Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-08
List OF the Dead.

lows:
S. p. Murphy, Mlllville. N. ].
James Peters.
j. ID. Johnson.
Charles d. Burroughs, Bridgeton.
Body, supposed to be Charles Saay.
II. +. Belle.
II. c. Trooper.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. C. Goldsmith, all Of
Bridgeton.
Samuel Thorne. Atlantic City.
Charles Murta, 273 Pearl street,
Bridgeton.
John Greiner, Bridgeton.
Charles Eackler. Salem.
Charles T.. McGear.
Mr.. and Mrs. Trenchard. Bridgeton.
Franklin Duboies. C~iearfeld, Pa.
]. Ernest, Brighton.
Woman's body, supposed to be that Of
Mrs. Jennie Sheppard OF Bridgeton.
Mary Wentzell, Alloway, N. ].
Lydia Carr.
Pearl Murta, Bridgeton.
Mrs. Elmer May, Palatine, N. ].
Mrs. II. +. Bell.
Anna Frees, Bridgeton.
Edward Farr, Reading engineer, At
lantic City.
Man, supposed to be Charles Sebert,
Bridgeton.
Charles May, Palatine, N. j.
w. w. Wood, shipping clerk, Camden.
G.. b. Taylor, no address.
James l.. Bateman, Bridgeton.
Part of a shirt was found with the
name stamped "A. Fl. Fox"
Mrs. Hattie Lopez.
Harvew Hughes, Bridgeton.
Rebecca NJ. Lopez, Yorktown.
At the City hospital every cot and
mattress is pressed into service. 1t is
still crowded with "a patients.
There are now nine persons at the Ex-
cursion house where the dead have been
gathered which are not Identified; boy
about IL years supposed to be A. Peters.
Parts Of the human frame were found
scattered over the field and mingled in
the debris. These gruesome objects
were gathered together In one heap and
turned over to the charge OF III under
taker.
The clothing, hats, caps, bonnets,
gloves, coats and Jackets gathered from
the ield and wreck were piled together
in a heap. Most Of them were blood
stained, 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 the
wounded.
The catastrophe has cast a pail over
this usually gay and pleasure loving re-
sort. II is the topic on every sid and
is discussed with mingled feelings OF
sadness and horror.
Revised List of Injured.
Albert H. Taylor. scalp wounded and
arm broken; 213 Pearl street, Brldgeton.
VIM. wentzell. scalp nearly torn of
Alloway. N. j.
Mary Pitman, aged II, lacerated and
wounded head; Yorktown, N. j.
John s. Kelly, compound fracture of
femur, internal injuries, probably fatal;
Camden. ~"
VIM. Spaulding, transfer agent Of the
Reading railroad, received internal In
juries and rot expected to live; Philadel-
phIa.
Della johnson, back hurt and head
cut: Shirley. N. j.
Harry Watson. Is years. legs broken
and head injured; Yorktown, N. j.
s. Watson. arms crushed; Yorktown.
Mrs. j. s. Johnson.
w. johnson, fractured femur.
Miss Lizzie Mutta, confusion of back.
Mrs. L. c. Hemsley. general contu-
sion.
Samuel Mutt. scalp and internal inju-
ries.
Mrs. Murta, lacerated cheek.
Wesley Lee. lacerated scalp.
Howard Woodline. broken arm; all
of Bridgeton.
Samuel Wilson and Stanford Wilson.
Elmer wentzell. Alloway; fractured
arms and legs.
Unknown woman. light hair. dark
clothing. fractured skull.
Mrs. Richard Frees. head badly cut:
Yorktown.
Frank Morrell, fractured ankle and
lacerated wound Of scalp. East Orange.
N. j.
In the wards OF the hospital this morn
ing. the scene was shocking. The air
was flied with the groans OF men. the
cries Of women and the sobbing Of lit
tie children.
The dead were all gathered at the old
Sea View Excursion house, which was
improvised into q morgue The bodies
were laid about the floor Of the
Sbig dancing hall Of the pavilion In rows.
It was a horrible sight. The corpSes
were In all stages Of m~utilation. There
w1re headlsss. armless and Iegless
trS2ks and In some tnstances. the torsos
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