The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-01
the unidentified women bearing the in

spaulding, Cheney and Elmer wentzell
died at the sanitarium this afternoon.
LIST OF THE cRPPLED
The revised list Of the injured is:
Harry Watson, twelve years old York
town, n. j., legs broken: Albert II. Taylor,
Bridgeton; Mary Pittman. twelve years
old, Yorktown, n. J.: John S. Kelly. twen-
ty-eight years old, Camden. fractured fe-
muir; William Spalding, Philadelphia &
Reading transfer agent. viii die; Della
Johnson, eleven years. Shiloh. N. j. collar
bone fractured; ]. s. Watson. Yorktown;
Mrs. j. s. Watson. Yorktown; w. Jones.
twenty-three years. Brfdgeton: Mrs. Lizzie
Muta. Bridgeton: Charles Helmslee, twen-
ty-eight years. Bridgeton; Mrs. Richard
Fresem, Yorktown; Samuel Muta. fourteen
years, Bridgeton; Wesley Lee, fifty-s!x
years, Bridgeton; Howard Woodlin, eight
cen years. Bridgeton; Samuel Wentzell.
Alloway. N. j.; Alpner Wentzell. Alloway.
N. J.; Charles w. Horner. Lillian Tyler.
Lizzie Smalley, Carolina Smalley. Howard
smalley. all of Bridgeton; Rachel Abbott,
Rhodestown. N. j.; William Shenny
Bridgeton; ]. 8. Johnson, Shirley, n. j.;
Samuel Pittman, William c. Helmsiee, both
of Bridgeton; Samuel Wilson. Alloway. N.
j.: Frank Morevilie, Bridgeton; II. Muta.
Bridgeton; Hanford Wilson. Alloway. N.
j.: William Boughton, Edward Seeley,
William Winkler. David kitchman, S. p.
Frazer. all of Bridgeton; Irwin Dubois,
Woodruff. N. J.; Chester Burksall. Bridge
ton; Miss Fannie Fralinger, Philadelphia;
Jacob Johnson, Shirley. ". j.; Howard
Woodland. Bridgeton. &C. Homer. .Ailoway.
OF the injured it isSmore than probable
that four or hve wiE die. Many of the
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the dead SO far found and identified were
removed TO their former homes this after
noon. The first train used for this purpose
left the West Jersey station at s:10 o'clock
this afternoon for Bridgeton. 1t carried
twenty-three bodies The remaining corpses
were sent on later trains. One woman
whose identification was established by her
| clothing was decapitated in the wreck and
her head was found at considerable dis
tance from the body. The center of inter-
est to-day was the improvised morgue. and
a strange spectacle for this city of pro-
verbal gayety was the continual process
| sion of undertakers' wagons bowling along
| Atlantic avenue, the principal thorough
fare. carrying bodies 10 that place and later
to the Pennsylvania railroad station. In
side the morgue tragic scenes were being
| enacted throughout the day. Scenes Of a
| like character were occurring at the same
| time at the sanatorium, where the injured
| lie and where several died to-day. Almost
| every incoming train brought crowds of
| grief-stricken relatives and friends, and as
| the darkness came on 1T is safe to assert
| that it found answer In darkness in the
| hearts of many thousands here, where all
meant to be light and gayety.
SCENES AT THE MORGUE.
| A heart-rending scene occurred at the
| sanatorium this morning. A fine looking
business man, well dressed came in and
asked if his little girl was there. He gave
his name as Martin b. Loper, of York
town. N. ]. The child was Reva, aged
twelve years. Together with an attendant
he went from cot to cot, despair deepening
on his face as the search proved fruitless
/ for this probably meant that the child was
among the dead. Finally he caught sight
! of tiny shoe. His face grew still paler, II
such were possible.
That's my girls shoe.v he cried in q
broken voice.
Here's stocking" said an attendant
Grasping the little piece of cloth. he al
most frantically cried: 'Yes. that's hers
but 1t can't be. 1t can't be; my poor child
| must be alive.
1t was then that the attendant produced
a tiny yellow garter. There was a dazed
look in the fathers eye as he saw it. Their
suddenly elasping his hands to his face
he sobbed, my God. it's my Reval' and
sank with a gasp in chair, completely
| overcome.
The scene at the sanatorium, where most
of the injured are being cared for, is pitt
full in the extreme. At the bedside of near
1xre Vic eft fri
for the best but in many cases waiting fol
DEATH William Spalding. of Philadelphia
who is in a critical condition, sent to q
woman relative at the st. Charles Hote
this message: Come and see me die
She sits at his bedside.
AN UGLY CROSSING.
The crossing where last nights acciden
occurred has long been a bugaboo I,
travellers between Philadelphia and Allan
tic City. 1t is located about two miles ant
a half from the Atlantic City terminals
of the two rival railroads and a blocl
tower occupied by an operator is place,
as close to the crossing as safety will per
NIT. This tower is occupied by an operate
who is charged with the duty of seeing
that the train having the right OF wa,
crosses first, and that the other train i
tagged. The competition between the Wes
City business is very Keen and both road
run flyers" which average nearly mil
minute between Camden and Atlantis
| City. There are frequent races across tn
stretch Of open country few miles outsid
| of Atlantic City known as The Meadows
| and passengers the rival trains VIII
are not timid regard the race on the hom
stretch as one of the exhilarations of tn
however, are always apprehensive tha
something will happen as the -dangerou
| grade crossing is approached. Last nigh
| the long-looked for accident occurred, wit
awful results. A railroad man Is reporte
| to have said that the Reading train whic
ran into the Brtdgeton excursion train las
night Was racing across The Meadows
with a train on the Camden & Atlanti
about the same time. Railroad official:
however deny that there was a race.
DR. Charles A. Smith, of Harrisburg
who was near by when the awful railroa
accident occurred outside OF Atlantic Cit,
passed through Philadelphia ON his wa
| home this morning. He tells a graph
story of scenes he witnessed. 1T was a
awful sight" said Dr. Smith. "Only fou
or 1--WE bodies had been taken from tn
wreck when arrived there. The Readin
| express had struck the excursion train o
the Pennsylvania, cutting 1t clean in TIVE
The Reading engine struck the second ia:
senger coach of the excursion train. Th
coach was smashed into bits. there wa
| nothing left of IL except a tangle OF splin
ers mixed up with which were the mangle
| and torn bodies OF men, women and chi
| 3ren Death had come instantaneous, q
from lightning stroke. to most of then
| in this heap of kindling wood. The thir
| .-.-h hod not receiyed the full impact