Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-13
Signal|ed Too Late.
Unearthing the Cause of the
Mud River Wreck.
THE STATEMENT OF ONE ENGINEER.

THE STATEMENT OF ONE ENGINEER.
No Signals Visible Until the Trains We're
Almost in Coiiision-Strange Apathy of
the Principal Locomotive Driver at a
Critical Moment--His Own Admission
Sixty Dead sccounted for-MiehaeI Bar
rett's Repeated Affiictions-went to Sleep
on Duty-Grouud to Pieces.
WnKEsBARRE, Pa, Oct iS-Now that
the excitement over the great railroad dis |
aster has begun TO ahate the work of i'm |
partially investigating the causes of the catas-
trophe is being carried out in earnest. An |
important statement was made last night by |
Engineer Henry Cook, which will be used |
before tue coroner's jury i was Cooks en- |
CINE that crashed into the rear OF the section
ahead of him. The statement is as follows:
Il left Penn Haven junction on engine Az
as the helper of engine 466, just ten minutes
behind the section which preceded us, ex-
pecting to make-as did all other engineers
on the excursion trains-the time of train
No 6 between tue junction and Mud Run,
wilicn is twenty four minutes for the run OF
about ten miles, which would bring US to
Mud Run at SOC; and | knew, and the men
in charge of the train ahead of us must
also have known. that the time of
No, must be made to enable us to get out
OF the way of train No Il, which is due at
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were running along all right, and was con-
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