The Detroit times., 1916-10-03

t.ANlf IAN' tAAA WI 90 " lA' N..''
lar accidents ir the future by sep
arating the grade crossings
som" authorities believe that the
new charter amendme relating to
public utilities NAV hc invoked to
fore" me railroads 90 separate their
grades and ~ is said that very soon
gIade separation work VIII be- under
Way I'm Detroit on a scale never be-.
fore undertakes.
MAYOR Marx has asked Corpora
tlon Counsel DhEDman 90 TAX" STEPS
at once 10 fore" tho separation OF
al. fhe grado- alun@ Deoundre.st.
Valentine ScaOnski the aged gate
man thil an interpreter told Assist
am Prosecuting Attorney Keilan a
story on his version OF the wreck
| (which was .omewha' at variance
with thc story he told Immediately
after the crash Scabiuski was al
most prostla'cd as result II tho
accident and this is probably pa.
reason for The discrepancies i'm his
stories
He said that when he first saw
the train he thought II was standing
suu and he did not notice that IL
was moving until n was so close
10 the street car that The collision
was inevitable. He denied that he
was asleep in the tower as has been
reported or that he was asleep the
night before and that an engineer
I had 10 arouse him by blowing sew
eral blasts OF the locomotive whistle.
The old man also declared that the
! Inflated car was moving eastward
while, on the contrary, It was going
westward.
Conductor Tells Story.
Robert O'Keefe. conductor OF the
freight train. tells a more coherent
story he said that just before the
train reached Forest-ave. il was
moving about Is miles an hour when
he noticed that the gates had not
! been lowered O'Keefe was on the
! FIRST car ard signaled the engineer
/ 10 slow down The train was run
ming about - miles an hour when
the collision occurred. O'Keefe says
his car was within - feet OF the
! street car before he saw H. He
then gave the signal to stop but II
was too late
O'Keefe blames the conductor Of
the street car for much OF the loss
Of life lie Saws the conductor neg
locted 10 close the rear vestibulc
door and when the crash came the
victims were thrown out on the rail.
road directly In front Of the train
whore they We're crushed
Cliske. the street car conductor,
admits that he violated a rule of
tho company when ne left the yes
tibule door open 10 run across the
tracks He said there were - pas
sengers on his car and that it was
| then six minutes late The car was
so crowded il was impossible for
him 10 leave by The front door as
is the custom
Thought Train Was Standing.
When he crossed the tracks he
said he saw the freight train. but
,bougbt il was STANDING stm uo
looked up and down the tracks and
then threw on The dcrailing device
and signaled his car 10 come ahead
he did not pay any further atten-
non 10 the train until the crash
came
Carter tha motorn,ar said that
II no had had seconds more time
/ ne could have crossed in safety 4.
usual no started across the tracks
! SLOWLY and had nassod the first two
tracks and was inst crossing the
third when he saw the train bear
ing down on him. re thought he
/ might etil make II and throw bie
controller over for rulI spoad hut
tho train was TOO close and struck
/ the car inst ahead of the rear vesti.
bvlc
All ~ the wi-7essee agree that 50,
far As could 5s told the rateman
made no effort In lower the Gates
The prosecutor sa,s ne will nra.
sent az Ioasr Ok Witnesses before
the coroner's Jury His assistants
| are busy visiting the hospitals oh
yiyors-
ST'e'neaIt' % Tsn Among Tan5, Victims t,'n',.,,