New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-24

of and he muddyI went up TO the Eighty SIX u
street station and told them there had been collision In
the tunnel The brakeman who got of Mt Mount Yer
He hai never done it before. whenL the roat
rs waterbOY went on 10 learn the ROAD. rode VIII
the rear brakeman through the tunnel WheueEor 4 go
chance, in order to learn the signals MINK nav,
learned something. think ran back ABOUT lou Iee
where the accident happened
TIE TELEGRAPH OPERATORS STATEMENT.
William q. b. Rawson, the telegraph operator at
Nlnety-sxtll-st, made the following statement:
am a Telegraph operator at the Nnetyslxth street
| Signal Station. and am eighteen years old one week
work days and the next nights; when am on MAY gay
/ duty begin nj q. m. and remain until p. m Nnen
| | am on night-duty ~ ON at y. NJ. ana say
! til a. III. went on duty on Friday morning az
o'clock and then the trains running on the Harlem
Rapid Transit track. reported each train gong south
that passed me to Eighty sixt-st and gave tue signal
red flag after each train passed In ORDER TO
stop every train as came hae,od TO , my s T
in consequence number Of uain came in at the same
time tna there train at each signal office thal
WAS another train at ehundred-and tentn-st' AMI
the track clear he sent tram down 10 my station
at Train No. ~ Of the New-IOrk Central
road came down anu stopped mt my stJtiOn. allowed
IL 10 proceed receiving notice nom Eighty
that the block clear. gave notice then to one
nundred-and-tenih-st let tine next tram proceed.
which was No. 20 OF the New-Hayen road. When II
reached Nnetycyenth-st the operator mt Eightyxth.
81 mad not reported the block clear, so 1 held
Ighty-sixthst and allowed No 90 to procef j. Trains
Then began running on the man track Wheh IN" New,
hayen tram stood at my station the head Of
the train at Nnetyecyenth-st. When my red
nag Is lowered 1t hangs So low that II must
pass under It, 1 raised my nag Tor the New-Hayen
trains to pass, ana Hgnihed 10 tne enslueer ttat
tie track was clear immediately went inside OF the
ohice to put down the leaving tine Of the New-HaVen
trains, ana TO report 10 ElSnty-sAth anu Onr-Hu"tIc
and-tenth-sts. A. had been very busy
had number OF tiah rePor's-I mean mean
had to report t. TIE tram dispatcher the fhS mat
had passed ms and their ume. No Other tram VAS Ia
aisHt 80 wen. on WIN my report, iH,re W. sgs
mai other stations had great trouble to getin my reports
10 Eguty-siXtu and decentralization tn-sts While
a rapid transit tram coming down at Ninety-oghtn-st
Al the time The operator at seventy secOnnsJ re-
clear yet" knew ny That that the tram at Elguty-
tempted to lower ny flag, but the rain had 30 twisted
the rope attached to Il that / could not pug
time before the rapid transit engine had passed
my station. with that teegriphed 10 Eghty-s xth-st
"stop tho rapid" His answer was: Brakeman VIII
stoplt" The New Haven tram had got under Aeadway
and left at .. % Inc Harlem tralu passed M 9O3,
allowing minutes between Inc rains. nadr ceiyed
the nghtduty man, may have received suc orders, but
he did not tell me. 1t Is customary wn'n Trains arc iuI
the wire ana also because NV attention was called 10
che main track and the trains were all very
much behind time did not expect the rapid transit 80
early heard the report OF he accident over the WIRE
~ No y NewYork Central train back 70 my oIiee
as LIE should have 0one, and got Oh the NeW,
signal from observation-disclosures st. that tue
iapln transit Iah wa coming sot'h; oui nov ir 'y
red flag owing to the wet condi ion OF rope have TIE
changing OF ali trans mat run in ana Of the Grand
Central Depot 1 have been employed a. operator
at Ninety -sixth-st- since December 70, ISL.
hours are from 70 1880 a. H., and
from o 7:3O p. m. When reached the Office every
thing IN good order except ne Iops For ten min,
th,m. After he left mo ut $40 became
many trans TINT passed on tne down rack. TINS
Office is tho first one nave had, but am con
sdered ono OF the best operators on the me set @l0
a month while many operators only get $40 month
TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES EXAMINED.
