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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-05-03
SLANG OF THE RAILROAD En-
Rocky Mountain Country Said to Be
Especially Prolific of Terms
That Puzzle Outsiders.

Out in the Rocky mountain country
there is heard some of the most ex-
pressive slang in the railroad world.
For instance, Hand me three!" Saw
'em off" "'Suce three!" "Amputatep
EN-" would mean three cars were to
be cut off. "Tie 'em down" or anchor
EN-" means to set the brakes. Out in
Colorado when they throw a switch
they bend a rail" When they cool
hot box they freeze the hub"
To pull the pin" Is to leave the
service. Flying light" is to flag" or
miss a meal. Brass collars" means
the officials. License" is the badge
worn by trainmen. A smoke agent"
is fireman. The main stem" is the
main track Shuttle EN- up" is switch
ing. Observation Pullmans are known
as "rubberneck" cars. Passengers, WHO
ride on them are known as ''cinder
snappers."
To make joint" is to couple cars.
Give 'em the wind" is the term when
the air is admitted to the train line. A.
bum screw" is bad brake, and sand
Is known as "seashore" The above,
expressions are used in other states,
besides Colorado. One of the most
general expressions used in the west.
Is the appellation given to cars not
equipped with airbrakes. They are
known as Jacks"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-05-03
PASSENGERS SEE FIVE
SCORE BODIES AMID
WRECkAGE OF THE TITANIC
Women Scream and Faint at Mourn
full Spectacle as Ship Ploughs
Slowly AIong-Mothe and Baby
In Same LifebeIt-Another Woman
Victim Held Two Children in Her
Arms.

New York.-Firsu of the Atlantic
regular liners to thread the grave
yard of the icefields off the Banks and
reach this port was the North German
Lloyd liner Bremen. She had been
told by wireless by the Rhein Of the
same line, bound for Baltimore, of the
nearby presence of the hearse ship
Mackay-Bennett and Of the gruesome
spectacle before her.
1t was late ON Saturday afternoon
that the Bremen drew near the
mournful aftermath of the Titanic
disaster, her officers and passengers
catching sight of white and yellow
streaks and little breaks on the swells
that at first were readily mistaken for
whitecaps. Still nearer approach re-
vealed that the bobbing specks upon
the waves were bodies of the victims
of the greatest tragedy of the sea,
Capt. B. Wihelmi of the Bremen
slowed down to very funeral pace
while traversing the area of the dead.
He did this out of respect and to
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-05-03

avoid the possibility of disturbing and
mangling the bodies, which. he had
been informed. the Mackay-Bennett
was seeking.
Like appropriate. II CHASTITY and ter
rible. monuments marking the transit
emit acres OF the dead, fioated tall and
ungainly icebergs to the right and the
left
Soon every passenger and every
sailor of watch. summoned by the
whispered word of curiosity and mSr-
bid interest, passed from mouth to
mouth. was on deck.
As far as human eye could carry In
either direction. starboard or port, the
reminders OF the ocean disaster could
be seen. Sometimes it was necessary
to peep over the rail TO discern them.
Others were ten, twenty, thirty yards
distant, while the plainly visible. but
unmistakable shrouds of the corpses,
the te!ltale life-preservers, could be
seen in all directions.
A gruesome description was that OF
Miss Johanne Steinke of No. 23S East
Fiftieth street. passenger.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-05-03
Shortest Lire in United States.

The Nagels Flight railroad. which is
known as the shortest in the United
States, one of the most profitable and
hitherto free from damage suits, fig
1red in its first action when the suit
Of o. H. Helmer for $11,265 damages
tor personal injuries was tried in
Judge Dooling's court at Los Angeles,
Cal. The jury found for the railroad.
The road is regularly incorporated,
has been in operation over 20 years,
and the entire system of 103 yards
Is double-tracked 1t pays tax as a
railroad corporation, althoughits only
Guns to the top of small hill in the
business section of Los Angeles.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-05-03

