The state chronicle., 1891-09-02

was gone; / then examined the
track on the left hand side; | saw
that the rail extended almost to the
bridge; we were travelling at about
that rate of speed which the public
clamor for until we have these acci :.
dents.
PATRICK E. RANSOM TEsTIFIEs:
Twas in the second-class car of
the train which was wrecked; it was
half way across the bridge when it
first ran off, to my test knowledge:
the second-class car was, think,
the first one to 90 off; it ran on
from eight to ten sills before leaving
the tracl; the train seemed to me
to be running from forty to forty
five miles an hour; / cot out at the
engine; ! did not see auy one walk
ing cody about; saw 10 one try
Ing to pillage or rob the train.
T. r. STEELE TESTIFIES:
Got 10 wreck at 6:1j; l went
down the railroad track; | noticed
the rails were uncoupled On the
right hand side and that the right
hand rail was OF; | noticed near 10y
there that the wheels had run off
the track; about IL o'clock / came
back to this end of the bridge; this
was after the force had come to 90
to work; ! saw some railroad men
throwing rotten pieces of timber
into the creek; the majority of the
ties which / noticed were rotten; a
superstructure constructed out of
this material would not be safe; |
am a carpenter and builder and
have been for about eight years; the
rotten ties were on the bridge from
this end to the middle; l examined
a few just this side the bridge and l
noticed several rotten ones among
them; if a rail was out it would de-
rail any train; the stone coping was
broken; this is granite ten inches
thick and over foot wide.
ALLEN MCCULLOUGH TEsTIFIEs:
| am section hand on this road;
] got to the wreck about fifteen
minutes past three o'clock. We
went down the track; / noticed a
rail torn apart on the right hand
side; | went on and helped them at
the wreck; | went back to break
tast about 10 o'clock; on going back
Abe Steelman asked me if we had
used any claw bars the day before
said no; we went into the tool
house; the bar was setting On the
left hand side of lhe door inside ant
the wrench on the right hand side
we picked them up and they haC
been recently used; they showed by
their brightness that they had beel
used recently; there was mud OF
the under side of the claw bar;
COulu Icil tllit INC CldW DdI udl
been used; in wet weathe
when you use it it will rus
if you do not use it for a night or
day or two and when you use
again it brightens again; the ba
had not been used by the sectio
hands since last week, and then 0
the east end of the section; we wer
on to the bridge; we saw the detacl
ed rail; the end this way was on I'll
ties; this rail was on the right han
side; we could see where the foot
the claw bar made a mark on tt
cross ties; we picked up BOLT ar
it had been unscrewed; the rust W;
off it; / went up the track the ds
before and frightened up all II
bolts; only found one out; this w
about ten or twelve bars this 81,
the bridge.
HENRY NESBIT TESTIFIES
l got to the bridge soon after IL
wreck; saw a big fat man calling
his gold spectacles, gold headed ca
and hat. He did not seem to ca
for any one but himself; / saw
one trying to pillage or steal.
DIR. OTTO RAMSEY TESTIFIED.
/ was on the sleeper and aisle
when the train left the track; t
first / knew of the accident was t
terrible crash; l went up the tra'
saw one rail one end Of VIII
seemed to be lying off; 1t was
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