The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-01
THE ATLANTIC CITY
RAILROAD HORROR
Burden Of Blame for the Accident Is
Laid Upon the Dead Engineer.
LIST OF THE DEAD NUMBERS AZ
FOrty.twO Were Killed Outright..The
Bodies Of Three Women, Two Men
md u Boy, Are Still Unidentified.
The Death of Many Other Victims
Expected Hourly.

Atlantic City, n. j., July 31.-As q re-
suit of the terrible collision on the Mea-
dows last evening between the Read
ing railroad express from Philadelphia
ant the Bridgeton excursion train out OF
here forty-seren people are dead and
forty-four are lying In the hospital
here more or less seriously hurt. OF
the injured in the hospital. several are
expected to die. Besides those serious
ly enough hurt to be- in the hospital q
score or more Of people were bruised
and shaken NJ and went to cottages.
the fearful shock of the collision is il
lustrated in the fact that OF the forty
seven dead. forty-two We're killed out
right. OF the dead. forty have
been identified. and the bodies of three.
women. two men and boy are lying
at the undertakers' shops awaiting
claimants.
tn responsibility for the accident is
hard To plac" at this time, but the bur-
utn ~ II seems to rest upon the dead
engineer Of the Reading train, Edward
i'arr, though an official inVestigat ton
may clear his name. The list uf dead
and injured follows:
THE DEAD.
Charles Alutla. I:riigcton: John Gr.inar
Bridseton; Charles Eckley, Charles +.
McCiear, Bridgeton; Richard Trencharl
frldgeton; Mrs. Richard Trenchard
Eriageton; ). =. Murphy, NIillville; Joseph
Peters. Brilgeton, J. ID. Johnson, Bridge,
ton: Charles H. Burroughs. i,ridecton:
body supposed 10 he Charles Sooy Bridge.
ton; II. Y. '!ell Dridgeton: W. &. Lopcr,
Ridgeton: Mr.. and AIRS. r. II. Goldsmith h.
l'ridgeton: Samuel Thorn, baggage mas.
ter. Atlantic City; Franklin Dubois, Deer.
field; Joshua Earnest, Biidgeton; Mrs.
Mary WentZell. Alloway; Mrs. Lydia Carl
Hancocks Bridge; Pearl Mutta Bridge
ton: Mrs Ellen May. Palatine; Mrs. II. T.
Bell, wife Of III. +. Bell Mary Anna Freas
(cltilD, Eridgeton: Mrs Mary Freas
mother of Marry Anua. Mrs. j. D. Bate
man. BridSeton; Edward Farr, engineer
Reading train. Atlantic City: Charles Sic
bert. BriGgeton: James N. Bateman, tus-
band of Mrs. Bateman, A. Peters, son of
jose ph Peters. Reba NJ. Loper, Yorktown:
Miss Tillie Leeds, Bridgetor; Mrs. Hattie
Loper. Bridgeton: Mamie Cheney, Bridge
ton; Mizeal May, boy, Bridseton William
spaulding. transfer agent Reading rail-
road. Philadelphia; Henry Hughes. Bridge
ton; William Prickett, Bridgeton; f.. Il.
ton; Charles May, Palatine; unknown wo-
man. unknown woman. unknown woman,
unknown man, unknown man. unknown
boy.
THE INJURED.
Howard Woodland. Bridgeton. broken
arm: Mrs. II. A. Abbott, Rhodestown, n,
j.. lower limbs and arm broken: Lizzie
Smalley, Bridgeton. and Caroline Small
ley. arms and legs severely injured; &. d.
Wraser and wife, Bridgeton, both badly
cut on head: Irwin Dubois. 70 years old,
head cut and bodily injuries; Mrs. NJ. Ke!-
ger. Elmer, y. j.. back badly hurt and
head cut: Jacob Johnson. Shirley, ". j.,
head hurt and child badly hurt: Stanley
Wenzell, Alloway, N. j., scalp nearly torn
off; Mrs. s. johnson, Shirley, NJ j.. shoul-
der, head and breast bruised; Mary Shimp,
Freesboro. n. j.. head cut: Charles c.
Rinnick. Bridgeton. badly cut about head; ;
Violet Alfred. Brjdgeton, face and nose
fractured: Mrs. Laura Pierce. Bridgeton,
badly cut. head and body bruised; VIII.
lam simpkins, Salem, head lacerated: Ma
son Worth. No. S25 North Twelfth street,
Philadelphia, back injured; Albert Ira
der. Bridgeton, head cut; William Hough.
ton, Brdgeton, internal injuries; Edward
Zeeley, Bridgeton, head cut; Chester Bur-
ger. Bridgeton. hip injured: Howard
Woodlawn, Bridgeton, arm broken; cx.
Judge Hitchman, Dridgeton, internal in
juries; Mrs. Hitchman. wife. concusson
of brain; Mrs. T.. a. Abbott, Bridgeton,
leg broken: Howard Smith, Bridgeton,
back broken: David Friese, address un-
known. neck dislocated; Mrs. Jacob Reger,
Elmer, y. j.. bruised and hurt about head:
Albert Taylor. Bridgeton, three scalp
wounds; Jacob Hilton. Bridgeton, bruised
badly about head: Charles Horner. Bridge.
ton, broken leg and internal injuries; Har-
ry Watson. Yorktown. N. j.. leg broken.
head injured: Lizzie Ruter, Bridgeton. con-
tuscion OF back: Charles W. Horner. frac-
tured leg and internal injuries: Mrs.
Faunce Fralinger, Philadelphia, broken
leg emputated; Albert H. Taylor. scalp
wounds and arm broken. 2iS Pear street.
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