New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-02
ATLANTIC CITY'S DEAD.
THE NUMBER OF KILLED is FORTY
FOUR.
FoRTY-THREE WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED AND
SEVERAL or THESE WILL PROBABLY
DIE-oCIEr IN SOME MEAS

Atlantic City, n. j.. Aug. Nov that the excite
men has more or less subsidized the actual fatalities
and injured In Thursdays railroad accident and deh-
nlte.y known The dead number ryfour. and forty
three persons seriously enough hurt to be taken
the hospital. OF those in the hospital twenty-eight
were so far recovered to-day to be able to go TO
their homes OF the fifteen persons remaining In the
hospital several are suffering from terrible injuries,
the nature OF which makes their recovery doubtful
The uncertainty as to the exact number Killed arose
from the confusion and excitement following the ac-
cidcnt and the INITIATED condition Of some Of the
bodies which dismembered. Several bodies
were at first wrongly Identified. and this added to
the confusion Of Identification.
One case was that OF a body of a who was
positively identified Samuel Murphy. of Bridge
ton. Murphy turned up alive at his home, and the
body remained unknown until to-day. when 1t was
identified that of Patrick Feghan. retired
quor-dealer of Philadelphia All the bodies were
fully identified to-day, and the unknown woman in
the hospital who unconscious was recognized as
Miss Lizzie Rrar nan. of Bridgeton
The tension OF the last few days under which all
classes of people here have been is relaxing. and
the place is taking again its normal air Of
gdycty Whether the accident has made people
timd. for some other cause. there are com
paratively few people here for Il Saturday night in
midscason in Atlantic city. The interest now cen
tres In the Coroner's inquest on Monday, at which
something definite toward fixing the responsibility
for the accident will be brought to light.
There are still people here who contend that the
Reading train racing with train on the
parallel track of the Camden and Atlantic, and
that the Reading train going at such "A ter
rifle rate of speed that it could not be stopped
when the danger signal suddenly shown
complete list of the dead and those still remaining
In the hospital follows:
The exact number dead SO far is forty-four. The
list follows:
delpha Joseph Peters Bridgeton: Morris Peters.
son OF Joseph ]. s. Johnson, Brdgeton; William
boy Bridgeton: Minnie Cheney, Brdge;on: Charles
", William C Carr Brldseion; James a. Bateman,
Bridgeon; Mrs. Lizzie Bateman, wife of James NJ
wife of II. f. Bell. headless William c. Lopez,
Brdgeton Mrs Hattie Lopez Bridgeto g Ke6a
Mrs. Nellie Goldsmith. wife Of T. Gq o. rd5d
samuel Thorn basGasH gent BSsrrn chae
Mua. Bridgeion: Pearl Muta gir, Briq qBstdo
Charles Fackler salem Charles McGear' RicSsrd
Trenchard, Franklin Dubois, WoodruT; Jo Joshua
Earnest Bridgeton' yen}4mn r. Anna Freas gr
daughter Of Mrs. Freas, Mrs. Sallie Freas aunt Oh
Anna Brdgeton Harvey Hughes 93y WaStze
1r rs IyGa H car Hancocks Fridge Mrs Ellen May
Paiatinei n zeal May. boy son Of Mrs May. Bridge
ton" Edward Farr. engineer Of the Reading tram.
ageni Philadelphia.
Late last night Franklin p. Stoy, Mayor OF Az
lantic City. prepared a proclamation 10 De issueu
to the stricken visitors those who nave iost l'ie"uS
and relatives In the wreck. or have themselves
been injured. It is as follows
In the midst of bright gay season. me Pa" .S pl
death has fallen like shroud over our CITY ny we
sea and two score OF our visitors nate rrhl
killed AMI many wounded by collison az teIri s
as II was Unforeseen. In this time or distress A.
antc city has done It's noblest ana tnfousn oi.e
long night of sorrow its citz ms ana business rHvl
have Iabored increasingly to alleviate the suHer-
ngs OF the living and care for tie dead No.ai H
has been left undone, and our city STATUS ie"''
to help wherever possible ~ .,a .ba Gin
In the name Of Atlantic City extend me have sit,
suffered and those who have lost our s snaS
great ss yours But ha nd henre d the
is over enough Of pleasant rememo n,ae VIII
come to drown the sadness q 'hIs e sToy
Mayor of Atlantic City.
