The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-03
The Victims of the Atlantic
City Railroad Disaster.
FIFTEEN STILL IN HOSPITAL.
A First Installment of Eleven Given
. Public Funeral.
Today There VIII Ne More Funerals.
and IL In TheugAt There WIN he
. 6eneral Cessation sf Business
The inquest and the witnesses to
Ne Called.

Atlanta City. n. j.. Aug. c-Nc aads-
tienal deaths have yet occurrrdSaa . re-
suit OF Thursday nights collision, and
the death roll stiil stands at forsy-foar.
There is a possibility that It may remain
At that figure. but IL Is only remote one.
At tho sanitariam this afternoon 1t WAS
reported that the fifteen patients still there
were doing as well as could be expected,
anu while there was a bare chance OF
pulling all through safely. the odds were
against al least three. They were Fraais
Moreie. OF East Orange. N j., William
Johnson OF Rrldgeton. and Lizzie Rranin.
of Millvilles Miss Branin has not yes
recovered consciousness since the cciI-
sion. despite reports to the contrary, She
is the is-year-old girl who was engaged
10 be married 10 Charles Horper. thu
Brtdgeton grocer. who lies on the cot next
70 her. Horner. too. Is very badly hurt.
bat the chances now are in favor of his
ultimate recovery.
Ii must have been q dull Sunday for
the pent-gp. hroken-ilmbAd unfortunatea
Almost With tha dawn came violent rain
storm. and while 1t shated early In tho
morning. the sun shone beautifully
through tho day, and the heat and the
humidity were intense.
Al s o'clock in the morning the patients.
request made last night TO the Rev. J. ".
Townsend. pastor of the Episcopal church
OF the Ascension. was granted. The son
orous chimes OF the little church. which
stands just across the way. pealed forth
the tone OF Nearer My God. TO Thee
The faces OF the patients made a pisifui
study as they hesrkened to the music.
Some simply gazed with longing eyes into
vacancy: others with raapt look and quiv-
ering lips formed the words of the hymn
in unison With the chimes. and some soft
ly wept.
A number OF priests OF various denomi-
nations have. a, their own request been
permitted access TO the sick ward. and
while the patients have welcomed them
and eagerly listened to their words OF
consolation. there has been no ceremony
of purely religious character. Reia-
tives and friends OF some OF the dead
visited Coroner Mclaughlin today and re-
ceived ths money and vaiushles which
had belonged To the dead. The son oe
William Pickett. of Bridgeton. took few
articles of jewelry and s26 in money. Al
fred Sharp. a brother OF Mrs. Lizzie
Bateman, of Brldgeton, who was killed
With her husband. secured the effects OF
the unfortunate couple. Mrs. Feighan.
OF Philadelphia. widow or Patrick Feighan.
the liquor dealer. who was killed, secured
the money found on his body. Mrs.
Branin. mother OF Lizzie Bfanin. looked
for watch which belonged 20 her daugn-
ter. but it could not be found. Tho
watch of Philip II. Goldsmith, the Bridge
ton clothier, who died hand In hand with
his wife. bears on the face the picture
OF his wife and two boys. IL had stopped
at 2.4e.
The inquest tomorrow viii be heli upon
tho bodies OF Goldsmith and one or two
others. by way Of formality. The rail-
road officials will be called first. includ-
ing Superintendent Dyce. OF the Reading.
and Il. o. Dayton. OF the Pennsylvania.
Albert Pfnkerion. conductor OF the Read
ing train. VIII also be called. There viii
be twenty or thirty witnesses In all
Mrs Bruins, a German woman from
PHILADELPHIA, was here today trying 20
find her son William. who had been re-
ported as being badly injured In the
wreck. He was no; In the hospital. and
there was no trace OF him. The city
council VIII meet tomorrow night and
pass resolutions of coincidence.