John Bramblet being sworn sayes he was helping to pull the reel - part of the fire company machinery to Hudgens scales to have it weighed, sayes he does not belong to the fire company, six of us were doing the work. Sayes he thought all of them understood to go in at Robertsons gate but some of them pulled on down the street. All of use had hold of it at the stable, but some let go at the gate when the reel got faster and faster till the tongue struck the RR Post and the wheel struck the Deced. against the post and he fell backwards did not speak. I asked him how he was hurt he did not reply. Dr Dial was sent for and soon came and done some thing for him; told Dial his side was hurt.