Evening star., 1896-07-31

but. notwithstanding their excellent man
agement, the crowd persisted in pushing
through the wreckage. The use OF COM
mands. and even of clubs. was wholly vain.
and 1t was chiefly by the exertion Of brute
force that protection was secured for the
Searchers.
Men shouted and fought to get away,
women Shrieked at the top of their lungs
or turned sick. and children ran of sobbing
with terror 4 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 tine sea-chers
burden he gave shrek of horror and
rushed away into the darkness, blubbering
like a child
A woman seeing one Of her own sex
soaked with blood and torn beyond recog-
milton by the cruel splinters tainted dead
away, falling apparently Hfeless in the
meadow mire- A woman whose husband
had been killed in the accident was stand
ing dazed and wild-eyed in the light of one
of the big fires with her little child cling
ing. weeping, to her hand
Mother. mother" sobbed the little one.
where's father?
Hes dead dead dead" answered the
woman, slowly. ..Oh. God. he's dead she
gasped, and sank to the ground in a swoon.
For StretcherS to carry the dead and in
jured on. car doors Were ripped off and car
seats arranged in twoS, and by some means
fastened together After relief trains were
filled 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 accident by
this time had grown in size from hundreds
to thousands. and, Notwithstanding this
large number, 1t might be said there was
good order The people seemed to realize
the rescuers needed room and once a man.
woman or child was seen being carried to
the ambulance an instant right of way was
given. aiH the annoyingly curious individual
Tor some reason was absent There were
quite number who fingered by the wreck
age all night. rendering their services and
anxious to be of help. The only regretta bic
thing about 1T all was the fact that the Off
GERS had to keep close watch for thieves
who were attempting to rob the dead.
Excursions From the shore.
From early morning excursion parties
from this city were travelling to the scene
of the wreck and conveyances were almost
at premium The larger number of these
excursionists were women. The dead have
all been removed from the various hos
pitals and undertakers' shops to the old ex-
cursion house, once the scene of festivity
and fro'ic, now a morgUe. There the
ccrpses were ranged side by side upon the
Moor, and the place guarded by corps of
police. Coroner Mclaughlin will empanel a
jury this afternoon and inquire into the
cause of the accident.
The arrest of William Thurscon, the tele-
graph operator at the signal tower NAV
indicate that mistake in the display of
signals was the first cause of the disaster
This is purely conjectural however. as the
arrest may have been in the way of for
mality- The excursion train was due to
leave here AT 6:3O o'clock, but it was some
moments later when 1t steamed out to meet
dedtn and destruction, and the DELAY of
nVe or ten minutes on the Meadows, where
IL came to full stop. is yet to be explained
me reading train was the $40 from Phila-
deIpnla, due here at go O'clock The first
car on the Reading train and the second on
the West Jersey were upset but the third
car on the latter caught the full force of
the impact. and was literally cut in half
II Is remembered that this car as well IS
every other. was jammed with human
freight the horror of the situation can be
realized.