The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-08-07
LONG DEATH LIST
FoRTy. SEVEN PEOPLE KILLED IN
THE NEW JERSEY WRECK.

pected to Die-It In Thought That
the Wreck WINS Caused by One OF
the Trains Running a Race With
q Train ON Another Road.
Atlantic City, N. j., Aug. 1.-The list,
of dead rs a result of the MilroaG
wreck now numbers fOrty-three, ana
this is thought to be correct, although
there ia a possibility that more bodtcs'
are under the debris in the pond be-
side the wreck. The injured, so far
as known, aggregate forty-seven. The
revised list of dead follows:
Charles Mita, John Grover, Bridge
ton; Charles Ecker. Salem; Charles Il.
McGrear, Mr.. and Mrs. Thenchard, Jo-
seph Petus, ]. d. johnson, Charles d..
Burroughs, body supposed to be-
Charles Soly, H. Il. Bell, w. G. Loop
en- Mr.. and Mrs. p. q. Galdsmith,
Bridgeton; s. p. Murphy, Millville;
Samuel Thorn, Atlantic City; Frank
lin Dubois, Clearfeld, Pa; j. Ernest.
woman's body supposed to be Miss
Jennie Sheppard, Lytiie Carr, Pearl
Muta, Mrs. HI. +. Bell, Anna Fries.
Bridgeton; Edward Farr, Reading rail-
road engineer, Atlantic City; Mary
Wentzell. Alloway, N. j.; Mrs. Elmer
May, Palatine, n. j.; man supposed to
be Charles Bert. Bridgeton; Charles
May, Palatine, N. j.; ID. e. Wood. ship
ping clerk Camden, N. j.; G. b. lay
lor. address unknown; James NJ. Bat
teman, Bridgeton; part of shirt front
found With name stamped "a. III.
Fox" boy about twelve years old,
supposed to be A. Peters; Reva NJ.
Looper. twelve years. Yorktown. n. j.;
Tillie Leeds, Lydia Carl, Mrs. Hattie
Lopez, Mamie Cheerey, Mizael May,
Elmer Wentzel, Henry Hughes, Mrs.
Mary Frcase, Mrs. ]. ID. Bateman,
William Pricket, Joseph Cheney, g.
p. McGill, Bridgeton; William Spauld-
ing. Philadelphia; Samuel Thorn, At
lantic City; four unknown women, one
unknown boy aud one unknown man.
A ring was found on finger of one
of the unidentified women bearing the
inscription &c. to L." Spaulding,
Cheney and Elmer Vented died at
the Sanitarium today.
The revised list of injured is: Har-
~ Watson, II years, Yorktown, n. J.,
legs broken. Albert H. Taylor, Bridge
ton. Mary Pitman, II, yorktown, N.
]. John S. Kelly. ::s Camden; frac-
tured femur. William Spaulding,
Philadelphia 4 Heading railroad trans
fer agent; will die. Della johnson, II,
Shiloh. N. j.. collar bone fractured.
J. $. Watson. Yorktown, N. J. Mrs. ].
$. Watson. Yorktown. w. Jones, %,
Miss Lizzie Aluta. Charles Helmslee,
C2 Ppfdnnf0r
Yorktown. Samuel Muta, Wesley Lee,
Howard Woodlin, Bridgeton. Samuel
Wentzell. Elmer Wentzell. Alloway,
N. j.; Charles w. Horner. Lillian Ty-
Ter. Lizzie Smalley. Caroline Smalley.
Howard Smalley, Bridgeton; Rachel
Abbott. Rhodestown. N. j.; William
Sheney. Bridgeton; j. s. Johnson,
Shirley, N. j.; Samuel Pittman. Will
lam C. Helmsley, Bridgeton; Samuel
Wilson. Alloway, N. j.; Frank Nor
Vile. Bridgeton; II. Muta, Bridgeton;
Hartford Wilson. Alloway. n. j.; Will
lam Bougllton. Edward Seeley, Will
lam Winkler. David Kitchman. s. T.
Frazer. Bridgeton; Irwin Dubois,
Woodruff, N. j.; Chester Burksall,
Bridgeton; Mrs. Fannie Fralinger,
Philadelphia; Jacob Johnson, Shirley,
n. j.; Howard Woodland, Bridgeton;
c. Homer, Alloway, N. J.
Dug Ont the Debris.
The force of rescuers continued at
work throughout the night. Engineer
Edward Farr. who died with his hand
ON the throttle, was taken out early
III the morning. 1t was with much
difficulty that his rigid fingers were I'M
clasped from the lever. His head and
race were embouched and his eyes
looked skyward with Il CHASTITY glare.
He had been pinned down by the chest
and apparently met instant death. AL
most every bone i'll the body OF one
male victim was broken when taken
from the ruins. and many were SO
1rlghtfully naEgled as to lie beyond
recognition. BY o'clock the greater
part of the debris had been cleared
away. and it is thought that all the
bodies have been recovered.
Inc crossing where the accident oc-
Cured has loEg been bugaboo to
travellers between Philadelphia and
Atlantic City. 1t is located about two
and a half-miles from the Atlantic
City terminal of the two rival rail-
roads. and a block tower, occupied bv
an operator, Is placed as close to the
crossing as safety will permit. This
tower Is occupied by an operator who
ls charged with the duty of seeing
that the train having the right of way
crosses first, and that the other train
Is tagged. There is difference of
opinion rs to which of the ill-fated
trains had the right of way, but Tele-
graph Operator William Thurstcn ana
Switch Tender Hauser are in the Al
iantic City Jail now ard will remain
there until an official investigation
deflnltely places the responsibility.
The competition between the West
Jersey and Reading railroads for A..
Mnt1c City business is very Keen and
Doth roads run flyers. whiei; average.
nearly mile a minute between Can,-..
den and Atlantic City. There arc fre-.
quent races across the stretch of open
country a few miles. outside of A..
antic City known as "t!.c meadow !"
aud passengers OIL the rival trains who.
are not timid regard the race on the.
nome stretch as one of the eXhilara-
nf %,,s,, A.