The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-10-14
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station. protected by the semaphore, or
block signal, when it was struck. Mas
ter Mechanic Smart who is located at
jackson, and who jumped on one and
one-half miles east, reports that
Whalen's train was running about
twenty-three miles an hour when it
passed his office. This was not con-
sidered an excessive rate OF speed at
this point From there, in the un-
written rules oil the company, trains
are to slow down, and when within
sight OF tho semaphore to come in not
faster than five miles an hour. There
is n straight stretch OF track for hall a
mile east OF Jackson station. Beyond
this there is slight curve The sema-
phore, which protected the first section
at the station, is three-quarters oil
mile east OF the station. Whalen &C.
knowledges that he saw that the signal
was against him from half mile away.
Conductor Webb heard the engineers
whistle for brakes when approaching
Jackson. He claims he turned the au-
tomato brakes without effect The
cause which operated against the engi-
neer's lever made the automatic car
brakes impotent. 1t is claimed by the
mon that there wac no time to apply
the hand brakes before the crash oc.
Cured.
ENGINEER wHALEN's ACCOUNT.
William Whalon, engineer OF the
engine which crashed into the other,
was able to see au Associated Press re-
porter tonight to whom he gave tho
following account oil the accident:
ave left Detroit at $3.50 with one oil
the best engines on the road, and
train OF twelve coaches. The engine
worked remarkably smooth for new
one, and l was congratulating myself
upon the fine manner in which it was
working. We stopped at Livenois av..
enue, slowed up at Wayne Junction and
stopped at Ypsilanti. The air brakes
worked all right at these points. AT
Ypsilanti there was large crowd about
the train and around the engine. This
is the hardest point on the line to stop,
as it is down grade, but we had no dill.
Guilty. We made no other stop till
we reached Jackson. Just east OF
Jackson Junction | turned the air brake
and finding it worked all right
shut it of. As we crossed Elmer ave-
nue. applied the brakes again when l
found they did not work on the train,
although they did on the engine. l
then whistled for brakes two or three
timer and reversed my engine. Ispoke
to the fireman, Joseph Kindling, and
told him the brakes did not work and
to look out for himself, an at the same
pulled the levs'.
He HELD TIE THROTTLE
held the throttle till We were within
three car lengths OF the rear OF the
other train, when 1 went out through
the cab window, as I could not get to
the gangway. Ny tiremanjumped first.
l fell on rail, injuring me severely,
and was whirled around several times,
nearly falling under train on the next
track. think truck box struck me
as l fell. l was dazed for few minutes,
but recovered and found both
OF my legs badly injured.
The doctors think the right one
is fractured and the other is badly
bruised from the knee to the ankle. l
can give no explanation ms to the cause
of the air brake refusing to work. Tho
only reason can think OF is that while
stopping some ono might have turned
the shut off cock in the rear of the ten
der or front Of the first car. do not
know that this was DONE but can think
oil no other reason"