The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-12

erectsl Dispatch TO the Post-Intelligencer
TACOMA, July 1.-The iaqIest on the
t<ases Of the victims o: the Fourth Of
yc,v street car acci1ent began this after
.enn Al the courthouse. under the direc-
~, AZ Coroner Hoska. Several witnesses
d.scribed the acciiont Is seen by them.
q Boenr the fnotorn1an on the car,
40 vas at the Fanny Paddock hospital,
s.ye the cIearest statement Of TIE affair.
Tte tury adjourned from the court room
!. ne ward IN the hospital where Bochn
80 Wing with a badly spratned leg AMI
srne severe bruises. where his testimony.
soSether with that of George C iott,
croprIetor OF the Monogram. was taken.
The motorman stated that he had run
ar three years Oh various lines in Cin
Snoati. on which there we're sharp
curves and steep grades. In answer TO
: question by State Labor Inspector Will
a., Biackman, however, no stated that
Il had never run as large and heavy
rars as the one 20 whira the accident
a~rs,yred, Ne had been thirty times over
his particular grade, going and coming.
thirteen times as student learning the
,outs with an experienced man. and
seysheeen times as sno.orman OF three
S6sfrnt cars. He md never takcn the
EAR 70 which the accidcn. occurred out
before that morning.
down, he stopped and took on a small
BOY and also tried ms brakes to see that
they were working nj right. Sic says
thew were Almost immediately after
ean 10 slip. as tho rack was very Lad.
n account CT the fog which made the
rails slippery He worked the sand and
~ The brake, but the wheels slid over
;bs iii taiI instead OF catching. Then
h. let 70 the brake ind tried the reverse
current but the fuse turned out AMI left
Nm helpless 30 far as the current WAS
IA believed he would bc able 70 regain
control OF the car when II passed Tacoma
avenue crossing. rs the track was gen
orally covered with sand and gravel at
ihe crossing and he thought the wheels
would stick He tried setting the brake
and putting on the sand several time.
some slight hold and then slip. When he
passed Tacoma avenue he stiii had hopes
that the car would go around the curve
I'll right, and when II ran about hair
way around he was hopeful. but when
sbout !So-ihirds Of the WAY AROUND the
dh not jump on the rails, as he would
have felt the jar II they had, but the
car went bodily over the brink
The examination OF Mr.. Boehn was con-
Quoted by Judge McMurray. deputy pros
scuttng attorney. under the direction Of
Coroner Hoska- Mr.. Blackman also ask
ID number Of pertinent questions. as
70 . question by Mr.. Atkins. a Juror, the
motoyman said that even with an empty
car II was uncertain whether II could
have been stopped on that track by the
uss Of the brakes
Then you mean 10 say" said Mr. At
kins ''that that track is dangerous. even
TOR an empty car TO run over"
We'll. of course there would be more
chance TO stop an empty car. but II
would be a question The wheels slid
along the rails Just like n sled
NJ. Bolts, who jumped on the car Just
before u turned over. says that as he
Jumped on he saw the car start around
the curve. running on the right-hand
vheels with tho wheels on the ieft-hand
no 81 the car up In tho air, and an
instant later the car turned over and
went on the bridge, top down.
Charles Hersey. a laundryman, who
was waiting at the other end OF the
tfidG Tor the car to cross. says u came
Down the grade at terrific speed, not
less thar nifty miles an hour, and when
y struck the grade the icft-hand side OF
NE car hfted clear from the rails and
ne car went over the edge of the bridge.
Top downward
largo number OF witnesses are sub
poenaAd. and public opinion IL strongly
axainst the railway management The
ukins OF tho testimony will probably
sonsams several days