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Text "Of Evidence j At Tisni-Sh Inquiry

By‘ Coroner & Jury

y. deaths of Leo). Murphy. J y, Richard ‘and aunt p‘ Oontlnued from Yllffldfiy‘!

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. )i what was the cause

‘m. ‘mm of Leo J. Murphy, Ben

Ind Elliot Gavin?

mo” men died from hem- flm gnd shock-a combination “M, Either would be suiiicient, the conditions to cause

“m, Death caused by contact in u, ucident. What they came in

, ‘with I do not know, Dif-

mt ones came in contact with t things. 1 y, Myrague (sworn): I was on by Justin McCarthy, I n14 gay about tw_o or 2.30 in the g, I did not takeparticillars ‘m; time. Conductor Warren told "h, had run into No. 211 train- ,‘ on collision, and to notify plarlottetown. I got word to the train dispatcher about the being killed and wounded. M, arrangements about having m min from Summerside start “u; doctors and nurses to take care gun wounded.

(y, B. Merrill”)! Did Frank [may and Harold Harper colne in- hlignish from the train stalled in liscutting?

g-Murray came in on Saturday mo; and notified me that “train lllstalled at Tignish tank. I got htouch with the despatchefs of- lh and told him that No. 211 train ||| stalled west of Tignish water m. The despatcher asked me time she was-how far west of the i- she was. I asked Murray where

was stuck, and he aaldabcut

yards west of the tank. The

tcher asked me to find out if . wasanything at the tank. er m it all cleared away. Murray ldviaed me that it was, so I gave Muuormation to the Despatcher. llaDespatcher told me then he nlgoing to let-No. 58 come to the bill and to notify Murray to that flat, so I told Murray what the lhpatcher said. »

Q-What did he mean by that? , t-I don't know. He did not tell srvhether she was going to stay lime-or not, but I did suppose he mlrlvancing that trainas far as llle iank and to let the other know

theredllahtscnthcrearendofthe train for?

A.-So the approaching train 0011M see the train ahead of them. ,'Q-—It it not as a protection from the followinl train!

A-Yes it certainly is a protec- tion.

Q-(A- Burundi-If you were in mlffly’! position. would you our- mise from that, that No. sa was to remain at the tank until further orders?

that. I don't know what Murray thought about it. Qv-What did you think about it? Ai-I am not a conductor. , Q-(MP- Kev-filly): Are there

"d9 ""1 Tlflhlsh after 4 o'clock in m‘? 11W. that is on regular duty?

A-Thcir hours are different. We work eight hours a day. In my case I come on at seven and leave at four.

Q-Whcn a train is out and stall- ed. more is no possibility of com- munication between the ‘ions af- ter regular hours unless operators are instructed to go on special duty?

A.--Not unless they are called on. the same as I was that evening.

Anlus Meklnnon (reclined)-

Q-(Mr. McCarthy-who) gold you that No. 53 train was to be held at Albertcn?

A.—I understood that from Joseph Gaudet.

Q-Did you hear any thing like that from the conductor?

A.—-There was nothing said by the conductor. I did not hear anything about orders, but I may have been out. Lwas back and forth to the baBgage room.

Harold Cormier (sworn): 1 g0); word on Saturday morning to go snpwshoveiling- I went down a5 m; asiwellingion, and came back on the freisht- We sot stalled in the cllmll! and we turned out to shovel her out, and we had to stop. The night was too cold.

- Q-—-(J. McGntb): Did anyone tell you to stop? _ A.—We stopped of our own will. We went in to get warm until the extra men came back. We were to wait until the weather moderated. Then I fell asleep. Iwag in 111d rear end of the coach of the bag- gage car.

. Q.—(A. Bernard): How many wer there with you? ~ A-Three of us. Louis Harper, Joseph Gaudet and myself.

ill cue she might backup. .

Q-Would that be all that would it necessary or were signals sup- Mll to go out from there? -

a-l do not know, they had their ilutructlons from the Despatcher, pol did not get any instructions any that she was going to remain lhsre, and not going to proceed.

Q-was it the intention to let No.21! train lie there all night, or ultii the storm. had abated? ,

A-I do notknow what the in- tentions were. ’ '

U. A. Bernard): Did you have a W! oi order No. Si?

A.-No.

Q-It has been stated that the height train which was stalled in llle cutting was No. 211 and the ex- Rsss train N0. 63? ‘

l-YH. thatis correct.

Q-According in the evidence we lad this afternoon of the trainmen llloard No. 211, it went on to state llut there were no precautions tak- ‘11 lb Kllard the rear end of the Flln-no fuses put on, nor nobody’ nit back with a lantern to warn "is express. whirls-conductor of lie. zli be expected ‘to take those hltructlons of himself without any’ him‘) ‘ ' '

5-4 would imagine that there llould have been some precaution liked for that train.

