The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-12-29


mains Of J. w. Ready.
No further witnesses were called 10 tn
u u inquest on Mr.. Rsady's remains than thos
mentioned in yesterdays issue. About
IL o'clock yesterday evening the jury returned
& the verdict, which follows.
,s The testimony of W. a. Mccoy, from
L brakeman on the extra freight, was in re-
= gard to the position of the train. Whel
= the extra arrived at the summit, 2l west
:, bound was waiting there, and the switcl
y was open for the side track. He threw tn
y !. switch for the siding 50 ss to give Ready
a chance for his slack, and went forward
j, and tagged No. l., which was answered
soon afterwards. The signal was stoT
!, signal, not q slow signal. He started back
d to throw the switch and saw No. | comng
! at a good rate of speed, and tagged him
+ again, and it was answered. After the ac-
j cident he asked Sht rman why he didn't
8 stop, but received DO answer, only the IN
quiry uh-re was Ro4dy. The siding could
only hold 81 cars aud there were forty on
the extra.
W. Harding, the conductor on the extra.
was called, and testified regarding the time
the train arrived at Summit; that No 81
/ was on the main line, headed in; cut off
two cars and pushed 81 out; then went
down to back end to clear, SO as to let No.
through; was about the middle of the
train when he was trying to back in; was
looking over the train to ses it the air was
fixed, and was about seven or eight cars
from the engine when the signal was an
swered; was about the same distance when
they hit. This is the substance Of his testi-
mony, except that lamp was flag and
that two short blasts from the whistle
meant "H,g."
e, P. Clark, the hind brakeman, testified
about the extra meeting No. 81 at Summit.
In order to back the train into the clear the
slack OF the train had to be taken 10 several
times; the side track is on grade. aud he
was holding the flag on the caboose: was
holding the slack when No. nit; heard the
engibeer's whistle on No when he an
swered the head mans aag; was forty cars
from the head man'e flag.
J. Parsons. the fireman, was the next |
witness. He testified that before they |
came to the switch he asked Ready If they
were going to meet NJ. 2l aud No. l.
When they came to the switch the side
track would not hold the train. They had
o get out on the maiu line to let 81 out.
The headlight of the extra was burning.
He did not jump, but Was thrown out.
When the track was clear, they put blind
on the headlight. de thought they were
clear OF the man line. Heard Ready and
the aagman talking about going out and
tagging the train
W. J. Sherman was the next witness
called. H. was the engineer on the passen-
ger train. When he uame to Cello saw
headlight at the summit, and he was four
minutes late. As he came near Summit,
after he had whistled, got a signal from
lamp being waived across the track. He
answered 1t with two blasts of the whistle;
rhnt off his steam aud let the train roll ,
along up to the aagman; another little sig, ,
nal was given and the f.gman said I'VE
don't oear," and this was answered with
two short blasts OF the whstle. He did ,
not see the target, from the glare of Mr..
Ready's headlight; but they we're 10 the
clear and the switch was thrown for the
side track. Have frequently met trains
there and they gave that signal and the ,
trains roll in between the switches. He ,
could have cleared If the switch had been 9
placed for the main line. There was good ,
deal of flying around there for seeond or /,
:wo after the collision. The brakeman
,sksa him why he didn't answer hs signal :,
md he said be did Re was a.xeed the
ame way ct John Days, and the flag was ,
answered. The hind end of the train stuck
put over the side track and let his train roll I
n between the switches and stop.
would have been impossible tor him TO have
topped. If the brakeman bad remained
where he was first be would have stopped.
supposed the extra didn't clear at the west
nd. The accident occurred about 3:35 In
he morning, and Ready's body was found s
bout 8. Was about two or three hundred Ell
ards from the switch when ne saw first Il
ignal, and the last time about thirty yards al
me train was gong about 20 miles an hour. "
nd it was impossible to stop it in that dis st
ance. Shut of steam after frat signal, and 10
id not use it agaIB. Il
F. Jobson, jr., the iremvu on the pas al
enger train, testified that they were four in
MINUTES late leaving Cello. Two seconds
fter second signal collision occurred p'
hadn't time oaly to let go off cord. and put b
ne air on when they hit the extra. The Il
rev of the extra was using the main line Of
n passenger time, and It was four minutes N
ate. 1t was proper f'r them to have flag d
half mile from there so as to stop ap- tt
trains. 1t is customary for 10
reights to flag this way when saving "
y-to stand a couple of car leLgths from
be switch and fig Us with white flag, as "
,as done in this case. Jobsou asked the b
reman if "Joe" Ready jumped all right. p
he fireman answered no, the last ne saw 10
him he was sitting In his seat. The ex- Q
"a was into the clear, and the fireman p
sked Mr.. Ready Ii he should cover the Ell
eadlight. Ready said mo; meyer cover al
he headlight enless the train clears the &C
lain line." In this case if the engineer of CT
ne freight had covered the headlight he "
,ould have violated the rules. They had oi
o right to use the main line on passenger sc
me without proper tagging. and are to 8
lear the line ten minutes before the time of
assenger trains. When the headlight Is m
urning that is signal that the main line u
blocked, but that does not relieve the h
oudnotor from proper tagging. When the Il
nd don't clear it is customary TO flag in ii
ront of the train. One nalf fmlle distant Is
roper for tagging when switch is open IN Of
ront, and tnen train stops and take up
agman. When close 10 switch trains Al
ont stop.
TIE DALLRs, Ore, Dec. 20, 1894.
We, the Jury called and sworn to inquire
nto the cause of the death of Joseph W. :
seedy, dnd First, That he was employed as :,
n engineer on the Oregon Railway and :
Navigation compsnys railroad; that at
h0ut 2.25 o,rIock ~ nacemhar o. /