The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-25
ARE OVERFLOWED Victims of the Wreck on
 B. and 0. MANY OF THEM ROBBED Thieves on Scene Before Arr rival of Rescuers. -
 Rings Taken from the Fingers of the Dead Robert Dayison Killed While En Route to Be Married.

Connellsville, Pa, Dec. A-The sum- ming up of the results of last night wreck of the Duquesne Limited on the Baltimore and Ohio, eight miles west of here. shows a total dead of sixty-four and nine injured. Today Connellsviile 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 walk ing over the forms of the dead. The streets are packed and in front of each of the undertaking establishments hum dreds are grouped eagerly waiting for \ glimpse at the dead bodies. Friends and relatives of the victims are coming in on every trail and scenes at the morgues are most distressing.
 All but a few of the sixty-four bodies have been identified and those who are stili unknown win be laid away in Hfll Grove Cemetery at the dawn of Christ mas morning.
 Foreigners Not Identified.
 Those who are still to be identified are mostly foreigners and 1t is doubtful if their identity will ever be known. Con- siderable money was found on the per- sons of the unidentified and tightly sewed in belt on one foreigner was found moro than s400 which was placed in the First National Bank. Sums ranging from $100 to $30O were found and this, like the bal- ance, has been put in the bank until per- haps some time a relative may be located. Many of the victims of the wreck have been robbed. There are several who are known to have had a large amount of money and jeweiry on their persons. Not a single cent was found in the pockets of several of these and 1t was plainly visi- ble that rings had been taken from the fingers.
 Robbers on the Scene. Robbers were on the scene early and before any of the reacuers had arrived they had secured considerable booty. much of which consisted of baggage and
 hand bags 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 ofiIcers that the bags were quick ly picked up by the gang of thieves that operated there before assistance arrived. cite County arrived in Connellsville to-
 day and immediately swore in the coro- l ner'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 gondoia
 No. 3,OS7 of the Nickel Plate Railroad. Superintendent ]. F. Irwin of the Bal
 timore and Ohio declares the blame must
 be fastened on the parties who loaded 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- qulries to both the starting point and the destination of the car and will make a thorough investigation.
 A Sad Faaf1lrA
 Possibly the saddest feature connected
 with the many sorrowful happenings fol-
 lowing the wreck is the death of Robert
 Davison. 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 dictated
 note 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 bear ing him to this place. Christmas was to have been my wedding day." he said
 between spasms of pain. T was to marry Hannah Wistman, a stenographer in Philadelphia. The wedding was to have taken place at the residence of Samuel Bailit, at Second and CalIowhill 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 was brave."