any instructions more that what is
In the book; II WAS very ioggy that night;
Judge | could. not zee more than o quarter
of a mile; Judge the distance from the de-
pot at Revere to the bridge to be quar-.
Ter of a mile; train cannot be stopped In
running from tho bridgeto the depot be.
fore arriving there; half mile Is required
to stop train; should beVery cautious Il
| knew there was a train ahead; should
not, lecl justified in running at full speed
| II knew there was one train ahead;
always have experienced Nbrakonen on
the train; have been fifteen minutes be-
hindthe past ten days. s,sE.gaF!gm
David A. Stacy, swotri Thought they
stopped fifteen minutes at Sahgns Branch
instead Of eight. ,-.
Albert N. GOodhue, conductor Of the
Pullman train, was next sworn. The ac'
cident occurred at twenty-five minutes
past 8 o'clock; weather was thick; no log;
ielt some anxiety In regard TO the train
preceding me; did not see any signals
The accommodation train should Judge
that light could be seen on straight
track half a mile; was running twenty
miles an hour, twenty-five being the usual
speed; first intimation had OF being near
the train preceding me was that
they whlstled down brakes, and In o min
ute we struck the train; expec.
ting another train behind me, | sent
back two men TO notify and stop the
train; noticed the engine being two.thirds
THE way into tie rear car, withbthe
smoke stack 6h,Fdid moi. expect or appreI
bend any real danger was emplcyedfon
the Eastern four years; was baggage
master before ] was promoted conductor;
had become acquainted with the dutleR
of conductor; did not know about the
1 time the Accommodation started; saw the
train at Sangns Branch, but could not
tell the distance; Judge that trnmthe
time my train was slowed 1t ran milei
saw the train on the branch whenl pass.
cd By; think 7 could sec the signal half q
mile; told the baggage master that the
branch train lad Just gone iand' must
look out Tor them did not say anything
Ito the engineer IN regard q: the train
ahead \ knew there was need OF caution
was twenty minutes behind the Beverly
train; did not run at the usual rate ol
speed, because the. engineer q knew
there was q train ahead alter leaving
Everett the speed was increased the
speed was slower between Chelsea and
'lRevere, near the curve; should know y
the brakes were applied they'were not
applied when near the bridge should
Judge the distance 10 be fifty rods between
the Overhead bridge and the depot at Re.
we're the preceding train has the right tC
the road; do not know that the OtheI
train was not on time; the aCcommoda.
lion train was to look out for me and gel
out Of my wayi should not suppose any
engineer could see TIC apptoaohing train
have known the engineer three years, ant
consider him reliable man; do not know
{: that he ever carried liddor IN the traiI
with him; never saw him intoxicated
use kerosene oil In all ithA Gafs; TtHhdtlt
have been notified Il they, had encroachet
, on niy train, by leaving word at the sta
, tion Of the time the train left; shoult
have done 30 II l had been in Cbndrctoi
Newland's place.; think my engineer wa
on The lookout for them all the time
should expect TO be notified. at every sta
ton, II the train was running on my time
should be informed, at the depot II Tn
train would leave on my time; did not oil
, tain that knowledge; was five minute
late; saw the engineer aiter. the collision
had no conversation with him in regart
10 the accident; he went home; thinl
he had q right 10 leave without any AL
thority; saw him an hour after the acci
dent. a.-,
Question by Adams, STATE Commission
erEHoW many cars was your train com
. posed Of, and did you have hrakemen ,ac
. cording tUlaw! ~,
Answer-Four; a smoking. car, Pnl
man and passenger car, and baggage cal y,