The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-03
NEARER MY GOD TO THEE
MS SWEETEST OF HYMNS ASKED
FOR By THE SUFFERERS.

o,,,,ed by the Bells of the Church
If the Ascension I'm Atlantic City
=. Waves the victims of the
,,reck TO Tears-PreparatiOn for
thorough Inquiry by the COrO-
THE wreck sdII the Subject
of All Thought at the Popular Re-
sort.
Atlantic City. n. j.. Aug. 2.-Up to this
.,-.ring there had been no further deaths
,n- the victims of Thursdays rail-
--.5 collision lying at the sanitarium. on
~ contrary. there was a marked i'm
--,-sroent in the condition of all but
.-, or three. Mrs. Faunce Fralinger Of
p,nadelphia, whose leg was amputated,
en- whom no hope was entertained, was
much better to-day, and now has a chance
for life.
Miss Brannin of Milville, and Frank
vorale are lowering between life and
death. with small prospects of living. As
y,s requested by some of the wounded,
.5a chimes in the adjacent Church Of
.ss Ascension this morning played
Nearer Ny God, to Thee" and as the
so44t strains Of the familiar hymn pealed
ogt the manned and wounded men and
women listened reverenly to the air.
Some were deeply moved, and Mrs. Fra
uneer shed tears as the hymn recalled
memories of other times and places where
She had heard it when it lacked the dread
significance it had this morning.
coroner William Mclaughlin is thor
oueblv i'm earnest in his determination
10 sift the accident to the bottom and
10 fix the blame for it where it belongs.
He has issued subpoenas for twenty-five
or thirty witnesses, and he proposes that
anv Of these whose testimony is material
TO tbe developments of the facts shall
4 come before the Jury and he said this al
ternOou that he expects that the inquest
VIII consume two or three days, but that
he will take a month to do II II so
long a time should be necessary to "A
fun inquiry The most important wit
ucsses will be called tomorrow. Among
these will be George HOuSer, the signal
tower man. who gave the right OF way
to the excursion train and the danger sig
nal to the Reading express, and who Is
now under $500 bail to answer for his ap-
paarauCe; Engineer Greiner of the eXcur-
sion train, Fireman Hallihan of the Read
ing express train, and Superintendents
Deice and Dayton of the Reading and
West Jersey railroads. The inquest will
be conducted in odd Fellows hall, and il
is expected a large crowd will want to hear
the testimony.
Coroner Mclaughlin this afternoon
sorted and labeled by name the property
of the people killed in the wreck. In
the collection are a dozen watches, some
battered out of all shape, and others un-
injured, lockets, rings and about $500 in
money. These articles will o. returned
to the relatives Of the dead upon proper
Identification.
The fund started by hotel guests and
cottagers for the victims of the acciden;
was swelled to-day to over $40O by further
4 contributions.
City council holds it regular meeting
4 tomorrow night, and some notice VIII
probably be taken of the accident and its
causes and a resolution of sympathy and
coincidence passed for those who suffered
by it.
A big accident of any kind nearly al
ways brings out the curious fact that
4 people are constantly disappearing and
4 leaving no trace behind them. Since
Thursday the Atlantic City authorities
have received a number of inquiries for
missing people whom their relatives feared
might have gone to Atlantic City and
been killed or hurt in the wreck
In nearly every case none of the dead
or injured bore the slightest resemblance
10 the person sought.