John Marshall et al
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| − | Q; - What distance were you able to see, how far from the head | + | Q; - What distance were you able to see, how far from the head light? |
Q; - Measured the distance, 226 feet. | Q; - Measured the distance, 226 feet. | ||
| − | Q; - That were you saw it first? | + | Q; - That's were you saw it first? |
A; - Yes, more especially I would like to add that a man accustomed to railroad work or trackwork would look at everything like that. | A; - Yes, more especially I would like to add that a man accustomed to railroad work or trackwork would look at everything like that. | ||
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Q; - Do you drive an automobile yourself? A; - Yes. | Q; - Do you drive an automobile yourself? A; - Yes. | ||
| − | Q; - Then in what distance can you stop an automobile in | + | Q; - Then in what distance can you stop an automobile in case you were going at the rate of eight miles an hour? |
A; - Stop in two lengths of herself, thirty or forty feet; depends of your brakes a great deal and how your brakes are acting. | A; - Stop in two lengths of herself, thirty or forty feet; depends of your brakes a great deal and how your brakes are acting. | ||
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Q; - The evening of the accident? A; - Yes. | Q; - The evening of the accident? A; - Yes. | ||
| − | Q; - What there any fog or mist to obscure the lights at all | + | Q; - What there any fog or mist to obscure the lights at all? |
| − | A; - No; none whatever, not even on our windshield there's no fog | + | A; - No; none whatever, not even on our windshield there's no fog. |
Q; - You were down this evening and the weather was practically the same temperature Saturday evening as this? A; - Yes. | Q; - You were down this evening and the weather was practically the same temperature Saturday evening as this? A; - Yes. | ||
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Q; - What distance were you able to see, how far from the head light?
Q; - Measured the distance, 226 feet.
Q; - That's were you saw it first?
A; - Yes, more especially I would like to add that a man accustomed to railroad work or trackwork would look at everything like that.
Q; - You are confident these lights were burning? A; - Yes.
Q; - You noticed that green light? A; - Yes.
Q; - Two hundred and twenty-six feet? A; - Two hundred and twenty six yards.
Q; - Do you drive an automobile yourself? A; - Yes.
Q; - Then in what distance can you stop an automobile in case you were going at the rate of eight miles an hour?
A; - Stop in two lengths of herself, thirty or forty feet; depends of your brakes a great deal and how your brakes are acting.
Q; - Of course you can stop a car far quicker if you stop in the reverse? Am I correct if I tell you you can stop in six feet?
A; - Approximately you can; in some cars, if the brakes are adjusted you see.
Q; - Had you any difficulty in seeing that light?
A; - No.
Q; - At twenty minutes past six? A; - Yes.
Q; - The evening of the accident? A; - Yes.
Q; - What there any fog or mist to obscure the lights at all?
A; - No; none whatever, not even on our windshield there's no fog.
Q; - You were down this evening and the weather was practically the same temperature Saturday evening as this? A; - Yes.
A; - A Little less fog? A; - Yes, bright moonlight night.
Mr Ladner; - Mr Fowler, did you see the green, red light that night? A; - No, the green light was showing.