The Jersey City news., 1906-10-30
WRECKS gEAT!! LIST
Fifty three Bodies Recovered
sfOm suaksa Cars al
Atlantic City.
TRYING 70 FIX TIE BLAME.

Sorener Declares Criminal CarelsssneSs
Caused Disaster Railroad superin-
tendenf Defends MISUNDERSTANDING
siahss at Hospital to Which Twenty
three Injured Were Taken.
Atlantic City. N. T., Oct. 30.-The to-
tai number Of dead in the appalling
wreck of the electric train which,
loaded with passengers, plunged into
the Thoroughfare, the waterway sepa-
rating this city from the mainland is
now placed at fifty-three. OF these for
ty-nine bodies have been Identified,
twos bodies remain unclaimed in the
temporary mortuary, and two people
are known TO hive been drowned, but
their bodies have not been recovered.
Wreekiag ears. with derriclzs, sue
ceeded in bringing one of the two sub
merged cars to the surface, and divers
working in relays brydght up bodies
until their fsarfuI task was completed
pnd they reported that no more dead
remained either inside the second car
or in the water ana mud anywhere in
the vicinity.
coroner's Jury Probes Wreck.
Interest now ceaeers IN the work of
the eoroners jul.y. of which State Sen
ator Edward S. Lee is foreman. They
have made a careful inspection Of the
scene Of the wreck and the drawbridge
Mt which the train left the rails.
Il am certain of criminal careless
ness, Coroner Gaslkili declares in his
formal statement, .'and I shall place
the blame where it belongs .
Mayor stoy Of this city made a state
nent declaring that ths blame woula
be liked
It is sai1 that the public prosecutor
is in possession Of testimony given by
Daniel Stewart the tender and flag
man at the drawbridge. to the effect
that the structure was a makeshift af-
fair, that the rails Joined with the
main tracks were not locked before the
express came along at forty miles an
hour and thar it was possible to lock
the rails only by hand.
Railroad Manager Talks.
General Manager w. w. 3tterbury
Of the Pennsylvania railroad said:
7 do not believe that Stewart, the
bridge tender, said anything like what
has been attributed TO him regarding
the jaeAing up or alignment of the
rails. It is not a fact that when the
-dFsesv IS swung t7sat ~tlle rails have to
be reset. This drawloridge is Of the
latest improved type We have noth-
ing to conceal. We don't know what
caused the wreck, and I don't think we
can knew until we have seen the
trucks of the derailed cars.
When asked the direct question as to
his idea of the cause Of the wreck. he
said. Perhaps a broken fange or some
part Of the cars gear gave way"
After the forward car Of the two
submerged coaches had been hoisted
to the surface and the divers who had
been at work on the wreckage had
made a final examination of the second
car without finding any more bodies
Mr.. A.tterbury expressed his belief that
the total number of dead would not
exceed hfty-three.
None Carried Out to Sea.
"There is bare possibility that one
OF two others may have been killed, =
be said, but I feel eenfident that the
number Of victims will remain at ffty-
three. cannot believe the report that
some of tie unfortunates were carried
out TO sea by the ebbing tide.'
Mr. AtfeFbury showed the jurors
how the bridge is operated and ex-
planned in detail the manner Of open
ing and closing the draw.
The finding of the body of Motor
man Waller Scott was one Of the most
llornfying features Of the aftermath
Of the wreck The diver who brought
rle remains of the motorman .to the
sssrface tainted from exhaustion ana
horror and was revived with difficulty
SCOTS lifeless fingers We're clutehing
the controller and the air brake ham
dies in a death grip. 1t proved he had
stuck to his post to the last as his train
dashed from the bridge into the inlet.
The scenes at the place of the wreck
and in the morgue were heartrending.
Women shrieked and tainted as they
recognized some loved one among the
dead, and others threw themselves up
on the bodies of the relatives and had
to be dragged away by main force.
Stories Of Survivors.
The stories Of the SURVIVORS who bat