The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-31

trophe In its history. Staggering In and
out OF bitches aud stulabllng over muss.
rs or broken timber with only few 1T.
i!il lanterns to help their stralnIng eyes,
tho rescue gang set bravcly to work,
Axes hnd shovels were piled with tho
greatest Vigor and almost ut every half
uoaon strokes manglcd body wis
brought up aud laid tendcrly on thA
waiting pallas.
1t was n gigantic and sIciSenlng tnsk,
anu the strongest OF men turned uslde
falnt from revelation OF the work OF the
spade. a heap OF blOod-stained tim.
bcrB turned aside by one OF the rescuprs
brought TO sight woman's arm. II had
been wrcnched on Utmost ut the socket,
ana nothing remained but dripping
stump. Even the hand was gone. II
had ben clad In dainty white linen
glove, the sleeve Of which still clunE 10
It. G
Not five minutes later u chance blow
from pick revealed stlll more ghlStly
remnant, q humpn heart that only few
abort hours before had been throbbing
with life Rnd love. s.aa
One woman whose body was recovered
still held In her'dead hand plate bear
Ing picture OF Atlantic City. It was
unbroken. Scattered about the ground
near the wreck were many pieces OF
clothing which had been torn from the
bodies OF the victims, hats, dainty para-
soils, fans and gloves
Just az one or the relief trains reached
the Pennsylvania depot with itS terrible
load. one man who lay In n corner hor-
rihly injured. rcGained his senses for
moment AMI ClusplnE his hand to his
head cried In heartrendlnS agony: who
did this? Ny God, where are my wife
and children"
The Injured Dying.
4 later report says that fourteen OF
the injured have sInce died at the sapI-
tarium.
Superintendent l. n. SwclSurd. OF the
Philadelphia & Reading company,
places the number of dead ut thirty
seven and the injured at about the same
number. He sent n telegram H. Phila-
delphla this evening which said:
There were thirty-seven persons kill
cd. as follows:
Twelve women, twenty-one men. two
boys and two girls About the same
number injured"
Just where Mr.. SweIgard obtained his
Information cannot be learned, as It will
be impossible to give the correct number
or even an approximate estimate OF the
uelu untll the uCDTlS IL removed. InlS
Will consume several hours. Work IL
still progressing and the r,'Scucrs viii
remain at work until the last body Is
taken from the wreckagc.
The known dead arc:
p. $. Murphy. Millvallc.
J. y. Johnson, Br!dgCtOn
Charles D. D. BounOughas. Bridge
ton.
C. b. Baylor no address.
p. II. Goldsmith. BridEcton
Samuel Thorn. baESaGcmaster OF the
Reading train, Atlantic City.
D. E. Wood, shipping clerk, Phila-
deiphia.
John Griencr, Bridgeton.
Charles EackIer. Salem.
Charles McGear. Bridgcton.
Franklin Dubois. Woodruff
Mrs. Joshua Earnest, BrIdSeton.
Middle aged woman, with ring &c. to
v" initial.
Small boy about four years OF age.
Frazer Bell and wife. Bridgcton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Trenchard,
BridgetOn.
Edward Farr, engineer OF the Read
ing train.
The Sea View excursion house was
thrown open TO the injured, nearly all
OF whom are from Rridgeton and Imne-
diate vicinity.
William Thurlow. telegraph operator
In the tower house. was arrested late
tonight and held, pending an inquiry.