The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-08-01

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gardless OF consequence. 90 escape wit
Messing 1t. Men shouted and fought tc
get away. women shrieked at the TOP
OF their lungs or turned sick, and chill
dren ran of sobbing with terror. a
man came pushing through TO watch a
body being carried from the ruins. but
as soon as he saw the distorted face
and twisted limbs of the searchers' bur
den he gave a shrek of horror and ran
away into the darkness blubbering like
a child.
Women Faint Dead Away.
A woman on seeing one OF her own
sex covered with blood and torn be-
yond recognition by the cruel splinters.
tainted dead away, falling apparently
lifeless in the meadow mire. A woman
whose husband had been killed in the
accident was standing dazed and Wild
eyed In the light OF one OF the big fires.
with her little child clinging weepingly
to her hand. For stretchers to carry
the dead and injured on car doors were
ripped of, car seats arranged in twos
and by some means fastened together.
After the relief trains were filed the
patrol wagon was pressed into service,
and wagons were relieved OF their
freight and used as ambulances.
The crowd at the scene OF the acci-
dent had by this time grown in size
from hundreds to thousands and. not
withstanding this. there was good or
der. People seemed to realize the res
cuers needed room and once a man,
woman or child was seen being carried
to the ambulance. an instant right-of-
way was given and the annoyingly GU
orius individual for some reason was
absent There were quite a number
who fingered by the wreckage all night
rendering their services and anxious to
be of help.
GhouIs In Evidences.
The only regrettable thing was the
fact that the officers had to keep a
close watch for thieves who were at
tempting to rob the dead. A horrible
sight was presented when the body OF
an unknawn was brought to the light.
The face was a mass of red flesh. tho
skin having been completely torn of.
There were worse cases than this
beggaring pen and description.
Aiiracu!ous Il scaprs
Charles Blue, a resident of Brldgeton.
told of an almost miraculous escape
he and his wife had from death. He
was In the third seat OF the first car
when the crash came. They went down
in the fall. They were buried beneath
cushioned seats with hardly enough
room to move. They were extricated
from their perilous position, but at the
elbow Of the husband lay little child
dead. w. p. Purday, one of the sur
vivors. In describing the scene In his
car when the collision occurred. said
he was on the Reading train and had
just awakened from doze. He looked
out of the window to see that the crash
was unavoidable. He was at a logs
what to do. but in an instant 1t was
all over. The first thing he knew he
was lodging persons trampinR over hi,
body. They dashed about like Wild
people, tramping each other down in
their frantic endeavors for their own
safety. He got out safely, but how, he
could never tell.
From Gsyety to sorrow.
Atlantic City. N. j.. July U.-The
gayety which will mark this resort
will be but faint echo of days past.
Aht htabi kHhii HAS L. VII
every street corner and hotel piazza
trembling lips discuss last nights fear
full catastrophe and await additional
details repeated by break OF day. The
list of dead. as revised. numbers 49, The
injured. as far as known. number 49,
The revised list is as follows:
Dead-Charles Muta. Bridgeton; John
Griver, Bridgeton; Charles Eckler, Sa-
lam. rhaflao ID D,tA
Mr. and Mrs. Trenchard. Bridgeton. S.
p. Murphy, Millville; Joseph Petus,
Bridgeton; j. d. Johnson. Bridgeton;
body, supposed to be Charles Soly,
Bridgeton; II. F. Bell. Bridgeton; w.
C. Looper, Bddgeton; Mr.. and Mrs. p.
c. Goldsmith. Bridgeton; Samuel
Thorn. Atlantic City: Franklin Dubois,
Cleafield. Pa; J. Earnest. Bridgeton;
Jennie Sheppard. Bridgeton: Mary
wentzel. Ailoway. N. j.; Lidie Cars,
Bridgeton; Pearl Muta, Bridgeton;
Mrs. Elmer May. Palatine. N. j.: Anna
Freis. Bridgeton: Mrs. III. F. Bell
Bridgeton; Edward Farr. Reading rail-
way engineer, Atlantic City; man, sup
posed to be Charles Sebert. Bridgeton
Charles May. Palatine. n. j.; J. f.
" d
G. b. Taylor address unknown; James
Batteman. Bridgeton: boy. about ~
supposed to be A. Peters: Reva NJ. Lo-
per, aged 12. Yorktown. n. j.; nine bod
les not identified.
Injured-Harry Watson. 12 years old
Yorktown. N. j.. leg broken: Albert ii
Taylor. Bridgeton: Mary Pittman. aged
II. Yorktown: John s. Kelley, aged 90
IN indian fracturad fau,ttr. Uvillfa M
Spalding. Philadelphia. Reading rail
way transfer agent. will die: Della
Johnson. aged IL. Shiloh. N. j.. collar
bone fractured: j. s. Watson. York
town: Mrs. J. s. Watson. Yorktown:
Lizzie Muta. Bri 'get0n; Charles Helms.
Freese. Yorktown; Samuel Muta. aged
IA. Bridgeton: Wesley Lee. aged 56
Bridgeton: Howard Woodlin. aged IS
badly hurt: Samuel wentzell. Alloway
N. j.: Elmer Wentzell. Alloway;
Charles w. Horner, Bridgeton; Lillian
Tyler, Bridgeton. Lizzie Smalley
Bridgeton: Caroline Smalley. Bridge
ton; Howard Smalley. Bridgeton: Ra.
chael Abbott. Rhodestown. N. j.; VIII.
lam S. Henry. Bridgeton; J. S. John
son. Shirley, n. j.; Sameul Pittman
Bridgeton: William C. Helmsley
BridgetAn; Samuel Wilson. Ailoway
Frank Moreville and II. Muta, Bridge
ton; Hanford Wilson. Alloway: Will
lam Boughton. Brdgeton: Edward
Zeeley. Bridgeton; William Winkler
Bridgeton; David Mitchman. Bridge
ton; $. p. Freezer. Bridgeton; Irwir
Boyes. Woodruff. n. j.; Chester Bird
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