Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1879-11-03

accident occurred; he testif d his engine
No. 3, was running Oh the North bound
track, and shifter No. 6 was following
on the South bound track he did not
see the collision, and dill not see the
men until we went back with the pas
senger car for them; he helped to bring
them in !; they were all living when
brought in; had not Seen the men since
they died.
Howard Shippers, watchman at the
junction, sworn-Heard the collision,
but not did seeit; helped to get thsmen
out oftha wreck ; Gallagher complained
of being cold and asked me to get him
home; the cars which caused the acci-
dent were in the position in which they
were usually placed.
Edward l.. Shields, fireman Of No. 6
shilter, was the next witness examined
he testified that he lad remained on
his own engine until she took water at
the Junction; he then crossed over to
No. shifter, to get smoke from the
pipe of DeCamp the engineer Of No. 8.
(This smoke saved the witness life az
it was in his seat that Sasse was sitting
when his feet were cut off;) he saw No.
6 strike the car, and got off OF No. 9 as
soon as he could and went to the
wreck. Witness then stated substan-
TALLY as above the position in
which the men were found, their re-
moval, etc. He testified to seeing Gal
lagher of No. 8, signal to No. 6; he
had left his engine about Is minutes
before the accident; Gallagher the dead
engineer was as careful man as there
was on the road. This witness testi-
fed that Reed vas knocked off the en-
gine by the shock, as he saw
him drop. Don't believe Engineer
Gallagher saw the signal to stop.
Had no, seen the men since they died.
Alfred Grant, head brakeman, was
standing on top Of the Car which was
struck, waiting for No. 6 to couple up;
saw they We're coming up pretty fast
and signalled to stop; saw that COLI
sion was inevitable and ran back on
another car, from which he was knock
ed by the shock; was not hurt; No.
ought to have seen his signals but
thought perhaps the smoke or steam
from No. 9, which was ahead of No.
on the next track, might have inter.
fered somewhat with Engineer Gala.
gher's seeing the signals. Witness no.
ticed however that he did slack up a
little hafnre the collisiOn
Lawrence Kettlewood, brakeman of No.
9, vas standing midway of the train Of
ten cars which was struck part of the
train was ON the main track and part
on the siding; saw the signals and
heard the crash helped to get the men
out.
VIM. C. Shipley fireman o! No. 6,
sworn, testified as to the time the two
shifters started up the tracks; did not
know the cars were on the main track
had not been told that they we're there;
had ordered his engineer John Gala
CHER to hurry up; saw the signal given
by Gallagher of No. 8, and the engineer
of No. 6. Immediately reversed his en-
gine, but the wheels would not hold ;
| believe it it had been No. 8 engine
instead of No. that the collision
could have been avoided. The wheels
of engine No. 6, would not hold; were
always in the habit of slipping -
jumped off the engine just before the
collision to save his life; heard the
crash but did not see it we were run
ming pretty fast helped to get the men
out there was great deal of escaping
steam.
Harry Darragh, brakeman of No. 8,
testified as to the position Of the cars;
did not see the collision but heard it;
helped to get the men out.
/Benjamin Wilson, colored, was going
out the railroad to an oyster supper;
heard the men hallooing; went over
and saw the men lying on the ground,
one of them he did not know complain
ed of being cold.
Officer Lsgg sworn, was at the depot
at about II o'clock, when the conductor
of No. 8 came in and reported the acci-
dent: I ordered a passenger car to be
taken out, and Immediately took car
riage and went after Drs. Draper and
Bullock; had the physicians at the de-
pot some TWEEN ~ minutes before the vic
tins arrived; helped to take them out
of the oar; the physicians did what
they could but it was impossible to save
them; Gallagher died first at about lis
O'Clock, ,and Edward Sasse few minutes
afterward; Meredith did not die until
twenty minutes of six o'clock Sunday
morning; as soon as each man died, had
them washed and placed in the position
in which the jury found them.
This ended the testimony and after
q few minutes delibsration, about one
o'clock the jury rendered the following
verdict:
Resolped, that 1t is the verdict Of this jury
that John Gallagher, Edward Sasse, and
Henry N eredith came to their deaths on tn
Delaware Junction by collision, between
No. Q engine and ir light train caused by a
misunders anding between VIM. q. Shi tley |
and VIM. Gallag her, the fOremen Of the two
shit ers
The jury were polled and each an
swered in the affirmative.
DISPOSITION OF THE BODIES.
After the inquest was held the bodies
we're placed at the disposal of the rela-
tives. The body Of Mr.. Sasse was TAX
en- to bis home at No. 100 Pop
lar street. The body of Mr.. Mere.
iith was taken to his mothers home,
G06 Christiana street, while the body
Of Mr.. John Gallagher was taken to his
home in New Castle, attended by the
following escorts on part Of the Shields
Library Association of this city, Of
which deceased was a member: John
J. Haney, Thomas +. Ryan, Thomas S.
Doherty, Michal J. McGrath and James
+. Early. This committee left this
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