The age-herald., 1901-12-31
EACH SIDE PUTS BLAME ON OTHER
 FOR COLLISION Street Railway Company Says Its Car Was Hit by
 Freight HAYDEN GIVES OTHER SIDE Says Freight Cars Were struck,by the TroIIey-The Negro Brakeman Injured in Accident Is Dead.
 Funeral of Conductor.
HAYDEN GIVES OTHER SIDE

In giving out statements regarding the accident at Twenty street Sun day morning the Birmingham Railway Light and Power Company claims that it's car was run into, while the Southern Railroad claims that the street car crash ed into the freight cars. The Southern company claims it's train was stopped the whistle blown for the crossing and that its train was hit by the street car. The Street Railway Company claims it's car was stopped, the crossing Jagged by the conductor and that the trolley car was hit by the train.
 The statement of the accident prepared by Superintendent Hayden is as follows:
 "At 5:15 this a. m. Birmingham, Ala, yard engine 1899, Yard foreman Plecker, Engineer Rodg rs, co ored coupler Ed Green, firemau scoot while pushing thirteen cars ahead of engine, stopped and blew for crossing with Birmingham Railway, Light and Power Company, at First avenue and Twenty-seventh street and when within one car length of cross ing electric car No 14S in charge of Con- ductor E. w. Jones and Motorman J. N. Hambrick showed up on crossing strik- ing l.. 6 N. car 53S2 head car In cut be- ing handled by switch engine 1899 knock L. & N. car 53S2 off tracks and derailng N. & w car 20515. Conductor b. W. Jones of electric car No. 143 found dead under l.. & N. car 53S2 colored coupler Ed Green who was riding on top of l.. & N. car 53S2 was badly bruised aDout the head and one leg had to be amputated. H. M Tate, Woodlawn. passenger on cleo tric car No. 143 leg bruised above knee. Coupler Ed Green sent to Copeland and Berry's Inflrmary, where he died"
 Mir. McCiary'e Statement.
 The statement from the street railway company. made by MT. J. B. McClary, general manager, is as follows
 Our car stopped at the crossing, the conductor stepped off, looked up the track and Jagged the car across. It was dark and raining, and the engine of the train was at the other end of the thirteen cars pushing them. It was fully 600 feet from the crossing and was obstructed from view by a house. As the cars were going smoothly and the wheels making little noise the conductor did not hear them.
 ',The law and rules of the Southern re- quires all trains to come to full stop and blow for each crossing, but this was not done. It was impossible for the con ductor to see it or hear 1t, and the first he or the motorman knew was when the car was about half across the track and was hit by the backing train. A hole was knocked in it and it was knocked from the track.
 Blames the Southern.
 Our car had stopped twice at the Louisville and Nashville and the Alabama | trouble. The Southern should have had some one on the end of their train to flag for it. I think also that a bulletin rule of the company requires that switch ing of this kind shall not be done, and that an engine shall head all switch trains"
 Ed Green, the colored switchman who was injured in the collision, died yester- day morning at Copeland & Berry's hos pital where he was carried He will be buried today.
 The funeral of Conductor Jones was held yesterday afternoon from his resi- dence on Seventh street In East Lake. A large number of friends sent floral of ferings.
 Holding an Inquest.
 The inquest which Coroner Paris Is holding over the remains of the two victims of the collision will be continued this afternoon at 2 o'clock. It is being held behind closed doors. Six witnesses were examined yesterday. They were H. w. Lavender H. M. Teate, Marion Tar brough, J. T. Shoeler and H. T. F'ergu- son. Their testimony was not given out, but 1t is said to prove that the street car stopped and was Tagged.
 The cases of manslaughter against En- gineer A. B. Rogers, Conductor c. s. Plecker, and Motorman J. N. Hambrick were continued in the Inferior Criminal Court yesterday until January g.