The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-07-31
MANY KCURSIONISTS KILLED
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|avoiduble, he san, the scene IN II car
was terrific. Women tainted and men
rushed in mad panic for the door But
it came almost before we knew it. The
third car was cut right in two and the
lower portion of it lifted bodily from the
track and tumbled over. Every car was
crowded, and il is horriblc to think Of the
numbers who must be lying under those
ruins: The roof of one Of the cars fell in
as "a mass, and everybody in that car was
buried under it. 1t simply dropped in on
the people
The Killed and Injured.
Among the known dead arc the follow
ing from Bridgeton: j. D. Johnston,
Charles ID. D.. Bounoughas, p. II. Gold.
smith, John Griener, Charles McGear,
Mrs. Joshua Earnest, Frazier Bell and
wife, and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Trenchard.
Among the other known dead are p. 5.
Murphy, Millville, n. j.; Samuel Thorne,
baggage master of the Reading train. At
lantic City; ID. Il. Wood, Philadelphia;
Charles Ecker, Salem, N. j.; Franklin
Dubois, Woodruff, N. j.. middle aged
woman with ring G. to V. initial boy
nbout 1 years old Edward Farr, engineer
of the Reading train; &. L. Taylor. Seven
teen unidentified women, four men and a
female child, all dead, were brought to the
Excursion House after midnight.
The listof injured is asfollows; Howard
Woodland, broken arm Samuel Muta, scalp
wound and internally injured; William
Baughn, zach hurt and head severely cut;
Charles G. Benick, badly cut about head ;
Violet Alfred, face cut and nose fractured;
Howard Smalley, back broken and head
cut; w. G. Hemsley, badly injured Lizzie
O., Hemsley, his wife, body badly bruised;
Lizzie Smalley n Caroline Smalley,
arms and legs severely injured G, d.
Frazier inc wife, both badly cut on head
Irwin Dubois, head cut and badly injured;
Mrs. Laura Pierce, badly cut, head and
body bruises; Albert Taylor, head cut
William Boughton, internal injuries Ed
ward Seeley, head cut; Chester Burger,
hip injured; ex. Judge Jacob Hitchner, in
ternal injuries Mrs. Hitchner, conoussion
of brain Mrs. II. A. Abbott, leg broken
Fred Sheney, back hurt and internally in
jured David Friese, neck dislOcated AL
bert Taylor, three scalp wounds; Jacob
Hitchon, bruised badly about bead T. f.
Morrald, compound fracture of arm
Charles Horner, compound fracture of
arm Lizzie NJ. Muller, confusion of back
Charles w. Horner, aged -, fractured leg
and internal injuries; Wesley Lee, aged
56, internal injuries, confusion of face
Fred Chenway, internal injuries and scalp
wounds All theabove reside in Bridgeton.
The others injured are as follows; w.
H. S%paulding, Philadelphia, internal in
Juries and head hurt; Mary shrimp, Frees
borough, head cut Mrs. NJ. Keiger, Elmer,
n. j., back badly hurt and head cut
Jacob johnson, Shirley, n. j., head cut
wife supposed to be dead child badly
hurt; Stanley Wensoll, Alloway, N. j.,
scalp nearly torn off Mrs. Susan John
son, Shirley, n. J., shoulder, head and
breast injured William Mason, Philadel-
phia, back injured b. B.. Fisher m wife,
both seriously hurt; Harry Green, head
hurt William Simpkins, Salem, n. j.,
head lacerated Mrs. Job Keiger, Elmer,
N. j., bruised and hurt about head Harry
Watson, Yorktown, n. j., leg broken and
head injured Frank Morell, East Orange,
n. j., dislocated shoulder and lacerated
head Mary Pitney, Yorktown, aged II,
lacerated and wounded head; Mrs, Fra
linger, Philadelphia. leg broken, amputa-
ton necessary; John SHELLEY, Camden,
injuries probably fatal Rachael Abbott,
Rhodestown, n. j., leg broken.
Mrs. Edward Farr, wife of the Reading
engineer who was killed, when informed
of her husbands tragic end, throw up her
hands with IA frantic shrek and fell dead
ut the feet Of her informant.
William Ihurlow, telegraph operator
in the tower house, was arrested late last
night and held pending an inquiry.