Qr-There was a red light on the l!" end of the train‘, but this‘ engin- l" of the express could not see any lmuse the view was obstructed, "1" "a thousht No. all conductc: Willi! be expected in protect his vrdtrsln. Would that be correct?

A»! would imagine so. It seems l0 look that way. ‘

(M?- Bernard reads ‘brder as giv- "l 111 sworn stotéidodt of Conductor

‘IngnL . . ‘W. ' .

Q~Thls order does not say to Mes further than the tank? Wm“ W" falard that as an order" lllovlng them to proceedfurther?

h-It does not hold them at the

9-“ 0n would ima ~ h '°"1il dome on? ‘ “i” ‘t q

A-I would; ‘imam, they m“ “PM thin! to go through “In there was no tflifl there.

“rllumv he understood

W“ that ’ ‘ train No. s: rlilsiosst other". radii. ‘also that the crow 0i! that

had the mm “i ‘"4 116i ‘tiwaay instruc- of that bind to Murray. I told will" the Morton» sold our m. letting m, 5g “m; t» 4h;

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Q.-Did you hesi- tho’ alarm that was given when the other train was coming in on top oi’ you?

A.--Yes. I was just getting up. I Just got clear when she struck and I did not see anyone remaining in the car.

I did not see any signals or lights, nor did I hear any whistles. I jump- ed and ran. I helped to take the people out.

(McCarthy): Did you know the express was coming? I 1 " A-She was expected at the tank at l2 o'clock. we. were told that by Mr. Murray. He did not tell me personally, but said that when he came in the car.

Frank Handrahan’ (sworn) :

We left Saturday morning on the 7.30 train and went out and got stuck on the west side of the tank. After shovelling a while we got the train started. Kept on 301118-14 01-’ us I think. We were taken down t0 Wellington, and word was given us to wait there for the freight, so we came back on the freight to the tank. Got water at the tank and came back. and we got stuck on the west sfdc of the tank Saturday night. We shovelled awhile and then Murray came out with a lantern and said it was not necessary 9° shovel any more. so we went into the baggage car of the train and somebody said there was two Pas- sengers on the train wantifl8 t0 Bet to Tlgnish so they asked me to 891? a horse to take them to Iignish- I went home and 80¢ a lwfu- Wm" Allen came with me. We went back and the two men and Ih-ank Mur- ray and Harold Harper came . to gqgnlon. we remained infrignlsh ‘n-hmm-perhflp! more. Then I went to Harold Harper's house. He and m Murray were there and we came back to the station house and gg; gpme grub for the train orew in tho cutting. Joe osudot. Pet" Chaisaon. Prank Murray and 3"‘ 914 nor-per came back with us. Went 119mg ma stayed there about three

-qillli'fll‘l of an hour and in the

night went back to the train. I did not do anything there. All the shov- ellera were on the car with us. I wag lying down with Harold Harp- er in two of the seats. ‘PM 11'“ words I heard was that the 9N1" was coming. I did not hear her stov atthetanhfjumlltdllpmdm“ out the door. The train then W"

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any operators on between Summen.

not more than 10o yards from the.

could Ice the gleam of tho snail,“ lkht 0B the back of the plough M. Ftel t!” filins struck I helped Loo Gaudet take up Pete;- Qhajuon. who Y" “w” b7 ‘h? "Wine. Howard 5811391‘ "-1119 fllimg and said "go for the doctor." so I came to Tig- nisb and got Dr. Johnston and Al“ McDonald. It must have been about

before we got back, maybe m1; quite that" long.

Q (M-T- MCCBRYiyF-Dld you see those that were 4.22.1)?

A-I 81W EiiiM Gtvin. H; wgg dead.

Q (Mr. Hacketth-Are you iam- flfer with the surroundings there from the tank in where the light was? Say, if you werestanding at the tank and looking down to when; the wreck was, could you gee from the tank down to where that train was?

A-No, you could not see with the drift. In day time you could see. 4

Q (A. BemarcD-How long was the cutting? 1

A-About three hundred yards.

Q-Do you suppose if they had made a run for it they could have gotten through?

A-No, I don't think she could have worked through at all. They did not cut away from the train and make a run.

Alban Murphy (Sworn)

Q (Cororien-Did you hear any conversation as to orders to stay, here, there or the other?

