Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-09-24

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! At 10 o'clock last Monday morning
Coroner Lippincott, Of Camden, held the
inquiry into the cause Of death OF the Late
c. Henry Stratton, killed at the Pitman
railroad crossing last Wednesday morning,
/ A Jury of six men having been impanelled,
DR.. T. N. Slaughter Of Pitman, was called
and sworn. He said about 8 o'clock On
that morning he was called to the station
to attend man who had been struck by a
locomotive; found him 4Oor so feet up from
the crossing; helped lift him on the train; ]
injected w1iskeY and quinine; be died be-
tween Woodbury. Heights and Woodbury.
the man was G. Henry StFatton, principal
OF Pitman public schools.
James Cunard, sworn ] am Hagman
at Pitman Station crossing; was In the
office, 200 yards from the crossing when
the man was struck; it was a terrible
storm; the accident occurred at 8. 90 o'clock
l helped put the injured man on the train.
I was on duty all the morning; heard the
engine whistle and bell ring; have been
fiagman since July last; am a window glass
blower by trade; there are bells at all Pit
man crossings; set them SO they would
ring, am sure the bells rung.
VIM. G. Fox, liveryman at Pitman,
whose stables are opposite to and In full
view Of the station, testified that he was
standing in his stable door when the en-
CINE struck the horse, but did not see it;
saw Stratton get up, he tried to walk to
my stable; I hurried to get to him; didn't
hear the bells ring or the engines whistle
blow; the rain was coming back and to the
side of the carriage; there was no other
train at the station.
Geo. Ham, who has charge of the coal
yards there, testified that he saw the horse
approaching the tracks on walk; did not
see horse stop before reaching the tracks;
curtains Of the carriage were down.
Joshua Smith, colored, driver OF the
stage from Evan to Pitman was at Fox's
stables when the horse was struck; saw the
horse approaching the tracks on walk,
did not hear the bells ring or the engine
whistle blow.
Rev. DIR. Dan'l johnson, Of Bethany
Church, Camden; was at the station when
the horse was struck; was standing about
10 feet north Of the ticket Office window
and saw the team approaching the tracks;
believe the team partly halted before
reaching the tracks; did not see the train
approaching; as the horse reached the
tracks the train rushed past; said they are
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,;st,s was blop;no Il tbe same time first
h. j . vvss tba horse ooiro n the air.
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Ala nos sea The team Hi he struck the
horse oS M the f;reTnan Tano fhe hell while he
fIa.o f gI1 whistle half u,ile below The
tu ,T Ia, crossing are NOT allowed to blow
bat1geen tha two CROSSINGS unless To avoid
feel iaT when the horse was struck.
G. g. Taylor, conductor Of the train tes-
tilted that thev left NeWfield minutes