The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-22

lOiIrnS Until Such lime as There
Can be Joint Inquest BY City anu
County Authorities.
Norfolk, Va, August 19.-The body
of w. E. Jolly, of Greenville, N. c., the
promoter of the Kinston and Greenville
excursion, which was wrecked in the
western branch of the Elizabeth river
found early this morning floating in
the river The body will be taken at
once to Portsmouth to be prepared for
shipment to the home of the deceased.
Up to this time only fourteen are
known to be dead as result Of the
wreck, although the statements of At
lantic Coast Line officials, divers, ana
others would seem to indicate that this
number will be increased possibly to
twenty or twenty-five. 1t is not believed
the list can go over that number in
view of the fact that most of the I69
negro excursionists have been account
ed for IN one way or another.
The body of Emma King, the negro
girl VINO was left in the coach pre-
sumably dead by her brother Samuel
King, is among those missing. The
railroad authorities have been able to
account only for thirteen dead. The
King woman makes the fourteen. Her
brother made his statement Thursday
afternoon when he came here on the
barge bearing the injured, that his sis
ter was sitting beside him in the car
when the accident occurred. She was
killed almost instantly, he said, and he
could do nothing for her in the short
time he had to scramble for his own
safety.
The body of the colored victim of the
Atlantic Coast Line who died at st.
Vincents hospital shortly after his ar
rival at that institution On the evening
of the wreck was positively identified at
the city mOrgue today as that of Jack
Atkinson, of Greenville, n. G. City
Coroner Knight summoned a jury of
inquest this afternoon, but after view
ing the body of Atkinson the jury was
adjourned until such time as there can
be joint inquest by the city and coun
ty authOities.
At the Sarah Leigh hospital it was
stated by the house physician that no
railroad order was in any of Engineer
Reig's pockets when his clothes were
searched on the patients arrival there,
Reig himself, 1t is said admitted lie
had the order, but did not know what
became of il.
The whereabouts of the order will be
one of the matters the coroner's jis-7
will investigate, for the engineer
claims that he had no advices regard
ing the draw a1d had no orders to stop
anywhere. 1t is further understood that
the danger flag, or portions Of it, which
was set in the track to stop the train
will be introduced at the coroner's in
quest in order to show that it's exact
color was hardly discernable even at a
short distance from a moving train
dirty sack material rather than a red
danger signal
General Superintendent Anderson, OF
the Atlantic Coast Line has issued the
following official statement concerning
the wreck at Bruces station:
I'm view of the comments made both
by the newspaper correspondents and
many Or the newspapers editorially, we
think the public should know just what
is done by the Atlantic Coast Line to
avoid accidents of this character.
Our book Of rules which is stand
ard to nine-tenths of the great rail-
roads of the country, provides:
Trains must stop within three hun
dred feet or all draw bridges.
I'm addition to this, our current time
table, which contains a number of spe-
eial rules, and instructions, with refer
ence to draw bridges, railroad cross
ings, etc, has the following:
"'All trains will come to a full stop
at all draw bridges
I'm addition to these positive in
structions. we have a white sign post
about eight feet high-which is abou.
the height of an engine cab-with a
cross board about five feet in length, on
which is painted, in black letters tour
and six inches high: Half mile to draw
bridge crossing
In addition to this we have three
hundred feet from the draw bridge q