Bridgeton pioneer., 1888-09-06
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this the conductor knew little of the
happening.
Jacob Truax was the engineer of
the train and he said he had been run
ing the train about three months. He
had an experience of years as an engi-
neer. He did not see the carriage of
the doctor until within twenty yards of
the crossing. He saw the horse COM
ing upon the track, and he imme-
diately applied the air brakes, which
worked well, but the short distance
intervening between the engine and
the vehicle gave him no chance to
stop the train. After he had reversed
the engine, and put on the brakes, he
pulled the whistle cord, but about that
time the pilot of the engine struck one
of the rear wheels of the wagon, and
threw it to one side, e,and he thought he
saw the doctor when he left the car
riage. He was of the opinion that the
horse stopped on the track. In answer
to a question he said he considered the
crossing dangerous one, though there
were many more on the line of the
road. He declared the whistles were
blown as usual and the bell of the
engine was being rung by his fireman.
The name of the latter gentlemen
was James Lippincott, and he knew
little Of the accident, as just at that
time, he had stopped to put shovel
full of coal in the fire box. He was
also engaged in ringing the bell. The
speed of the train, he said, was about
twenty miles an hour. The first init
nation of the accident he had, was
when thelbrakes were shut down, and
ahe then glanced up and saw the car
riage dashed to one side of the engine.
He did not see the body OF the docter
until he had been picked up. The
witness corroborated the statements
of the engineer, as to the signals for
the crossings.
David Cook, the only eye witness to
the terrible scene, was next called. He
stated he was about fifty feet from the
track, when the collision occurred.
He noticed man in a carriage on the
other side, and he saw that he was
having trouble with his horse, as the
animal seemed restless and reared
once. The engine, seemed to strike
the rear wheels of the wagon. He was
the first one to reach the PROSTATE
form of the docter and staid with him
until the train hands had returned
from the train, which had stopped a
short distance down the track. Mr..
Cook said during his testimony that
he did not believe that the train hands
were Responsible for the accident.
He declared the. crossing a terribly
dangerous one.
DR.. Theo. Davis, it will be remem-
bered, was the first of the physicians
to afriye at the depot after the de-
ceased had been brought there. He
stated he found DR.. Moore lying upon
a couch, with his eyes closed. He
spoke to him and the injured man
opened his eyes and pressed his hand,
but did not speak. The left side, DR..
Davis thought, was paralyzed. On the
right side of the head was confused
wound, which bled considerably, and
it was from the shock of the accident
and this wound, that he died In
speaking of the crossing, DR.. Davis
stated he thought it was a very dan
gerous one.
DIR. j. &. Streets was next called.
He stated how he first came to hear of
the accident, and his arrival at the de-
pot finding the doctor as DR.. Davis had
already stated. He was with him un-
til he died, life becoming extinct about
two O'Clock in the afternoon. Death
resulted, he thought, from compress
sion of the brain, caused, he thinks,
by the engine striking him. When
the body was being prepared for the
undertaken he found the right shoul-
der bruised and the arm slightly cut.
he died in comatose condition. DR..
Streets said the crossing was a death
trap, and the only reason others had
not been killed was because they had
not been caught just at the proper
time. He stated, in answer to ques-
tion, that Doctor Moore had been in
excellent health lately.
Harmon Dilks and Charles Weber
testified as>-to hearing the whistle
of the engine blown.
Coroner Barnes then gave the case
to the jury, and after deliberation, re-
turned with the following verdict:
THE jury empaneled to inquire into
the cause of the death of DR.. Joseph
Moore, find that the deceased came to
his death by being struck by a rail.
road train, known as number S02, on
the New Jersey Southern R. r. at
Shiloh crossing, on Saturday, Septem-
Der 1st, 1883.