Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-09-25
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MI; Flo .ence Frederick, driver of
W. n Iaa wagon, loaded with sand, was run
poI,t Il evening by . southern train of the
90 more and Ohio railroad at the southern
B d bis two horses were Instantly Killed.
Ar. Frederick was thrown distance Of sew
cnty-f feet, and one of his horses was car
the other horse some 60 feet on the COW
catcher. The man was picked up and carried
to his late residence I'm UniontOwn, and sew
possible, but life was extinct before any OF
mem arrived. Deceased was q German, 50
years old, and leaves a wife and five chill
dren. The fagman stationed at that point
attempt to cross before the train passed, but
he whipped his horses up to pass, notwlth-
standing the warning.
THE INQUEST.
This morning DIR. Patterson, the cOrone r,
held the inquest-the Jurors being as follows:
JOS s. Worthington, F. A. Young, F.
Lee, George Anderson, r F. Martin, VIM.
Martin, James Webb and John Johnson.
The first witness was Henry Hag germaker,
who testified that be has shop in the house
of deceased, but q few steps fiom the cross
ing, and saw the accident; the deceased was
whipping up his horse to get across and the
80 feet from the track when witness first
saw deceased. The engine was going south
and witness heard ii coming; did not notice
whether there was any head light. Before
witness looked out he heard the fagman
calling TO Frederick to stop. 1t was about
twilight, and light enough for the de-
ceased to have seen the engine come
distance Of. II the team had not been
unmanageable, the deceased could have
checked up after the fagman hailed him
to stop. Frederick was whipping the horses
seemed afraid of the cars. The hagman did
his best to stop deceased by calling to him;
was positive that the whistle was blown for
the crossing, and also the signal for brakes
given before W traa h
is about four feet above the road bed; thinks
that the train was running at about forty
miles per hour. They usually run at high
rate of speed. Deceased was in the habit OF
crossing the track daily, and IL seemed to
witness that after deceased whipped UP the
horses to get them across they became I'M
manageable, and he could not hold them up.
Peter l.. Davis testified that he was tai king
with Haggenmaker and the fiagman; heari
the whistle blow for the crossing. The flag
man got his lamp and went to his post; de-
ceased had just got off of the bridge, and he
put whip to his horses. The flagman warned
him Lot 10 come any further. Deceased said
Let me alone, can make it," The fiagman
then went in front of the team, but had to
get back to keep from being run over.
When he started 10 make the rise the whistle
blew down brakes-the engine being 80 or 40
yards from the crossing. The engine struck
the team just as the front wheels reached the
track. The train was checked in a short dis
lance below, and run back. The horses APP
peared To be under control, and the head
light as also the signal lights and flags were
displayed on the train. The train was going
at the rate of 20 to Is miles an hour The
deceased had time to have stopped after the
first hailing. 1t was perhaps three -fourths
of minute from the time the whistle blew
TO the time o fthe accident.
L. W. Roberts, the fiagman, testified that
when the whistle blew he heard the deceased
coming over the bridge, and heard him start
bis horses up. Witness was at his post be-
fore he he ard the whistle; signaled with his
light TO stop, but deceased continued to whip
his horses, and witness then called to him
when he answered, "Get out of the way, y
and continued to whip them. Witness
jumped out of his (F.'s) way just in time to
save himself, and as the train struck the
team he turned his head. The first signaI
was given over 800 feet above the crossing.
The train was running from 20 TO 25 miles
per hour. Witness was standing on the
track with Davis, when he saw the train
about mile of, and then he got his ligh:
from the store. The horses came TO the track
at full gallOp.
THE VERDICT.
The jury rendered the following verdict
THAT the said Florence Frederick came TO
bis death at the crossing OF the Washington
City and Point Lookout railroad and Mon
roe street, UniontOwn, ID. c., by reason OF
Injuries received in a collision with an en-
CINE of said road. The jury are OF the opin-
ion that the flagman and other employees of
the road are In no wise to blame in the mat
ter. But we earnestly urge that the District
authorities compel the railroad company to
place such safeguards at this point as shall
render such accidents impOssible,,