Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-19
WORK OF RESCUE SLOW
BODY OF EXCURSION PROMOTER
FOUND NEAR PORTSMOUTH.

NORFOLK, Va, August 19.-Up to this
time only fourteen are known to be dead
as a result Of the wreck although the state
ments Of Atlantic Coast Line officials, divers
and 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 169 negro excursionists
have been accounted for in one way or an
other.
The body of Emma King, the negro girl
who was left in the coach, presumably DEAD
by her brother. Samuel King, Is among
those missing. The railroad authorities
have been able to account for only thirteen
dead. The King woman makes the four
teenth.
Her brother made his statement Thursday
afternoon, when he came here on the barge
bearing the injured. that his sister was sit
ting beside him in the car when the acci-
dent occurred. She was killed almost in
stantly, he said, and he could do nothing for
her in the short time he had to scramble
for his own safety. He was frantic over his
sisters death. 1t is understood that several
similar cases have been reported to the rail-
road.
Divers at Work.
Divers today are working on the engine
and tender, which will be raised probably
this afternoon by the 120-ton crane navy
yard which was sent to the scene In tow OF
a tug There is still current reports to
the effect that the dropping of the car
end, when one of the coaches was hauled
out of the water early yesterday morning
prectitated a number of bodies into the
river. Another rumor has 1t that two more
bodies were recovered yesterday afternoon
and have not been identified
At the Sarah Leigh Hospital it was stated
by the house physician that no railroad
order was in any of the engineers pockets
when his clothes were searched on the pa
tients arriving there. Reig. himself 1t Is
said, admitted he had the order, but did
not know what became OF it.
The Missing Order.
The wherea bouts Of the order will be ono
of the matters the coroner's jury will In
vestigate. for the engineer claims that he
had no advices regarding the draw and had
no orders to stop anywhere.
1t is further understood that the danger
flag or portions of it, which were set in the
track to stop the train will be introduced at
the coroner's inquest In order to show that
its exact color was hardly discernable even
at short distance from moving train. The
flag looks like piece of dirty sack ma
terial rather than a red danger signal.
NORFOLK, Va, August 19.-The body OF
w. K. Jolly of Greenville. N. c.. the pro-
moter of the Kinston and Greenvllle eX-
cursion which wrecked in the western
branch of the Elizabeth river near Ports
mouth, Va, Thursday, was found early
this morning floating in the river. The
body will be taken at once 10 Portsmouth
| to be prepared for shipment to he home
of the deceased.
Jollys body is the only one that has been
found thus far today, though divers are at
work looking for other bodies and prepaI-
ing the bottom of the river for the driving
of piles for the rebuilding of the draw
through which the excursion train plunged
Dead Victim Identified.
The body of the colored victim of the
| Atlantic Coast Line railway wreck who
| died at st. Vincent's Hospital shortly
| after his arrival at that institution on the
| evening of the disaster was positively
| identified at the city morgue today as
| that of Jack Atkinson of Greenville, N. c.
The body was identified by Noe Chapman
| and other excursionists who escaped from
| the wreck.
| City Coroner Knight summoned 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 county
| authorities