The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-03-07

head engine asleep. and the first | knew
of It fell the lar When II struck u.s. rs
soon as things got quoted came back 10
the hind end; when got 10 the depot !
saw some men carrying man on a stretch
err; asked them who they had and they
SAID they did not know; looked at the
body knew 1t was Enright by his clothes:
| went back to the engine and blew the
whistle to bring the fire department out;
left Owosso Wednesday at II 100 n. M,
and have not been to bed since.
Peter Milne-Residence in Detroit; am
conductor ON the IT,, IL A. Il. r.. have
worked on this road since Nov. LIST. last;
have been conductor Is or 16 years; was
here at Ithaca this morning; was running
extra No. 10, the rear train; my train was
made upat Marion and Glare; left Marion
at $3.50 Yesterday. the 27th; was aware
there was train ahead of me; saw il at
Shepherd; it left about go minutes ahead
of me; had orders to meet trains at AL
ma; had orders to pass train mt st. Louis;
was tagged by the first train to wait at
| Alma for the second train, which l did; 1
did not see the train run into by my train
at Ithaca after | left Shepherd; l did
not know the train that l run into was
at Ithaca station; was in the way car
when my train struck the train ahead; l
could not see the signal lights displayed at
| the rear end of the first train; | knew the
| engine whistled. but what whistle he blew
| do not know; was running or 10 miles
| an hour; know the brakeman went out
to set the brakes; l did not hear the engine
call for relief OF brakes; the tram did
| s'acken her speed when the brakes were
set; knew we had struck something;
came right down to the front end of the
train; met the rear brakeman; asked if any
one was hurt and he said he didn't know
| looked in the engine but could see no
one in there; came up to the end Of the
| platform al station house and found the
engineer; assisted him to the house
where he now is; l asked him where
the fireman and Enright was; he said
his fireman was being taken away TO anoth
er house; then | went to look for Enright,
and some parties had pulled him out from
under the wreck; some parties carried him
into the baggage room; he was dead when
l came to him; did not intend to stop
here at all: had nothing to do and did not
intend to stop until got to Ashley; | do
not know what his train stopped here for;
1t WIS the duty of the conductor on the
first train to have sent flag back, but he
did not: could not see train more than
the switches she has the right TO the yard,
and all trains must come in prepared TO
stop: when lights cannot he seen, as in
this case, a flag should have been sent
back
John b. Connor-Resides at Owosso; am sup.
erintendent of the T., A. A. & N. nj. r. r.; in
the evidence given here so far it has been taken
to show that the accident was due to misun
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show had nothing to do with it. The rights OF
the two trains to the main track at Ithaca was
governed by rule 81, page q of this book (hold
ing book in his HANDY of rules, within it states
that the track between the extreme switches
Mt any station will be considered the station
limits. Freight trains can use extreme switches
at any station regardless of trains of the same
or inferior class. Freight trains will approach
all stations under full control expecting to find
trains using main track within station limits"
This is the rule governing both trains to this
track. 1t is evident from the testimony taken
here that the conductor of the leading extra
took advantage of this rule to protect him at
Ithaca The conductor of the following train,
with the assistance of his breallmen complied
with the terms of this rule, entering the yard
under control, but was unable to see the lights
Oh caDoOsc OF HfSt extra on account OF cars until
within or rods of caboose.
@. How long since you have had an operator
here at Ithaca station?
A. Since we moved the freight Office up town.
c.. Had there been any operator here ut this
station, would the conductor Enright, have
known any more in reference TO trains than he
did with operator at up town Officer
A. ! consider it Mr.. Enright's duty to have
went to the other Office when he found ne was
delayed We have no operator between Ashley
and st. Louis.
In addition to the above three train orders
agreed and were the orders to the conductor ana
engineer to wait ut Ithaca for an extra from the
south. The third was later order to Enright
to pass the special at st. Louis. Mr. Connors
said that according to established rules, the con
ductor should have relied upon the last order.
This ended the testimony and the jury retired
After celebrating short time, verdict was
agreed upon and rendered. to the effect that
Jas Enright came to his death by being killed
by q railroad collision ut Ithaca, Feb 20 1890,
said collision be caused by the negligence or
misunderstanding of orders of the said Jas. En-
right"
The jury was composed of thd following named
gentlemen:
X. p. Peet, II. b. Smith
w. II. Beasley, Fred Best
b. Vandeventer Fred S. VanBuslxirk
Egbert Allen of this village was the coroner in
charge of the inquest.