The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-08-01
In the Terrible Railway Wreck Near
Atlantic City.
DEATH LIST MAY BE INCREASED.
1t is Probable That Some Of the Injured
VIII Die--It was to Have Been En-
gineer Farr's Last Trip as a Rail
roader--Fixing the Blame.

UNl Oh LIlt llN4iAlDN6 HNllg bNNiAAliEs
OF these forty have been identified, -Four
of the unidentified are women, one man
and one boy. The odd one consists of an
arm to which no body has been found. The
official list of dead follows:
The following among the dead all re-
sided in Bridgeton: Charles Muta and his
daughter Pearl, John Griner, Charles p.
McGear, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Trenchard,
Joseph Peters, J. d. johnson, Charles D.
Burroughs. Mr.. and Mrs. H. Frazier Bell,
Mr.. and Mrs. William c. Lopez, Mr.. and
Mrs. Philip c. Goldsmith, Miss Tillie
Leeds, Elmer Vented, Henry Hughes,
Mrs. Mary Freas, James n Bateman, Mrs.
James n. Batemhn, Frederick Cheney,
Nina Cheney, Joshua Earnest, Morris
Peters and Harvey Hughes.
The dead who resided in other places
than BridgetOn are as follows: William
Pickett, Jeanette, Pa. Samuel Thorne,
Reading baggagemAster, Atlantic City
Lydia Carl, Hancock's Bridge; William
S~paulding, Philadelphia; Edward Farr,
engineer of the Reading train Atlantic
CITY; Michael May. Palutine, n. j.; Mrs.
Ella May, Palatine, n. j Frank Dubois,
Hustled, n. j.; Charles Ecker, Salem, n.
j.; 5. p. Murphy, Millville, n. j.. Mary
Vented. Alloway, n. J.. Reva NJ. Lopez,
Yorktown, n. j. In addition there are
four unknown women, an unknown man,
an unknown boy and IN unidentified arm,
A ring wa found on n finger of one of the
unidentified women bearing the inscrip-
ton sc. to L.
Spauldina, Cheney and Elmer Vented
died nj the S%anatarium yesterday after
noon.
OF the injured it is more than probable
that four or five will die. Many of the
others are injured only specifically.
The investigation into the cause of the
collision and the fixing of the RESPONSE
bility began yesterday in earnest. Coroner
Mclaughlin empanneleda jury consisting
of six Of Atlantic City's wealthy and in
huential citizens. After formal o%rganiza-
ton in the c~oroner's office the jury, headed
by thnt official, visited the old Excursion
House, which has been utilized as n morgue.
The lead had all been taken there and
placed in ice boxes. The iurymen viewed
the bodies and after a few minor formal
tiles adjourned to meet again in the after
noon. At 4 o'clock they again met for the
purpose of visiting the scene of the wreck.
A special train on the Reading had been
engaged, and the party was soon on the
scene. The police kept the crowd at n re-
spectful distance and the jurors went over
the ground.
The relief gangs had done effective
work. Both tracks We're now clear, the
articles of clothing which belonged to vic
tins had been taken TO police headquar-
tiers, and much of the wreckage had been
removed. Beside the ditch, however, there
still lay a great mass of broken timber,
and here and there a portion of the third
car, which felt the heaviest effects of the
crash and was cut into so much kindling
wood. A little beyond lay what remained
of the Reading engine. The force of the
collision was so great that the engine was
not only turned upside down, but also
completely turned around. There is IA
very general impression that under the
mass of debris at least six more bodies lie.
The jury made an exhaustive examina-
ton of the ground and devoted copsidera-
BILE time to the inspection of the signals,
which still remain as they were at the
moment of the accident, that facing the
Reading being the red, or danger signal,
and that towards the Pennsylvania mean
ing come ahead"
George f. Hauser, who had charge of
the tower, and who is now under arrest,
has made several statements to the police.
He told them no saw both trains coming
when both were sufficiently far away TO
admit of the full display of signals, but as
the West Jersey was the nearer, he gave
the Reading the red light and signaled the
other train to come ahead. The Reading,
however, never Stacked speed, but came
on. The men in the cab either thought
they could easily clear the point in time,
or the brakes failed to work, and they
could not stop in time, The only living
man who positively knows this is Fireman
OHoulahan, who saved his life by leaping
from the cab.
Newspaper men had been unable to To-
cate O'Houlahhn until last night, though
his whereabouts were known TO the au-
thorities. He was finally located last
night at "a boarding house at 81 South Ar
kansas avenue, but despite all kinds of
pressure, probably acting under instruc-
tons, he refused to discuss the accident
from any point Of view.
Last night Coroner Mclaughlin called
Hauser before him and gave him a hear
ing. 1t was purely perfunctory, however,
and but little was said. Hauser refused
TO make any statement whatsoever at this
, time, and was held in $500 bail for a fur
Their hearing. Bail was furnished and he
was released.
r All the dead so far found and identified
were removed to their former homes yes
terday afternoon. The first train used for
this purpose left the Pennsylvania station
, at $40 o'clock for Bridgeton. 1t carried
r twenty-three bodies. The remaining
/, corpses were sent on later trains.
! One woman, whose identity was estab-
lished by her clothing, was decapitated in
the wreck, and her head was found at d
considerable distance from the body. Tho
theory that more bodies are under tn,
7 wreck is strengthened by the fact tina
8 many inquiries are being made by rela
Q tives and close friends for persons whC