The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-07-31
OVER FIFTY KILLED
READING FLYER DAsHEs INTO A
PENNSYLVANIA EXCURSION,
Which Was Standing Broadside on n
Railway Crossing Near Attain
tic City, n. u.
VICTIMS GROUND TO A PULP
BODIES OF MANGLED HUMANITY
TAKEN FROM WRECK IN PIECES.
Dying and Dead Excursionists Re-
Piled I'm the Hospitals.
FIXING THE RESPONSIBILITY
TELEGR OPERATOR ARRESTED
FOR AN INVESTIGATION.
stories Of Sickening Incidents While
the Rescuers Were Tearing Away
the Mass Of Debris.
Dying and Dead ExcursiOnists Re-
moved to the seacoast City and
Piled I'm the Hospitals.
FIXING THE RESPONSIBILITY
TELEGRAPH OPERATOR ARRESTED
FOR AN INVESTIGATION.
Stories Of Sickening Incidents While
the Rescuers Were Tearing Away
the Mass Of Debris.


ATLANTIC CITY, N. j.. July 3o.-A rail-
road accident. horrible in it's details and
sickening in its results, occurred this even
ing just outside of this city. and as a re-
suit about one hundred persons are either
killed or injured.
The Reading railroad express. which left
Philadelphia at $40 o'clock this evening for
Atlantic City. crashed into a Pennsylvania
railroad excursion train at the second sig
nal tower about four miles out from here.
The Pennsylvania train was returning to
Bridgeton with a party of excursonists
from that place. Millville and neighboring
towns 1t was loaded with passengers and
a rough estimate Of the killed and injured
at late hour places the number at one
hundred. 1t is hoped that this is an ex-
aggeration, but the number is undoubtedly
more than fifty.
A late report says that fourteen of the
injured have since died at the sanitarium.
Superintendent /. N. Sweigard. of the
Philadelphia & Reading. places the number
of dead at thirty-seven and the injured at
about the same number. He sent tele-
gram to Philadelphia this evening which
said:
.There were thirty-seven persons killed,
as follows: Twelve women. twenty-one
men, two boys and two girls. About the
came number wounded
Just where Mr. Sweigard obtained his
information cannot be learned, as it will
be impossible to give the correct number
or even an approximate estimate of the
dead until the debris is removed. This will
consume several hours. Work is still pro-
crossing and the rescuers will remain at
work until the last body is taken from the
wreckage.
The known dead are:
P. s. MURPHY, Millville.
I'D. JOHNSTON. Bridgeton-
CHARLES d. BOUNOUGHAS, Bridge
ton.
c. b. TAYLOR. no address.
p. II. GOLDSMITH, Bridgeton.
Reading train, Atlantic City.
d. E. WOOD. shipping clerk. Philadel-
phia.
JOHN GRIENER, Bridgeton.
SHARLES EACKLER. Salem.
CHARLES MGEAR, Bridgeton.
FRANKLIN DUBOIS. Woodruff.
MRS. JOSHUA EARNEST, Bridgeton.
MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN, with ring. &c
to "" initials.
SMALL BOY, about four years OF age.
FRAZIER BELL and wife, Bridgeton.
MR. and MRS. RICHARD TREN-
CHARD. Bridgeton. identified by their
nephew, Thomas W. Trenchard, City So
lictor of Bridgeton.
EDWARD FARR, engineer of the Read
ing train.
LIST OF HELPLESS VICTIMS.
The Seaview excursion house was thrown
open to the injured. The list of injured
is as follows:
HOWARD WOODLAND. Bridgeton.
broken arm.
SAMUEL MUTA. Bridgeton, scalp
wound internally injured.
w. II. SPAULDING. Philadelphia, in
ternal injuries and head hurt.
MARY SHIMP, Freesborcugh. head cut.
WILLIAM BAUGHN, Bridgeton, back
hurt and head severely cut.
CHARLES c. RENICK, Bridgeton, bad
ly cut about head.
VIOLET ALFRED, Bridgeton, face cut
and nose fractured.
HOWARD SMALLEY. Bridgeton. body
bruised and head cut.
w. C. -HEMSLAY. Bridgeton, badly in
jured.
LIZZIE c. HEMSLAy, wife, body badly
bruised.
MRS. E. A. ABBOTT, Rhodestown, N. j.,
lower limb ard arm broken.
LIZZIE SMALLEY, Bridgeton. and
verely injured
c. ID. FRAZER and wife, Bridgeton
both badly cut on head.
IRWIN DUBOIS, twelve years of age
head cut and badly injured.
MRS. NJ. X. EIGER, Elmer. n. j., back
badly hurt and head cut.
JACOB JOHNSON, Shirley, N. j., head
| cut His wife supposed to be dead and
child badly hurt.
STANLEY WENZOLL, Alloway. n. J..
scalp nearly torn off.
FRED SHENEY, Bridgeton. back hurt
and internally injured.
MRS. SUSAN JOHNSON, Shirley. n. j.
shoulder. head and breast injured
q. Il. FISHER and wife. both seriously
| hurt
| FAIRY GREEN, head hurt.
| II. WEISS neck twisted.
MRS. LAURA PIERCE. Bridgeton. bad
| ly cut head ard body bruised.
WILLIAM SIMPKINS, Salem, heat
| lacerated.
| MASON WORTH. Philadelphia back in
| jured.
ALBERT TAYLOR, Bridgeton head cut
| WILLIAM BOUGHTON. Bridgeton. in.
| ternal injuries.
/ EDWARD zELEY. Bridgeton. head cut.