Frederick Slack, conductor of Harlem train No.
IS, made the following statement;
We left Willamsoridge at SIG, six minutes late.
came past TIE junction and Was held by q signal the
oher -iue OF tine Harlem drtw-Ormse l stopped at
Harlem, made tie usual stop, and goo cl-Lr
and-tenth-st; lett there and went on, receiving
no animation that there a Train ahead an We
minutes lac at Oue-hundred-and-tenthst. We struck
the main at 9CG, and presume we passed NinetysXtn-
| have known lin Tor years aud he mas been
my tram Tor three years consider lim careful man.
Thomas w. Wright. of 80 East Eight -sIxth-st.,
a telegraph opera or testified AZ follows;
am telegraph operator at Eigty-.iXths st. I re-
ported ut tne once 100 Trains ran smoothly until
The New-Htven Train came winch heni boo uso there
was a tran at seyent, -secOud-st. The operator at
AinetysiAtn ST. reported rapid transit train
told stOpI told him that the brakeman II the
NeW-Hayen Train would do that. Before had time 10
l. ave the ONCE the accident occurred, at exactly 9O1
The New-Hayen train had Oeen at my station just three
minu,es, ~ reported by me Oh ny ume-sucet My
Uuy Is not 70 stop trains but 10 hold tAem until the op
orator below signals to let them come | am posi-
tive the tIain w"s at nay station three minutes.
THE PRISONERS ADMITTED To BAIL.
After the witnesses had been examined Coroner
Herman said that he should hold RawsOn and
Robins each under $4,000 bail, and Rood under
- 900.
How much is Mr. schohelds bail to be ~ was
asked OF the Coroner.
d" lie is also held in 80 000," was the reply.
THIS Ioply elected much surprise IN the room, as
Mr.. Schotield had not been arrested, an
his name had not been mentioned as being
connected with the accident. He is assistant TO the
neral superintendent Of the NeW-l ok AID New |
Haven railroad When asked why he had in |
Guided Mr.. Schofed in the list Of those held III ball.
Coroner Herman said that he was 10 blame tor yer
allowing water-bOy 10 act as brakeman, |
and as in reply to question he had admitted that
lie knew that was sometimes done, ho was III sense
responsible Tor an accident whore water-OOy was
to be blamed. The Coroner sand that he would !
allow Mr. Schofcld 10 become his own bondsman, |
but the latterleft the room without being required
To lie amy bond. In reply To question why he was
held, Nil SchOrld sara That nc did not KNOW, but |
uo Thought the Coroner wished To insure his attend
ance AT the inquest and took that method OF Secur-
f. &, sclchow, OF No. 10 West Oue-hundred-and-
twenty -Iourth-s,., who his Il place of business ut
No. IL JOAu-st., became bOudslnan for Raw son, |
and James q. Searcs General Baggage Agent |
Of the NeW-lOrk and New-llaysn Railroad. !
ana INONla~ ora, Oh NO. 90 " est IOIl9 -liot-ol
also an cnplOye oil that road, furnished Ddll for
Rood ana Robins
Tie Coroner said that he would probably hold
an inquest on Monday OF next week.
CONDITION OF IHE INJURED PERSONS.
The seven injured persons who were taken to the
Grand Union Hotel on Friday remained there yes
tcrday. The three men under the care of Dr.
W. T. Miller, who said that he should take them to
their homes IN Mount Vernon to-day If the weather
should be- favorable. lie declared that his patents
were all doing well and were In serious danger
Mr.. Braywas suffering somewhat from
his scalp wound, but more from his
broken ankle A consultation of four physI- |
clans was held yesterday relative to the ampu- |