Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-05
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DO you belong to the same lodge--and
are you friends in the lodge?"
Yes"
Have you seen him since the accident?'
tShook hands with him this morning"
"Didn't see him before that?"
mo" r-@.-
Have you read in the papers about the
testimony of Hildebrand about the lights at
. silver lNa! SPRING."
Has any one spoken to you about the
testimony you were to give about this case
or have you consulted any one!" Coroner
hewitt asked.
NO" vermillion replied and that closed
his examination. recess being taken at the
!, same time until o'clock.
Session This Afternoon.
At the resumption of the inquiry this
AFTERNOON the coroner first called John
Crawford, fireman on the Ill fated train No.
GO. Crawford said he Is twenty-seven
years OF age and has been employed
by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany for mine years. He, too, spoke OF
seeing the train drawn by, engine 2l2 at
Washington Junction, standing on the "Y,"
but said he knew nothing of the destina-
ton of the deadhead equipment train.
What light did you see at Silver
Spring." Coroner hewitt asked.
1.-THE double green
"At that time Of night how far did you
understand your train would be governed
by such a signal?'
ITO University
What light did you see at Takoma?''
white
Are you any relation to Engineer ver-
Million"
The fact that the extra engineer and fire.
men were in the cab of the engine of train
66 was also brought out from the testimony
of Crawford.
C,,pariptopdopf CoIIouov 20 IJad Por
moment and asked whether the carrying
of additional men on the engine of a regu-
lar train constituted a violation of the
company rules. He said 1t did.
Proceedings Late Yesterday.
-- The examination Of Operator Phillips
was practically concluded when The
Stars report Of the proceedings conducted
by Coroner hewitt was closed yesterday
afternoon. H. E. Page friend Of Phil
lips. then called to the stand. In
answer to preliminary questions Page said
Is telegraph operator. employed until
October last by the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad at Pattersons Creek.
Where were you Sunday evening" Cor
oner hewitt asked in beginning the run
ming series Of questions designed to draw
out Pages knowledge Of occurrences prior
to the disaster.
AT Takoma station" witness answered.
What time did you get there?'
Between $50 and o'clock
Were you there when train sc passedT'
Yes"
What time was it?"
II think 6:26 pm
Were you there when another train
known as 2120 went past. and what time
was it?
II was there and it went by at 6:31."
How fast was 2120 moving?"
Between As and SO Miles.
81 would say between forty-ive and
fifty miles an hour
Did you hear train S. blow for the sig
nal at Takoma?"
"Yes-when it was about 800 or 400
yards from the station"
What signal was shown at Takoma
when engine 2120 approached"
Red.
Can you swear that a red target was
showing when that train passed?' the cor
oner insisted.
II can swear it was red half minute
afterward, because 1 went outside and
looked at It," Page answered..
You can read the telegraph key?' Cor
oner hewitt queried And did you hear
Operator Phillips send any message to
University after it became apparent that
212O was not going to stop and that there
was every chance of there being trouble
down the'line?'
Yes, 1 can read the code Page re-
piled, land I heard Phillips tell Univer-
sity: Extra 2120 by my red target, going
like hell!''
Did you ever do any Of Phillips work
for hfrn-handle the lever, or stay at the
station while he went off for a little
while?"