81 saw" said Miss Steinke. "a mid
dle-aged woman, well dressed, show
ing she had been cabin passenger,
clasping in her arms large St Ber-
nard dog. | suppose that while the
ship was sinking she went to the
butchers shop and fetched her dog.
should have done the same.
Then there was the body of wom-
an with her baby clasped to her
breast. The mother wore only ons
garment, while the baby was fully
dressed. Both were enclosed within
the same lifebelt To the right was
an iceberg about half mile away.
To the left were two icebergs, stand
ing guard over the dead AS we made
out the small dots floating around,
and realized what they meant, feel
ings of awe and sadness crept over
every one, and we proceeded in abso-
Lutte silence as if to show reverence
for the dead. We passed so near that
we could make out whether the vic
tins were men or women and what
they were wearing.
Women Screamed and Tainted.
when they caught sight of the
mother with her baby in her arms
some of the women on the ship
screamed and left the rail fainting.
Nearby fioated the bodies of three
men, all clinging to steamer chair
This berg to starboard. the officers
thought, was the very monster that
had hit the Titanic. It's side appeared
to be split off as If cleaved by some
instrument Of mighty power and
sharpness.
"a number of the passengers de-
manded that the captain stop and res
cue the bodies, but the officers as
sured us that the Mackay-Bennett was
on that mournful mission, only two
hours away. The scene moved every
one to tears and even the nayigators
of Bremen could not hide their emo
ton"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-05-03

injury. Boiler washers must assure
themselves of the fact that no en-
ploye is underneath the locomotive
or around same before belly plugs or
biow-of cocks are opened to blow the
boiler off or for washout.
Don't allow your sleeves to bag
nor your jacket to be open when oiling
shafts or loosening pulleys or work
Ing around the machinery.
Don't move an engine without first
looking around both sides and under
meath; somebody may be working
around it.
Don't move a reverse lever, whether
engine is under steam or not, without
first seeing whether anybody is around
the parts that may be set in motion by
the reverse lever
Don't take up steam chest or re-
move cylinder head when an engine
is under steam pressure, without hav-
Ing both cylinder and cocks and relief
valve open.
Don't remove pop valves or any of
the valves in the cab without first
opening the whistle valve to let out
any air or steam that may not be in
dicated by the gauge.
Don't go under an engine without
first seeing that the wheels are
blocked for both directions.
Don't leave an engine standing with
out blocking the wheels.
Don't supply air brakes on an en-
CINE in the roundhouse without first
seeing that no one is working around
the engine, brake rigging or tank
Don't jack up an engine with jack
that was not made for such load
Don't jack heavy weights without a
good block under the jack; see that
Jacks are on good solid surface.
Don't put strain on a spring puller
antil you are sure 1t will not slip, for,
Il the puller should slip when the glib
Is out. somebody is liable to be in
Iured.
Don't disconnect rods when steam is
up, unless relief valves or cylinder
cock valves are open. The throttle
may leak enough to move the piston
and the crosshead, and the hands may
be caught.-Rio Grande Employees
Magazine.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-05-03

( going at speed of twenty-one and a
half knots an hour.
That it was wished that the Titanic
make a good speed record on her
maiden voyage.
That Captain Arthur Rostron of the
Carpathia, put a double watch out on
board the Carpathia and rushed his
vessel to the aid of the Titanic, disre-
garding the danger.
That the news that the Titanic had
sank with great loss of life had been
sent out from the Carpathia an hour
after il occurred. That it was not Civ.
en- out in this city until late in the
evening of the day she went down.
That the Baltic received the news
by wireless at about half-past nine
o'clock the Monday morning the Ii
tanic went down.
That Representative Hughes re-
ceived telegram from the White
Star Line Monday evening saying that
the Titanic was in tow of the Virgin.
ian, bound for Halifax.
nat lIiC NlIClCoo OptI Vi Inc
Carpathia denied ever sending out
such a message.
That Joseph g. BoXhall, fourth Off
Ger of the Titanic, and others saw the
lights of a steamship within five
miles, which refused to answer the
distress signals of the Titanic.
That ]. Bruce Ismay sent several
urgent wireless messages to P. A. S.
Franklin, vice president of the White
Star Line, to hold the Cedric, so that
he and the crew of the Titanic could
be heard in the boats a great distance
away, and that only one boat returned
to the scene of the wreck after the
Titanic sank.
That the Titanic had list to star
board of five degrees within five min
utes after striking.
That Mr.. Lowe fired several shots
to keep Italian Immigrants from jump.
ing in and swapping his boat
That many of the men saved were
those who went down with the I'll.
tanic but managed to reach the sur
face again.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-05-03
TITANIC BODIES PICKED
UP ON THE OCEAN.

