The New York herald., 1871-02-11
THE EUDSoN RIVER SsSSSROa.
Ono More Victim Of the Dlsasttf-The Coroner
and Jury Visit the Scene.
The Sleeping Car Burned to Ashes-Proceedings
at the Coroner's Investigation-A Brand from
the Burning-The Engine to bs Raised
To-Day-Adjournment cf tho Inquest.

the burning Inc engine 70 Do 4hlSou
To-Day-Adjournment Il tho Inquest
P0UGHKEEPsIE, Feb. 10 1871.
The inquest was continued to-day. At ten O'Clock
this morning the Coroner and the jurors visited the
scene Of the disaster At about the same heur the
fated sleeping car was set fire 10 and was consumed
1t is now presumed that other man is lost. The
fireman Fallons testimony to-day was to the effect
that stranger travelling on the engine, name un.
known, but supposed to be an engineer, was on the
engine when he (Failon) jumped off.
The first witness sworn to-day was Daniel Carroll
He testified as follows:--
reside at Old Troy, south Of New Hamburg drawbrdge
watch at seventeen minutes ten y looking out
for the express, which due at nine minutes past ten
naoa pan hood Sf ears
a %ads 16 ss he
Ss ssR asn Of
SS aS n
On Seaa p
% sa
ss
stopped ae bind extra seven minutes after the accident
from Low Point to New Hamburg; it about three min.
the accident occurred there light kept on the dawSrse
tower all winter and men have charge Of It; the light
..,a WHITE II LIGHT, Isp%IoArIrs % ALL RIGHT,
hear train % fsSs 5eiors tho snas Of Ss oil
ans 0r nsa % the noss % hs whso the % Of
them put on brakes and saw the conductor
thei engine then that does not pre-
N @
was cold night; i Is eighty rods from the station TO
Ss ysss1 tank south od TSey '1S shsrs .s vS
one to watch by day and the other
winter time; the used only signalling
% s a The FIJI
n % 5ssn n ns they ad a. New 4 s NIGHT
years. the night of the accident the mans duty
HENRY T., MERRITT, SWORN:
the ASA n % tank and
and waited moment until the engine Stopped; then
% as o $ oS H red 1s % A
s5'S ,sss so1s Il. sSahy and dS leas eaS
D''ass '.' "i CAME TO FULL sloP =, -. -.
point 4; s vsss ys +: r.
rasR en sas rune eae both started down The
s when ys Tss ws wsfs Rssssss sgs
step a, and e. he express which was then coming
NJ YS 5 ssn r
Tie wlis:s q lie eSprsss engine blow about
sns 9?aya ms & 5 ss ns s @ w a .,. ne
we @ 5s a Ss sSou, ys 4 a SSI
my y,y 9s Ss va: mot s for mo % BE
the oil train Of 100 rods from tho drawbridse
$ s ans es an
upon The condition n @ OF a ras should think TIE rails that
s!S ian Hs With
s
s fsa o
OF the oil train was on the south side Of the bridge after the
hs s' fan n ss sur @ w
he
m IND y he he Ss, to sssr signal 50 to alarm
sS ss
osS S he ean Mas ons a .s
j. BE asr a a f S.es sS c1 as o' 2 .r
than notify trains opening the draw or oSs,TSs.
Pas pa o~e a,a there was much
1resae at $50 eNh es aaAT s.sse s@3ES New
fireman on the Hudson River Rasoad Twas ne fireman
York Gass as e al siG hGSsy aoa
xs0w w man FOR s me IN ssr s as %
sn Know wfs how # N
s wen asas
hsIh sny Fsi as
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eamns eS1s 9s Troy there
Kind q e fee curve and turn ont ut s pretty
train jump oil lis engine with red light supposed his
anqs ne IaneS ssg ss
We're rannnS from thirty 20 ,hry,ye miles an hour
When aas s' ~9 %s
be SiSwsd brakes and sad them
" Ct s Gs u:ss
pulled then passing the ensne of the oil train;
s y Se
his line The second time he blew or nf = hsr
notice whistles for brakes blown rapidly in succession;
when passed Of the train got down on the
rs SDpn sSnS 70 m f aa
spsed OF the train checked iite; going
matter; aDoo" looked but made no reply and
a d Down on % s e s s nsn
sss; A
hurried towards the wreck and heard roans passe
ss
Was the 1 az eose d9 as last Svs m hall !. I'M sss
Ssssss .s time: .is applied
the Checking made y mn When pasa
@ asS sS % s: s1Ssss me
bad worked nicely II was most impossible TO stop the train
e ssss CT s ssd '
se rA0 se 20 G 5 % Whistle n ws I h sdhDp sss z pulled
station the river side, when. saw the red light;
1 as' Sa az to:
the rvs sd s o % o
a P.s.Ss a .assa 4a 's IS ise .n 70
ws ttsR you 'ssGns eoada sop
engineer and s's myself did NOT
know him he seemed 10 be engineers he was going to
Albany to look for job did time to put him in
between the tender and engine ste said nothng
think be went down with the engine
CORNELIU5 ROE, BwORS.
live at Grcenhush, engineer the Hudson River
Road engineer Of the oil train Monday night;
examines all running gear Of trains at Grcenbush;
switched at Coxsacke that night for train brakeen
anime the cars when stop; my attention first
called to the acciden. my train when l reached
the trcsNe work the bridge stop
water tsrk =, Old Troy, then ] felt a shock; I
looked and said "Weve broken in twon the train
separated; halloed TO brakeman Of the
next to the engine and sad Don't put brakes mc
the train will me - then heard haoo
Ing tswads the Of the train grabbed red light and
didn't stop to look back the express coming
ran down the track; met tho nagLnsn Just above his
shanty and said, "For Goa's sake put ont that white
light aDd get = red and With running
about ten nies an hour shut OF; tho 1asman and
met the express beowhe tank; the halt
mile below me when lefi my engine; 2U) feet from
where my engine stood TO the Haamans station; we
about forty rods below the latter when the express