The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-01
NOT THE FIRST ONE
Continued from Seventh PaSe)

ned down by the chest and apparently
met instant death
EVERY BONE BROKEN.
| Almost every bone IN the body %
one MAZE victim was broken when taken
| from the ruins. and many were 60
/ frightfuiiy injured as TO be beyond rec
ognirion- By 3 O'Clock this morning
| the greater part OF the debris had been
cleared away. and II was thought all
! the bodies had been recovered. Rang
! ed along either side OF the s.aSu2ut
pool which marks the some where
stacked IN little heaps the hats. caps.
| gloves and other articles OF clothing
! found on the ground They were pitt
I iful rnensntoes OF the disaster. They
were guarded by small force Of rail-
road men and city police.
/ From early morning excursion part
les from the city We're traysiiinSy 10 che
scene OF the wreck ard convey-a.rcs
were almost at a premium. The large
number of these excurSsonists were w.
men who seemed 70 r-vsi in ths horror
OF the situation and were disappointed
| az not being able 10 witness the re-
nSoyal OF soma OF the r5ei corpses.
The dead have all been removed firm
shops 20 ire Old excursion house. once
the scene OF festfvity end frolS-.' now
a nnorgGe. There the cor2-es were
ranged side by s,de upon tn foor and
/ the place guarded by q corps OF police
Coroner Mclaughlin empaneE-i a jury
! this afternoon TO inquire ioto The
cause OF tbe ac1atsat.
OPERATOR ARRESTED.
The arrest ot william Thurzton. the
operator at the signal tower. confirms
the theory tina; a rnIseake n the display
OF signals wzs The first cause Os TIE
disaster. This - purely conjectaraI.
however. as the arrest may have been
IN the way OF forn1atity. TIE excursion
train vas due 90 leave here at SO
O'Clock, but 81 was some minates Later
when Il steamed out 20 meet c~etn
and destruction, and the dss.ay 90 Eve
or ten minutes on ths meadow, where
Il came TO { full stoo. Is yet 10 De vh-
p,aiued- The Reading train was tire
3 40 from PHILADELPHIA due here AZ 80
O'Clock. The West jersey train was the
go spsctaa excursion carrying eeTen
cozchses nIl@d vs1.h excurEsoniSts from
B-ifxeton. Salem and neighboring VII
lagos In south jersey Il was an ex-
c7Irssoa OF the IBpIovsr Order OF Red
Men ard FIVE tTfbes were rrpr--r1fcd-
T-f5e first car On the R-sdirZ train an1
,he second on the West jersey ~sre up
p-t. but 1h- third car o. ne latter
caught the fun force % t5e impact asd
y,as literally cut sn bali aad each half
shsvsre-d . Os1Ecters. Wien - - re-
mers>red that his car. as well as every
Other. was TANNED with human freight
TIE horror OF the situation caa oe re-
allied
AMONG THE SEARCHERS.
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dad working among the Ereckage zss
a NOS terrible one In ne Ssckersng f1xat
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