The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-17

miles an hour, the motormau could not
have seen 1t in time to avoid running
over it.
JAMES DUNN.
james Dunn, wreck master OF the
Norfolk and Western Railroad was
called. he said he has had seven or
eight years railroad experience; has
bad experience with few wrecks
visited the scene of the wreck on tho
Ocean View Railroad and examined
the track; 1t Is his par articular duty Ut
| al! wrecks to find cause of same aud re-
port 1t; the cause of the Ocean View
Railroad accident, in his judgment,
was some obstruction on the left rail
going to the View; tho curve at the
| scene of the accident is very easy
one; would not consider it necessary
TO slow up III going round such q
| curve; we go around sharp curves on
the Norfolk division of the Norfolk
and Western railroad at irst-rate speed
| without slowing up at all; he found the
| Ocean View railroad ut scene OF acci-
dent in very good condition when lie
visited it after the wreck; has seen one
derailment caused by spike on the
track at u curve; 1t was where men were
repairing tho track thinks that spike
| laid on the left rail OF the Ocean View
| railroad truck at the point OF the acci-
| dent would throw the front truck of
the motor car OIL the truck if the train
was going from twelve to fifteen miles
an hour.
To Cspt. Marshall The spike in the
wreck speak of, was lying Longitude.
nally on the track, and the track was
IN ialr order, the train having q speed
OF eight or ten miles au hOnr; this was
at fuckers, on the Norfolk and West.
ern railroad, about three years ago;
cant recall the names OF anyone who
was with me there at that time. 1t was
where another wreck had occurred ;
the derailment by the spiko was where
some rail had been torn mp and new
rail put down; only one truck of the
car rnn oil III that instance.
In reply to question describing the
| Ocean View railroad accident, and
supposing spike WAS lying Longitude
naily on the track there, witness said
that the spike would not, he thought,
be Jared of; the track is Jared more
or less by the train; the face OF rail
in curve ls slightly on an incline;
Notwithstanding this the spike lnight
not he Jared of if the road bed was
| solid like tins one here.
| 10 Juror Visited the scene of the
| Ocean View wreck Sunday morning
| after the accident.
CAPT. Il. L. HERBERT.
Capt. Il. l.. Herbert, of Portsmouth.
WAS called and testified that his early
| days were spent in railroad working
| and IN machine shops aud IN running
| locomotive engine.
he said he visited the acene OF the
Ocean View wreck; 1t was evident that
the car left the track distance of
| from twenty to twenty five feet this
Side OF the termination OF the curve
| gong toward Ocean View.
Ia reply TO question describing the
Ocean View accident, on the theory
| that spike derailed the train, the
witness SAID that, In his opinion, 1t
| would hardly be possible for the spike
| to remain on the rnil TIL the motor ear
| reached it. Capt. Herbert said while
at the scene of the wreck he made a
test of the matter ami found that II was
with some difficulty that ii spike would
remain on the rail. This. he said
| might have been due to irregularitv OF
the spike used. lie used the only one
he could find. There WAS only one way
| that the spike would remain on the
track when there was the slightest lar
the test jar was by jumping on the end
| OF the tie; the spike would not remain
on the track when put down longltudi
| Dally, and only when put ut nu angle.
70 II juror lie said If the cars we're
| running twelve to fifteen miles an
hour, and three quarter inch spike
was on the track at the scene of the
accident tthe wheel having u seven
eights inch ilange) the car would
probably be thrown oil, but there are
| chances that 1t would not; witness
| doesn't think that with thrty-feet rails
and bedding such as there as at TINT
poiut, 1t Is possible for the spike to
| have remained on the track il It was III
Longitudinal position; doesn't think
a spike on n rail in curve would de
rail train quicker than if ON a straight
track.
TO MIR. Tunstall-The curve there Ia
rather an easy one for q steam track
aud heavy trains; ut rapid rate OF
speed should sag it was u sharp curve
| for an electric rund; my experience
| with electric roads. however, is very
| limited, and | don't know that ] am
capable Of giving M opiuion; L think
twenty miles al hour would be IA rapid
| speed for AL electric road on a straight
track with good bedding. but | have
had 10 more experience on electric
roads than have had AS to curves on
such roads, have had no expert
enoe III building or running