New York.-Two hundred and five
bodies of the victims of the Titanic
disaster were picked up at sea by the
cable steamer Mackay-Bennett and
brought to Halifax, N S. Capt. Larn-
der of the MackayBennett confirms
the Identification Of one body as chat
of George d. Widener, son of P. A. B.
Widener Of Philadelphia, in wireless
despatch to the White Star Line
Another despatch from the Mackay-
Bennett state:
Bodies are in latitude Abs north,
longitude 4S37 west, extending many
miles east and west Mail ships should
give this wide berth Medical opin-
ion is death has been instantaneous in
all cases, owing to pressure when
bodies We're drawn down in vortex"
The bodies Of John Jacob Astor, Isa-
dor Straus and resident Hays were
recovered.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-05-03
coLD-BLoODED STORY OF
LOWE CHiLLS SPECTATORS
Fifth Officer Fired Revolver Shots to
Drive Steerage Passengers Away
from His Boat-Didn't Return In
til "Dying Had Trimmed Out"

Washington Harold Godfrey
Lowe, fifth officer of the Titanic, gave
a new and complete version of the
disaster. He personally assisted in
launching five lifeboats, and was the
only officer to return and examine the
wreckage after the ship went down.
He also fired the revolver shots, Of
which so much has been said, doing
SO to terrify steerage men.
His testimony was so cold-blooded
that it chilled all those present, but
was given with every indication that
he had performed his duty as he saw
it.
Lowe had never before sailed the
Atlantic, and all on the ship were
strangers to him His recital Of the
tragedy adds the most interesting and
dramatic chapter to its history yet
developed.
Lowe said he did not return to the
wreckage until the yells and cries had
subsidized and the dying had "thinned
out" He testified there were 600 in
the water, and his boat would surely
have been swamped and all in it lost
had he returned to rescue any.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-05-03
FELT TRUST WAS BETRAYED
Fact That His Old Betsy" Had Hurt
Him Pained Engineer More
Than Actual Injury.

Its a curious fact" said the old
railroad engineer to the patient wait.
ers in the village barber shop, that
man. after he has run an engine a
long time, comes TO regard It as hui
man, and TO expect of 1t rational and
even highly moral behavior.
"'She's little mite cranky now and
then you'll hear a man say tolerantly,
and have to coav her up a bit. but
here he always begins to swell with
pride-'there's nothing mean about
her. / can trust heri'"
That's true. every wcrd," listener
burst oct, eagerly. land when he finds
she's gone back on him, he doesn't
know what to make OF 1t. He's hurt
and mortified clean through. There
was old Davis. who ran on the East
Bridgewater branch of the Old Colony.
You knew Davis?"
The engineer nodded For fifty-five
years." he said.
Then you know the story better
than l do. You tell It," urged the
ll5ttntT.
"The details don't matter" the engi.
neer responded. readily enough, but
one day the old mans hand was crush.
ed-by his own engine; one that he
had handled without accident for
years. We fixed him up the best we
could. and he bore all our fumbling
without a whimper; in fact, he didn't
seem to feel it, although it was plain
enough that he was pretty we'll broke
up. But when we started him off
home. he turned to us with tears in
his eyes. l
Boys he said, and it was the first
word he'd spoken, boys. | wouldn't
have believed it of Betsy! l wouldn't,
have believed it of the old girl -
Youths Companion.
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Lowe declared that he did not row
back to do rescue work till the dying
had thinned out, fearing the drowning
would swamp the boat.
J. Bruce Ismay was very much per-
turbed when he found himself safe on
the Carpathia, and told Second Officer
Lightoller that he, Ismay, should have
gone down with the ship as long as
any woman remained on board the I'll
tanic. Lightoller said officer Wolfe
threw lsmay into boat.
Officer Lightoler testified that the
maritime value of lookout depends
upon his extreme range of vision and
that marine glasses are only useful to
determine the form and appearance of
something already perceived by the
naked eye. A lookout with glasses,
Mr. Lightoller indicated, would not
have that great sweep of vision neces-
sary to make him useful as lookout
The sentiment rather grows thar
dies that the Titanic was started from
Southampton with nothing but a
est work in transatlantic travel. Some
Of the crew, it seems, had been on the
ships trial from Belfast to Southamp-
ton, but the great majority knew little
Or nothing of her equipment There
were no fire or collision drills on the
Titanic during the three days she was
at sea on her maiden voyage, before
being sunk
The average speed of the Titanic,
Mghtoller testified, was about 81 ga
knots. She could have made, he
thought. between 20 and "a without
difficulty, if pushed to the utmost.
Lightoller assumed full responsible
ity for the messages sent by Ismay to
the International Mercantile Marine
Company urging and commanding that
the Cedric be held till after the Car
pathia had arrived, so the survivors
Of the Titanic's crew might be put
aboard and shipped straight back to
England.
, The testimony so far adduced by
the Senate Committee investigating
bLtC SlihluS vi LIE L lIdulC has Drought
out these points
That she hit the iceberg on a clear,
starry night, although there was no
moon.
That several steamships heard her
calls for assistance and turned toward
her, the Carpathia being the only one
to reach her in time. The German
steamship Frankfurt was told by the
wireless operator on board the Titan
ic. when it answered the &c @ d" sig.
nal, to shut up"
That the first boats were ordered
away somewhat more than an hour
alter the Titanic struck
That while the lifeboats were insult.
fcient in number to care for more
than third of the Titanic's pas
sengers, that many of them were sent
away with less than half the number
of passengers they could carry.
That the Titanic, warned less than
IN hour before she struck the ice, was
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-05-03
Real Veteran Locomotives.