A-I was in Tignish and word came to go out and help to shovel her out. When we got the men that were out there had already came in on the coach and I went 1m the tender where the fireman was and went back and forth a couple of times. The l-ast time I went back to the coach I remained. We were talking and all of a sudden we saw the express coming to the tank. One of the snow shovellcrs said “Lot's go to the tank." I sold we won't g0, I guess, but finally 1 went, and , we started to the tank and got about ‘half way.

The express passed us on the way ‘coming towards the freight.

Q (A. Bernard) How fast was she going?

A-She was going at a pretty fast rate.

Q-Did you hear any whistles?

' A-No, not from where I was standing. Q-Did McDonald want to put out torpedoes or lights? A-I guess he did alright. The conductor said the express was '1) hold at the tank. I understood that from him. Q. (J. A. Bemard)—-You said at first you did not want to go to the tank? Why ifd you saythat? A-Because I thought I was Just as well where I was. Q-Was the headlight on the en- g'ne of the freight train? A-Yes, Kelly was turning it on and off to keep it from freezing. When I got there I asked the men did she hit and they said yes. I met the mail clerk with Peter Campbell. itakfng him into the mail depart- ment.

Q (J. B. Morrisseyn-How far a- head of you could you see? Could you see a man walking on the track?

A-No, I don't know. It was drift- ing heavy.

Austln McDonald (sworn)

We left Summerside on our reg- ular time and we came along on our regular schedule. We proceed- ed towards ‘rignish and arrived at the Tank about 20 minutes late. After taking water we left the tank ,and proceeded to Tignish. After we made the run of the cutting and stalled. That was about 6.40 in the Zevening. We had a. few shovellers ‘with us that we picked up at Wel- lington from the Ne. 54 express train. We took them along with us. Worked 1 l-fl hours and did not make very much headway on ac- eount of the storm. so Conductor Murray came in and said it was better to walk into Tignlsh and re- port the matter to Headquarters. I went out and placed torpedoes on the rear to protect the rear train, then I came back and stayed by the rear of my train until Murray find Harper came back from TlBIIl-Sh-

Q (A. Mclnntfl-You say W“ placed torpedoes on the track?

A-Ygg, aflgr they went in, I went back. They may not have heard them on account of the 111M181’! lift"! 0Y1-

Q-How far back dld W" P1116“ them from the train?

A-aioo feet back.

Q-Is that the distance they are generally placed?

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.Q-—Dld_you understand the ox- pfess wai to stop at the tank?

A-Taaiwhen Murray and Harp- er” from algdlsh, Mur- ray told me that it would be al- ‘r-tgbtfori me to come into Tignish iaaulieliacl everything all right, and ' 1d be alright for me to i", . , H‘ (m. ltcunthl-vvas that the

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, "run CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

LOOKING "EM OVER

BY "TIC."

NICE HOCKEY

The exhibition of hockey exhibit-I 2.30 then. It was about one hour ‘ ed b7 “bu” mm“ Tm" 3m‘;

1cais hut night was of a, champion- L-hip calibre and calls for concret- ‘ulations to not only the players foot Coach Bill aulisplo as well- "rhe team was handled superbly and Yclicked to the king's taste.

"smvan FOXES"

Antigenish Juniors must have ‘,tumed in ‘a spectacular game at Monctcn last night wlaen they dc- lfeated the Island Junior cham- pfons so decisively. Better luck next year l. ~. -'!

~3- --‘lQUE'l'l'ED

The presentation of a cup to the losing team of the iiike Shop Hock- ey League was made at a dinner in Milton's Tea Rooms last evening.

The dinner was staged by IPred Pickard who‘ sponsored the Bike Shop League.

The members of the "Hawks," the winning team, and the “Gawks” the losing team were present and

i enjoyed the excellent dinner.

Many "wisecracks" were heard concerning the ability in eating, as well as hockey playing of those present.

At the close of the meal speech- es were made by. "Jesse" James and Alan Harding and a vote of thanks presented to Fred Plckard for his sponsoring of the League.

Mr. Plckard then called upon Harry Lewis who after a few words presented the trophy to Alan Hard- ing. the captain of the Gawks.

The cup was then passed round for inspection much to the envy of the Halvks and the party broke up.

All-Star lleckcy Teams Chosen

A jury of 32 Sports Editors from Canada and 22 from the United States, have chosen a first and sec- ond all-star National Hockey Leag- ue team. For the first time a choice

understanding you got from him?

A-—Yes.

Q-Didyou hear him say he had orders in his pocket?

A-That is what I understood him to say. He had orders to that ef- fect. He also told me that I could go home and rest easy. He said that things were safe. Hessian said. the same thing. Then I came home for

the meantime the accident had oc- cured when I was away-

Q-You put torpedoes out?

A—-Yes about 100 feet arm-

Q~The accident happened W111“! you were away?

