The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-01

legs broken and head injured. Yorktown
*. S. Watson, arm crushed, Yorktown, N.
j.: w. Johnson, fractured femur, BRIDGE
ton: Mrs. Lizzie NJ. Mutta, confusion OF
back, Bridgeton: Samuel Mutta, scalp and
internal injuries. 215 Bioad street Bridge
ton; Samuel Mutta, scalp and internal in
! juries, 30 Broad street, Bridgeton; How
ard Woodlin. aged IS years. broken arm,
Bridgcton: Samuel Wilson and Stanford
Wilson, Alloway, n. j.: unknown woman.
light hair, dark clothing. fractured skull.
PASSED THREE SIGNALS
Camden, N. j., July 31.--Station Mas
ter John Bodine, of the West Jersey.
| the seashOre road, said that he learned
that Engineer Farr, of the Reading
train, passed three signals, all against
him. before the train crashed into the
West Jersey excursion train.
The first signal was 1000 feet away
and is known as the distance signal.
Then he had To pass a, home signal
ana finally the block signal at the
crossing
Engineer Grinor OF the excursion
train. told Bodine that he had stopped
before reaching the crossing and blew
his whistle to get the operator to give
him the clear signal. He got clear
signal and started. He could not see
the Reading train. but he saw u cloud
of dust. indicating its approach. Farr
had ample time. to stop his train but
made no effort.
1t Is also rumored that there was
some one in the cab talking to Farr
at the time of the accident. but this
could not be confirmed.
AT SCENE OF THE WRECK.
Atlantic city was in an uproar
Thousands thronged out to the scene
of the wreck and collected around the
railroad stations and pushed and crowd
ed to watch the trains discharge their
loads of dead and injured. AS It was
gradually learned that nearly every one
on the Reading express had escaped
uninjured the crowd gradually thinned
our. the anxiety OF relatives and friends
being relieved by the safe arrival of
those they feared dead or Inained. The
uninjured and those only slightly hurt
among the Brid.eton eXc,irsionists were
in Il frenzy of agony. The train struck
was the first section of the excursion
train and those on the second section
locked to the hospital and mOrgue as
the victims We're brought in.
Two miles out on the meadows the
wrecking crews of the Reading and
West Jersey railroads were toiling by
the light Of huge bon fires to clear away
the wreck and splintcrs of broken cars
BY dawn. they had practically cleared
l,. Ilpnlxnn and hoftaraI
of shape. the huge engine of the express
lay on its side by the track. Pinned
beneath, with his pale. blood stained
face staring into those of the men work.
ing. was Farr, the engineer. Not until
this morning were the wrcckers able to
raise the wrecked engine and draw from
beneath it the crushed body of the en-
gineer. Ii was placed in q box and
taken to Farrs home. 1t was reported
last night when Mrs. Farr heard Of her
husbands death she fell dead. This was
not so. She fell into a swoOn and to
night is lying in a serious condition re-
ceived from the shock.
TEMPORARY MORGUE.
The old excursion house at the foot of
Mississippi avenue had been turned into
temporary morgue. Here, stretched
out on the floor in two parallel rows,
were the dead in boxes. Some attempt
had been made to clean the corpses, but
some We're half nude. their torn and
tattered clothing not covering their
limbs, and nearly all were horribly
mutilated. The body of a woman lacked
head, another an arm, some hand
or a foot. outside the morgue great
crowd was collected. Many of these
were only of that morbid class which Is
attracted by death and suffering like
carrion birds. The pale faces and
trembling forms of others in the crowd
told at a glance that their errand was
far different. They sought their dead.
Ropes stretched around the entrance
barred out the crowd, and the police let
no one in who they did not think had
business to take them there. The
scenes as the bodies were identified
were sad and pathetic beyond words.
The coroner's jury viewed the bodies
this morning and they were all taken
away today except those unindenti-
fed The Pennsylvania railroad fur
nished special train which took away
to Bridgeton the twenty-three bodies.
The bodies of the others of the identi-
fed dead were taken away on other
trains during the day.
Coroner William Mclaughlin was
the busiest man in Atlantic City today.
Immediately uoon hearing Of the ac-
cident last night Mr.. Mclaughlin went
to the scene. He went directly into
the block tower and questioned Opera
tor Geor-, r rIomser. Hnuser told