Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-04-25

this morning before Judge Morris som-
mer and "a coroners jury. composed Of
Milton Barratt. G b. Blakely and n.
+. Ayesan. 8lr Gunter and Mr. WAL
demar Van Coit appeared in the case.
the latter to represent the railroad
company
sIGNALLED No. / TO STOP.
+, H. Walker a swltohmaiL who was
az work With the witching rev at the
| cement works ON the aiterI Don OF the
! accident, testified that be- tpened tho
| fatal switch and when DE saw the de-
| layed NO ] passenger train coming he
! thought Of turning the switch SO that
| The train would take the main line, but
| could not reach the switch In time.
| He slgualled Engineer KUnold 20 stop
| and the latter answered by two blasts
| of his whistle Engineer Hoyt Of the
| switch engine also slgnaled No. /
down several times and backed his en-
| CINE away down the Y 90 a safe dis
| lance Foreman DOble had not in
formed him that No. ] was late. and
| ala not hear anyone say anything about
The through passenger being late When
| NO ! few onto tho siding It was gO-
| ing al a terrific rate % speed but the
I train coming towards him he could
/ not make an accurate estimate OF tts
speed ~ was not his duty TO watch
/ this switch On particular, but there ls
rule of the company which provides
/ that anyone opening a switch on a
main line shall remain az that switch
| until 10 Is closed OF the employe Is re-
! leased by some authorized person The
rule however Is broken daily FOR the
expedition of The work OF The switching
| work sometimes main line switches are
left open Tor an hour and a half II
is sometimes the case that a man is
turned in or discharged Tor obeying
the rule in question II In doing 50 the
work Is delayed.
SAW THE DERAILMENT.
O. w. poble. foreman OF the switch
crew, testified that on Monday morning
be saw by the bulletin board that No.
was an hour and fifteen minutes late.
Usually he said. he is informed by
messenger as 90 the movement OF
trains. IL was 2.4Q when he was IN on
the siding at the cement works. and
when he saw no. I coming up the main
line ne was about iJO feet north Of the
cement works building. lie ran towards
the switch and waved his hat. giving
q violent signal go stop. The engine
passed over the switch. but the forward
trucks of the first car left the rails
az The frog, then the rear truck OF the
tender LETT the track Every pair OF
trucks which followed jumped the track
uniil the train stopped the cars bump
ing over the ties He saw the upper
haif Of Konold's body but ala not know
whether he had been cut In two by the
wheels OF the cars or between the cor
ner OF the building and one OF the
cars il appeared 90 have been run
over by the wheels He looked at the
bulletin board after the accident had
occurred and saw that No. I was
marked up two hours and forty-ave
minutes hate The board looked as n
the figures had been changed. but he
was told by one OF the men that the
hgures had been on The board an the
morning, ana De had no reason % doubt
nus word. Answering Juror Blakely.
MI. DOblc said that the accident was
caused by the switch being turned 10
the SIDING. although the 0assenger train
would have held the rails had IL been
running 40 a slower rate OF speed"
STOOD ~ THE DOOR.
supt D. l. Blythe OF the Portland
cement work testified that he saw No
run onto the siding and saw a man
standing in the doorway between the
engine and the tender. with one hand
on the side OF the CAB and the other
on the tender lie supposed that Ii was
Engineer k0noii. lie helped 20 gather
up The body, one part OF II being on one
SIDE or large piece Of concrete and
one-half OF it on the other SIDE. The
body was SIN quiyerng but lie
seemed TO be extinct
TRACK SHOULD BE CLEAR
J. +. Willis. a locomotive engineer on
the Rio Grauda Western. said that the
hrst order he had as against No. ! was
that the through passenger was some
thlns over an hour late lie thought
"a train coming from the south could be D
seen when 70 was at a point about Two
miles away from the cement works
switch, The switch could probably be
seen 300 yards away hy lhe engineer
OF No. 1, bat had Dee been the engineer
on that train be would not have looked
for 10. because all passenger trains
have the fits, r-ht Jf way and ne
would take 10 igr GRANTED that the
track was clear he was pulling
frei-ht train t0 salt Lake and was at
sgrngylIle when he g5t his last order
with reference t1 80, ], and II was
about O'Clock .a the morning
SWITCH FIREMAN.
J. N. Smith. fireman on Engineer
Hoyts switch engine jumped from his
engine ana ran fn the main line when
DE- heard that $50. I was coming in and
he Was about Give car lengths north Of
The switch lg saw the cars jump the
track aud SAYS Engineer Konod's body
under the first car lie sometimes
opens and closes o. switch, but lld not
recolleci having ever opened the one az
the cement works. Whenever he ala
open "a switch DO was only 20 aCcommo-
date the switchmeu or save them a long
walk
WHIsTLED FOR BRAKES.
Chas. T. Ioyt engineer OF the switch
engine operating 0t the cement works
switch ou Monday said that at 10
o'clock ou that morning Foreman D0ble
Informed him that SO. 4 was an hour
and fifteen minutes late. Himself and
the crew went 90 dinner at about 1880.
No / should have arrived az ] o'clock.
according 90 Ny. D0hle's statement OK
lbs time when they returned from din
uer they ran .u onto the switch at the
cement works and In four OF i've min-
utCs someone said there was a train
coming "l called 90 walker" said Ar.
Hoyt For Gods sake, close that
switch Then whistled for brakes IN
the hope that the engineer on the In
coming train would hear the signal. In
a second or two / repeated the signal
and backed my engine up on The Y
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