Railroad Accident at Temescal.
By Editor
LAST Friday afternoon, at 6 o'clock, the dummy on the road from Temescal to the University ran over and killed a young man by the name of Albert Wright. He was a deaf mute. The engineer made the following statement, which we copy from the Oakland Times:— "He states that at the time of the accident he saw a large crowd of people crossing the track, and kept his bell ringing; that the boiler in the engine concealed the right-hand side of the track from view, and the first intimation he had of the accident was hearing the dinner-pail of deceased knock against the dummy, and feeling the jolt as the engine passed over his body; that he had the reverse lever on at the time, and no steam on; that the engine was stopped within its length, and that he got out of his cab and helped to carry the injured man into the hotel." He made the same statement before the coroner's jury, who exonerated him from blame. That may be all right; but what about the management in using a track where large crowds daily cross, with such an arrangement that the engineer cannot see the whole of the track ahead of him? There is work for another jury in that case. By the loss of her son, Sister Wright loses her earthly dependence for support. But she has the sympathy of many friends, and, above all, has "the blessed hope" to sustain her.