Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-29
LATEST NEWS.
BY TELEGRAPH
TO THE wORCEsTER DAILY sPY
THE REVERE DISASTER
Further Particulars.
THE CORONER's INQUEST.
Evidence of Conductor Nolan.
The Conductor Of the Wrecked
Train Claims that he had
the Right of
Way.
Evidence of Conductor Nolan.


BosTON, Aug. 2S Two of the three victims
of the railroad disaster remaining at Revere
unrecOgnized were identified as John +. Kelley,
of East Boston, and Maurice Council, of Charles
town. The third, woman, apparently twenty
eight years of age, remains unknown. VIM. A.
Selle, of Beverly, whose name was given among
the killed as Wasel, was a member Of The firm
of Royce, Tuck & Co., merchants, 43 Milk street,
Boston. The number of deaths is now stated
at thirty. The following are additional names
of the wounded
Stephen o. Thayer, printer, of Newton; badly
scaded.
Miss Lizzie Hatch, Charlestown; burned, not
| seriously.
gentleman, named Hickey, seventy years of
age badly scalded.
Charles II. Stocker, South Salem; arm badly
broken, also severely scalded.
Edward Haley; Scalded on head and hands,
aud crippled in feet and legs
Frank b. Cotton, of Boston, painfully Scalded
about the face.
The remains of Mr.. and Miss Foster, of Prov
idcnce, were conveyed to that city to-day. The
funeral of the late Dir. Gannett will take place
tomorrow noon, at the Arlington street church.
regard to the Revere disaster. 1t is composed
Of; Dr. James B. ForsatA, coroner, Jonathan
Harrington, Andrew Burnham, John H. Proc
tor, Charles Bird and Col. Porter; DIR. Jacob
Mitchell of Chelsea, clerk. The investigation is
held in the town hall at Revere. There was a
large attendance of interested citizens, including
many railroad people. The first witness called
was,
John S. Nolan, conductor of the Eastern
railroad, testified: The regular time of starting
the accommodation was It O'Clock; it was very
late last Saturday night, it being quarter of
eight before starting; proceeded without inter
ruption until arriving at Somerville; started and
ran to Saugus branch, where / saw train
coming round the curve; signaled the train
which was seen, and stopped it, afterwards
spoke to my engineer, who said we could get
along; after delay of eight minutes at the
junction, ran down to Everett; ran from Everett
TO Chelsea; stopped there one minute
and half and then ran to Revere;
after the passengers had alighted, the word was
given, "all right" swung my lantern to start;
cannot say whether the train started or not
some one on the platform said: "Iere comes
the train;" Immediately jumped between the
tracks and swung my lantern; not a 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 quarter of eight
train was to follow at eight O'Clock; when we
started from Chelsea station the express train
was not in sight; had three cars and 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 were attached, and burn
Ing, TO the rear of the car when we arrived at
Revere; the detention at the SauguS branch of
eight minutes was oceasioned by the
hali-past six train; did not discover the express
train until it struck me; first discovered the eX-
train a EVnrptt. thn train IVA
ing at rapid rate; could not tell whether the
steam was shut off or not; the train appeared to
be under full Roadway; know the engineer Of
the express train; his name is VIM. Brown; did
not hear any whistle from his train; could not
say whether he could hear or not; call thirty-fve
miles per hour rapid rate; should judge that it
was running at that rate; had the right of road,
according to the rules; the use of lantern on
the rear of train is to notify an approaching
train; it is an nvariable rule to stop when these
signals are seen; it is an understood rule not to
be within half a mile of a preceding train in
StruetiOns are printed; it would require, Ord- |
nariy, one and one-haf or two minutes
to pass over distance of half a me
should think it would require q quarter |
of a mile in distance to break up train running
at the rate Of thirtyfve miles per hour; the CON
dition of the weather was overcast, but clear; |
did see Il light half mile distance, that night;
a light could have been seen that distance upon |
the road; should think Il BULBS eye could be seen |
the car before arriving at Revere; the first init
nation had was man singing out from the |
platform that train was coming; did not see |
the man that tended the switch at the depot; |
think the man showed light; jumped in the |
middle OF the track and this man, was at my left |
hand, some seven feet in advance when the |
train struck; was delayed half an hour at Boston
depot, but could not tell the reason; | start my |
train when made up; the depot master and assiS- |
tants make up the train; sometimes start on |
N Oa1 fNunn tXT-o and
during that time there have been times when |
the trains do not start on time; the camp meet |
ing has deranged the starting by there being |
heavy trains; it has been a good deal more so |
the last ten days than usual; delays occur in |
Boston more than at any other point; have |
never made complaint of making up train or |
time of starting; receive orders in running |
time from the superintendent; start, when be-
hind time, as soon as possible, without any sig |
nal; the superintendent has never complained |
of my starting behind time during the term of |
my employment; Lunt, the depot master, said |
to me, on the night of the disaster, that the
superintendent wanted him to get out of the de-
pot as soon as possible; did not receive any
caution on that night; did know that
the express train was to follow; with
ordinary delays the express train would not |
reach my train before arriving at Revere; did
not speak to any one as regards the starting of
the express train, and had no more than the
usual anxiety on the night in question; after
was disabled to my knowledge; dispatched an
engine to East Boston for help; sent a team for
Prescott and another to Chelsea; have received |
instructions to send for help, physicians, &C., in
case of accident; did not look at my watch
from the time started until midnight; gave no
order to run faster than usual that night had
the right of road that night in case Of two
trains starting, the rear train is to look out for
the train ahead; it was understood that the
train had the right of way and the burthen of
nj 10 trnin hnf uocf fol
lowing; trains at Boston, in the absence of
the superintendent, are started by the de-
pot master left with the understanding
that the superintendent would take care of the
train that started after me- have made no COM
plant of being crowded for time; never saw
before that night the Pullman train; my cars
have been built several years, are of the mont
tor pattern; did not expect the express train
would pass before my arrival at Beverly; did
not attempt to switch off; did not consider that
the train would overtake US; if a signal of
danger is seen by an engineer, consider him
solely responsible; knew Brown, engineer of
the express train; never saw him intoxicated;
never heard that he was an Incorporate man;
never knew him to use liquor; have not heard |
he was under the influence of liquor.
At this point, the jury adjourned until to
morrow at three O'clock
A meeting was held this evening, at the
town hall, in Swampscott, to express their
feelings in regard to the late accident and their
Indignation at the management of the Eastern
railroad. E. X. Nudge was chosen chairman
and X. S. Fay secretary. Speeches were made
by Wendell Phillips, Rev. j. +. w. Ware, and /
S. IL. Gookin, and committee was appointed
to confer with the railroad commissioners, to
see if means cannot be taken to prevent a recur-
renee of such horrors.
The committee appointed were L, Il. Nudge,
Wendell Phillips L. W. Morton, James q.
Little and Charles z. Curtis, who pre-
scented a series of resolutions, express
ing sympathy with the afflicted; permit
ting no train to leave one station until the train
ahead has been reported as having passed the
next station, and, ii necessary shall move on
separate tracks; failing which, railways shall
be forbidden tn allow any train tO leave n CEN