New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-01
DELAY IN THE SIGNALLING.
TESTIMONY THAT TIE DANGER LIGHT WAS
SET TOO LATE.
TIE OFFICIALS or THE TWO LONG ISLAND
TRIMS TILL. hT THE NEWTOWN IN
QUEST. ABOUT THE ACcIDENT-THE
INJURED DOING WEI

Coroner Brandon continued yesterday ut New
to,vn Long Island his investigation into the caus"
OF the disaster on Saturday night last. The hrS'
witness was William Smith, who WAS FiSiths Ms
father-in-Iaw Charles DE Bevois". whose nous" i
near the place OF the accident His testimony poI'
ont the interviews given by him 10 the press lie
said that the fog that night was not hIsh
orougb 70 obscure the signal lights. lie saw the
Manhattan Beach train standing on the track ana
thcn saw II start 10 go ahead. NJ tht Hh'e
white light was shown. signalling Tor 'he ""l' ~
90 ahead ~ the time two OF IN" cars % nv
Manhattan Beach tram had passed the ssh"
,o,.r the LIGHT turned to signify danger. lie "a"
the Rockaway train coming ~ great i".e 20
,,ood At the time the red light appeared IN"
Rockawav train was about 100 feet from IN"
place Of the collision. , ,,
rho second witness was Hugh O'Neill. the Night
v,tcbman at IIabcrman's tin factory lie ul' h"'
900 .r,. brakeman 20 back from the rear OF the
Manhattan Beach train. by large d'"k'"' III"
witness showed to the jury the exact positions o.
3D., ,.rious signal towers and location OF trains NJ
the place of the accident
Ines NJ Niece. night train dispatcher at the
Long Island city station, said That he haH 'n'I'
h,,re Of the trains The Manhattan Beach train
which was run into was special ana I''' INV
reach AT leos D. IN. The last regular train Ici' 'h"
p.,cb a, tl.l, lie was Informed Of IL" accid'h' Al
90 o..lock Saturday night. lie gave notice I" an
the nhvecians In Lorg Island city snd To 81 J'hh :
HosoitaI lie said that engineers wcf" not "N y"
,h. running Of special trains whcr" the block s>s-
fem was used. lie al not know what Tram " wa
nat nrecrJcl the Manhattan Beach train. as ne
ha1 ma, locked II un. H. o. Finley The conductor
=, 49, pockav,ov train testified that At the time OF
tb. collision hc was in the second car from th'
roar that after the accident he sent a man plcN
and a man forward. in order to nag al o'h'r u"'hS'
HE engineer told him that be- never Ha" me '"'''
nm iu.t an instant before he struck IT, The speed
Of the train twenty-f'" miles an h"u' "'""'''
brakes were used on his tram
o,is q Don AID son the engineer Of the Manhattan
Roach train said that he stopped on account Oh
The. red light for about one minute th'h "a" Il
uhite light and started again. He dld not h'"f
,h pock,v,v train whistle when 1t ran into his
train He ran ahead az FAR as f"hhY hi"R''
where ne made a short stop. then. acting on ms
,.r udy.n.ni he ran into Long Island 'ty
without any conductor and reported the h''uc"''
lie thought this the quickest way l" OBTAIN
aid tie had had no special orders as I" remaining
or no, lie had 10 come as near as eight car
lenYths To the signal Hight, where inc a'c"eht
occurred. before he could see IT, lie stopped al
poriin on account Of the regular Manhattan Beach
train ahead Of him.
John C. Mol. the conductor OF III" M"hh"''"i
Reach train said that when his train stopped
| ~ the place of the. accident brakeman went
hack 900 or 200 yards 10 warn any "th'r Tram
v.ho, sipn,lled 10 20 ahead. he ordered his head
| brakeman first To- go back to the rear Of th" train
| and left the other brakeman behind II" hhl
| rassed the block by four cars "hrh the CRASH
| came. ....--, -. t....,o.., 80,
| coroner Brandon then adjourned III" Inquest un
| III This afternoon. when the tower men VIII b'
examined Only thirteen OF the victims now remain
| nj 81 johns Hospital Dr. lunister said ycst"T
Ia, ina, The PATIENTS were NIL doing we'll. Neither
| Theodore Gracvcnnor nor Aaron Neinstein mas vel
| hcon Informed Of the death of his wife. ana th'
oumerers cof;inuay question the nurses as to then
| condition James Il. Thompson OF No. lb2 N"s'
| Sixty-second-st, il improving slowly from con
| fusion OF the head and other injuries .
| state Railroad Commissioner Rickafd or Al
| bany who was ut the soroners inquest sad yes
,er,inv that ne believed Concrite. the engineer al
the Rockaway train. To be free from responsibility