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1 1 1 - 1 - - ■ r CLAIMS WRECK WAS DUE TO NEGLIGENCE. 1 inciiinaii. o.. Jaly 12- In ihe Inquest into the Pennsylvania Railroad wreck en tin- night of the storm. W. W. Harden oi Nashville. Tenn., waa the principal witness. He charged that the umj ajs due to a defective ear rather than the tornado When the cat was loaded al Latonla the men" protested alsitd it- condition Ih said Dsrdn claiineej that the condition of the foliage and shrub- bery shows the eviel e .jir-o of the wind at Ihe . point where the wreck occurred. The wind, be said, was blowing at a very small angle against the train i and could not nosslhlj have overt anted 1 car in the niidl. of a sirinv: oi ram. He said the train waa i ten minutes late and that the ear humped along . for 225 feel before it left the track. He gave the . "valne ol" the horses » hi.li h - |n l in the wi-.i, 1-rollows: , Dortch, 30.000; Little Pather, .."i mi: ; .Bed Coat. . mmi: Margaret D„ s.i.imki: Green horn, ,500.
