Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-11-05

Fragments OF the bIOA0H "a
Wheel Found.
Yesterday afternoon at four o'clock
Coroner Schultze heard the evidence as
to the cause Of the death of Mrs Joseph
r.. HARE. of Swicksburg, Indiana coun-
ty. Pa. one OF the two victims Of the ter
rible wreck at Elm Grove, Sunday
morning. the object being to put upon
record officially the exact facts as they
were apparent to railroad men and 9TH
ers who made a close enquiry into the
matter. The evidence showed that the
breaking of wheel tiange
Of the second car back from
the engine caused the acct
dent. as detailed yesterday morning in
the Register. and the pieces of the
metal broken from the wheel have been
found as well as sliyers of steel cut
from the rail by the sharp et.ge OF the
wheel at the fracture. 1t was also IN
evidence that the fiange OF the wheel
was very Inln
The first witness examined was David
z. HARE. son of the woman killed. He
testified formally and briefly tina, he rec
ognized the body as that of his mother.
The next witness was Shepherd
Smith, who said:
Il picked up some pieces Of wheel
fange under the railroad bridge, above
where the cars went over, and turned
them over to Conductor Lynch and
Shriver Woods. Pieces were Clipped
out of the rail. and I have one of them
here. could not see the broken place in
the car wheel. as it was next the
ground as the cars were lying. but the
pieces of fange We're worn very thin,
compared with other wheels on the
train The broken wheel was the left
front wheel of the second truck Of the
second car from the engine"
Captain Charles Ball, conductor Of
the train, said
Il had just passed through the COM
bination car and gone into the baggage
car, when the accident occurred.
opened the side door of the car, and
saw the telegraph operator walking
around / looked back, and saw the
combination car break from the baggage
car and turn on its side l jumped off
as soon as the train slowed up enough,
and went back 20 the coaches l broke
open q door Of a car and assisted what
passengers 1 could out. / then went
back TO see If any passengers were
down under the seats. and later I saw
Mrs. Haire-I suppose it was her-un-
der the coach. She had evidently fallen
through a window, as the car went over,
as nearly as / can tell"
The COrOner-Was the train behind
time? A.-Yes; twenty-four minutes.
Claim Agent Howell-HOw much be-
hind We're YOU at West Alexander? A.
twenty minutes. That was the
last registering station, ten miles away.
The COroner-Have you any means
of determining the speed? Ave
We're only making schedule time.
Mr.. HOwell-There was no effort
made to make up time? A.-No, no
effort at ALL We lost time all the way
from West Alexander.
Mr. Haire-What was the position of
the body? Alt was right under the
side of the car, under a partition be-
tween two windows
Q.-How did she get there? Al
couldn't say, unless she fell through q
window. If She had gone out of the
door I don't think she could have got
ten hurt She was lying on her face
Mr. Howell-The lady was not alive?
She was dead? Ayes, she was dead
Baggage Master Ollie was called. but
ne said he knew nothing important, he
having gone after physicians, tele-
graphed for aid, etc.
Mr.. Howell said as far as he could sec
or know, the breaking of g"
1ange threw the car off the track. anN
the others followed. The cars were IN
sDec-ed at Pittsburgh. and would have
been inspected at Wheeling, Newark
and Cincinnati. There was no indica-
ton at Plttsburg that there was any
thing the matter with the wheel. and
what caused the wheel to let 60 could
not be determined The thin flange
testified to, was the result of friction. as
the fange bound the rail right along.
an the way from Pit-sburg. He added
that if It was desired to have a car
builder from PitJsburg, one would be
sent on. The Justice said the presence
of such a worker did not appear to- be
necessary.
Constable John Anderson said he saw
the accident being q shor, distance
away when the cars went over. He de-
tailed the positions Of the cars. as al
ready published and narrated his aid
in getting ont the wounded.
This concluded the evidence, and a
verdict OF accidental death was re-
turned.
All the wounded persons still in this
city are doing well, with three excep-
tons. and it is by no means certain
that q fatal result Will follow I'm any
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