Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-04

was very foggy-you have testified you
could see your red light from distance of
thirty-eight PAGES. or thrty-eight yards
Was that later-or what time was To-?
Il cannot Supposedly $780, possibly y
o'clock
WAS the fog heavier or lighter Them
Il do not remember
After you have put out your lights after
$50 do engineers usually whistle for the
signal?''
TT is required that they blow for the
| the same purpose"
did it not strike you as unusual when
| 2120 did not blow Sunday night?''
mo, sir, because 1 thought he would
probably come up slowly, expecting the
red target"
How often do trains pass your red tar
get?'
'Frequently-but they always stop and
come back
Reporting Conditions.
Are you neauired to report sch in
| stances to the company"
| Not if they stop and come back"
What did you do when 212O passed and
did not come back?'
II went out on the platform to see if he
| would come to stop, and then hurried
back and called University, asking him II
s. was coming. He replied: Sixtysix not
| yet l wanted to locate IS and If possible
prevent trouble. Then when l heard moth
| Ing further l called the dispatcher end told
him 212O had passed my red target-so that
he could take any action he deemed neces-
sary. That was about 6:37 or 6:3S pm
At the suggestion of Commissioner Mac
| farland the coroner asked Phillips whether
he had a red hand lantern. Witness said
he had, but he was not supposed to use it
at that time
What time?" "a
when 1 had my red target set against
| the train u
| Shortly after 1 o'clock recess was taken
until o'clock.
Session This Afternoon.
When the inquiry was resumed at 2:2O
o'clock Operator Phillips was recalled and
Assistant United States Attorney Turner
resumed his examination Of the witness on
the line particularly of the whistles sounded
| by locomotives passing Takoma.
Zone long whistle" the witness said, in
reply to question, sis sounded either upon
approaching the station or upon calling for
signal"
did you hear 212O blow after going by
your red signal?' the coroner asked.
Il did not" Phillips answered.
WAS any one else in the station when
you told University that 212O had passed
your red light?"
Eyes. sir, witness replied. He mentioned
| a man by the maine of Page, who, he said.
can read telegraphy.
How far past the station would you
say 212O would have gone If the engineer
had seen your red signal and slowed up
after passing-if it was going as fast as
fifty miles an hour, az you say?
Possibly as far as Lamond-about half
| mile away.
Suppose 212O had received double green
| light at Silver Spring, would that indicate
| to an engineer that the office at Takoma
Park was closed?'
Under the block rules-no."
Proceedings Late Yesterday.
Following the close Of The Stars report
of the inquest yesterday afternoon, Coroner
hewitt continued the examination of As
sistant Division Operator McCauley. Sew
| eral further questions were asked him con-
corning his personal experiences at the
| scene of the wreck after his arrival from
| Baltimore and about the execution of re-
| lief measures incident to the transfer of
| the dead to the Baltimore and Ohio train
| shed preparatory to removal to the morgue
Reference was again made to the last
| few minutes travel of the two trains just
| before the crash. Then Assistant United
| States Attorney Turner, with the consent
! of the coroner, took up the Interrogation
of the witness.
How was the engineer of 2120 to know.
| IL he received clear signal at Silver
| Spring at $50 o'clock pm. or near that
| time, whether the block was clear to Ia
| koma Park or to University?" Mr.. Turner
asked
| He. or any other engineer under like
circumstances. would be supposed to look
| for signal at Takoma on the chance that
| that block was not clear Mr.. McCauey
| replied.
j. w. Kelly, jr, of --altimore train
| master of the Baltimore division, compris-
| ing all the trackage from Bay View to
| Hagerstown. was the next witness After
| the preliminary queries directed to bring
| out his first knowledge of the wreck and
| his subsequent action in reaching the
| scene, Mr.. Kelly was asked:
! Should the conductor of the dead-head
| train drawn by engine 212O have been in
| formed that train &c losing time right
along, as the dispatchers sheets show?"
| No, sir
Use of Torpedoes.
when train is losing time or is falling
| back unusually late should 1t protect itself
| that Is, should the brakeman drop tor
| pedoes or fuses other precautionary de-
| vices on the track to warn a following
| train?"
The crew of 2120 knew they were follow
| ing Co. Mr.. Kelly answered, land knew 66
| was doing local work Sunday night; SO, of
necessity, it would be losing time"
| Under ordinary conditions how much
| time would have been required for train
! GO to travel from Terra Gotta to the train
| shed in Washington questioned the
| coroner.
| Allowing for stops at University and
New York avenue, l would say twelve Or
| thirteen minutes witness replied.
| 'COnSlQerlnS the record OF this tram as
| to generally maintaining it's schedule, would
| you say it's arrival In Washington as much
| as twenty minutes late as unusual?''
No
Engine 2120 being an extra, running on
no schedule and unlimited as to speed-who
| directed that it follow so closely a local
| train making all stops?
No one directed-the engineer was sup
| posed to regard orders or signals received
along the line"
| How many such extra trains are usually
run under like conditions ~
| Anywhere from seven to ten extra trains
| are run over this piece of track every day
| in the week.
| Did not the engineman of 212O have the
| right to suppose he would have been pro-
tected against collision by the block signals
| and by torpedoes or fuses placed on the
| track by the crew Of train 66?'
| The block system Is absolute, and he
should not have been in the same block"
| Mr. Kelly replied, and, continuing, he said
that train 66 was not unusually late so
| that it's crew had reason to think they
| would not be protected by the block signal
| system, and no reason to believe the engi-
| neer of a following train would run past a
signal and get into the same block.
Movement of Trains.
| Taking up the movement of trains in
general, Coroner hewitt asked whether engi-
neers were not particularly impressed by