Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-03-16
sT4ENANDoA & TIERALI AND VALLEY 4 vI11srI En-

Edinbairg, ID this county, and am
physician,- was called up about 1910
Tuesday morning, and was told Narrow
Passage bridge had broken down, and
train Of cars. gone though; went to
the depot and was taken down to the
wreck on truck or hand car, got there
about l.30 A. NJ !; went into d car, found
Mr.. Bernard Hughes, of Wisconsin,;
examined him aud found his leg broken
and collar bone broken or displaced,
The next person / sawl1 believe was
Scanning, the fireman; he was eaadlvs
scalded about the face ami ...sck and
both arms broken; was geyY wet, [
suppose from the tank, / core of his
clothing to examine his wounds, and
ha,a him srapns@. IN a1blanket, as he
complained. Of being chilly The next
person ! saw vas. onconscioss;. did not
notice him very carefully, he was dying
Ttoand letter on his person. which
INDICATED him to be "A. s. Bower, OF
Baltimere; these were all saw in. that
car. Then went iillo another car;
found nrs. Belew engaged in attending
wounded; they did not seem TO be
badly injured; went into another car;
where others Were found Mr. Quantz
Of " inchTsteroand It. 9, Baker, Of
Baltim ..re, cxaesiiied Ny. Baker, with
his left thigh broken, his heel crushed
and ankel considerably swollen, and
complained of severe pain i'll his stomach
indicating internal Injuries, great thirst
prevailing. 1851 q s.ras ga.
Q.--Dia you have any conversation
with the wouutled and il SO, state it.
A.-The principal conversation I
had was with Mr.. Hughes. I remarked
to him ii was strange the whole wreck
did not burn up; then remarked,
probably they did not have any fire as
1t was-a warm night he replied that
the brakeman had, built one just before
the accident and he said feeling chilly
he went to the rear end of the car to
warm himself, and had there short
time when be felt a Sudden jar as if the
engine had struck loose tie, but before
| time for reflection felt himself going
and reeollected nothing more until he
found himself on the ground some dis
lance from the wreck; short distance
from, him he said, man seemed to
be seriously injured, and between them
was a man dead; Mr. Hughes got up
and attempted to walk away and found
| his leg broken; he then attempted 10
crawl, but could not as his arm gave
way, his collar bone being broken; be
then rolled from the wreck; when l got
to the wreck asked for Mr.. Wightman,
Of my town. and was told he was dead.
Q.-Did You examine his body alters
wards. s g. Ill. s...; es.- srs
Al did, and found his left leg
broken and bone shivered, compound
fracture; his right foot was also broken
across the instep, and he had wound
on the forehead and several Commissions
on the right temple; do not think his
back was broken, as reported.
J. L. Wilson testified I reside in
Baltimore aud am Master of Road, B.
& O.. r. r. Co. -.'5
O. What are the duties of Master OF
Road ? ~ e-s.:-.. , +-s1 .y.n5ul
A, He has charge Of railway and
bridges. ..f...-s;.
O. Do YOU inspect the bridges in
person s -.' .e ".--
A. I have general supervision of
them. .s.r - .... 1870 ~.
Al @. By what means 40 YOU ascertain
the condition Of bridges .....t ......
A We have a superintendent of
bridges whose duty it is to examine and
repair all bridges T1
r. q. Does he report to you
A. n does. ass. u. q-as .t-...t
Q Who IS the sup't of the Valley
Branch of your road ..-.
A. Thos n Heskett.
O. Did he report the Narrow Pas
sage Bridgeounsafe or unsound g.
A. He never did, we always cons
sidered it one of the strongest bridges
GU this line. ..-..- .......,g
@. What officer of your road is
directly responsible for the condition of
bridges? y" .s.a's;'2l" ots ,r -+G'
A. The Master of Road. i.s al
@. For what purpose is the green
flag used on your road t+.
y A. As a caution. ~
Q. Has that been used at Narrow
Passage bridge, and if so, for what
time 70 ,a. .s teff,l al .s.- .t.,
q A. l think since wehave had the road
Q. Please state what you know Of
the condition Of the bridge prior and
at the time Of the accident? z
A. The railroad crosses Narrow Pas.
sage on what is called a trestle bridge,
the bridge is about 400 feet long and
10 from rail to bed of creek, at highest
point. In the last IS months we laid
an entire new track Of y %. rail and
new cross ties. We put Oh a double
u by ID yellow pine stlanger under
each rail from one end to the other, we
put on entire set of new caps on the
tressles from abutment to abutment.
We. ppt on a new set Of horizontal
diagonal braces bolted into the tresseis
ct the end. Of the braces,we have rerew-
ed all of the b Tzontal timbers and we
have taken out and put in new uprights
where they have shown defect;last suns
mer we built new central pier of
first class masonry and then we built
two tressles from the bed of the creek
to the underside of the stringer about
100 feet high. and two tressles of this
kind built on either side of the new
pier, leaving a space of % feet, which
was spanned lsy first class Bolnan
Truss which was capable of carrying
three engines one CD top of another