The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-19
RECOVERING THE DEAD
SEVENTEEN yiCTIMs or THE
mOGoR car BORBOR
FOUND.
ONE OTHER is STILL MISSING


--Mystory SUI surrounds the Acoi"
6ent--The MotOfman Arrested Oa "a
Inquest Over the Dead Bod ies To-day.
CLEVELAND, o., Nov. 18.-The life
the river early this morning in an en-
deavor to recover additional bodies of
the victims of Saturday nights terri
BILE street car disaster at the draw
bridge of the Central viaduct. Short
ly after ten o'clock, the body of wo-
man was brought to the surface of the
river and was later identified as that
of Miss Martha Sauernheimer. She
was a sister-in-law of Mrs. John A.
Sauernheimer whose body was recov-
cred Saturday night. 1t is believed
that there are at least one or two bod
les still i'll the river and the dragging
of the water will be continued.
1t was the worst accident that had
ever happened in this city, and the sto-
ry of how the motor car, loaded with
men, women and children, had plung-
eu through the open draw, straight
down a hundred feet into the river
has been told over and over again
Thousands of people remained by the
river bank all last night, and thous-
ands more were there early this morn
| ing. Great crowds are still standing
on the bridge above the wrecked car
and about the place where the wreck
age is buried in the river, eagerly dis
| cussing every detail of the accident.
The first reports of the disaster
have been verified in every particular,
with the possible exception of the num-
Der of victims, which is a trifie smaller
| than was at first supposed. The work
| of rescuing the bodies of the victims
has gone on steadily since 8 o'clock
Saturday evening, and it is now be-
| lieved that nothing more can be done
until the last bit of the wreckage of
| the car has been removed from the
| river.
Scenes about the river while the
work of rescue was being prosecuted
| were pathetic in the extreme The
| thousands of people who had assem-
| bied waited with bated breath for the
discovery Of bodies. 1t was sad
crowd, and out Of respect for the un-
| fortunate dead, but very little noise
was made. Occasionally the wild
| scream of some frantic woman, who
| believed some one dear to her was
| among the unfortunate ones. would
| echo over the flats, only to be taken up
at distance by some other woman
whose heart was breaking over her
| loss.
1t was almost impossible to get to
the river. Patrol wagons dashed tbi.
way and that, their bells Changing
adding to the din and confusion Am.
balances dashed up to the scene onIv
to turn and drive away again. carrv;,, =
the remains of other unfortunates II
was almost impossible to work with
any system. The crowd pushed il.
way as near the scene as possible and
the efforts of the large force of noIice
10 maintain order were almost in vain
lt was with great difficulty that q
oody, when recovered, was taken n
one or the dead wagons. Four hodiao
Ne were FOUND almost at the same time
dhey were placed on stretchers and
ehe solemn march to the ambnlancee
started. AS the bodies were naeeed
rom the nre-boat to the willing hands
on shore, an aisle was made and the
Dodies passed along. Every few min.
uoos some woman would step out fror
piie crowd, peer into the face of a bod,
as 10 passed, and Its not him tbanI
ood' sne would say. And SO the .ad
| procession moved on. "'''
aS ohe oody OF young boy was taken
sl11 slU'ii the hre boat, an old lady nearly
h .nto the river in her anxiety IN Gee
she lace OF The dead boy. She would moi
pe put pack She threw herself nm
the Doay, looked into the face and
Iried' Thank God!" Falling upon
ner knees, she raised her voice N
'eaveh' ana prayed as only mother
couiu under the circumstances. Press.
.nB close aroud her were anvwbere
from 1000 to 5000 people. Those vbC
couId see her raised their hats. and
not lew joined her in PRAYER.
Al another spot two men xvara +rv
ing 10 hold an almost distracted wo.
man. She believed her husband yvas
on the lll-fated car, and was almost in.
sane with grief. -
All the time the search was goipo
on cars kept running over the viaducf
both ralls from the west to the eaet
approach Of the bridge were blocked
WIN people. In the center of the
bridge men, women and children went
inns and that way, screaming. iostlino
each other, women tearing their hair
ana calling upon God to save their
dear ones. Women tainted and were
trampled on by the mad, rushing. and
insane crowd. 1t was impossible to
keep any kind Of order, and the effort
was finally abandoned.
From the dizzy height the thousands
of people who occupied positions on the
bridge itself watched the proceedings
below. Their view was unohstructed
and they saw everything that took
place. The second body was brought
to the surface, those on the bridge re-
ported to those in the center of the
bridge, and then a rush to the rail was
made by hundreds.
The number of victims was in
creased to sixteen to-day by the dis
covery Of another body In the river
All Of the dead have been identified
but two persons who were supposed
to have been on the ill-fated car as il
! made the awful punge are still miss