The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-31
WOL IN PLEASURE S
CAMP.
Atlantic City Horror Strick-
en- BY the Railway Cross
ing Calamity.
AZ DEAD, 81 BADLY HURT
Unspeakable Terrors Of the
Crash and the Subsequent
Work Of Relief.
BODIES HIDEoUsLY MANGLED
The Air Filled With Groans of
the Dying and Shrieks
Of the BereaVed.
Responsibility for the Disaster Lies
With the Dead Engineer Of
the Express.

Inc Express.
ATLANTIC CITY July 81 1ss6-The
work of searching for the dead at the
scene Of last evenings railroad catastrophe
was continued all through the night and
this morning With the exception Of the
body of Engineer Farr. which was pinned
to the earth under his engine, no others
were recovered from the wreck The en-
gsneer had met instant death at his post
of duty, and in the collision had become
wedsad under the engine. an iron arm
crushing in his breast and fastening him
to the earth in manner which resisted
all attempts to release him last night.
The revised list of the dead is as fol-
lows
5. P Murphy. Millville, N. ].
James Peters.
J. D. johnson.
Charles D. Burroughs. Bridgeton.
Body. supposed to be Charles Sany.
H. r. Belle.
w c Trooper.
Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Goldsmith, all
Bridgeton-
Samuel Thorne Atlantic City.
Charles Murta. 27s Pearl street. Bridge
ton
John Greiner, Bridgeton.
Charles Fackler Salem.
Charles P. MeGear.
Mr.. and Mrs, Trenchard. Bridgeton.
Franklin Dubos. clearfield, Pa.
J. Earnest. Bridgston-
woman's body supposed to be that of
Mss Jennie Sheppard. Bridgeton.
Re5ecca NJ Loper. Yorktown. N. ].
Mary Wentzell, Alloway. N. j.
Lydia Carr. Pearl Murta. Bridgeton.
Mrs. Elmer May Paletlne. N. j.
Mrs. H. F. Bell. Anna Frees. Bridge
ton.
Edward Farr, Reading engineer, Allan
tic City
Man, supposed to be Charles sebert,
Bridgeton.
Charles May Paletine, N. ].
D. F. Wood, shipping clerk, Camden.
c. B. Taylor, no address.
Boy about twelve years, supposed to
be A. Peters.
James NJ. Bateman, Bridgeton.
Mrs. Hattie Loper, Bridgeton
Harvey Hughes. Bridgeton.
Part of shirt found with name stamped
"A. H. Fox
There are now nine bodies at the Ex-
cursion House, where the dead have been
gathered, which are not identified.
Parts of the human frame were found
scattered over the field and mingled in
the debris. These gruesome objects were
gathered together in on heap and turned
over to the charge of an undertaken.
The clothing. hats. caps. bonnets
gloves. coats and Jackets gathered from
the field and wreck were piled together
in a heap, most of them were either
blood-stadned or soaked in it, many were
torn into tatters.
The remnants of handkerchiefs and
petticoats told an eloquent story OF
women. who were attracted to the scene
of the disaster, parting with their wear
ing apparel to furnish bandages for hhs
wounded.
Revised list of injured
Albert H. Taylor, scalp wounds and arm
broken. 21S Pearl street. Bridgeton.
VIM Wentzel, scalp nearly torn off
Alloway, N. J.
Mary Pittfnan, aged II. laceration an6
wounded, head, Yorktown N. j.
John S. Kelly. compound fracture Of
femur. internal injuries, probably fatal
Camden
VIM Spaulding, transfer agent of the
Reading r. r., received internal injur.
les and not expected TO live, Philadel.
phia.
Della Johnson, back hurt and head cut
Shirley, N. j.
Harry Watson, IS years, legs broken an6
head injured, Yorktown. n. j.
r. S. Watson, arms crushed, Yorktown
W. Johnson, aged %, fractured femur
Bridgeton.
Mrs. Lizzie NJ Mutta. confusion q
back. Bridgeton
Mrs. L. c. Henleiey, aged 81, genera
confusion, Bridgeton.
Mrs. Richard Frees. head badly cut
Yorktown n J.
Samuel Mutta, scalp and internal in
jIiries. No. zE5 Broad street Bridgeton
Wesley Lee, aged 56. lacerated wount
scalp, Bridgeton
Howard woodiin, aged is, broken arm
Bridgeton
Samuel Wilson and stanford Wilson
Alloway. n. J.
Elmer Wemtzeli Aloway. aged 7. frac
eiired arms and legs
Unknown woman. Eight hair, dari
ciotflng, fractured skull
Frank Morrell. fractured ankle and lac
Grated wound OF scalp. East Orange. N. !
Mrs. Murta, lacerated wound of cheek
Eriageton
This railroad accident. possibly th
wars, OF all in the experience Of Easter
roads. VIII be felt Ill Atlantic City TO
months yes for years;o come, and il
plight viii certainly destroy the hop
that mas been strong N hotel keepers sha
t!ie coming month would rescue theal frof
nhat mas besss notably q backward sun,
nAer. X makes travellers ti1nd shake