Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-11-17

from work. BY her side in the wagon
lay the body Of a woman about 90 years
Of age and near her was another wo-
man of about 40 years.
Scores of persons living on the South
Side who had relatives or friends work
ing or visiting on the East Side tiocked
to the scene of the accident and visited
the morgue to make anxious inquiries
about their missing friends.
IN THE CONFUSION,
however, but little could be learned
from them. Perhaps the persons for
whom they were looking were in the
throngs about the bridge, for up to IL
o'clock tonight not a single body had
been Identified.
Word Just comes from the scene Of
the wreck that a dredge has been Sc
cured, and that the wrecked car will
be raised bodily from the bottom OF the
river. If that is done, the remainder
of the bodies will soon be recovered,
for it is probable that few, if any, OF the
bodies have flOated away, the river be-
ing practically without current at that
point.
Horace Andrews, President and j. j.
Stanley. Superintendent, OF the Cleve-
land Electric Railroad, say they nave
Investigated the accident so far as II
is possible to do so tonight and tney
are at a loss to understand how II hap
pened. Mr.. Andrews said that the mo
torman, whose name is Rogers, had
been in the employ of the company for
years and was regarded as
THOROUGHLY COMPETENT
and reliable man. The conductor, whose
name is Hoffman, and who IS in the
wreck. had been on the road two years,
having been employed for two years
before that in the car shops Of the COM
pany. He also had the full commence
of the company.
The bodies recovered up to midnight
numbered thirteen. Three more bodies
have been identified. They are those OF
Matthew Callahan, who lived on Ham
ilton street: Mrs. Sauerheimer, OF Pro-
fessor street. and her sisteT-in-law, Mrs.
Martha Sauerheimer. OF l5+ MerchahI
avenue. The man who was taken 10
the hospital In an unconscious condl-
ton is Patrick Mooney, OF Lyman
street. He recovered consciousness
shortly before midnight, but is In
critical condition.
I,ooney has a bad wound on the head.
He said when he recovered conscious
ness that his recollec!Cn Of the accident
was not very clear. The first intima-
tion he had that an accident was 10
occur was when he felt the car tasl-
ing BEFORE he knew what had hap
pened he became unconscious and re-
membered nothing more until he came
to at the hospital. LOoney's lmpres-
sion was that the car was full OF peoplel
though he could not remember whether
it was a single car or a double train.
Three more bodies have been identi-
fed. One Of them is that Of Bessie
Davis. aged q, of Noyes street. Miss
Davis was a school teacher. James
Mclaughlin, aged 35, Of II Trowbridge
avenue had his neck broken. Harry
w. Foster, aged Il, Of 51 Mentor ave
nue., a clerk, was drowned.
Battalion Chief Rebbeck Of the
fire department, was crossing the
bridge at the time Of the accident. He
was on the opposite side Of the draw
from the one over which the car plung-
ed. He does not know what caused the
accident. When he first saw the car
he Thought it was standing on the op-
posite side Of the draw. All of a sud
den it plunged over into the river.
Chief Rebbeck was the first to give the
alarm, by telephoning to the police and
fire departments.
Thousands remained at the scene Of
the accident until long after midnight
1r.af1 L. Nf xrfo1
moved in procession from one mOrgue
to another looking for friends or rela-
tives who are supposed to be missing.
The scenes about the mOrgues when
the dead were identified were touching
in the extreme.
One of the unidentified bodies is that
Of boy about 49, In the pocket was
handkerchief with the name Of Curt
Lepehne Newspaper clippings in the
pocket indicated that the young man
had recently arrived with his mother
from Europe, and that he had stayed
at the Qneen's Hotel in Halifax.
A woman named Sadie Logan, aged
%. is missing. She started from her
home on Muirson street at 7 o'clock to
go to the South Side and at midnight
she had not returned. 1t is believed she
was in the wrecked car.
Rogers, the motorman of the car, was
arrested late tonight at his home, 1887
Cedar avenue, and was held lin. $4,000
bail to await the result Of the coToner's
inquest. When taken into custody, he
said:
"The conductor went ahead and turn
ed the switch, giving me the signal to
come ahead. l supposed everything
was all right, and did not notice that
the draw was open. suppose | was de-
ceived by the fact that the electric
lights in the car did not go out when
we passed the cUt-off in the current
When I discovered that the gates Of
the draw were closed, l jumped from
nv car. falling on the edge Of the bridge
and barely escaped rolling over. When
I saw what had happened and realized
the extent of the accident, l ran back
across the bridge until / found a police
man and told him to get help. Then l
went down below the bridge where they
were at work on the wreck, and after
wards went home
Rogers was closely questioned by the
detectives and chief Of police, but he in
sisted that the conductor had given
him the proper signal to go ahead.
The list Of dead, so far as identified,
is as follows:
MRS. MINNIE BROWN, oged 45; res
idence unknown.
HOFFMAN, conductor Of the
car.
HENRY w. MECKLENBURG, aged
r-Av ots q
CURT LEPEHNE, aged 10; residence
unknown.
BESSIE DAVIS, aged 20; Noyes