Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-06-11

did. The conductor was standing at
the crossing. The train struck the rear
ead OF the car, turning it completely
around, and MASKING the car. He was
thrown out and badly cut in several
places. He did not leave the car. The
train was moving backward, with a
train OF gondolas. The engineer gave
no signal. II he had reversed the car,
the engine would have struck the car
full. Did not think man could see q
train coming down at the distance OF
the motor from the track.
THE CONDUCTOR TEsTIFIEs.
Chas. Schrader, conductor on the car,
was next called. 1--WE were held" he
said, "by d north-bound freight at the
crossing. The car stopped, l got out,
and went up to the track. looked up
and down and saw no other danger. l
signalled TO the operator to come ahead.
l stepped on the cab, and the operator
said My God, the car is coming
The power was not on full. I grabbed
the throttle and turned it on. Then l
Jumped, and the car struck us. The en-
CINE was backing with eight or nine
gondolas. 1 heard no signal from the
Dsrain. The train when l first saw 1t
was 35 or 40 feet away from US, and
moving rapidly. Only about Is seconds
Ilapsed from the time l saw the train,
Ind the time the crash came. The
lorth-bound train drowned the noise OF
he approaching train. The north
bund train must have been in the
by"
SQUIRE Riddle-"Don't the north
t1und train take the east track|"
k'Yes?"
A'And the South-bound train the west
IT, ck?"
tYes?"
iThen It could not interfere with your
ssdng the train il you had been looking
idthat direction?"
%It may have been that the noise con-
fused me. When train is backing at
that distance, unless one looks very
closely, it is hard to tell in which direc-
tior the train is moving. The rules OF
the company require the conductor to
signal the operator to come ahead If
thert Is no danger. The train was
moving at the rate OF about twenty-five
L Y
SQUIRE Riddle-"Were you not talk
ing To the operator and laughing when
the train passed, and not paying any at
tention to it?"
''NCt that remember. After the ac-
cident I stood on the other side OF the
track for about FIVE minutes and then
went I'D to the Forty-third street office.
The ladies' were on the south side OF
the car I did not see them start to
leave tao car. After the accident the
next pl.Se l saw them was lying on the
track. III they had remained in tho car
they would not have been injured"
H4hLEs BARRETT TEsTIFIEs.
Charlie BARRETT was in the car
when tn accident happened. The OPP
orator stripped at the crossing; the con-
ductor I'd, 'all right then looked
out OF tse window and saw the train
coming. a jumped out. Did not see
the ladhntstart out. Don't think the
operatorllek ould have seen the train
coming t0ISn. The motor was five or
six feet IA the track. l did not see
the cond,oko again. Heard no signal
from the lproaching train. The ladies
were sitting on opposite sides in the
car. There WNre eight passengers on
the car, inlludi I two standing upon
the platform"
Mr.. KEARN's TESTIMONY.
Andrew Eearns-"I was in the rear
end OF the ,ar when the accident hap
pened. Sav4the conductor get of and
run ahead n the crossing. / saw the
train when 4 was within 90 feet OF us. l
then jumpsylff the car, while 1t was
going aero, khe track. Miss Fitzpat-
rick, Mrs. YIler and 40 old gentleman
rushed for door. When the crash
came the laosis were thrown across the
track, and man to one side. The
train was gold; about 10 miles an hour
"a pretty z q speed. heard no sig
nal from the lain. From the front end
Of car It Is sssibls TO see quite dis
lance up thTl track. l don't know
( whether the II came to a standstill or
not. Seven eight passengers were
on the car" 10
eEo.l RRAY CALLED.
Geo. Murrais -"I live on the hillside
near the crosslg. / was sitting on the
porch when tAe acqd ent happened.
My wife saw the dsr' r and called my
attention TO il. We ID cried to them
| to so back. THEFT ~ moving at q
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