The New York herald., 1871-02-10
drawbnage signal light was III or not; there wers

drawbndge signal light was III or not; there werc
red lights IN the mems hands,
Answers 10 questions ny jurors.--As soon as Sne car
WAS dumped on the bridge the men got out RED
lights; -aIroll was outside the station when the OIL
train passed; he gave the irst signal; the OIL tram
was tipped over the bridge.
by District Attorney-Ihe people az the brldge
were doing their best 20 stop the express train.
Howard Mhlard sworn--i saw the accident; was
opposite the depot on the up track; down came
tne OIL tram; as ! stood by The lagman he said,
.'There Is car on the track y The train pass
Ing us; saw the nre ny IRON the wneels or trucks
OF the car; 1t about in the centre OF the tran
1t was the hind truck OF the car; there were
twenty-five or ,hirty cars on the tram; the car was
pumping up ana down; no one IN Tie IRAN noticed
IL I'LL the nagman gave the alarm; l saw the Drake-
man outside on the train till alter we made noise;
two then Game out on the platform OF the hind car
j don't know that they were brakemen, one man
took hold OF the brakes Of tue caboose, when vas
the rear car OF the tram; II any men were on the
outside OF the train was In position see them;
IL was not very DARK: saw no men on the tram be.
tween The engine and cab0ose; there we're more box
cars on the tram than tank cars: did not hear the
whistle OF the engine OF the oil srain: 1t mghU have
blown; when the tram passed we ran down the
track behind it, tae train went faster than could
run; was twenty five feet behind 1t; when the
train stopped he rear car stood about 100 north
OF the drawbrdge: l crossed to the draw
lying twenty-five M Il feet south OF M the O. araWbrIse raw @
ON the Pile bridge. IL was an OIL
car with two tanks; the 'front.' trucks mad plunged
through the tes the Car lad angie; the lowest
end Of the oil Car was towards the express tram;
the express rain ran right into the tank, which
obliYuely; was across the draw minute ana a
hal 0r two minutes after leaving The oil rran
press train coming returned fearing that would
De run over; the express, when 1 saw ii,
was ABOUT opposite Barclays bank, three quarters
OF mile or from the bridges just be- ore We crossed
the draw heard man wnom took Tor u cOnduc-
tor tell brakeman to 20 ahead with red lgnt and
get on Inc ice ana 40 down; didn't watch TO see
Ii he went; dldn't see hlm start; ala not there
hear the express coming; after l crossed the
draw heard 1t coming and saw red lamp one
lapLa n ~ uI i WAS
on the down track; that was all the signal saw q
man hai IL running down the track; there was a
waite light Oh the tower that indicated everything
ali right it could nave been reached after the oil
ran OF; part of the oil tram was under
@ pSs out AFTER crossed the nave drawers seo
II was not more than minute and naf after saw
the express that it struck; hurried to get out OF
the way the tram was not coming AS last as have
seen expresses: she was coming ut good rate when
she struck the carr Was On the ice, about one hun
dred and hfty feet from the track. when | saw the
engine 60 into the oil car; can't tell what became
OF the engine; everything bazed up instantly, big
voley o. tire, and then saw the cars on are, and
saw them shove three carH back; everything on the
bridge was one mass OF dame.
10 luror-Saw no brakeman on the oil train as i:
ran along the top Of the cars; ! went across the
draw In u second after l got there; did not 20
@ eno @e car wnen ns @ a
men got oa. Of the caooose al the
drawhridge; the cars seemed to be burning from the
bridge up the nagman at Oid Troy has charge Of
drawpridge light: he was taken from the draw at
the commencement Of the winter; to the best Of my
knowledge no man was Kept at the draw
this winter; the express was not coming
FUN speed; ! heard the express whistle
the oil train alter 1t passed New Hamburg; If there
had been don't think the train could nave oeen
over 100 feet south OF the draw when first saw IT;
think saw the express coming before ] saw the
the flag station; saw nothing out OF the way with
any OF The oil when the train passed station;
heard the whistle and saw the red light both at the
same time.
Edgar Underwood, conductor OF the oil train
wOrn--I was conductor Of the oil train; it was
extra No. g.; my train don't run on time, not beng
re- uiar train IL mad the right OF the way passing
New Hamburg; Was running Oh card time and
cording TO the rules OF the road; my card time is
fifteen miles an hour; i was not then making
that time; the running gear or my tram
was lart examined at Grsenbnsh. ana at
ourselves; we stopped at Coxsackie, Hudson and
Hyde Park coming down; the examinations
examined that night; at Coxsackle and Hyde Park
went the whole length OF the train on one side and
two Of my men on the other making examinations
or the running gear; before we reached CoXsackie |
discovered hot box and in consequence therefore,
couldn't make Hudson ahead OF regular tram SO
took the side track at C0xsacSie where cooled the
journal Off, staying there ten minutes after the regu
lar tram passed and twenty-ihree minutes alto
gether; mat hot journal gave me no more trouble
tnat night; 1t was OF the tank cars the ninth
one from the caboose; had twenty-five cars all
told; attention was first called TO trouble on my
"
we passed that station he followed; l was In The
caboose and heard HIM; | came out and put
on the rear brakes, and told the caboOse man to
give the engineer signal by doping a
white light; / stood on the caboose ana
lNpt Signalling till We got near the
Haw Brilge; did not hear MIN whistle for
brakes; / think ! felt him reverse his engine,
'though I'm not certan;" 1t is down grade there; If
he saw my siguals 1t was his business to blow for
brakes; we generally use Il signal card, bat that
night 1t not safe TO string 1t; II is called the bell
card we had a short tram ana thought II was not
worth wnle 1t Is used generally to give
the engineer information when tram breaks apart;
1t would nave been dicu,t for the engineer 10 get
signal from it II 1t had been strung in consequence
handles 1t Is order o! the road that 1t shall be
strung on all trains; II we had O cord we wOuid
have tried to pull IT, but don't think would
have succeeded; don't think that the engineer
could have been notified that way that night il
there had been cord.
TICKET OErIoE N. Y g. AND H. R. RR. Co..:
NKw YORK, Feb. Q, 1871. i:
VIII you permit me to correct the statement in your
issue OF this morning headed .StiI Another Calamity
Avorted." 1he facts OF the simply these:Ihe
of the track open. preparatory to
track closed everything safe for the Of
the train. The engineer In sopp,og only carrying
rule NO ~, which reads I'm of doubt, arising
foggy weather other causes stop the till
10 he right" IL showing the time, and
the engineer sin doubt" G. H. KkNDRICk,
General Passenger Agent.
Later Details.
POUGHKEEPsIE, Feb. s--Evening.
Since writing and enclosing my letter OF to-day
conductor Edgar Underwood, who was In charge OF
nff fbn oil WOE mir IJtu