What machine lives the longest? IL
would seem to be the railway engine.
The state department OF France,
which is concerned with the manage
ment Tor mismanagement) of rail.
ways, has found on the Western rail.
way IA locomotives which are as old
as the line itself They were built in
1864, when that portion of the rail.
way between Rouen and Paris was in
process of construction. Further, they
are ascribed to the atalier of an Eng.
fish engineer named Budiccon. The
name does not appear English or
Scotch. Still the work of the bearer
remains, for those locomotives of the
vintage of 1916 drag trains about the
environs of Mans and RCuen today
London Chronicle.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-05-03

ASSAILS BOARD OF TRADE.
Lord Muskerry Says Marine Depart
ment Opposed ship Reforms.

London.-Lord Muskerry late of
the navy, severely criticised the ma
rine department of the Board Of
Trade. Measures which had been
urged by the guild, he said, had met
with bitter opposition from the head
of the marine department. He ex-
pressed the hope that the commission
under Lord Mersey which had been
appointed to investigate the wreck of
the Titanic would insist upon reform.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-05-03
FEARS FOR SISTER AT SEA, DIES.
Woman Commits Suicide After Worry
About Titanic Disaster.

Newark, N. J.-Mrs. Beatrice Bar
well, 20 years old, was found dead
from gas in her home after having
babe goodby to her sister, who sailed
for Europe in the Celtic. She commit
ted suicide Her husband and relatives
say the woman became respondent at
the parting from her sister and the
worry that the steamship would meet
the same fate as the Titanic.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-05-03

der should use
every precaution
in the handling Of
the n e c e s s airy
jacks and tools in
making such re-
pairs to avoid per-
sonal injury, and
should also re-
peatedly caution
his helper to take
every precaution
to avoid personal
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-05-03

trio motor. which gets the power from
q storage battery placed in the middle
of the truck, and which is charged
several times week. In front there
is stand for the driver The work
is done much quicker and saves one
man. because at least two men were
required to push the truck. The econ
omy of this new truck is evident. and
number of them have been ordered
already.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-05-03
His Long Service Ended.

"Bill" Rain. who recently gave up
his locomotive on the Santa Fe sys-
TEN after 40 years service because of
being stricken with locomotor ataxia,
has been one of the most fearless run
ners on the road
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-05-03
Lowe savao.Iy Replies to Ismsy.

