Year: 1869

| tine; we we're about four minutes late; looked at


my watch as soon as heard the signal from the con-
| ductor to start; ! stopped first AT Woodslde;
| was not on time there; stopped next at VIM


field; do not recollect whether we made any
| ed from Jamaica and did not stop ut Willow
| Tree; we Were seven minutes behind time when we


Lett Jamaica; should leave Jamaica ~ eleven O'Clock


and left al seven minutes after; do not think hal


made up any OF this lost time at the time Oi the acct


dent; can't telordnary the rate OF speed; rega,


late II according to the time we have to run by


/ mad been running on other days before
study; If We are behind time we must
generally pick out tue smooth spots where there Is
new iron to make 1t up; the road where the acci-
after you leave Willow Tree 1t is little down-neariy
level; would have been be ys as likely to make up the
part OF the road; l think We were only running
sssteeR sweRt ies rss an nonr; oqr Honr usual ~
am average thing; have been on tram on the
Long Island Railroad that ran thirty miles on hour;


mad not run at that rate Of speed during tlat DAY;
for lear OF an accident; was increasing the rate Of
speed at the time the accident occurred; was six
minutes going IRON Jamaica TO where the accident
occurred; looked al my watch just before the
accident occurred, and went back and compared
my attention was first attracted by the jerking OF
cars; then Shut of the steam andrevcrsed the en-
giDe and came back and saw them all strewed about
the track; did not know OF the accident until 1t
was all over; as soon as smut the steam on and
pulled the reverse lever, together with the jerk,





from the conductor; the usua warning he ringing
OF the BELL the jerk did that; when got back to the
broken car the conductor got out OF the rear car;
have never passed examination; get fiity-five
dollars month; The usual pay seventy or eighty
or ninety dollars feel competent to take charge OF
tfail; ihe master mechanic Knows, a. engineer,
whether We are ht or not; sometimes we are In his
shop afew weeks at tine; do not spend any regu-
lar time under nm.


To juror am not machinist by trade; know
no other business Dut tre nan.


TO the District Attorney saw the cars were al





track IN very bad coniltOn; the conductor came
out OF the car ana / asked nim II he sent any one
with word 10 Jamaica, and lie said yes; the first
found on the truck was george Van Nostrand, tae
braHesnan; saw the last breath go out OF hun; his
1eet were close TO the hind emu Of the car; he pase
gers next saw, but d.a not KNOW their nan es
TIE next saw was small man apparently; he was
doubled up So that you could not tell now large he
was; next saw woman with her head al mashed
III; do not think saw any more, because uld not
go down the track; Went BAG. to my engine; saw
large man lying On tue track when came oack;
saw Mr. Craig, wounded, lying on the embanament;
4 then went to Queens ana the condition of things
was pretty much tue same when got back; the
large man was dead, ano md been removed; have
run this ihurlOw weed engine about two months;
was In daiy EaDit OF running her; she was lighter
than any Of the rest was III the habit OF having
these same TWO cars on this trip; they mad been
lighter car; When We come west the to the rear
was generally the head car; as regards the light
where they please; the switc1er in tue
yard makes up the train; as railroad man, think





To Juror am not nor never have been in the
habit OF lndplgins in intoxicating liquor; was in
an accident just below woodslde on this road just
about twelve months ago; think the track Is better
west tnan east; 1t beng more hlfy on the
west you on!,a can't make up your time; It
Mineola; there are bits oil low jumps and jos from
here to Mineola; was increasing my rate OF speed
along there; have seen others do the tnlng;
should think this Car was not ton lighter than
1rst class car; it was shorter car; 1t would not
carry SO many passengers as tue large cars; 1t would
fnrfu IN lArfu uns mot lnK
1t was as well calculated to stand q snOck Of this
kind as first class car; this was car that had just
been repaired out Of the shop; 1t was one OF those
small cars built some years ago.


To juror-One part OF tins rail Is fresh break
anu te Sder an oa oreak tae = oreak % on Inc epd
think 1t was done at the same time; should not
think it safe run at rate speed over
BAKER neTS was va my my feSan * thst % day.


TESTIMONY OF EPHRAIM BAKER.


Raroaa Company W have been 70 for six Months ihs
Is my first experience IN raiirOadlng: on this
train in the capacity Of freman tue first felt OF the
accident was sudden jerk and the beirOpe pulled,
and we stopped as soon as we could, and covered
up my fires SO that she should not get too hot the


the hind car on its bottom, with the wheels ali
out from under It; j did not know any but the
was lying partly under the hind car; did not know
him at FIRST; there were two brakemen on the cars;
they usually have TWO for four cars; saw the people
strewn down the middle OF the track, anu l then
went to Queens with the engine; do not know that
I could tell ordinarily whether was going fifteen
miles; on this occasion we were going at the usual
rate, twenty miles an hour; the engineer
when we left Jamasa said we were seYen
minutes late and looked at my watch; the
me the accident occurred we had about 100 pounds
Of steam on; ordinarily II we were behind time we
1t up between Jamaica and Wesbury; the reason
we make up for time between Jamaica and Mne0a
Is because the tack Is smooth and tn ere are two
short stops; would know II we were going al an
increase of speed by looking at passing obIec's;
Wnen we were % Sehma siine We generaly kept go0i
or not; nothing was said about increasing the
speed between Jamaica and Willow Tree;
the condition OF the track east Is very good 1t Is not
as smooth as from here TO Hunters Point, because
that Is new iron; we can fec! the joints on the road
AS we pass over; don't know what time it took from
Jamaica until the occurrence of the accident: this
engineer Is very careful sort OF q man; we were
not going any faster than we usually ao receive
s45 month; engineers generally receive SO; $50
and 500 Is the highest OF TINS road; know nothing
aOOut his reputation "a an engineer: my ambition Is
To be an engineer; can't tell when expect u be.


TESTIMONY OF LgANDER WOOD.


am ten years altogether IN the employ OF the Long
Island Railroad Company; was three years out OF
the en- 10y; during the ten years have at different
at the time OF the accident | was baggage master
and was In the baggage car, which Is hali smoking
and hall passenger car; ihnk the tram
nina at the usual speed twenty miles an hour; |
was sitting IN tue car and felt a lolting and
the next instant | iet a twiich Of the car, and
turned; felt the jolt under the car


was sitting In and Immediately after felt twteh-
ing Of the tram. and on looking out found the
hindmOst car or the track; could not tell that the
Jolt happened prior to the accident IL was not a
very heavy jolt; II was something more than con-
mon; IL was Jolt up: the time tlat ,ntervened be-
tween the Jolt and accident was very short step.
ped Hight 10 the door Of the baggage car; was SIT
ting on the south siie OF the car; could not tell
exactly winch side OF the car the
jolt was alter the train stopped 1
got out and found the nini car OF, and saw Van
Nostrand lying there, covered with dirt anl dust; I
asked the conductor II had not better 90 to Janai
ca aud telegraph down, and he SAID had better.
and did go and telegraph TO the superintendent;
saw man badly mangled and twisted up In q heap:
next saw q woman with her head stove in; I also
saw u lady on the soutn side OF the track and MI.
Pray; tnat u ali | noticed that were XII led; all
know about tue car tnat was smashed N Its being
on train since II came out OF the shop; knew II was
lighter car than any OF the rest.


10 q juror--I do not know how long this car has
been in use on this road the track IL very good from
here to Hunters Point; tne track rom here Is
mt mn To Ia in a fllr