The injured are Charles Horner, Bridgeton, poth
legs and skull Fractured Samuel Wentzell, ST.
Rrdgeton scalp wound and fractured arm VIII
recover; Stanford Wentzell (son or Samuel VIII
recover from fracture of arm and scalp wound:
William Wentzell (son Of Samuel, fracture OF
clavicle and scalp wound; Frank Morie' East
Orange. y. J.. fracture or claVicle ana scalp
wound recovery doubtful; Henry Watson York
town ~ j. both legs fractured and slight scalp
wounds doing WELL Samuel Mutta. Bridgeton,
feet crushed and head hurt, recovery doubtful,
Mrs Samuel Mutta, internal injuries recovery
doubtful; William Jones. Bridgeton, abdomen in
jured, pelvis broken, dying; Richard Greer YORK
town: Mrs j. D. Johnson, Shirley, N j.. Internal
injuries back hurt. dying: Wesley Lee. Bridgeton'
n l. head hurt badly bruised. will recover; Miss
Lizzie Branin Millville. fractured ankle. COM
mound fracture of clavcle two large scalp wounds.
conclusion of brain, badly bruised. unconscious.
diving; Jacob Johnson. Shirley, broken shoulder.
two fingers amputated. broken arm. may recover;
Mrs Faunce Fralinger. Philadelphia. leg ampu-
tated, will probably die.
and ordar u.hfp "A
hospital returned to-day to the Sanitarium AFTER
Yesterdays narrowing scenes The first agony OF
grief was over for the uninjured and the hurt were
living more quietly. The more seriously wounded
have a little room to themselves, and their rela-
lives who were admitted to them. passed the day In
watchful and tender ministrations at their ped
Although he was terribly injured. the principal
anxiety OF young Horner was ior ms a,aceu WIZ, VIA
afterward he lost her, and he was In an agony ol
fear her fate Unknown 10 NM tne sha was as
him Not until this afternoon was she ldentihed
Then she recognized by her uncle as ms niece.
Lizzie Branin. She had been staying with him at
ocean City and had gone to Bridgeton to come
here the excursion with her friends, ana was re
turning home with them When Horner was toia
that Miss Brann was in the hospital MS grief was
most affecting and throughoH, the DAY ne maze
The story that the Reading train was racing
when the accident occurred continues 10 De re-
accuracy II the two trains were racing the en-
gineers violating one OF the strctest rules OF
their roads and were liable to instant discharge
II discovered on the other hand. man whose
name is withheld and who witnessed the accident
says the trains were not racing This man, VINO
viii be n witness at the inquest, was riding
bicycle on the road by the block tower.
The bicyclist saw the shift OF the man In the
signal tower as Nick" Long, the day operator,
left' and the night operator George Hauser, took
charge AS the West Jersey excursion tram APP
S,ched the Tower ne noticed II slacken It's speed,
and saw the Reading express coming; He saw the
increased speed Of the excursion train as Hreiner
trned on steam to rush hs train II possible, over
the crossing as the white signals authorized MN
- Ia Then came the crash, and the man on the
H 10 when he recovered from the shock OF the
sight sped to the city for sssls ds and me
ini,ic avnress came along about two minutes AFTER
the crash and that the two trains were ho on MIN
80 henre me Reading flyer was due at me stdaloa
and nineteen minutes AFTER the eAV"i'ioi' " ~
dne RI start for Atlantic Guy. - ~ ,,,o a, tho
nd