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| − | Harry Etheberl Mounce Locomotive Engineer being sworn saith
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| − | I started work at 7 P.M. on 24 July 1919. I had a conductor brakeman Samuel Mellar. Our first work was to [turn?] out No. 4 to bring in coal to No. 6
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| − | We hacked down the [sereo?] hack taking out a car as
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| − | we were short of cars. There were three cars there
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| − | already. This was about 8.15 P.M. After switching the
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| − | west end we came back along the main line pulling
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| − | the loaded cars up the screen track. We then came
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| − | back down on to the lump coal hack and pulled 6 cars
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| − | to the [No. 6?] yard. There was still one car left on
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| − | the lump coal track under the shoot. From there we
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| − | went down to the M and 12 empty coal cars and on
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| − | that freight car with pikes and took those to No. 4 putting part
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| − | on the coal hack and the others on the screen hack
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| − | The west end. There were two of us doing this.
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| − | This is not my regular work. I am in the round house.
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| − | From this [engineal?] night <s>but this</s> pulling the mens
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| − | cars to and from the [ ? ] but this work I was '
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| − | doing this night was a special occasion but
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| − | I do not as a rule [seartch? scratch?] the coal cars. After we
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| − | had switched the empty cars we reversed to
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| − | Cumberland, and coupled on to the [Seneca?] coaches
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| − | island there [ ? ] co 30 We started them to No 4
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| − | [ ? ] with the two workmens coaches pushing
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| − | the coaches ahead of the engine in car next to
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| − | the engine. I judge there were about 15 men in the
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| − | car ahead. i did not see anyone in I did not
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| − | walk all the way through the head car. I then
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| − | went as far as Ohara town stopping there taking on \
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| − | more workmen. From there as far as [ ? ] Japtown
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| − | taking on more workmen. From there we cond. to
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| − | No. 4 [ ? ], when I came to the east end switch loading to the
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| − | coal track I stopped suddenly. Somethind
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| − | a head of me stopp'd my train. I was not working
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| − | steam on my engine at the time the train was dressing
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| − | As soon as I got the [chock?] I immediately refersed the engine
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