The Jersey City news., 1906-10-29

FAIL INTO TIDAL CREEK
RISING TIDE CTS OFF IIGFE OF ESCAPE

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Coroner Finds Defective Rsil cornec-
ton At doinins Of nr5M bridge arc
TFsssls FIRST ard second coaah
Leave Raiis, Followed hy Third In
Dowpward Course Gers lnnbeddeo
IN Mud at Bottom Of ..'The Thorough
fare" Near Atiantie City Bridge
render, Rendered Insane BY Accident
Unable to Give Informstion--sN Norman
Passenger Dives into Mater For tius-
sand, sriagins him Up After SAVING
Ti1ree Ssransers.
Atlantie City. n, &, OCT. 29. BY tie
xree1ing Of a three c3ach electric train
on The West Jersey and seashore rail.
road At least fifty p2issen gers perishefl,
and tie list may reach The appalling
totsa as seSalf lfg7ilye when all is known.
While crossing over d clrawbridga
spanning tie waterway known as fhs
Thoroag are, which separates ATTAIN.
tie City from the mainland the train
lett the track and plunged into the wa
ter The passengers in the first two
coaches, VIII one or two exceptions.
were drowned aEany Of the bodies
have been recovered.
The disaster, Tie worst that has hap
pe1led since the terrible mend ow wreck
Of July 40, 1886. occurred at half past
2 o'clock in the afternoon The train.
made np OF three heavy Testsbnle elec-
trie. coaches, which left Camden at i
o'clock III The afternoon. carried ptol,
-ahly ei7ssftys-.r ttl4sst
number Of tickets are hsld by tie com
0Ezetor That o1dcial is uncertain, hoB
e9er, jsst how many passengers the
train carried, and until all the bodies
have been taken oIlt of the submerged
coaches it win not be possible to give
even an approximate estimate Of the
dead
Cause Not Definitely Known
The cause of tie wreck has not been
established II was probably due Ell.
tEer to a defective rail OF the breaking >
Of some. part Of the superstruetufe Of
the first oaeIl
Il has also been suggested that the
wl1ridge which had Just been
elased after the passage Of a Yacht
nothaye properly 5oeked the rails
~ theories llosgever, are as yet purely
speculative
(xapava7 af.s,sae,s.s ~ ~ x4for1,,.,,,5
&C the Pennsylvania railroad arrived
on the scene and will make a thorough
Investigation Into The. cause. OF the ac-
eident Uptdl this investigation shah
have been made AIr Atterhury de-
ciined TO matte any stat telfent
Coroner asgill declared that ae
would probe tae caiise Of the wreck 10
the s9stosn and place the responsibili-
u where It belongs.
'I arrived ct the fiqawbriage,' said
The coroner shortly after the accident
occurred Titb Nr AtfegbHgy ( made
she agk .aspset:en os tlsa tracks.
The Ea.ieoad oHaeials claim se be at q
lose te sxpiair 30 caase 2f tie week
Several llnporfaat facts we're broAgst
OUT by orr Inspection found the
enc 81 The DIRE w3ridge traces higher
then rho enAs Of tbs other track. Con
sequentlv Il was impossible FOR q train
ue9aiing fast - avoit Jumping md
Daiag In dangar y 6snylae she rails.
Nc tsVasc Balls ~ 9rlase.
That gsaa wheels Or tie train haa hjt
shs snds of she rails with terrific nroe
wss shown hv She battered condition
Of the rats The condition 3Y the rails.
however Is at 9arigece with che state-
mens made by the bridge tender. Ac-
corasng fg Mr. Atterharg the a3ridge
tsndag .old hin that the bridge had
taHt been atoseH ard ihat he had gone
te the otlles end OF the 5tsaw fo remove
tRae danger Gags which had been placed
there when The hsjdge vas about to he'
opened The bridge man told Mr.. All
ssrburv he was posltige the tracks we're
perfectly .oclsed Investigation.
shows slliE not 20 have been tie case
Ny attention Has been called to the
fact that there are DO gaafd rails ofi
any glnd On tlle bridge Fad there been
thex Ealghs hive prevented the train
from aluaging into tie 1'AofougHfara
even after t had Jumped the tracks.
I VIII lno on TIE law requires pro-.
tacsioa Of this k.pd
IS i'm acsssbiS at this time to as.
cesraln how many persons lost their.
nvas. but from what an told fear
the numbeF wis he n the neighhors
hard :, ny s3 W. n "