Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1906-01-04

6045 was constructed of ID inch mesh;
could give the size of the mesh of the
patch On July I'd engine 6045 pulled
local train between Camdenaand Mau.
rice River On the 4th she ran from
Camden to Maurice River and return;
Camden to Bridgeton and return,
Camden to Glassboro and return. No
fire reported on the Maurice River
trip on that day; heard of none on her
other trips that day.
Cross examination
Did you hear of engine 6045 setting
fire at Monroeville on July 4th.
81 did not
What fires have you heard of en-
gine 6o45 setting on that day?"
81 don't know of any,"
You won't swear that you did not
have any reports of fires set by that
engine on that day?"
He could not so swear but could not
recall any for that day. Thought he
saw fire on July 3D. Had no recol.
lection that he examined fire screen Of
6O45 on July 2d. He looked at it on
that day. he remembered. Gould not
tell why the two parts of screen of
6O45 were not of the same size mesh:
the vertical part was of the fine or II
inch mesh while the horizontal part
was OF the coarse screen. Did not ex.
anime the screen on the 5th of july.
Elmer E. Herr made an inspection
of fire screen of engine 6O45 on July
9th. Found the screen all right, in
good condition. The screen is still in
the engine to the best of his knowI-
edge. Cross examination:
Did not know the condition of the
screen on July 4th; had not inspected
it before July 9th.
Ralph Fearer gave the report of his
inspection of fire screen of engine 6o45
on July 1st last. 1t was pronounced
good.
Joseph L. Smith, another inspector,
gave testimony, when Conductor
Harry Wilson was recalled to testify
to the ability of Thomas Mccullough
as engineer. which, he said, in rail.
road parlance, twas as fine as silk. -
Thomas Mccullough was called.
He ran engine No. 6045 on July 4th; !;
she was not throwing any unusual
amount of sparks on that run; she
had no unusual load out of Bridgeton
on that run; had carsEand baggage
car; thought the engine was built in
$780,
Louis G. Heller was examined by
Mr.. Logue. Is assistant fire chief.
Attracted to the fire by ringing of his
bell. which indicated box 81 at Bridge.
ton avenue and Pearl street. Went
from his house on North Laurel street
through Rose street to Pearl and
waited there for the chemical wagon,
which he mounted when it came up
and went to the fire. There was fire
inside the ware shed when he got
there-the whole building was afire,
about one half the ware she'd. Saw
Richard and Robert More, M. B. Null
ford and @. W. Shoemaker and his
two sons there, he said.
This line of examination was OBJ.
jected to when Mr.. Logue offered to
show that Mr.. Shoemaker gave direc-
tions to the fremen as to turn on the
water on the ware, and that he was
the owner of all the stock, and was
the treasurer of the company.
Mr.. Fthian said as a matter of fact
Mr.. Shoemaker did not own a share of
the stock.
The Court excluded Mr.. Logue's
offer to show MIR. Shoemaker's connec-
tion with the company.
Another day has been given to the
important damage suit of the More.
Jonas Glass Company against the West
Jersey Seashore Railroad Company.
Another day prolific of testimony. 1t
was the day for the railroad company
defendant to present its side of the
matter. As told in the pioneer"
Thursday part of the day was given
to the expert testimony regarding the
fire screen in the locomotive and the
claim that the screen on the Fourth of
last July was absolutely perfect. All
Thursday afternoon was given to the
witnesses for the railroad who were
called to demonstrate that it was
smoke first that attracted attention
rather than fire, indicating that the
blaze must have been first upon the
inside of the buildings instead of upon
the roof of the ware shed. There were
many of these witnesses following one
after the other, all of them living in
the immediate neighborhood of the
glass plant. The afternoon session
was adjourned at four O'Clock, giving
the jury an opportunity of visiting
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