The Cairo bulletin., 1906-10-31
CORONER TO MAKE THOROUGH
INVESTIGATION OF ATLANTIC
CITY WRECK.
MORE BODIES ARE FOUND
Buried In Mud Underneath the Cars
Others Are Believed to Have
FIoated Away--Official Hints
at Defective Bridge.


contention Of Coroner Gaskil fhat I
number Of persons, who lost theil
lives in the electric train wreck OF
Thoroughfare bridge. may be buried
in the mud where the cars plunged
was borne out late today when the
bodies of Mrs. Paul Felsburg, Mrs
Selma Johnson and that of Mrs
Sarah Miller were recovered from un
der the third car,
This car hung from the abutmeni
in the center of the bridge with its
..ose in the mud and when workmen
were trying to lift it from the water
the bodies worked locse.
The finding of these bodies in.
creases the official identified dead to
IS and the total number OF bodies
recovered to 54.
Aside from the search for the
bodies the interest now centers on
the inquest which will be held by
Coroner Gaskil Thursday morning.
While he will not express an opinion
before the inquiry az to the cause of
the accident, it appears from his
statement made this afternoon that
he is convinced that the bridge on
which the accident occurred is not as
safe as ii should be and may have
to be rebuilt.
This evening Mayor Stoy and Cor
oner Gasl0ill held conference and a
jury will be impaneled Immediately.
II is charged that the Pennsylvania
Railroad company, or some of its en-
ployes, caused the wreck because of
criminal negligence.
Daniel Stewart, who for years has
been the tender of the drawbridge,
has said. according to Public Prosecu.
tro Albertson, that frequently after
the draw was closed he had to adjust
the rails by hand. else the electric
trains, which are capable of a speed of
go miles an hour, would be thrown
from the tracks
The prosecutor intimates he has
knowledge that the company knew the
tracks did not evenly meet-that there
was spreading of probably one or
two incehs. and that no effort was
made TO remedy the defects.
Mayor Promises Inquiry.
Mayor Stoy, standing in the old
Empire Bank, which is being used as
d temporary morgue, said;
No man who is in any way re-
sponsible for this horror shall escape
justice. Whether the culprit be a man
or a corporation, we shall punish in
manner to impress the public. The
coroner and myself are working TO-
gether on this, and | wish TO assure
the people that even sleping and eat |
ing shall not interfere with the in !
vestigation."
II is now believed, from statements |
Cf Conductor Curtis who escaped mar |
yelously. that seventy human beings !
lost their lives in the wreck. The rail |
road admits that at least fifty-two |
pershed. penned helplessly in the
cars, the doors of which were diff.
cult TO open excepting by those exper.
fenced IN such efforts
Probably the most pathetic Incl
dent connected with the tragedy was
the action of Andrew McEroy of 2029
Green street, Philadelphia. Looking
today in the temporary morgue upon
the lifelcss bodies of his wife his five.
yearold daughter and his two-year-
old son. which the divers had recov-
cred. he stood as If petrified for a mo-
ment. and then. apparently transform.
ed into a maniac. fought the officers
In an attempt to batter his brains out
against the stone wall
Still another pitiful phase of the
wreck was revealed this evening W.
o. Carter of Camden. n. j.. died by
he side of his wife in one of three
rar traps while they were on pleas
1re trip. Carter was a secret service
lgen. His calling prevented him from
visiting his home frequently and
whenever his orders permitted him 10
90 TO Camden he invariably went on
'uting trips with his wife. The bod
es of the two were found leaning
against each other.
Corpses Drift From Windows.
Despite the statement of the rail
road officials that no bodies have
iosted away. II was declared today by
many of the men who man the hun
Ired boats that clog The Thoroughfare
md are used for purposes of recover
ng the dead that several corpses have
irifted from shattered windows of /
he cars and disappeared.
A remarkable example Of the ire
nendous excitement the disaster has
ccasioned is that Fire Chief William
black and Police Chief Maxwell have
rdered practically every one Of their
men to the scene to render what aid
hey can This evening. under the