Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1905-09-28

4 SS- "eo OPOAA O0 y hAy Tuhs
do you not know that some boys
were in the ware shed on July 4th?"
he was asked.
! II do not" was the reply.
do you not know that there were
some boys in the box car standing by
the ware shed?''
II do not; no, sir
Did you take any trouble to ascer.
tain?''
"No, sir.''
did you ever hear that there
were?'
81 did not. +"
Richard M. More was recalled to
| more infinitely describe the buildings
which were burned. Mr.. More said
ne had been in the glass business since
1889. He was familiar with the value
OF articles used in the manufacture OF
glass. He had made up list of the
articles burned andstheir value. He
produced the list and stated that he
| could give the cost value and their
actual value at the time of the fire.
He enumerated the articles and said
they were entirely destroyed by the
fire. He gave listsof the glassware
destroyed, and the prices, running
from $1.sO per gross up to $14. 80 per
gross. An effort was. made to show
the difference of value of the factory
just before and just after the fire, but
that was not allowed by the Court.
Witness said the factory employed 800
to 400 hand when in operation.
"Mr. More. you say you are the
secretary ofIthe More Jonas Co."
"Yes, SIR"
"Mr. More, was that factory a
union or non-union factory?"
Mr.. Bacon, II object"
The COURT, "The question is ex.
cluded-the inference to be drawn
from this is the purpose to try to show
that the fire was caused by other than
the company sued.''
Mr.. Bourgeois. ".That is the oh.
ject.
The Court, II exclude it, as not be.
ing cross examination. ("
On redirect examination Mr.. More
described his visit to Camden on July
9Th in company with J. Hampton
Fithian and Chas. D. Carney, and
there, about one O'Clock on the morn
ing of July 9Th, examining engine No.
6045 in the West Jersey & Seashore
yard. This was the engine which
drew out the train from Bridgeton at
O'Clock on July 4. He described the
defective screen, and showed the pos
sibility of the sparks being blown out
without being stopped by the screen
which was torn and damaged.
Miss Myrtle Aker. the bookkeeper
and typewriter of the More Jonas Co.,
was called to identify typewriter com.
putation OF list of the ware burned
at the fire.
D. H. Lowell, Superintendent of the
West Jersey & Seashore Railroad, was
called to show how long "that engine
had been in use.'' He said the record
showed years.
This was engine 6045, conductor
Harry L. Wilson, who run train No.
IA on July 18th, which left Bridgeton
at 5 p m. on that day. He said the
locomotive was No. 6045. The train
was made up of 8 cars. Supposed
there we're about 200 passengers on the
| train.
Harry Weidener was called. He
| " fired" on train "a, and was called to
tell how many times he fired his fur
mace between Irving avenue station
and the north line of the glass plant.
| Fred. Kaufman sworn, said he lived
across the fields 300 or 400 PAGES away
from the glass plant. He was at home
on afternoon of July A last. Went
from his barn to the pump house. the
door Of which was always open. Hap
pened to look across and saw the roof
of the ware shed on fire, on the slope
towards the railroad.
The blaze from his description was
on the roof and about loot or so
high. Called Thomas Robinson's at
tention and his wife's attention to the
fire, and then ran to tnrn in an alarm.
Net boy and sent him to turn in the
! alarm.
There was no smoke coming from
any other part of the factory than the
place where he saw the fire at first.
The fire was ON the outside OF the
roof, about half way up to the peak.
Mrs. Kaufman, sworn, said her
husband was sitting in the shed TAX
ing off his shoes, when he suddenly
jumped up and said, "Look there, the
roof of the ware shed is afire'
She looked and could see a blaze IL
or 15 inches high, in the top OF the
roof. 1t was after the last train went