Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-08
THAT DAY EXPRESS.
Its Loss in the Johnstown Flood
Accredited to Negligence.
SUIT ENTERED AGAINST THE P.R.R.
Heavy Suits for Damages in Other Matters
Also Recorded.
IMPORTANT NEWS FROM THE COURTS

Farney S. Tarbell yesterday entered suit
against the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany for $50 900 damages for the deaths OF
his wife and three children who were lost
in the Johnstown flood. Tarbell states that
he purchased tickets for his wife, Mary E.
Tarbell, and his three children, aged 2,
and z years, from Cleveland to Tyrone, Pa.
They went via the Cleveland and Pittsburg
and Pennsylvania Railroad.
On May 81, when the train they were on,
the ill-fated day express. had reached
Conemaugh, two miles east of Johnstown,
the railroad officials, SO he alleges, got
notice of the danger from the food and the
anticipated bursting of the South Fork
dam. The train was held at this point for
six hours, and though they had ample time
and fair warning, they failed to remove the
train. 1t was overwhelmed in the food, ,and
Mrs. Tarbell and the three children were
lost. Their deaths, it is claimed, were due
to the negligence of the railroad company
in not removing the train from point of
danger. Mr.. Tarbell's attorneys are ex-
Senator John j. Hall and Marshall and
Imbrie.
DAMAGES TO REPUTATION.
Police Officer j. NJ. Jamison yesterday
entered suit against Mrs Annie Sullivan
for S., 900 damages. Jamison states that he
was patrolman on beat in the Nine
teenth ward. About A. NJ. June %, he
was passing the house of Mrs. Sullivan, No.
343 Collins avenue, when he noticed that
the windows of the house were opened. As
was his duty, he raped on the door with
his mace and notified the inmates of the
house of the open windows The next day
Mrs. Sullivan went to the Nineteenth ward
station and reported that the officer on the
beat had broken into her house.
went to her room, took her dress
and obtained her purse from the pocket. He
then went out. she said, and rapped on the
door with his mace. She saw his operations,
but was afraid to speak. When he raped
on the door she answered him and said ''All
right" She further testified at the hearing
given Jamison before the Inspector that she
had seen the man, who was policeman, but
that she could not recognize him. The next
day boy had brought back her pocketbook,
and gave it to her, saying, 81 guess this is
yours" All the money was in it.
Jamison was suspended and was off the
force for two months, finally. after much
anxiety and hard work being partially re-
instated by being placed on the sub list He
claims that Mrs. SulIivan's complaint and
testimony were wholly false. That she
aiterward told persons that her pocketbook
was not stolen. She had mislaid and after
ward found it, and had said it was stolen to
have whoever might find it return 1t to her.
Jamison states that he is still looked upon
with suspicion and his reputation injured,
and he asks for S., 900 damages.
INJURIES TO PERSON.
William J. Gordon yesterday entered
suit against Carnegie Bros. & Co., Limited,
for $1,000 damages. He states that he was
employed at Carnegie's bessemer furnace
i'll MeKeesport On August 26, 1887, the
wall of the furnace burst out and the hot
coke and gas burned Gordon about the head.
face and body, laying him up for four
months. The accident, he claims, was due
to negligence in the building of the furnace.