Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-11-18

c<&~o D<k ND IL "a tSc0A4At IL
When rails VIEW p0llrd apart bolts
and hesds wcre ecpe- Foupd one
cap Dear wr-cked engine that va
~ ten anne xs Co,vig hsd sren- AL
ober ;iml~n were apparently
s.upd. The bridge vas not fore
and aft b-sc-d. Pos,s seemed to te
s.uDd. Cap be saw hAd dry ~,
cs-sr through. Did Dus examine
npd~iis or ,irnters closely. Could
Doi identify any particular oeu,s.
BeDis pe.rvx, engine ise did DOT t.t,-
serve particularly. When ,be doc
t,' went cot the crmrsnyt special
agent from San Erspcisco accom-
panied him.
AluisEs C,<Der was sworn. Saw
wreck sunday fur first time. Had Il
general kDowk-dg~ o. bridge work.
o0i ~.s Dot expert Tenants Of
isn,s in wn cked I,lacss where en-
yiDe WAS were pretty we'll gone;
rDudsills like tenants OF pests had
also b--gup to rut- Ps1 of trrs,le
sork WAS DOt 80 ru,ien, not mor-
,i-ed, but beld 10 cap and mudsill
~ an iron dUweli lan. The t,ol,s
al brvsk MADE W engine fell quar-
iering. Hsd t-en ov, tres. le before.
Think there II 9 slight curve q,
so-,h. Coming this way engine !,
of nj ieft-
AFrIpAvITS-
R s. Swartl, farmer near Cbems-
~s; found tenia reasonably sound !;
saw 4 rsil bad been Displaced; pow
lies Is feet bscK Of wberv il bad
oeeu; had no sigma on 1t of being
ia wreck; ties cut by car
wheels when this nil wss
removed; saw mark Of crvwbsr Oh
i've ties, showing spikes were drawn
u--.ore wreck; Car Is "ver this in part.
~ ca,uid nat lie inside sf,er wreck
no evidence that ir.s,le troke down
from weight engine.
J. O. JOHNSON,
Division foreman of Bridge Dept.
Examined trrstle Il imbers spuDd nd
bridge good enough to hold trsins
run un this road. The pile ben,s
ere left in TO rave exl-nse. The
track had been ,auIered with, nc
counts for bepts falling down by
taggage car falling crues~is ise of
track. The heels cut ties in tive
and severed the srnngers. The
surge of the train alsn heil ell throw
the train over. Rents involved
were put III las, year.
III. WAITE,
Roadmaster on 5. p. Car surged
forward AID then surged back so a.
TO strike my head. II WIS $50.
Were running 2Di" % n,lles, Brakes
w-rv applied beiOre whistle a they
generally do nj this place. Had
seen evidence Of rsil being removed.
Conclusive evid.nce is found iu the
rail On west side that 10 missing OIL
east. The sub~tructure was goOd
xnd soupd. Found this nail Oh
break of day. Men worked under
my direction caring for dead. Therr
il 3 minutes time betweeu trains-
A man can remove . rail in ten
minutes. This train was . few
minutes late.
]. Q. WILSON
-aw wreck; examined it closely for
rails length. Where engine went it
Was not strong enough; rail on west
side could not have got there, with
out human hands; it evidently had
been in wreck. Car wheels had run
on ties where rail was removed ii WAS
ou the east siie rail the way the
wheels ground it; was scraped Oh
under side Uf fiange.
>. Il. a AA<6kRl
owns place where wreck occurs: had
remarked what be considered the
unsafe character Of this trestle; had
noticed where nail appeared to be
III ssiny OIL east side Of track that IL
was forced under the tresiie. The
mil to west On ground did not belong
into this opening.
The commission adjourned to 8. a.
Ia. Tuesday.
THEORY SUSTAINED.
The JOURNAL reporter who ex-
smiIied the wreck Of the Southern
Pacific train at Lake Labish, and |
made the bold assertion that ne
iOuld not find place fJr the extrs
rail that WAS found at the side Of
the track, has been fully sustained
by the Investigations of the ruilrosd
Tue repUrter has had
10 object in view more tlisn to give
he facts N he saw them from care
ful observations and thorough exam
nations. These are now proving to
,e the same rs those made by other
:Andid men.