The daily gazette., 1879-11-03

mashou OH. tneD 1leu tc- DeiP mere
dith, but the steam prevented me from
doing 80, and commenced to turn the
cab away to get at Gallagher, but also
failed at this. Shipley, who had jump
ed off the engine before she struck, now
came up, and told him to get an ak
and cut the men out while l went into
town for doctor.
Fred. Reed came to and got me to take
him In. He was hurt about the arms,
head and limbs. asked Reed if he saw
my signal for Gallagher to stop, and he
said be did. asked him why they did
not stop. "My God, Billy" he answer
ed, 81 don't know why" reported the
accident, ana soon took out a passenger
ear with physicians. They were out Of
gave them all a drink. We got IN 10 the
depot again with the men at 110 A. M.
THO SIGNAL EASY TO BE SEEN.
David Grastlin, sworn-I am fireman
Of shifting engine No. 8; just after my
engine started from the Junction ] saw
No. coming down very rapidly. VIM.
shifter, and saw him wave his lantern
for No. o to slacken her speed. think
they could have seen 1t easily. l did not
see the engine strike, and did not see
the injured men until i had come into
the depot aud had taken out the passen-
ger car. They were all alive then, and
lay In shanty near Latimer's crossing.
Howard Simpers ,sworn-l am watch
man at Delaware Junction, and was en-
gagged iu making list of the cars when
l heard of the acci,leutjI went down and
discovered that No. engine had cOllid-
ed with freight car. WIN. Gallagher
asked me to take him hcme, and all
| complained OF being cold. All the men
were out OF the wreck when reached
the place. (The witness explained at
the close of his testimony that 1t was
customary III making up freight trains,
to leave cars standing on the main track, !,
as the freight car, into which thu engine
had run, had been lefty
A FORTUNATE SMOKE.
Edward l.. Shields, sworn-I am the
frem IN of shifter No. 6. When our en-
gine reached the Junction left her and
went to No. . to get smoke, while our
engine took in water. did not get on
her again, but staid with No. .. After
the engine l was on got Well started l
noticed the other coming down ve:y
fast, and, after being signalled 70 stop,
run into the cars on the track; when l
| went to the scene Of the accident and
| tried to get the men out found them all
fastened with wreck, which made it a
difficult task. ] got Meredith and Gal
lagher out of the debris, and Shipley
took Sasse ont. When the engine col
| lided with the car she was not running
faster than it Is usual to run, probably
not faster than IL or 13 miles an hour;
l saw Shipiey get off, and Reed climbed
out on the tank and was knocked off by
the shock. The engine ] was on wa.
al most opposite the scene of the acci-
dent when the thing happened.
Alfred j. Grant, swOrn:-l am
brakeman; was on the car which was
run into, and saw the engine coming
down very rapidly; I waved signal for
them to stop, and continued to do SO un-
til they got very close and l had to get
out of The way; the engine struck the
car with such force that l was knocked
off the next car, to which had retreat
ed for safety; have now idea how fas
the engine was running but l do mo-
think she was running at an unusual
rate of fspeei.
Question by juryman:-If you think
that why did you signal so often for the
engine to stop.
Answer-Because they were going too
fast for me to couple the car to the en-
gine.
Question-Then these were the cars
| they were running down TO shift.
Answer-Yes. Number six slackened
her speed before she struck, and think
the steam had been shut off. saw Gal
lagher on number nine signal them to
stop, and think the engine could have
seem his signal sooner than mine-he
ought to have seen 1t.
THE THIRD SIGNAL TO STOP.
Lawrence Kettlewood, sworn:-I am
| a brakeman with engine number nine;
l saw number six coming down at a
good rate of speed and wien she neared
the car on the main track l gave the
signal several times for them to stop
hey apparently did not suit, for they
gave no notice, and In an instant, ran
into the car; think they ought to have
seen the car and they had been told that
some of the cars had been left on the
main track; the engineer ought to have
seen the signal, and cOuld-have seen II
had he been on the lookout; 1 am sure
that he did not not notice 1t and think
it was given in fun.
| Question-Is it usual for railroad men,
| to signal thus in fun.
Answer-No sir; never knew them
| to do SO. After gave the signal the en-.
| gineer would not have had tune to stop
had he acted on IL; the engine struck
| the car on the end, and the men were
so entangled in the debris that they were
only taken out with difficulty.
| WHOSE FAULT WAS IT?
VIM. G. Shipley, sworn;-I am shift
| ing foreman at Delaware Junction. On
Saturday night when we had got through
at the Junction, l said to Gallagher, my
engineer, "Let us go down to Brown
town in a hurry; the sooner we get
through the better" We then started
down, not knowing the cars were on the
track, and ran at good rate of speed
| We saw the signals to stop, and tht
engineer shut off the steam, but the
wheels would not hold; and slid along
the rail. That engine often did that; If Il
| had been engine number nine 1t would
have held. Just before she struck saw
the danger and jumped of, leaving Gal
apher, Sasse and Meredith on the
engine. l had understood from Mr..
| Gallagher, before we left Delaware
Juncti on, that none of the cars had been
| left on the main track; had understood
otherwise the collision would have been
avoided
Harry Darragh, sworn:-I am middle
brakeman on the p. w. Il b. R.; we
were working on a large number of cars,
| to arrange them for Mr.. Shipley, and
had intended to run them all on the
siding, but left quite number on the
main track One of these was the one