The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-07-10
JlJRY
INVESTIGATING THE TROLLEY
WRECK ADJoURNs FOR A
WEEK - 1EACHINIST
GIVES REPORT.
GIVEs REPOR1

After questioning Ave more witt
nesses the coroner's jury investigat-
ing the cause of the trolley accident
Sunday evening which caused three
deaths and the injury OF twenty
persons. adjourned wednesday fore
noon to meet again Thursday morn
ing. July 49,
w. B. Osborn, mRchinist, who was
commissioned by the jury to make a
mechanical examination of the car
that was wrecked. took the stand and
reported the result Of his work. He
said that after making thorough
examination of the car, it's truck and
wheels
He Could Find Nothing
that might possibly have caused the
accident. He said that ten cars
might be built from the same pat
tern and all of them be true and
perfectly adjusted and yet one or
two or more of them might be de-
rallied in some unaccountable man
ner such at No. SO was.
T. T. Fitzpatrick, who was the
conductor of car 80 at the time OF
the accident, also testified. He said
that the car was running on time and
at normal speed when the accident
occurred He says the car slowed
up before approaching the scene Of
the accident, because. he understood.
a
Cow Was On the Track.
He doesn't know how the accident
happened and the first he knew Of It
was when the car began running on
the ties. He was on the side OF the
car that it fell upon. but jumped
over the fence aIighting on his feet
out of harms way.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick says he did not
tell another conductor on another
car at the Grasselli junction when
his car was going on the out trip
just before the accident that he
would be back on time. The car
was on time, he said, and left Gras-
selli on the return trip about min-
ute ahead of time.
Master Mechanic on Stand.
Carl Summers. of Fairmont, mas
ter mechanic OF the traction COM
pany. said that he couldn't account
for the accident When 80 was be-
ing tested in Fafrmont he said It
jumped the track once but that was
because of a defect in the track and
that other cars had been derailed
there until 1t was repaired.
n
ent of the traction company, was also
examined and he said that so far as
he knew the Inflated car was In
good condition and he thought 1t was
In fine shape. He had such con-
fdence in it. he said. that few
days before he took his wife and
party of thirty ladies a trip around
the city on it. On that occasion the
speed was slightly above normal be-
cause 1t was a special car, running
out of schedule.
Track in Good Condition
]. P. Deem, who has charge of the
local tracks. said he examined the
track at the scene OF the accident
and that he found 1t in good condi-
tion. No guard rail was there, he
said. but none was necessary. The
reason 80 was derailed at the Indus
trial railroad crossing was because
the B. & o. railroad had raised the
grade there temporarily putting the
trolley tracks out of gear. but he re-
paired the track there right away
Purinton Talks Again,
A. ]. Purinton took the stand and
added few remarks to his former
testimony. He said 80 got off the
track at the Glen Elk terminal when
It was taken there after the accident
but that was because it was backed
over block placed under the wheels
IN order to make room tor another
EAR coming in on the track.
Herbert L. Davis testified but he
wasn't on the car at the time of the
accident. He was on It when 1t
Jumped the track once before and
saw 1t jump the track another time.