Milford chronicle., 1906-11-02
in HORROR AT
ATLANTIC CITY
Three Crowded Electric Cars
Plunged Into Water.

Plunged INTO wafer.
Cars Left the Rails at Drawbridge
Over the Thoroushfare and Were
Submerged in Water and Victims
Had NO Chance to Escape-Pathetlo
Scenes at Morgue When Dead
Were identified.
Atlantic City, ~ j., Oct 31-Bear-
Ing ont the contention OF Coroner Gas
kill that a number of persons who lost
their lives in the electric train wreck
on the Thoroughfare bridge may be
buried in the mud where the cars
plunged in. the bodies of Mrs Paul
Felsburg, Mrs. Selma Johnson and that
nf Mrs. Sarah Miller We're recovered
from under the third ear. This car
hung from the abutment in the centre
OF the bridge, with its nose in the
mud. and when the workmen were try
ing TO lit it from the water the bodies
worked loose That of Mrs Miller was
pinned fast in the wreckage. but that
of Mrs. Felsburg ioated up to the view
was found sometime later, caught un- |
der the wreckage. All We're cut and /
battered.
The finding of these bodies increases
the official identified dead to 81. and
the total number of bodies recovered
to "a. There are still known to be
among the dead the bodies of Mrs
Frank Monroe, 3-year-old Joseph Nc
Elroy, H. n. Burch and Arman Alexis
Tadesco, which makes the certain
number of dead in the wreck 5S. there
still remaining at various mortuaries
three unclaimed bodies.
The Dead.
Emanuel Freed, of New York, an act
or known as NANNY" Bernard,
nephew of Sam Bernard.
Mrs. Mary Benckert, Philadelphia.
Clarence Benckert. u years. son.
w. L. Carter Philadelphia.
Mrs. w. /. Carter his wife. ]
James Paul Dempsey, Camden.
Ida Dempsey. his wife. [
Mrs. Walter Bradish, Eastport, Ne. t
Mrs. Cora Bibbe Brown, Eastport. Me. t
Mrs. Selma Womfer, Atlantic City. /
Mrs. Laura Lawrence, Philadelphia. e
Samuel and Rachel Ifell, German S
town b
Walter Scott, Atlantic City. p
DIR. and Mrs. Alvin C. Hudders, Phil e.
adelphia O
Dr. and Mrs. Paul Felsberg. Philadel- p
phia ci
Frank Monroe, Atlantic City. tc
Eddie Niaeeo T11.sf..4-r-t-. nj
Gertrude Hayes, colored. Camden. in
Mrs. Evelyn McElroy. Philadelphia. e'
Olivia McElroy, . years a daughter. w
John Zimmerman, Philadelphia. IN
b. Finkelstein. Reading. Pa.
Mrs. Ella RittenhOuse. PhiladelDhia. eli
Ella Mary Rittenhouse. a daughter. SCI
Albert L. Getman. Philadelphia. Ca
Albert Kessel. Camden. th
Charles Kessel. a brother. lit
Mrs. w. II. Stewart Wenonah. N. 7. esC
William Stewart Klyne. young adopt- ble
d son Of aIrs. Stewart. we
Martha Heisch. PHILADELPHIA. quI
William Edwards. Woodbury.. n. J. con
Frank and Joseph Merward. Philadel-
hia Z
Constantine c. Veorado Philadelphia ire
Nincenzo DOmable. Atlantic City. tic
George Turner. colored. Atlantic CITY. wei
Thomas Culvence, Philadelphia. hoa
clifford and Sinclair Harris. colored. en-
Philadelphia pau
John Kobar. Philadelphia. ant
Robert Brewer, Philadelphia. eth
George Womfer Camden. hea
Mrs. Sarah Miller, Philadelphia. "Th
Lester Miller, her son. BAN
Samuel Kleinberger. Atlantic CITY A
The injured. iden
Among the injured are: II. B. 10 McE
'h, Camden: al. Reese. 50 Archibald delp
eet Scranton, Pa; John Fortunate. ava
iadelphia Joseph Devilo. manager The.
Royal Artillery Band. severely in trair
ed about head and ribs: Oreste Rov their
liello, Philadelphia; W. H. Stewart was
nonah, N. j.; Frank Deceri. Phfla- and
phia; John Fortunate. PHILADELPHIA was
selo Fanzein, Philadelphia; Andrew restr
'lor, Camden, N. j.; Ida Debal. Flor was
e, ~ j.; Edward Morgan. Scranton lowe,
orestes Roy, Philadelphia; H. B. morg
eph' Camden, N. j.; George McGee, WI
ladelphia and
he second of the death dealing cars cL'ldl
ldlssu' ana II is probable that had {
n the last one is entirely out of McEl
water several other bodies will be The {
Nered. and j
'roner viii Make Rigid Inquiry. Ger
sac from the search for the bod ored
interest now centers on the in on he
t. which will be held by Coroner the ST
ill on Thursday. While he will est co
express an opinion before the in was
as to the cause of the accident Thoml
pears from his statement that he brothe
nvinced that the bridge on which tive id
accident occurred is not as it Hay