Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-08-30
BOSTON.
Further of the Railway Mas
Sacre
Testimony of Train Officials

measures of prevention for the occur
rences of such horrors. Similar public
meetings will probably be held here.
More Victims.
BORON, Aug. 29.-Ssveral persons
wounded in the late railroad disaster ex-
hibit unfavorable symptoms to-day. JEFF
ferson Rowe, bsggage-master of the Pull
man train who remained at his post, lies
at the City Hospital in precarious situ-
alton. His right arm was amputated yes
terday, and to day his left leg viii be Ia
ken off. He is injured internally, and
received severe bruises about the face,
and his recovery is extremely doubtful.
The number of deaths has reached thir-
ty-two.
The funeral services of the late DR..
Cannot will take place to morrow in Ar
lington Street Church. Rev. Z. Lincoln
a college ciassmate and an intimate friend
will conduct the services. Rev. DR.. Ma
sons will take place Thursday at two
o'clock p. m, from the Baptist Church
in Cambridgepcrt. The mayor of Cam
bridgeport has ordered the flags to be
at half-msst throughout the day.
The COrOner's Inquest.
The inquest was continued today. J.
Knowland, recalled, testified that direc-
tons were given for slowing when going
rourd curve. He never knew an en-
gineer TO ruu by and disregard signal of
danger. There is no rule of the road to
require me to leave a man to signal an
approaching train. l should think one
could see train half mile from my
train as it stood that night.
Testimony of an Engineer.
VIM. o. Brown, engineer of the &C.
commodation train was sworn. do not
know the time when the collision took
plsce. stopped at Revere three fourths
of minute or one minute looking for q
signal; saw it and started. All at once
was forced ahead; looked back and saw
the cars on fire and great confusion. An
instant after starting l heard whistle
sound down brakes. We started from
Boston quarter before eight O'Clock.
The time to start should be seven o'clock.
Felt no anxiety about the express train.
Should think that we stopped at Som
erville one and half minutes, at Sargus
Branch eight minutes, at Everett one
minute, Chelsea two minutes, and Revere
not more than one minute bsfore We
were struck. My place is to look out for
the engine which needed my attention.
Had never seen any service before l was
employed by the Eastern Railroad. Do
not receive. any instructions more than
what is in the book. 1t was very foggy
that night. Judge that could not see
more than quarter of mile. Judge
that the distance from the depot q: Re-
we're to the bridge 10 he a quarter of
mile. A train can not be stop
ped in running from the bridge to
depot before arriving there. A halt mile
is required to stop train. Should be
very cautious if l knew there was train
ahead. Should not feel justified in run
ming at full speed if l knew there was
one ahead. Always have experienced
brakemen on the train. Have been fif-
teen minutes behind time for the past ten
days.
David A. Stacey was sworn. Thought
they stopped 10 minutes at Jaugas branch
instead of eight.
of the Other Conductor.
Albert N. Goodloe, conductor of the
Pullman train, was next sworn. The &C.
cident occurred 25 minutes past s. the
weather was thick, not foggy; felt some
anxiety in regard to the train preceding me.
Did not see any signals of the accommo-
dstion train. Should judge that light
could be seen on straight line half
mile. Was running 20 miles an hour, %
being the usual speed.
The first intimstion l had of being
nesr the train pre- ceding me, was the
whistle of down brakes and in minute
we struck the train. Expecting another
train behind me l sent back two men to
notify and stop the train. noticed the
engine to be two thirds of the way into
the rear car with the smoke stack off.
l did not expect or appre6end any special
danger. Was engaged on the Eastern
Railroad four years as baggage master
before was promoted to conductor.
Had become acquainted with the duties
of conductor. | did not know about the
time of the accommodation. Saw a
train ahead at Saugas branch, but could
not tell the distance; judge that from the
the time my train was slowed we
ran mile. Saw the train on the branch
when 1 passed by. Think l could see q
signal half mile. Told the baggage.
master the Branch train had just gone
and we must lock cut for them. Did
not say anything to the engineer in re-
gard to the train ahead. Knew there
was need of caution. Was lwenty min
uies behind the Beverly train. Did not
run at the usual rate OF speed because
the engineer knew that there was train
ahead. After leaving Everett the sped
was increased. The speed was slower
between Chelsea ard Revere, near the
curve. l should know if The brakes we're
applied. They were not applied near The
bridge. Should judge the distance to be
fifty rods between the Overhead bridge and
the depot at Revere. The preceding
train has the right of road. Did no!
know that the other train was not on
time. The accommodation was to look
out for me aud get out of my way.
Should not suppose that any engineer
could see an approaching train. Have
known the engineer three years. Con-
slider him a reliable man. Do not know
that he ever carried liquor on the train
with him. Never saw him intoxicated.
We use kerosene in all the cars. should
have been notified if they had encroached
on my trsil by leaving word at the station
of the time the train left | should have
done so if l had been conductor at Now
lands place. | think my engineer was
on the lookout for them all the time.
Should expect to be notified at every
station if a train was running on my
time. Should be informed at the depot
if train leaves on my time. DID not OBJ
tain that knowledge. Was five minutes
late. Saw the engineer after the COLI
sion. Had no conversation with him in
regard to the accident. He went home.
Think he had no right 10 leave without
authority. Saw him an hour after the
accident.
Question by Adams-State to the Com
missiOners how many cars was your train
composed of, ard did you have b-akemen
according to law?
Answer-F1ur, smoking car, Pull
man snd passenger car and Baggage car,
and there were five men TO break up, and
breaks were applied at once when the
whistle sounded. We were running a.
the rate OF ten miles an hour when the
collision occurred.