A—-Yes, Murray assured me that everything was alright.

Q (Mr. Hackettl-Was Murray a- ware those torpedoes were put out?

A-‘Yes, 1 mentioned it to him that I was putting them out.

Q (J. A. Bernarm-About fuses and. torpedoes, what is difference between them, which one explodes?

A-Torpedoes explode. We had both yrlth us. Fuses burn about ten minutes. '

Q-Which did you say you put on the track?

A-Torpedoes, two, 300 feet back.

Q-That would be half way back to the tank, would it?

A-No. l put them on about 8 o’- clock when Murray was away.

Q-Is that the usual number to put out?

A-Ycs.

Q-Do they make quite a noise?

A—-Ycs. The plow would natur- ally drown the sound of them.

Q-Do you imagine that in that storm the driver in the front en- gine could hear those torpedoes?

A-I guess not if it was blowinl! hard.

Q-How far would it be from the cab of the engine of the express to {he end of her own snowplough. would you Judge it to be about the length of this hall, 40 or 50 feet?

A-—Ycs 40 or 50 feet.

came back about putting torpedoes cut?

A—N0. 1 did not say anythin! l0 him. He did not say anythlni; 5° me in regard to that because I un- derstood from the message he had that the train was to remain at the tank. Red lights were on tho train.

Q-Are they not always 0n l-hii trains, even in summer time?

A—They are on all the ilme.

Q-Is it customary to go behind and put torpedoes on?

A-Yeo.

Q--Was there anything raid a- bout going back to tho tank and putting them on?

morning. (‘lb Be Continued)

Q—Did you tell Murraywhen he,

°3'h°¢1<¢y coach was made, Lester Patrick receiving the honor. Pat- rick is undoubtedly deserving of 1t. The Rangers tactician has coon-l. billed much to the ideas of the game and has moulded his, squad into the ‘smoothest working combine in the yuflglw- Rangers, in the Cook bro- thers imd Frankie Boucher, have a Lilrst string forward line who are capable of initiating a clever style iof attack, but Patrick has taught Zthe others and even them a lot of . hockey lore. Clancy and Joliat are two of the Dllyers to move back to the alter-

Of Toronto, crashed his‘ way into the lineup of the first ring squad. H0019)’ Smith nosed out Joe Prim- eau for. centre position on the al-

Smith had more first string bal-

Smith was given votes for all three posit/ions on the front line, indicat- ins the high regard that some of the experts have of his ability.

Gianefing At The Major league

Eddie Gerald's Americans, who broke fast from the wire in the Na- tional Hockey League and were lengths ahead in the early going, have faltered badly in the stretch. Wednesday night they were virtual- ly eliminated from c. playoff ber-th when Toronto Maple Ineafs were so inconsderate as to upset them rude- ly in Toronto. The Leafs, who are travelling rapidly, entered a tie with canad-iens for first place in the Canadian section.

Thirteen goals were scored by the Habitants and Bruins and Boston got the extra one that helps to hold them within shouting distance of the field and increases their hopes for a spot in the finals. Eddie Shore, wh0, when he once gets under way, can hardly stop himself, paved the way for the winning goal.

Marocns started the month right by cutting the wings of Chicago Black Hawks for the first time this season. The Hawks are not the best team in the league, but as far as Montreal are concerned they have been plenty good enough. Gardiner only let one goal by, but that was 'cnougl1 and the red. team consolid- ated its hold on third place.

O I By The Way

"Pepper" Martin, hero of the world series last year. celebrated h? seventh birthday recently. He W85 on route to the St. Louis Cardinal training camp In Florida.

The slugger, who by the usual

a few hours, but I went back. Imreckonmg 15-23 yggfs old, l5 said to

be the only "leap-year boy" in 911° big leagues.

A new flour discovered in Gen- tral Africa is to be named Nifllldvl" liphantissisrlthernum. We hope not to have to refer to this again-

A boom in‘ the stock markets at their present levels would be prac- ticaily a. manhole explosion.

whether plus or minus the word billion seems to have become firm- ly imbedded in big public statistics.

The world mark for the running high jump was broken recently 1n who); despatches call "an unusual combination of favorable circum- stances." Possibly meaninl; 1i? 1B LBBP Year.

We read that part of a heavy- weight boxers daily round consist‘ of chopping wood and carrying 0081- We know a lot o'i chaps who B" ‘not heavyweight. boxers who follow

this coarse of training.

MtllNT A.

(Canadian Press)

mono, u. s. Mar. 4-—M9“"* Allison University won the Mari- time Intercolieglate hockey. title here tonight by blanking St. Fran- cis Xavier University 3-0 in a sud- den death game to decide the cham- pionship.