, 1879-06-22


! given to the commanding officer, and be Is re-
spopsible for That occurs:
James Foley. The driver: testified that his in.
strnrtione ware II, dr{ve WITH ali eneef1 consist
! chi With safety. having no particular ones with
| reference ia bridges or Yjaducts As TO them,
! the Captain told him to he cautious The horse
vas eafloninfr that night The rules had been
| read to MIN by the Captain but not that about
yalkfnr orcr bridres. Ii the ::
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..,s,,d - 49, -an. 49, 49, ,,7a- ou
.ne Gart Mouau Hot naIe sole neo .ne g tl' nut
"ou'u. ule Aceauene nave uappeueo IL tne 1o'e
hau M neeu en1oteeu',
hp;aaa mhds tha spGed ~ you lnteno 70 SEF'Ae tne
| Dfloge thal n9gnt:"
"slow:" .,,
:, a "a1kt =,
a., 40; $40" ealiop,-not IS last as through
ulf stteets
ue naS soau9ent Inc progc was swung altcf
hoot nss.ad ~ r. 1o,n 80 . ~
q whistle or ho11 ,,'ha rant.,n ,oeor
told him to come tn wall J." croeeinr br;dre
When thr rnof7 no c1ao- he ~.rorr11vwont orer
on a gallon: othcrwiso nc m - trn, T r. he had
had twenty fect forther to On that nirht he
conI1 h.vn s,6nned tia hcr~a - @'' '''so' N'
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES iu ]'s T,,ehar, ,av that tbe
rules had been read tn the mcn nf No. II. but
be didn't rcmemhcr hcor;no -4hn+ n rel,tion tn
walking nycr hr;does Ha 6,d come near roinr
into thc river himssif et n;~ht: mi thonSht =
Erstnm of t;vhte rrn1ar1v orranroi xrouf6 he
OF advantage IN tho nen,rf mcnt He had seen
1nc men ro orer hridres fastcr than a walk,
thonph the or1in,nca aEoh;htad n The law had
been a dead icrter
Martin Coscr' the hr;dp--tenf}er. testified that
be regarded Ernest Soss, who had charge that
enousA :.whiis I,t IT r.s an, on the M strcct'' ~ '
end %n2n orty ., forty people were on
II should prefer to be off of it. The day the
hremen were scarcainr for the body rot the
people off before swunc The bridge. I do not
fecl safe ia case OF a blow.''
Wnat ia The trouhic with it2,,
"Therc are only fonr wheels. and two OF them
small oucs.'
.Hayc you called the attention Of the suner-
!. .intendeut Of RrIlees to i1r,
ssSeTcral times AID he has co11ed The at,cn-
+;on of the anthn;;tas II 1890 tha4, or.a
urn, ne1nrSs3s w. ,...n'nnr,, anAu 0..,s -
..' ~ e4o - A1A11A oNsAf1:
~ so consider 1t.
tie bridge was nerer left open at night longer
than necessary. If there was time, the Fire De-
paftmeht was gwen the right OF way, but at
nlght vessels cannot be stopped. a rcd light
cannot DC holsted after Z o'clock, under tue
present ordinance. dc would not stop vessel
II there was q current. There was no way OF
nnamS out II there was a tire until the bridge
men saw the engines coming.
MI. MIX suggested that gong be put up In
LIE oi!uEC-Aouse Ut On the OrlQGc-
Lo1is Larsen, ppemau, who was On the
cart, testified that they were going hyc or six
mics an hour, the horse trottinS pretty fast
tic, however, afterwards modified this state
menf' saving that he couldn't tell whether the
horse was trotting or galloping. He had heard
read the rule about walking over bridges, aud
had heard the Captain caution the dri-
yer not to 60 faster than
wall: when crossing them. He did not
Know Whether ne hau heard the Captain repri-
'nand the driver Tor not doing it. BE knew OF
occasions when the cart went across faster than
q7 Z walk, That was when they saw ahlarge fire.
Usually the driver sloTeu down almost to u
walk; sometimes even to walk. The cart was
hrEofng faster than usual tile night of the &C
caenr. Foley mas reraried os a c.,rrfr1 man
3ynsst Soss' who is = t;~rr-,n ,ni not - verv
cois Enr1;s1 eaon,a- .nstaJ .,,sa aa a.,t
hr eslsa eece'a, e'ettIo soone aunuSeuent
+h.t aseouoH ~ ,1T H!saap- 1Ate1 saying
.t.a .hes 1ne annie Laurie s'gnaicd, ana
ttl ula1 9 rang the bell, he continued: u got
tne os1tgc pretty near open when the fire alarm
came 'abng, and ran so d fast that they
couldn't see and went in :, THE harue stopnnd
and hataa3 I'M tn the wharf
4fter - tn,1 ~ dao, NJ ~ a,,a-+;a, :.
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