The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1896-08-05
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Additional Detalls Of the FrIEhtfuI RAll-
way Disaster Nesr Atlantic City-EiKinG
the RIiam0.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Aug. LA hor-
Pible gloom hangs over this city and
thousands mourn for the dead and
wounded who were ground up in the
railroad carnage Of Thursday night.
The dead were all gathered at the
old Sea View Excursion house, which
Nas impRoxised, into . morgue. The
bodies were laid about the floor Of the
big dancing hall Of the pavilion in
rows 1t was q horrible sight The
corpses were In all conditions Of mu-
tilation. There were headless, armless
and leglesB trunks, In some instances
crushed out of al semblance Of rccoG-
milton. There were 81 bodies on view.
Moving through the horrible mass
were streams Of people, some curious.
but majority looked for Lost loved
ones or friends.
An excursion party of about 40o-peO-
pie were brought down Thursday from
Bridgeton, Millville and Morris River.
They represented four tribes Of Red
Men and on account Of their numbers
two trains were made up for the even
ing return, one to depart at $50 and
the other few hours later. The $50
was few minutes behind In starting
and after crossing the drawbridge was
halted on the meadows to wait for
couple Of downward trains. It was
this delay that brought collision and
death, and the solution Of the action
falls upon George Houser. the man in
the tower, and John Greiner, the en-
Oineer Of the excursion train. Edward
FAIR, the Reading engineer, remained
ut his post while his engine plowed its
way through the special train, and was
killed outright His mistake, II he
made one, meant his death, and his
lips can never tell the story.
But the living, who were Ia the aw-
ful wreck, furnish q reason for the ac-
cident which goes TO indicate that Farr
disregarded the red signal when it was
flashed his way. He was running the
fast express. He thundered across the
meadows at from 40 to 80 miles an
hour and came In sight Of the excursion
train just Hs the latter pulled ahead in
the direction Of the crossing. He
doubtless was unable to distinguish
upon which track the special was run.
ming. His only source Of informat tion
! as to what he should do was the light
/ in the tower.
Greiner, holding the throttle on the
other engine, knew one thing sure
that both trains must 60 over the In
tersection. He got the white light to
60 over first, SO the living say, and
tried to make the goal. He failed
and one Of the most narrowing rail-
road collisions Of the times passed into
history.
Striking the excursion train oblique
ly, as 1t did, just as the engine and
first car had cleared the Reading flyer
the locomotive crashed through and
crumbled up the remaining five cars
and, having performed It's horrible
work, toppled over 20 odd feet in the
marsh.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug 1.-The officia
report to the Pennsylvania railroad
officials states that Al passengers were
killed. The number reported injured
is A. All the killed were in the Penn
sylvania Railroad Co. IS cars. The in
vestigation so far made shows that tn,
Pennsylvania train had the right O
way, the red signal being turnet
against the Reading train, and it re
mains in that position at the presen
time