Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-11-14
cpSeyEsS INQUEST.
FyHesee Cs-,isily rskes ssi ID. ifry
Cesssres the asIlr s< CsnFsay
IlDnfakshly.


xcrlsivnt and the rs~ull nf their J.
ft~Nrilns xiIl lie hzil--i ~iih ver
reuersl sarf fscfiun. Tbe uSsl~- q
ibe vitpe<s exsniDei. tie sUt
stspce of their ie><iusOHy Stsd ID
verdict Of the jury are hereto ar
ge1d+-d-
Tbe frx. witness vss VI. y
Ro~mtsls,t, san FrznCh~ro tr~velsDl
n1xn; ~xs lS>s<Beer oo ~recss-
tr2iG: thuashi train ~zs runuiu.
sso-ly-pero~rs Il TO II utk> Al
hcoi; thai he heard the ~hL tx I
iItrbr tinse hssore rbe scci5sut
J. II. Wait. rsdnEzs,-r u thr
divrsiou tr,xn P,rIlxnd t. R.-$-S'urr
VITO ~xs pz~-uEer =; tb= tiRse d
tie xreVk, resi,d In sXp~r1~rrC<
very mIuut.ly and his surs ia rr~
cgi1x the injured oOrs- de le>i :
that he u-Sl.l - hi-tss ~&> given and
rpe b~z-i IL, and thai the train Sss
running az perhaps : nIiiss al
buur. He ~ss .SYuziuird Wi;h Iis
-nxi pe--r aud rireuIAo, but the ViiBsl
s-dy Was uuknoSu io him. The
only thing re a~ fuoUd OF Tie
o.ts wzs plrCr Of EsEvr, Ou "lIs
SIDE Of which wa. wit eli: ~Nrs.
K-ntel, 81 Washington Ave. y.
Y" Uoder this Was written
Marsha On the revrr-e sld- o.
Z be psr-s ~ss wriItrn- ~IObu
Rov-rs. l7uS r Ave"
r Sake, s yuups forls; of San
Fnpcssrn, ~ho bad c1sn5r If with
sight Injuries. Alter geDerzl de-
-c-ipcion of the r14auyer ~ the wreck
szid. The rrIl4ziIrd-r Of tLs ir--tl-
I EXAMINED and 1t DE- BOi se--HI to
t~ coa uec.ed ~ith th- Lev sr Is.rI o.
| be tY>tk- IL v.s The uever par
thai s<vroes 20 IL faulty. There !
= I--caisr sI.ky, nIsrshy cl'IdIti"i
81 the gro0Dd ulou winch The
p1dge i. Constructed"
John Gray, z-I-uter, salem;
know nothing Of The 2ct.5d-ui vX-
orp; shat the peI~r- say. ALI
with the bridge acru-.
Iz.e Lzni-h: tbers nlsy have t--u
. great deal dan- 10 II the last ; ear,
ogl t-fore thai | did B0i think u
<Ste. Il ayezr ihf. last Orinle-r
Ipc- ! tx pariirU4r u,jiCe Of IL.
>Jrnt of Il vxs lhsu getting quite
DID soAIe Of Tire hut. and washers
Of the bil's were knocked 4 |
kpo< Dothing Of the lsiIiug ihai has
been done there. kDOw the bpl-
tou L very soft and uIar-hy. An
s~er 70 Juru- Gri-rsnu: The main
bridge stands on piliEg, not trrs r..
The trAiu shakes he ground Wien
gGug over. The pliiug ws- cut II
nj the .urfats Of the groUad and
mndsiiis plsced thereon. We USED
70 think and make the REMARK tif;,t
there would be al accident there
some time. The briage Wa brsced
best crosewsys. /, a. 4 Carpenter,
would think II Dece.sary ts brace it
lengthwise.
Chs W. johnson, Rnseburg:
lawyer; Vas g Passenger on the train
ADi occupied the seat running
alongside Of car Al the bscE eud, the
Car being crowded. Heard she
grating and immediately the train
came to 8 full stop. Train SEEMED
10 ne going 1nrea-onably fast. ] tx
amin-d the trestle WORK after the
accident The bridge, 10 ME, leaked
very unsafe, but / do not pretend 10
knowledge. The string
,rs were OF great strength aud
"und, but the uDderpluuing did
rot se-m to be. My opinion i that
he engineer discovered he was g'iiEg
L too great a rate o. speed aud that
Fhen he came to the dangerous
,lace in the bridge be put Oh tine
'reaks with all their force, as the
udden stop caus-d the jar " hich
rUught on the collapse. Iu answer
D g juror the witness explained that
e WAS not 30 sure that be settling
novement was Thought on by the
hidden stop. The frst movement /
sliced was lnnge, peculiar mo
on. and then the care-ring motion.
am Of impression that the lraiH
'as going at too Rrea; rAte Uf
oeed to e over that bridge. am
'clined TO think the bridge wss un-
Ife and that If q goN, solid, sound
1dge had been there, 10 danger
Ould have existed.
John e.. Baker, Salem; occupation,
achiust and engineer: Know
Dthing Of the wreck except what !
i've heard and read. Am acquaint-
with the trestle where the wreck /,
CURED. ] think it was q very un-
fe bridge; ! called II a deadfall ,
yself. / examined the timt,ers f,
veral times and fonnd them de- /,
yed 3 great deal. ] have watched .
aims crossing there aud seen IL rS:k /,
ID shake. Auother man and last =
Ily walked scros- that bridge aud A..
united the bolts Oh either side frun
hich the nuts were guie and my
counted a.. while
uuted 43. ] have often spoken ~ .
c unsafety OF the structure and
i'd somebody would liz killed there. b
,e last time / cr'ss-d the bridge c
VI August, this year. n0me inn =
prOvemeuts were made last