Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-08
OFFICIAL INQUIRY
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were not badly damaged and the car,
| could have been taken out Of the way nr
| hem. '' WI
| .Supt. a. A. White of the eastern dfvi-
| SION. could throw no light on the ol1nc.
| ton as 10 what caused thu. accident Ito
Said he had list Of - people who wnrl
| injured. "'t''
The next witness was the most imnor,.
ant Of the day. Engineer Fred A. Iittio
81 the derailed train. He said hn laf,
Bangor at 3.42. and V"aZie al 40 IL
was but TWO minutes late at Basin Mini
! arriving there at 3.5j He was rilnnin@
| about p miles an hour at the time of thc
accident. IL was at Basin Mills mn hn
received the signal for the stop Mt Oronn
II" had shut off before the accident Toni
place ana had not applied the brakes
tie felt a twitch or yank and then an
piled the brakes. When the mail car loft
the IRON IL pulled the tender Of the engine
OF. Before the tender was placed on Tho
IRON. Mr.. Little said that he went 10 sec
II hoth ends Of the train were nrotccrnd
with flags ana he found that they wcre,
Daniel Shea Of Fanccboro. the fireman
testified mat the train was rDnnnn
about = miles an hour when the accident
occurred. He said that the engineer had
smut OF before the accident took plsce
ana the first thing he noticed was Tho
application Of the emergency brake Uo
looked around and saw the mail car nff
the iron and then saw the rear cars rim.
ping over III" thought tina, from the
time he heard the three taps on tho tLu
Tor the stop at Orono until ne felt the air
ter Of Il mile
Harry T.. Rice. baggagemaster testified
that ne pulled the cord for the train tr,
make the Orono stop. from the rear end
~ the mail car. He then walked back
INTO the baggage car and had gone about
u feet when he found the train was an
the IRON. tie got out of the baggage car
through the end door and then went IN
the mail car and asked if the BOYS were
all right in there. He went TO the Orono
station to summon assistance and then
returned 70 the scene ana helped to res
cue the injured
j. h. Palmer. the brakeman. testified
that Just after the train passed Veazie
inc conductor told him to tell the bag
SaSemaSter To pull the cord for the OrOno
stop. When the cars went over the bank
Palmer was thrown from the car and fell
down over the bank after them. He
jumped up and went quickly TO Nag tho
other train that was coming along
behind
John Eupea, the conductor testified
that ne mad fNe passengers on the train
who wanted to alght at Orono The
train was running - miles an hour when
the accident took place. lie first saw the
Pullman car leave the iron. from the ear
in which he was standing and then he
felt the application of the brakes He
thought he had 80 passengers who had
tickets.
The other witnesses of the afternoon
werc C. II. HaineS Of Bangor Rev. u. j.
robinson of OronO. !. A. NJ Smith of
orono. Nicholas Peters of Drono. ana
John Mccullough Of Orono. who testified
regarding the conditions of things among
the passengers when they arrived on the
scene.
The hearing was adjourned after Mr..
Mccullough offered his testimony to
Tuesday ut 9 o'clock. 1t will probably
take al day TO examine the other wit
ncSSeS.