Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-12-05

Of speedf Ayes. sir.
Q.-was there any difficulty In seeing
these cables with the tags on at the time
Mr.. Corliss relieved you that morningf
Al found none.
Odd you hear Mr.. Brophy's tesh.
mony last EVENING" Al heard part
Of 1t.
Odd you hear that part In relation
to his ability to see these tags upon the
cablesp Ayes, sir.
Q.-Apd relative to the ability OF the
engineer to stop the cage after IL left the
mouth Of the shaft before Il reached the
sbsaves, Ii running at the proper rate Of
speed with men aboard2 A.-Yes. sir.
Q.-wss not his testimony In regard
to these matters correct? Al think IL
was.
Mr.. Corliss attempted to show BY the
witness that be ~(witnsss) had objected
to handling men on that cage without
the indicator. Following was his testi.
mony In that respect:
Odd you consider Il perfectly safe
to run without an indicator Al did,
II I ran carefully.
Q.-Do you think Il increases the
hazard Of running to run without an
indicator Al told the brakeman to
run very slow. and I thought Il would
60 al right. That vas whom We started
to 90 down the nrst trip.
Odd you ever see the steam at the
shaft so dense that Il was impossible to
see the rope at all a. Il vas going down
the shaft9 AL have. but II Wa not
lately.
Q.-Do you not think IL was possible
In q gust Of steam that the tags might
pass an engineer watching ever 30 closer
Al made twenty or thirty trips with
the same cage and always saw them.
Nj. C~orliss-I made thirty or forty
trips myself. and always saw them but
that time. should like to have you
answer the question.
Question repeated. Al think there
could be such . thing.
His testimony concluded - follows /:
Q.-with your acquaintance With the
machinery there 10 Il not your judgment
that such an accident must be either the
result Of carslessnsss or absence OF mind
on the part Of the snginsers Al MN
1t was from absence Of mind.
John Mabls testified. His statement
- to the speed at which the es8s ana
skip shot out Of the shait has already
appeared In these columns.
Charles Hoyt. engineer at the pump
hoist and on duty that morning. tssti.
al H had NO troubla asaiu1 that
morning.
William Wicks. ONCE BOY, vas sworn.
His testimony. aside from the manner
OF the accident, was not important. ,,.
p. w. Hickey. brakeman on the sniit
when the accident occurred. gave *
tended testimony. ne vas ~ nus o.sAs
and ready to set u vnen aooiaen'
occurred. Following u In point'
OIL that cage had been going siov'
as required By the rules when men are
aboard. wouldn't your brake: when you
did put 1t on. have stopped 1t before II
struck the shsaves3 Alt would; yes,
sir.
E. d. Town. Chief Engineer, tsstned
to the following general orders 70 MS
engineers and brskssmsn: Their orders
are. when hosting men In the ahait. TO
move slowly enough for men IN Inc
shaft to ring bells II they choose: 70
always 20 safely; not 70 o wnen
| they are In doubt about the signais; 10
always stop Whenever they ar. In doas.
about what they are doing. q 10 Dc
sure they are right; thsn' there !, an
other order. that II there u anything
wrong With tho machinery = sport y
to ue - soon q possible; ! tnFsa,eneo
to discharge M. bfopny u NJ QUO mo.
run slower; ] have cautioned them ct
times that they were running too last
for men. and thsy said no, that men on
the cage could ring at that speed; eau
toned Mr.. Jefts; the dutiss Of the
brakemsn are to answer oil the bells
when the cage 10 going down the shait.
run his brake and uneiutsn when No
gets TO tbs top II ne u .. merry; men