, 1873-08-20
CHICAGO, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20 1878.

connt for Tho condition Of my watch. t1unot romc-
~s o In s4sast 'e eaFp n
tratna. 1twaa fow minutes after when no gn raat
y No. 14o " e mnnns Sasn had s Of eans ns
snSw ssnS sss IS r'sns in e s eape
competent man. Ind not aeen anything wrong till
Tint oyening when l.o brought mo hoso ortlera IN;
liz duty % Lad nothns to do Mil any telegraph
h1sincss, but after the conductor signs the or!crs ho
eon s51s na s T. sslsq S sf 5 S sfs St s @
were no near It would tayo made no difference;
H.. saw nothing TIL 1t , wsa p upon ,a IN full full
No. j. and il atl Ind correct tlno would not have
1eft, even il the conductor ordered IL. would no.
not tho staon-agont at Ieuont, an. nobody apollo
to mo Of tug correst time, rresurng Ind It Of that
estnea nS san h a ho wae
wrong. wound up my wa.o u LoekpoEt that night,
Is t s00n ' mt hG,S W. ' no% '0 na Ssna n
a ssspensiS's tor "a hss % eea y yar5
Lomont stood on tho 1nain track, aud tho which
taken Of wero thoso noxt 10 tho ongino. met
L. nnts 9 abo oFn III ae liz a
was, md snid: Beanc, there Heeins to bo great
iHale" and lo did not make much Of On answer: re-
thnkins abont?" a Thean ho said 10 ho as,pposca Nc.
tho WY you Do 2" Then ho atops and naya, mo;
thought ot tho train just about ten minutes aftcr 49,"
"To o wSt of yo% to Nf forgst TINT ss ss.
seHHgeFran Hgs "ter running r. oyery 'y3" LIZ sn.;ys n;
H. went to the oico, md havo not seen him since
II my watch had boon Get tho collision would not
conductor Ind ordered mo. NJ mnn but would bo
awful ignorant to put out ngninst pasaengcrtrain:
mot @ s 70 ho2 e
tho watch Il tic standard. Our meotingr1aco with
NJ j. Drgsr2rt wore due St L9,Snt aa abon
fs ! vas ~ not a, 50 pas.ealss a5oat ti,ae; ;
tho engineers ios: 70 them for i very ireq"ont!y
hnyo had copy 81 the rules and resnlatons and know
Bloomington, to got iIne from conductors through
trains, etc. compare with my conductor, hc being
tho one lloSk to- We agtssa at 5e ~ nn the
thought Of No, when left joliet. but could not cal
cn1ate on neeg It, aimee It ,sas too far ahead Ny
fore. It s American which, It took about forty
fifty nin'1tea to go from Lockport to tho scono Of
tho accident.
THE Tn1r TO THE WRECK.
Tho jury thon quit examining .witnoaaos, and
eet off for tho Alton Depot, whero d special
train had boon mado up for their accommodate
tion. They were accompanied by suporintond-
tho depot, the majority q them had come to
look upon their expedition as q wild-goose
chase, but tho " Boa-lawyer" On tho Jury, tho
one who folt Tint i was necessary to SEQ tho
ceennnct It with tim dond hodies ho Ind soon.
|. stuck to Lila idea. though a little takon abaok
Tint ho could not rot his dinner before lowing,
Tho train was '..wild one, aud did not run
worry rapidly. Consequently il was after whom
| waa reached. Tho train stopped nt every siding
to lot some freight cars past, aud tho passengera
inquired aa to the pay they woro to receiye for
their aorycos and talked Of tho 1.-Two stock whicl,
ombollishop Long..John's country place At last
| :thoy orogsod tho bridge at tho Sae, aud began
rounding that hencoforth memorable curve. j
milo and half distant could 10 seor
tho continuation Of tho track, emerging
from the timber. Mr. H1cA1ullon remarkoc
that it was q customary newspaper ro
mark, when my railroad accident occurred
to-day that tho spot whore it happened seemed
| to have boon designed for such q casualty. The
same observation hnd been made very gonorall,
| concerning the point wllero the train thon was
but In reality it wns nh unfayorablo spot for any
thing of tho kind owing to tho lonf
distance for which approaching train
for th,m to have stopped twico ovor, bad 1t no.
| boon for tue blind fog. If tho night had boon
! star}lt ono, tho headlights would lave boon yiHi
| bio. and no accdont would have happon
about another nlattor, ho explained
one Of tho inconyoniences Of trninB meeting OF
curvo.. Hc was nskca what became Of tho bag
and mail eur esrs st tic % time Of tho collision lon
| stated t1Ht
side by tho ongiue Of tue coal train. and Tint moi
single trunk was nlaslled Had the heavy en-
gino struck tho passenger Train fair nnd square
It would heyo espcuGod all its force on tho tyt
| foremost carB and thero would hAye been few
il any. persona Injured in the smosing-car.
|. THE wnEcKEp ENGINES, ETC.
Shortly after leaving tho Sig, the pungou
smoke aud smell of burning woods locatno por
coptible. Tho canal was farther from tho truck
aud thoro was a broad Bpaco which had onct
boon coyorod with grass and weods botwoon the
latter mud tho fence. 4 scoro of mon wcr,
working alongside the truck, and a little knoll
wero gathered together 800 foet of in q field tt
tho east OF tho track, whoro the hoad Of tlt
cyliudor of tho engine Ind boon discovered, half
| buried in the dirt. Another ponGorous pcco o
| metal Inv driven into tho ground between tls
fence and the track. Tho wreckora had boe,
working so iniustriousy TINT but littlo reulaiuoi
to show what had boon Still tho passenger on
eiuo Inv upso down on the cast side Of tho track
| and about half tho body of tho tender near 1t