Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-01
LAsT NIGHTS FIGURES oN TuE Ar
LANTic cry HORROR.
FORTY BODIES IDENTIFIED.
rovn on FIVE or THE INJURED
CANNOT RECOVER.


Atlantic city. y j.. July si.-rorty-scvcn
dead and forty-thrcc injured. These are
to-nisht's figures on the appalling disaster
ON "the meadows" last evening OF these,
forty have been Identified. Three OF the
unidentified were men and three women.
The odd one consists OF an arm to which
no body has been found. The official ist
OF the dead follows:
Edward Farr. Atlantic city, engineer of
the Reading train.
Miss TILE Leads. Brilrcton, y. j.
Lydia Carl. Hancock. n. j.
Mr.. Hattie Gsoper, Brilgcton. N j.
William spaullirg. Philadelphia.
Elmer wentzel, Hridgeton.
Henry Hughes Bridge;on.
Mrs. Mary Frcase. Bridseion.
James y. Bateman, Bridgeton.
Mrs. James y. Batomau, BrldEeton.
William Pickett. Jcannette, Pa
Frederick Cheyney, Bridgeton.
Joseph Cheyney, Brilgeion.
Nina Chcynoy, Hridgeton,
samuel Thornc. Atlantic city.
Charles r. N1cGour. Bridgeton.
Frazer Bel. Briigeton.
Mrs H. Frazer Bell, Bridgeton.
William G. lopcr Br!dgs!oin:
Mr. william g. i;sip,,rs,dn noper, nr'Hee'on'
charles Null, Brldgeton.
Pearl Mulls, Bridgcton.
Charles u. burroughs, Bridgeton.
j. u. johnson, Bridreton.
Richard Trenchard, Brdgcton.
Mrs. Richard Trcnchard. liridseton.
Morris Peters, Brdgeton.
Phillip II. Goldsmith, Bridgeton,
Mrs rhiiip II. ,.iil,,nr diola,smi'e: hridse'on'
Mrs. Ella May. pnlatine, n, i.
Frank Dubois. Hustled, y. J.
Charles Eckler, Salem.F
s. J.. Murphy. Mllville, y. j.
Mary Wentzel Aloway. y. j.
Harvey q. Hughes, Bridgeton
Reva Loper, Yorktown, y. j.
Four unknown women.
Unknown boy.
Unknown man.
Unidentified arm.
Spaulding, Cheney and Elmer Wentzel
died at the sanltarium this afternoon,
OF the injured. IL Is more than probahle
that four or nvc Will die. Many OF the
others are injured only superilcidlly.
The investigation into the cause OF the
collision, and the fixing OF the RESPONSE
btlity began TODAY IN earnest. Coroner
Mclaughlin lmpancled a jury. At o'clock
the jury met for the purpose of visiting
the scene of the wreck. This time the
party was augmented by several lawyers,
police officers and u group OF newspaper
men.
The scene was very different from that
of last night. The relief gangs had done
clear. the articles OF clothing which be-
longed to victims had been taken to po-
lice heutgNHflcTS, ana uluCI OF i!lt NitNh-
age had been removed. There Is very
general impression that under the mass of
debris at least six more bodies lie, The
Jury made an exhaustive examination OF
the ground and devoted considerable time
to the inspection Of the signals, which sun
remain as they were at the moment OF the
George i. Hauser who has charge OF the
tower, and who Is now under arrest, has
made several statements TO the pollce. lie
told them he saw both trains cominE when
both were sufficiently far away TO admit
Of full display of signals, hut rs the West
Jersey WAS the nearest he gave tn, Read
Ing tho red light and sienaIcd 10 the ex-
curson train to come ahead; The Read
ing, however, never Stacked speed, but
came on,
After viewing the ground the coronor's
jury again separated until tomorrow after
noon, when another meeting Will be held.
All the dead so far found ana Identified
afternoon. The FIRST train used for this
purpose loft the West Jersey station at
j.i0 o'clock this afternoon for Briigoton.
1t carried twenty-three bodies, The re-
naming corpses were sent ON later trains.
one woman, whose Identification wns es-
tablishel by her clothing. was decapitated
IN the wreck and her head was found ut
Il considerable distance from tn" body.
- Lns"ns ,ss"n i ~. ~, -, - nun aI'nr I''T
was painful pcrtuEgtory and but little was
said. liauscr refused 10 make any state
m"nt whaieycr al TINS time ana was held
IN $50 hail for n future hearing. Bail was
furnished and he WAS released.
The center Of Interest to-day wag the
lmprovisod morguc, aud a strange spectacle
for thts city Of prpverhal gaity was the
continual procession Of uniertakers' waE-
ons bowling along Atlantic avenue, the
principal thnroughtare. carrying bodies to
that place, and later 10 the Pennsylvania
railroad station Inside tn" mOrguc tragic
scenes We're being enacted throughout tile
day, Seemed OF a like character were oc-
curing At the same time at the suuatarium.
where the injured lie, ana where seven died
to-day. Almost every Incoming train