The daily gazette., 1882-01-16
WILMINGTON. DEL. MONDAYS JANUARY 1s. 1882

body was the first to be taken from the
ruins of the palace car Idlewild was
Mrs. Mary Brown. She was at first
supposed to be Mrs. Maude Brown Of
455 West FifLy-thIrd street, as that
name was on visiting card In her
pocket. Mrs. Mary Brown lived with
her husband, Mr.. T. w. Brown, . min
ing stock broker, whose Office is at So
Broadway, and with her niece, Mrs.
Maude Brown, in the Centennial apart
ment house, ass West Fifty-Lhird street.
Mrs. Brown had been absent from bone
on visit of two weeks with her mother,
Mrs. Wlnchell, in East Ponltney, Vt.
Al P0ughkeepsie she sent despatch to
her husband 10 meet her at the Grand
Central Depot. Mr.. Brown had his
first intimation of the disaster when the
forward portion Of the wrecked express
train rolled into the depot. A brakeman
told him that there had been an accident
up the road.
The Rev. Francis MarechAl's body
was so badly burned that the only means
OF Identification were the clerical vest
that enclosed the trunk aud the Latin
brevlary found near by. Father Mare
chal was borL in Lower Savoy March 4,
1920. In 1854 he came to this country,
and spent some time in Canada and one
year at st. Francis Xavler's College in
this city, after which he became resident
chaplain on BlackwelPs Island.
Oliver b Keeler was q stove manu-
facturer, whose stove works and resi-
dence were in Spring City, Pa, and
whose warerooms we're in PhiladelphiA.
He was 80 years of age, a large, heavy
framed man. Part of ose of his arms
is missing,anc he was badly burned. He
lived until l O'Clock yesterday morning,
and begged piteously that the doctors
might save bis life. Joseph A. Markell,
bis uncle, who is an undertaken in Phil
adelphia, ordered the body sent last
night TO his home at Seventh and But
tonwood streets. Almost the last words
OF Mr.. Keeler were, "Write to my wife,
and give her my love-"
Darwin l.. Ransom, who is among the
killed, was a stock speculator, and lived
at the Hoffman House. He was over 8
feet in height, weighed over 200 pound,
and was model Of manly strength. He
was but 80 years of age. His birthplace
and home were in Massina, st. Law
renee County, and he had been there on
visit to bis to his moLber aud sister, and
was returning thence when he was
killed. he was identified by scar on
his body. His brother, Frank Ransom
OF West Twenty fifth street, with his
sister, who is principal of a public school
in Jersey City, accompanied the remains
to st. Lawrence County last night.
IL was claimed by some of his friends
last night that when Mr.. Frank Ransom
Law his brothers body at Kingsbridge
on The previous night policeman took
from trousers pocket on the corpse q
large roll OF bills. Frank Ransom failed
to identify the remains. Later, during
the early hours of the morning, a MIR.
Earle, who was friend of the RansoIns,
Identified the remains, but there was
then no money in the pockets. The gold
watch that the deceased man was in the
habit Of wearing was missing, but it is
believed that this may have dropped
away from the charred vest. The dia
mond ring he wore was also gone, but
the hand that 1t ornamented had been
destroyed by fire. An inquiry after the
missing roll of bills has been set on
foot.