The morning times., 1895-10-05
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The conductor and gripman of the canle car
codkt not see the trlin for the same reason.
li. gates were ~, or course. ! exam
ined them to see sf they had been injured,
dbd there was not scratch on either OF
them. The switches on reservation No.
lOl, between Seventh and Ninth streets,
ought TO be removed aad the parking OF cars
should DE prohibited.'
CONDEMNED THE PRACTICE.
DR.. L. a. Johnson, who examined Lees
injured limb before he was sent TO the
hospital, confirmed what his father said,
ara condemned the practice OF parking cars
that pulls train into the station crosses
the Seventh street line four times.
FIRST II takes the train up. next backs
out on Sixth street To virginia ayvnne.
next goes aaeLd iirst To Ninth street. where
it switches ana backs TO the depot, ard
last it IS attached 10 The train and pulls pUt.
Mr. L. II. Martin. with israel * GTiif.n,
tailors, at the corner oi Seventh and VIZ
ginia avenue, WAS equally emphatic ia
condemning the practice OF IsIrSing cars
at that point and on the line between sixth
and Seventh streets. He said the gaTctnan
was in nowise to blame Tor the accident,
since no Que can stand at the switch box
rom which the gates are manipulated and
see an approaching train from the suuts.
THIS was the unanimous opinion of u NUM-
ber OF bystanders.
Mr.. K. S. Martin, who resides in the
Virginia Flats, ON the corner III Seventh
street and Virginia avenue, walked down
the line of tracks after the accident IN d
ascertained the number of empty cars
parked there.
There were five on the extreme north
track. three on jhe next track to I've south,
and three oH the next track. leaving only
one track clear. The three on the middle
track had been dropped a shoTt tiE!e
before the collision. Ii lie was OF the opinion
that neither the gatenian nor the cable
car people could have seen the approach
ing eugine. nor were In any way to blame
Contractor T W. Doyle. who was thrown
from the grip car, received only slight
confusion on the side Of his face. He said
that he knew nothing of the approaching
train until it was right on them, and had
thrown the wagon against the grip car.
HORSE WAS MANGLED.
The horse was lying across the cow
catcher, frightfully mangled. and before
he had time to realize anything the grip
car was whirling round off the track and
he was thrown To the ground.
When he got up the train had stopped
and the niangled remains OF human beings
he expected TO see strewing the ground
were not there. The lady who occupied
the same seat in the grip with him. and
who was also thrown out. had gotten into
a passing carriage and driven away. Her
injuries were evidently as Slight as his.
Young Otis, one of the occupants of the
wagon. who sustained only sprained
ankle, was treated by DIR. Eosrinan and
carried to his home. Neither he nor Lee
saw thetrainuDtiltheyw were halfway yacrosS
the track, and then it was too late 10 turn
they were too busy looking for a soft spot
to land to notice much about the others.
or course, the engine being behind the
cars until it was within few feet of the
wagon and cable car, the engineer could
not possibly have seen them in time to
stop. As IT was he reversed the engine
as soon as he caught sight of the wagon and
brought il to q standstill just after crossing
Seventh street.
Had the engine been half a second later
It would have struck the wagon and the
cable car fuil in the center, and terrible
loss of life must have resulted,
GRIP MAN COoPERS REPORT.
Mr.. A E. Carver, the receiver at the
Seventh street power house, said that ac-
cording to the report of the accident made
by Gripmal Cooper IL was. su far as he
was concerned, entirely unavoidable.
The report stated that at the time grip
No. 8 was going south. but had stopped at
being down, to allow a freight train going
east to pass. At the same time there was
q wagon travelling south. The driver, how
ever, had gone little ahead of the grip,
and when the gates were raised kept on
ahead. The freight train was long one
and was moving slowly.
On the south side of the train going west
was an engine moving pretty rapidly.
From his position and because The freight
train interviewed, it was Impossible for
Gripman Cooper to see the engine. As
soon as the gates were opened the wagon
started across the tracks, still ahead of
Just as the horse and wagon were Cross
ing, the engine, which was hidden from
view by the freight train, came in sight,
and before ii could be stopped had thrown
the horse and wagon back upon the grip,
which was now close upon 1t.
The car was in charge of Conductor
Coombs.