Lowe savaoely Replies 20 Ismay.
In telling how he had ordered Is
may, the supreme head OF his employ
ers. away when he was preparing a
lifeboat for lowering. Lowe looked
straight at the managing director
when he interrupted him. saying saw
agely that he was being examined by
the committee. Like all previous for
eign witnesses, Mr.. Lowe was on his
mettle, and ready for a controversy at
the snap of a finger.
The rescue of the collapsed lifeboat,
use as raft. to which 35 people
chung; the rescue of "a from another
collapsible boat on the verge OF the
sinking. and the picking up of four
drowning in the sea were the feat.
ures of his testimony.
Saw Two Women on Bridge as Ship
Sank.
Second Officer Lightoller added
much to his testimony given in New
York. He said searchlights might
prove detrimental or beneficial. He
did not approve of them. He said
only two women remained on the en-.
tire boat deck when the ship went
down. They stood on the bridge
amidships, and made no effort to go
aside in either direction.
All responsibility for the attempt by
]. Bruce Ismay to hold the Celtic was
assumed by Mr.. Lightoller. He I'm
plored Mr.. Ismay to do so, he said,
in order that the crew might be pro-
tected and held together, explaining
that there was no thought of evading
the Senate investigation.
Defends lsmay.
volunteered by the second officer, He
had on authority that Chief officer
Wilde forcibly placed the managing
director in the last boat to leave the
sinking ship. This was done against
the protest of Mr. Ismay. He told OF
Mr.. Ismay's collapse upon arriving on
the Carpathia. He was suffering
mental trouble, regretting that he had
left the ship, after knowing that WON.
en- were still on board.
Mr.. Lightoller maintained stoutly
that the boilers of the Titanic explod
ed. He declared that the seamen OF
the Titanic all did their duty and the
boats were all launched promptly. No
passengers were eager to get in them
as none looked upon the matter as
serious.
1t was admitted by Mr.. Lightoller
that he worked up the position of the
ship after wireless messages had been
received warning that icebergs were
approaching. He figured that they
should reach the ice by II o'clock
Sunday night, admonished the men
on the lookout and told all the off.
GERS.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-05-03
STARTLING TESTIMONY BEFORE SENATE
COMMITTEE PROBING TITANIC DISASTER
QuarraSG Ordered to Take Boat Load Of Passengers to Light
OIL Port Bow" and Return for More
OFFICER WAITED TILL MANY DIED ERE ROWING BACK

Washington-Testimony was ad-
duced at the hearing before the Sena-
torial committee in Washington TO
show that Herbert G. Lowe, fifth Off
Ger of the Titanic, had to use violent
language TO J. Bruce Ismay when the
latter was interfering with the load
ing of the lifeboats under loves
charge.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-05-03
HELLO" GIRL GOES BLIND.
Pickering Signal Lights Said to Have
Impaired Her SiQht.

Atlantic City, N. Ethel Hiltner
II years old, an operator at the Bell
Telephone central here, was stricken
blind while at her switchboard. Spe
cialists fear the affection is perma
nent.
She had been under treatment fol-
impairment of her sight. The flicker
ing lights which signal calls, are said
to have blinded her.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-05-03
MOTOR RUNS BAGGAGE TRUCK
Expensive at the start, but Use Has
Shown the Freight Handlers
Their Extreme Value.

In order to save time, and conse-
luently money, too, q large eastern
abroad line had constructed a bag
gage truck which is driven by an cleo
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-05-03

OHIO Compromise RECALL.
Legislature Authorized to Provide for
impeachment Commission.

''PS1S'''CHh NoHtiiiSSIoH.
Columbus, Ohio.-The Constitution
al Convention compromised on the re,
call when by an almost unanimous
vote the members passed proposal
authorizing the Legislature to enact a
law providing for an impeachment
commission with power to remove
any offending public Official. The law
will not interfere with the present
plan of impeachment by legislative
procedure.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-05-03
DON'TS FOR employees
ADVICE RAILROAD MAN SHOULD
NOT. BUT DOES OFTEN NEED.
May Mean Avoidance Of Injury to
Oneself or to Fellow Workman,
Therefore Well to Keep
In Mind.

Don't-Any employe detailed to
make repairs to locomotive OF ten