Mohave County miner., 1883-05-06
Railroad Accident at the Front.
Two Men Killed.

Attob 01OuUay evening aDOuL D. III. d IoI
 rible accident occurred to the construction
 train of the Atlantic & Pacific railroad as i
 was returning from the front to the board
 ing car, by which two men named Patricl Powers and Patrick Cloherty were instant
 ly killed. It appears that the men were
 standing on flat car immediately i'll front
 of the engine, the train going at a speed oi about eight miles an hour, when the car
 jumped the track, throwing the two men
 under the wheels of the engine. The train
 was immediately stopped and the bodies of the unfortunate men placed in a car and
 taken to Kingman where an inquest was
 held the following day by Judge E. H.
 Smith, acting Coroner, and the following
 jury, viz: T Maloney, D. Murray. A. D. Gardner, J. F. Essen, W. A. Richardson,
 D. Parks, J H Johnson, Vim. Henry and
 P. E. Collins. The following is the testi-
 monY of the witnesses: Michael Welsh tes-
 tified as follows: Am foreman of track lay
 CTS on the A. & P. railroad. Know the parties who were killed by sight. Was sit ting on the rear end of the tram when l heard the engineer give the whistle for brakes and the train stopped suddenly. Got of the train and came to the front and as got to the engine I saw man lying under the front drivers. looked under the fire box and saw another man. He was also ly- ing under the drivers. It seemed to me that the train stopped almost as soon as the whistle sounded. It waP daylight and al most 6p p.m.
 P. M. Gavin testified: Am superintend- ent of construction on the A. & r. railroad. At the time of the accident I was on top of the fourth box car ahead of the engine. 1t was about p. m. on the evening of April Both last. The first knew of the accident | was the brakeman who was on the car with | me calling out "Brakesr' I looked ahead and not iced the rear car which was ahead | of the engine already of the track, when the train suddenly stopped. l got of to soc what was the matter and met a .-an, who l told me there was a man under the engine | md another man said there was another. i..did not go up to them but saw one of them t distance. His body was cut in two by the drivers. His name was Patrick Powers and the other mans name was Patrick Cio- herty To the best of my judgment the ac- cident WAS caused by brake-berm drop ping down on the track which threw the cars of
 Thomas Fitzpatrick testified: Know the two men who were killed and recognize their bodies. was sitting on the forward tar, the second one ahead of the engine. when the car ran of the track and I was thrown of ont9 the rail Got gp and went back and saw the body of Powers outside of the rail and the locomotive was going over it.. Helped take his body out and put it on the car. Did not see the other nan until he was brought into the car.
 The jurv returned the following verdict: We find that the two persons, Patrick Pow ,rs and Patrick Cloherty, were killed on the rack of the Atlantic and Pacific railroad at point about twenty-five miles west of 1ingman, on the evening of the Both day of April 1885, by an accident on the construc- lon train whereby the two persons above lamed were thrown of the car upon which hey were riding and were run over by tho and cars attached to the train. Te further certify that We viewed the re- nains and heard the evidence this 1st day ,f May 1883. The remains of the poor victim were ter ibly mutilated, Powers being cut in two at he waist and GlQherty having both legs iut off above the knees besides having an Irm smashed. After the inquest the re- nalns were put in coffins and forwarded to for burial.