Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-10-30
DRAG DEAD FROM
SUBMERGED CARS
Divers Work INCREASINGLY
At Scene Of Atlantic
City Wreck.


tai number of dead in the wreck of
the electric train which on Sunday at
terno"n loaded with passengers plung-
cd into the water separating the city
from the mainland, is now placed at
56, and of those 40 bodies have been
recovered, two bodies are unclaimed In
the temporary morgue and two more
people are known to have been drown
ed. Their bodies have not as yet been
recovered A special car containing
the bodies Of the Philadelphia musi-
clans left last night for that city The
day has been one of unceasing activity,
Of gruesoms scenes and pathetic Incl
dents. Wrecking crews with derricks,
| succeeded in bringing one Of the two
submerged cars to the surface, and
working in the other brought up the
bodies until their task was completed,
then reported that no more dead re-
manned either inside the second car
or anywhere in the vicinity.
/ Interest now centers in the work OF
the coroner's jury which today made a
careful inspection of the scene of the
wreck and the bridge at which the
train left the rails. The jury sworn in
by Coroner Gaskill Is headed by State
Senator Edward S. Lee. as foreman.
The jurors met at o'clock and accom-
panied by the coroner and prosecuting
attorney, Solicitor Wotten and several
city officials proceeded to the scene of
the tragedy. At the bridge they were
Joined by Mayor Stoy and w. Water
bury, general manager of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad.
After the forward of the two SUBJ
merged coaches had been hoisted to
the surface and the divers who had
been at work on the wreckage all day
had made final examination of the
second car without finding any more
bodies, Mr.. Atterbury, of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad, who with several OF
his assistants had been on the scene
since Sunday night, expressed his belief
that the total number of dead would
not exceed So. On returning from the
drawbridge Mr.. Atterbury said the
|. cause of the accident still was a mys-
terry to him. Mr.. Atterbury himself
showed the jurors how the bridge Is
operated and explained In detail the
manner of opening and closing the
draw. On their return to this city At
terbury decided to hold the examina-
ton on Thursday.
Although reasonably certain that the
waterway into which the electric train
fell had been relieved of all it's dead
the divers continued their work late in.
to the night and maintained a diligen1
search. The wrecking crew is also KEEP,
, busy preparing for the hosting of the
second car and 1t is expected that this
will be raised before morning
A revised list of the recovered dead
follows:
JAMES DEMPSEY AND WIFE. o,
Lambertsville.
SAMUEL. IFFEL Philadelphia
VINCENT BONIVLO, member Roya
Artillery band.
UNKNOWN WOMAN, wearing wed
ding ring inscribed Samuel q
. Rachel"
MISS CORA BIDDLE BROWN. O
FRANK MONROE. Camden. HI,
| wife is missing.
81 WOMAN. not identified.
\ MRS. WALTER BRADIsH, East.
port, Maine.
YOUNG WOMAN, not identified
TWO ITALIAN LABORERS, believ.
ed to be p Agruso and Frank D. Sac.
neso.
ITALIAN MUSICIAN, face so badl,
battered he can not be recognized.
( YOUNG GIRL, slight build. not iden.
titled
MRS. GEORGE NJ. woMFER, Cam.
den.
} CLARENCE AND HENRY BECK
| ERT, Of Philadelphia. Their mother /;
I dead but her BODY has not been iden.
! titled.
! W. I. CARTER. detective of Phila
! delphia.
WALTER SCOTT, motorman Of tn,
! train.
DAVID FRIED, Philadelphia.
/ Nineteen others.
Road KNOWN to Be Unsafe
Atlantic City n. j.. Oct, 90
Friends of Walter Scott, motormo,
OF the wrecked train, who is amon
the dead, told story here last nigh
that Scott had a quarrel with hi
father and mother in Camden befor
leaving home. His father. an old Ia
connective fireman, insisted that .th
trains run over the electric railwa
was not safe and that they were sur
to come to grief. Mrs. Scott hung O
20 his arm and begged him not to TAX
the train out, but the young ma
brushed his parent aside.
Scott stuck to his controller an
threw on the air brakes as his trai
left the tracks. Survivors say the
felt the gripping of the iron sho,
and the second and third ca rs sInur1