Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-08-01
THE WORK OF RESCUE,
It was kept Up All Nieht-Heartrending
scenes Among the Ruins OF the Trains.

It was Kept Up All Night-HeartrendinG
scenes Among the Ruins OF the Trains.
Atlantic City. July 31.-The force Of
, rescUsrs continued II work throughout
Jhe night, but no more bodies were
found. Engineer Edward Farr. who
| died with his hand on the throttle, was
,aken out early ,his morning. Il was
with much difficulty that his rigid fin
! gers were unclasped from the lever. He
/ had bcsu pinned down by the ches. and
appa~eu ~ met instant death Almost
every bone in the body of one male vic
I'm was broken when taken from the
ruins and many were so friEhtfuliy man
sle5 as to be beyond recognition. Ranged
along either side of the stagnant pool
Tlicl marks the scene were stacked
( the l,rle heaps Of hers. caps gloves and
other articles Of clothing found on the
( srCuui. They were guarded by Z small
/ force OF rlilrCei men ard CITY police.
From early morning excursion parties
from lhis city were travelling 10 the scene
% The wreck. and cCnveyances were al
most e. o premium. The larger number
/ of these eXcurSi0nisJs were women who
( seemed TO revel in The horror OF the
si-ua ion
The dead have all been removed from
! .5e various hospitals and unjer,akers'
| shops cc he old excursion house. once
/ the scene of festivijy and frolic now q
uOrgUe. There ;he cOrpses were rang
al SIDE by side upon the floor and the
! place guarded by q corps Of police.
The sight Of the searchers fer the
( dad working among the wreckage was
/ mos, horrible one in the h.ckering
; light of the huge bontlres. witch spout
/ co sheets of yellow flames into the
/ night The gang OF men went crawling
! over the debris. hacking az the cars
w-,h axes. s,raining to raise heavy
/ timb5rS with crowbars and peeing Dy
the lights OF their lanterns into the
heaps Of wreck. a great part Of their
work had 20 be carried on in the midst
OF m,-y ground. and often as they labor
ed they slipped from a wet board and
fell into the foul mud of the meadow
land. Bu- still c,amber;ng over unceT-
;ain possagewayS. ci.nging 10 piles Of
wrackGge a1d r.sking heir neCks or
J slippery t,m0ers. they worked steadily
I on 70 find the bodies Of the injured and
5ead. Every no. and then a number
Of lnnt6rls clustered around one spot
IN the flreliEht the spectators could see
Irle grimy. sweating wOrkmen strainiug
on Their crowbars or swinging their
axes into the spl-ntered wood, and then
one or two would s.OOp, lower their
lanterns. and. creeping IN the debris
with their hands, While Their comrades
stood By leaning On their tools, draw
Cut a black. shapeless mass. Some
times IL was man, sometimes child,
and sCn tines q woman whose long
! hair. broken lccse, hung in strings and
( .engles from her head. Then the cry
I would 90 up. Chief. Chef" and the
| men carry their gruescme burden, It's
/ face covered with bloody handler
chief through the crowd. Cn.et of
Police F,dredEe. who looked at the
bodies. gave orders for their C.sQCSi-
ton. Then It was carried 10 where
! the cCrpses lay. and the men looked,
with their lanterns. like great fire h!es
floating about the ruins. While this
was going on the crowd was lined seven
O. eight deep around the Splntered
| cars and interfered considerably with
he gang of labJrers. Word had been
ze1t 10 the city for police a.c, and
/ patrol appeared almost IS soon as tne
! vanguard Of the crowd. They look
charge of the entire affair, but notwl-l-
sanding their excellent management,
the crowd pers 'sted iU pushing through
-6- wstchmel The use OF commands,
and even of clubs. was wholly vain. ana
IL was chiefly by the eXerton o. brute
/ force chat protection was secured Tor
/ the se3rcbJrs.
Tn crowd pushed through 20 see. but
rs seen rs q body was unear-hed, the
horror of the sight SO appalled, them
rn4- rhfv rushed or REGARDLESS o. con
s-1u-nces 90. escape Witnessing II.
Men shouted and fought 70 ge, away.
v1r7n sbrieked az the top Ot their lungs
or -urnea sick, and children ran on
s-5airg with terror. A man came
oushing through 10 watch q body being
carried from The ruins. bur aS eoon IS
d. s,,y tho distorted face and twisted
/ limbs of the scGrcherS burden, he
3.v. o shrek o. horror and rushed away
i.., ne darkness. blubbering like a
( child. A woman on seeing one OF her
; cr,p sex. soaked with blood and torn be-
ylul reccgnitiOu by tAe cruel sphn,erS
. tainted dead away. falling apparently
/ Nfeless in the meadow mire. A woman
whose husband hal been killed in the
accident was standing dGzed and wild
eyed i'm the Ugh, Of cae CT the big
fires r.tl he E.,le child ciEging,
weeping. 20 her hand. Mother. moth
err soJ5cd her l.-.le enc, where 5
se1-r2"
Hes dead, dead. dead" answered taa
women. slowly.
oh. God, he's dead" she gasped AMI
c4nS TO the sround in a swcon.
! For s-re.c1srs 20 carry the dead and
injured en-. car doors were ri2Ded on
and car scots arranged in twcs and by
some means fastened together. Alter
( relief trains were filled. the D9.rol W
! g0n was pressed into service and wag-
cns were relieved Of their f-e.9ht and
used 2m5I'cuces.
THE CORoNER'S JURY