Cañon City record., 1906-03-22

ed by the awfulneSS of the Occurrences
to be of much service to those i'm
prisoned in the wreckage. Witness
said that he had just entered the
smoking car and was leaning against
the arm of seat when everything
seemed to stop instantly, seats were
crushed together and the lights went
out, then seemed to flash up again."
Whether this flash of light after the
first temporary darkness was the reg
ular lights again burning or was the
result of an explosion of gas, he could
not state positively.
Jones could not tell the jury how he
got out of the car, but was sure he
got out on the hill side, which was the
left side of the train. Pat Murphy,
also of Florence, was with Jones, but
the latter could not tell anything
about the escape of Murphy.
Jones stated that the smoker on No.
3 seemed comfortably filled with pas
sengers, although he noticed upon en-
tering the car that a number of seats
were occupied by single persons who
were sleeping.
According to his statement, the fire
developed almost instantly. When he
climbed back through the train to the
opposite side flames were then visible.
Jones did notice that anyone but he
and Murphy escaped from the smoker
At this point in the inquisition Mr..
Locke recalled Engineer Kelker to the
stand and asked him about the time
that elapsed between the collision and
the outbreak of the fire. He stated
that the fire started slowly on train
Nh t,rvt ,nr -
instantly.
]. F. Moulton of Denver, who shared
with Clarence Jones of Florence the
distinction of being one of the two
men subpoenaed to attend the inquest
that were not in the employ of the
railroad company, testified that Lively
got on train No. 9, at Swallows last
Saturday afternoon and that he got on
at Portland.
Il did not know vino it was at that
time," said Moulton, but when he got
of at Portland he went into the Office.
A friend was with me and he went in
the depot to ask about leaving a trunk
inside until the next day. There were
quite a number of people in the depot.
The man We supposed was in charge
was pacing up and down the Office, and
frequently put his hands to his head"
I'VE spoke to him about the trunk,
but could not get a satisfactory ans
wer. l thought the fellow was about
to have a fit. Finally he told us he
could not answer our questions. Then
he and the man who had come down
from Swallows, left the depot together.
The operator. who | afterwards learn
ed was the relief man. then told us
that the agitated person was brother
of the Swallows operator The latter,
however, was very composed and did
not appear worried as was his broth
err
THE following morning. Sunday, I
saw the Lively brothers at the hotel.
They took breakfast and when the
brother of the Swallows operator paid
the landlord, l heard him say that he
was going to Littleton for few days
and would then return to the Canon
City office. They then left and board
ed train for the east, presumably for
Pueblo. Nothing was said about the
wreck that heard
f. B. Mitchell, assistant train dis
patcher at Pueblo, corroborated the
testimony of Mr. Woodward in rela-
Smith and Garrett He said that he
had examined S. F. Lively, the opera
tor at Swallows. as to his qualifica-
tions for telegraph operator when he
applied to the company for job, and
found him a competent man in every
way for the position he sought. His
work for the company, asserted Mr..
Mitchell, had been eminently satisfac-
tory until his lapse of duty last Friday
morning. since which he had been dis
charged from its service.
The operators at Swallows are only
required to work twelve-hour shift,
but for some reason unknown 10 Mr..
Mitchell or his chief. Lively had been
on duty about eighteen hours when
the accident occurred. Mr.. Mitchell
stated that Lively was given a pass
the day after the wreck for Littleton.
Colorado, and his brother, who was
the operator at Portland. was given
one to Denver at the same time.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Mitchell's
testimony. the inquest was adjourned
until 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at
the request of Mr.. Locke. the object
OF the adjournment being to allow the
witnesses to return to Pueblo on the
Santa Fe train.
The second session of the corozsFs :
jury charged with the investigated q
the wreck was held Tuesday Afternoon
in pursuance Of the resolution adopteo
at the time Of the adjournment The
previous day, although no additional
evidence was taken In relation to u
unfortunate affair.. that feature Of the
inquest having closed with the te9t1-
mony OF n. b. Mitchell. assistaut train
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