Show ORDINANCE BROKEN VERDICT OF JURY Fireman and Held Equally Responsible for Fatal Wreck That both street car r and fire truck which collided at Broadway and Second Second Sec Sec- ond West streets Monday night In an accident which resulted In the death of ot Asa D. D Hancock of ot the tho fire tire department were being being- run In violation viola vlola- tion of or the th city traffic ordinances was the verdict of or the coroners coroner's jury jur In Judge 1 D. D Reger's fleger's division of ot the city court yesterday D. D D A. A A Nixon motorman of the streetcar street streetcar car testified that ho he put on power a 0 moment before tho the collision in an ef effort effort of- of fort to cross the tho Intersection before it was reached by th the speeding fire truck He said he E tu switched Itched ot off the power when he saw the collision could not riot bo be averted Lewis conductor said he ha was Wast at t the front end of or the car saw tho the Impending crash and steadied himself b by grabbing grabbing grab grab- bing ting a window The Tho driver of ot the tire fire truck J. J D D. Hansen averred he ho shut off ort hl his gasoline gasoline gaso gaso- line throttle aa as soon noon aa ns he saw V tho the crash was as Inevitable and that he tried to turn into Broadway He said he lie ap applied applied applied ap- ap plied tho the foot Coot bral braKo c with all 11 the tho force possible Speed of ot the truck was variously c estimated at from twenty five to thirty thirty thirty thir thir- ty miles an hour That of the street streetcar car was fixed at from eighteen to twenty five miles an hour On On the witness stand Nixon Nhon said ald William II H. Bywater fire chief criticised him In violent language emphasizing emphasizinG sizing his words b by shaking his fist In th the tho motorman's face Just after arter the accident |