The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-25
COUNTING THE DEAD
 IN COLL|NSV|LLE Total of Sixty-four Victims in
 the B. & 0. Wreck SCENES ARE DISTRESSING Guards Are Placed About the Morgues to Prevent the Crowds From
 Breaking in and Trampling
 on the Bodies.
SCENES ARE DISTRESSING

Connellsville, Pa, December A-The summing up of the results of last night s wreck of the Duquesne limited on the Baltimore and Ohio, eight miles west of here. shows total dead of sixty-four. and nine injured.
 Today Connellsville has been packed with curious people attracted by the wreck. The three morgues have found it necessary to put guards on all doors to Keep morbid spectators from jumping into the small rooms and walking over the forms of the dead. The streets are packed and in front of each of the undertaking establishments hundreds of people are grouped eagerly waiting for glimpse at the dead bodies. Friends and relatives of the victims are coming In on every train and scenes at the morgues are most dis !. tressing
 All but few of the sixty-elght bodies have been identified, and those who are still unknown, will be laid away in Hill Grove cemetery at the dawn of Christ mas morning
 Sums of Money Found.
 Those who are still to be identified are mostly foreigners. and it is doubtful If their identity will ever be known. Con siderable money was found on the persons unidentified, tightly sewed in belt. On one foreigner $4O0 was found, which was placed in the First National bank Sums ranging from S1O0 to $3O0 were found and this like the balance, has been put in the bank until perhaps some time in the fu- ture relative may be located
 Many of the victims of the wreck have | been robbed. There are seVaral who a ra known to have had a large amount of money and jewelry on their persons. Not single cent was found in the pockets of several of these, and it was plainly visible that rings had been taken from the fingers
 Robbers were on the seen early and be- fore anly of the rescuers arrived they had secured considerable booty, much of which consisted of baggage and handbags that had been tossed about the cars in the wreck. A number of these had not been recovered and 1t is the opinion of local officers that the bags were quickly picked up by the gang of thieves that op- erated before assistance arrived
 Jury Taking Evidence.
 Coroner Arthur Nagen, of Fayette coun- ty, arrived in Connelsville today and im- mediatey swore in the coroner's jury. The jury is now viewing the remains and taking evidence as to the cause of the disaster
 It has been learned that the car which dropped the timbers which wrecked the train was gondola No 3o87 of the New York Nickel Plate railroad
 Superintendent J. F. Irwin, of the Balti- more and Ohio, declares that the blame must be fastened on the parties who load ed the lumber on the car His theory is that the stakes at the side of the gondola were weak and gave way under the ten- sion of the car when 1t rounded the curve. Superintendent Irwin has addressed in- quirles to both the starting point and the destination of the car, and will make a thorough investigation.
 The track today is nearly cleared.
 Saddest Feature.
 Possibly the saddest feature connected with the many sorrowful happenings fol- lowing the wreck IS the death of Robert Davidson. He was to have been married tomorrow and was on his way to meet his bride when the accident occurred. His last words were written in a note dicta- ted to his fiancee
 Davidson was fatally injured in the wreck but retained consciousness. Know ing that his life was but a matter of a short time he told his pitiful story to the surgeon as the relief train was bearing him to this place.
 Christmas was to have been my we'd ding day" he said between spasms of pain. T was to marry Hannah Wist- man, stenographer in Philadelphia. The wedding was to have taken place at the residence of Samuel Bailit at Second and Calowhil streets.
 Write to her. doctor; tell her I am dying My last words were of her. It is awful to die thus, but tell her I was