The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-07-31


two in our car who were killed. They
were Mr.. and Mrs Frank Bell OF
Bridgeton Their daughter was in an
other car farther back and was not
hurt 1 do not know who is to blame
When we were about two miles from At
lantic City we came to a stop out in the
meadows and stayed there for several
minutes, but 1 do not know why. l
think there must have been fully eighty
or one hundred people killed. or the
twenty persons with me was my SIX
year-old boy, and he was not hurt, thank
Cod
An Associated Press reporter was on
one of the first relief trains sent out py
the Pennsylvania railroad and he was
the first newspaper reporter on the
scene. The train was in charge of a
number of railroad officials and Pros
ecutor Perry of Atlantic county. 1t
drew up in the darkness a few feet
from the fatal point. The scene was
wildly picturesque, canopied by star
lit sky and a red moon almost at the
full, shining in the far background ana
the brilliant maze of lights glimmering
from the city beyond Staggering in
and out of the bitches and stumbling
over masses of broken timber. with only
a few fitful lanterns to help their
straining eyes, the rescue gang set
bravely at work. Axes and shoVets
were piled with the greatest Vigor ana
almost at every half-dozen strokes q
mangled form was brought up and laid
tenderly on the waiting pallets. 1t was
a gigantic and sickening task. ana the
strongest of men turned aside falnt
from a revelation of the work of the
spades. A heap of blood-stained TIM
bers, turned aside by one of the rescu-
ers, brought to sight a womans arm.
1t had been wrenched off almost by
the roots and nothing remained but
dripping stump. Even the hand was
gone. 1t had been clad in a dainty
white linen glove the sleeve of which
still chung to it. Not five minutes later
a chance blow from pick revealed
still more CHASTITY remnant. a human
heart that only a few short hours be-
fore had been throbbing with life. One
woman whose body was recovered, still
held in her dead hand plate bearing
picture of Atlantic City. 1t was I'M
broken. Scattered about together.near
the wreck. were many pieces of cloth
ing which had been torn from the bodies
of victims. hats, dainty parasols, fans
and gloves.
lust as one of the relief trains
reached the Pennsylvania with its terri
loN in q
injured. regained his senses for mo-
ment. and clasping his hand to his
head, cried in heartrendering agony:
"Who did this? My God, where are my
wife and children?"
A late report says that fourteen of
the injured have since died at the SAM
tarium.
Superintendent I. N. Swegard of the
Philadelphia and Reading company,
places the number of dead at thirty
seven and the injured at the same num-
Der. He sent a telegram to Philadel-
phia this evening which said there were
thirty-seven persons killed, as follows:
Twelve women, twenty-one men, TWO
BOYS and two girls. About the same
number injured.
Just where Mr.. Sweigard obtains his
information cannot be learned, as it
will be impossible to give the cor
rect number or even an approximate
estimate of the dead until the debris IS
removed. This will consume several
hours. Work is still progressing and
the rescuers will remain at work until
the last body is taken from the wreck
age.
The known dead are:
P. S. Murphy, Millville.
T. D. Johnston, Bridgetown.
Charles D. Bonoughas, Bridgetown.
c. B. Taylor.
p. H. Goldsmith, Bridgetown.
Samuel Thorn. baggage master OF the
Reading train, Atlantic City.
d. E. Wood, shipping clerk, Philadel-
phia.
John Griener, Bridgetown.
Charles E. Ackler, Salem.
Charles McGear, Bridgetown.
Franklin Dubois, Woodruff.
Mrs. Joshua Earnest, Bridgetown.
Middle aged woman with ring &c. to
w." initials.
Small boy about four years of age.
Frazier Dell and wife of Bridgetown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Trenchard,
Bridgetown.
Edward Farr engineer Of the Reading
train.
The Sea View excursion house was
thrown open to the injured.
The list of seriously injured u as fol-
lows:
Howard Woodland, Bridgetown, arm
broken; Samuel Muta, Bridgetown, in
ternal injuries; w. II. Spaulding. PHI
adelphia, internal injuries; Mary
Shrimp, Freesborough, head cut; Will
lam Baughan, Bridgetown, back hurt
and head cut; Charles C. Rinick, Bridge
town, badly cut about the head; Howard
Smalley, Bridgetown, badly bruised and
head cut; w. c. Hemslay, Bridgetown,
badly injured; Lizzie Hemslay, wife,
body bodily bruised; Mrs. e. A. Abbott,
Rhodestown, N. j., leg and arm broken;
Lizzie Smalley, Bridgetown; Caroline
Smalley, arms and legs severely injured;
C. d. Frazier and wife, Bridgetown,
both badly cut on the head; Irwin Du-
bois, u years old, head cut and badly
injured; Mrs. NJ. Keiger, Elmer, N. j.,
back hurt and head hurt; Jacob John
son, Shirley, n. j., head cut: his wife
supposed to be dead and child badly
hurt; Stanley Wensolt, Alloway, N. j.,
scalp nearly torn off; Fred Sheney,
Bridgetown, back hurt and internally
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