The herald., 1893-06-02
Mr. GEORGE R. SHATTO'S DEATH,
The Result Of the COrOner's In
quest Yesterday.
The Jury Blame the Mojaye Train
DispEtcher.
The Engineer OF the Second Freight
Train Was Not Notified OF the
Presence of the First Train.
The Evidence Given.

The HERALD published the only COM
plete and accurate account of yesterday
of the accident at Ravenna on the s. P.
r. B., at which Mr.. George r. Shatto
was killed and six others injured. The
news of the sad affair was received at
one o'clock in the morning, yet all the
details we're accurately gathered and the
public given full information about the
mishap in the regular issue of the
HERALD.
THE INQUEST.
Coroner Gates held an inquest yester-
day afternoon on the body of George r.
Shatto, the we'll known capitalist OF this
city, who was killed Wednesday, night
In railroad collision on the Southern
Pacific railway.
Michael Grohan, the conductor OF
train %, on which the deceased was
killed, stated that at the time of the
accident he was registering in the Office
at Ravenns. The train had stopped to
take water at the tank, about 900 yards
from the depot. He did not know that
there was train following his own, His
train was about an hour late, and had
been standing still about six minutes.
1t had just commenced to pull out when
the collision occurred. His train was
standing on sharp bend, and the engi-
neer on the colliding train could not
have seen it until he got within three
car lengths. An engineer was supposed
to have his train under control when
entering q station.
p. j. Smith stated that he was a.
brakeman on train 23. He heard the
other train coming and gave the signal.
He could not tell how fast it was going.
An engineer is supposed to have his
train under control when nearing de-
pot. usgr 8eas =
P. Wright, the engineer of the extra
train, said that on coming into Ravenna
he slowed up to 10 miles an hour. When
within six lengths of the regular he saw
the red lights on the rear end of the ca
boose. II he had been 10 car lengths
away he could have stopped in time.
He had received no word at Moiave
about the train ahead. It was custom
ary to notify an engineer of q train
ahead. When train is late, there is
supposed to be fagman out to warn all
trains following. He saw the fagman
at the same time he saw the lights on
the caboose. He was about six Car
lengths from the rear end of the train.
His lantern was not lit. Witness whis-
tledbefore seeing him. His train was
not moving more than 10 miles an hour.
Samuel M. Green, fireman on the
special, gave corroborative testimony, as
did I. S. Peck, brakeman on the
extra.
]. E. Wilson, q passenger on train %,
deceased. He was struck on the Head
and rendered unable 30 move. He saw
the body Of the deceased taken cut Of
the wreck.
The jury. composed OF Messrs. @.
johnson, J. B. Rawn, II. Gould, T.
Kahoole, Fred Voss, I. Bodin, w. A.
Hersey, j. Skinner, I. Geise. w. Cor
man and J. J. Gee returned the follow
ing verdict:
"We find the deceased came to his
death by reason OF the collision between
an extra train and regular train on the
Southern Pacific railroad, the former
following the latter, and the regular
train being late, the absence OF orders
to the extra notifying them of this fact,
was the cause OF the accident"