The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-07-09
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Edown and another time at the Gras-
selh junction where you turn OF.
The track was little wide and ran
on frog. This might have hap
pened at any time"
Were the axles sprung, or were
there any visible defects about car
Fac when you examined It2"
- Saw Nothing Wrong.
II looked at the wheels, but
seouldn't make a thorough examine
ton, but didn't see anything out Of
/ the way. Our master mechanic was
Summoned from Fairmont and he ex
Samined the car hut saw nothing
wrong with it." a
Regarding the theory that passen-
gers jumping OF one side of the car
had displaced dts balance and caused
It to turn over the embankment, Mr..
Purinton said that he didn't believe
that was possible. There were be-
tween rs and so on the car with all
OF the seats full and with the weight
thus distributed and some jumping
from the car on both sides he didn't
think it possible that the car could
have been .overbalanced. II there
had been more people on the rear of
the car the front truck springs would
/ have to stretch at least foot, he
said, before the front trucks could
be lifted from the track.
Doesn't Know the Cause.
81 cannot see what caused the
wreck" Mr.. Purinton said.
In response to question he said
that the curve was properly elevated
and that he would not be afraid to
run car around there at the rate
OF twenty miles an hour. The speed
| of the cars around curves is left to
the discretion and judgment of the
motormen.
Mr.. Purinton said that when car
No. 80 was being taken to the barn
yesterday it jumped the rails and
had to be lifted upon them again.
The jury then adjourned to meet
again Wednesday morning at 10
O'Clock.
Seven witnesses were examined by
the jury at the session Monday at
rernoon which was adjourned Mt
O'Clock until 10 o'clock Tuesday
morning. Each told story of how
the car left the tracks and plunged
over the embankment and the remov ,
al Of the injured from the wreck.
T. w. Morris. who was a passen-
ger, said that he thought the car
was travelling at high rate of
speed and that it didn't seem to
! slacken speed after leaving the
bridge He says the motorman rang
the hell to warn two children who
We're crossing the track some dis
lance ahead before the car took the
grade.
Miss Orlena weese was sitting in
the second seat from the rear end of
the car. She said the car seemed to
be running pretty fast.
You came down that straight
track at high speed?" she was asked
Eyes. sure. she replied.
Brantley Rittenhouse was exam
ined and said: y didn't notice any
extra speed at ALL 1t was the same
as usual, I thought"
Charles c. Jacox was walking in
the road opposite the car when the
accident occurred.
Was the car running at an un-
usual speed?" he was asked.
u thought it was going at pref
ty fast speed" he replied.
Running Slow, Says Riley.
James j. Riley saw the accident
from the porch of his home nearby.
1T seemed to be running slower and
stopped sooner in approaching the
curve than I noticed the balance of
them" he said.
E. D. Lewis, who was passenger
on the car says he didn't notice any
excessive speed until the car struck