Milford chronicle., 1906-11-02

ueSudy Will pIOpaDly be Daniel Stew
art. the old bridge tender, and John
Spiker, the t0werman who operates the
signals. Stewart declares positively
that he locked the draw properly after
the schooner yacht Sinbad passed
through, and the railroad officials say
that in any event the signal for safety
would not have been set when the
train came along had the rails not
have been right John Spiker, the
towerman, when asked about this said
that he could not see the tracks clearly
enough from his position to know
whether the tracks were in line, but he
said he got the signal from the tender
that they We're all right and gave the
train clear track
Frantic Rush From Rear Car.
When the rear car Of the train
caught on the abutment on the bridge .
where it hung poised for a minute
there was a frantic rush Of the pas.
sengers for the rear door. Probably
a score or more got out and as the car
plunged over the edge others leape1
into the water. The last car that went
over the bridge fell upon the others
and slowly slid off into the water The
moments delay, however, gave several
passengers the opportunity to leap
into the water before the car was fin
ally submerged.
Motorman Scott stuck to his post
and went down with his train. The
third trainman, Brakeman Wood,
proved himself a hero. When the train
left the rails and was humping over
the ties Wood ran to the rear door Of
the last car threw it wide open and
held is open for the passengers to es.
cape. He held the door open until the
car slid off the bridge, and went into
the water with it. He then swan to
the shore. His action in holding the :
door open probably saved many lives.
No Warning of Death. ;,
On leaving Westville the third-rail =
electric car was applied and the train -.
from there on bowled along at its Gus -
tomary speed. Not the slightest incl -
dent occurred to cause the motorman =,
10 slow down When the drawbridge,
which crosses the stream popularity hi
known as the "Thoroughfare" was ap- -,
the mOtOrman saw a clear -
rack before him. There was nothing -,
o warn him of danger, nothing to show e.
hat the rail might not have been in ~.
)lace, in fact nothing to indicate that no
was not as it should be. -.
10 the train bounded along over the ,,,
ridge with never a hint to the unsus-
ecting passengers that death would -
ONE to many so suddenly. All al
nee the forward coach lurched. the Wr
wheels leaped the rails and w
lme down upon the ties. Swervina
the left. the first coach dragged the x
hers after and plunged over the edge
ITO the water. The third coach how
'er struck a heavy abutment and
as left momentarily suspended in
idair
As soon as the first coach was pre-
plated into the water there were
reams of men, women and children N
ught like so many rats in a tran vr.,
ey We're thrown iu heaps. and what PhHa
tie chance these might have had 10
ape was cut off by the wild scram-
, which ensued. The TWO cars which
re hurled from the bridge sank TIae,iI
Iaklv i'm 20 feet of water. and are now Thur.
npIetely hidden from view. fb9r. HoIl
Heartranding Scenes at Morgue. Mond.
.he scene at the Old Empire Then. Vla1.
the temporary moreuo on Allan. Thurs
avenue where most of the bodies Ret,
re taken Tor Identification. were ffom :
rtrending Weeping mon and WON.
filed along the lines OF corpges Friday
sing fora second while an attend. We.4i u
reverently lifted a sheet then TaoS1da
Ter passed on with a shake of the
d, or with a scream would saw. Boat
at is my mother. sister or bpe. Chester
az as the case might be. Ta.a-r'
mong the most pathetic of these
tidcations was made by Andrew Er,,r,
Troy of 2o29 Greeen street. Phila. zou
hia. McElroy was in Atlantic Citv ---
irng his wife and two children ,l5 Frederic
Y expected to take the II o'cIocl,
!. but for some reason postDonod
start until the fatal train. He The
at the station here to meet them. -,
when he learned of the accident JO|
cTazed from grief He had to be
aimed from killing himself and if
not until Monday that he was al.
4 to view the bodies in the
ue -
len the sheets were pulled back
he saw the faces of his wife and D.
rem he dropped as if shot. and VIII lea'
o be carried from the room. Mrs a
roy was only 28 years old herself /
children We're Olivia, ) years old.
oseph, 2 years old. THURSDAY Ya,1;i..y
trude Hayes, a 2O-yearold col. Thursday
girl. living in Camden. who was T6gII5y5 TT60ndey. !,
r way to Atlantic City to sing at Monday.
T. James church, one of the Iarg. NanGs,y N5nplGsoay
lored congregations in the city. Thursday
wrongly identified as Mary VIII leav
pson. also of Camden, but her vii sto
r, William Hayes, made a posi- CONS aoil ga and d
entification. ,,.1'l,I RETI-pl :.
es was so overcome with the - Philade
of the scene that he went into H., No'