The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-29
DEAD: So.
Electric Train Plunges Into
Water ct Atlantic City
From a Drawbridge Which
Failed to Work
CARS STOOD ON END.
With Passengers in a Heap at
the Bottom
One Car Hung Over the Side Of
the Trestle.
TIDE WAS COMING IN
And Divers We're Necessary to
Bring Up Bodies
Several Members of the Royal
Italian Band We're Drowned.
TIDE WAS COMING IN
And Divers We're Necessary to
Bring Up Bodies
Several Members Of the Royal
Italian Band We're Drowned.

Atlantic city. \. J.. Oct 29--Fffty-
three persons are positively known to
have LOST their liz in the waters OF
the Thoroughfare sterday. when an
electric train jumped the rails on the
drawbridge over the waterway. OF this
number AZ have been identihed. two are
missing and four yet remain in the
morgue unidentified. The two missing
are known to have perished. They are
young McElroy and Burch.
Mayor stoy made the following state
meuI today:
AT the present time i am not pre-
pared to say anything concerning or
bearing upon the cause Of this terrible
disaster. An investigation win be con-
Quoted and wherever the blame belongs
ii viii be fixed and the public may de-
pend upon that. Coroner Gaskin and I
are one ia this purpose and no man
shall get away from Us who may have
had anything to do with the calamity
or may have any light to shed upon 1T
Coroner Gaskin will before the day IS
over impanel a jury, but neither o. us
believe thai ii will be possible to hold
an inquest until the latter part OF the
week"
the early morning trains brought
many persons from Phlladelphla ana
other points who were anxious to learn
if q dear one had been swept TO death
by the awful disaster.
The list of dead thus far Identified
follows
The Bead-
MRS. FREDERICK BENCTSERT'.
Sixth and Jackson streets, Philadel-
pilla- ID r,r-,-,.r- r,r-,-,~7-p-4.-r srea -
HARRY BENCKERT. aged 9, SONS
of Mrs Frederick Benckart
W. L. CARTER 921 Walnut street
Philadelphia
DAVID FRIED. 1927 Madison ave
nue. New York
JAMES p. DEMPSEY. 800 Steph-
ems street Camden n J.
MRS IDA DEMPSEY. Lambert
MISS CORA BIDDLE BROWN.
Eastp0ri. Ne.
MRS SELMA WOMFEE2, 31S Fed
eral street Camden. N J.
JAMES EAGAN. Atlantic City. N. J.
LAURA LAWRENCE, 10th and
Bran dywine streets, Philadelphia.
MRS BRADISH. Atlantic. n. J.
SAMUEL IFFEL. % West Wash
ington Lane. Germantown. Pa.
WALTER SCOTT. Atlantic CITY.
X J.
FRANK MONROE. Camden. n. ].
WTNCFNTE DONNEIL. member
Tosca's Royal artillery band. Philadel-
phla.
POsOUAL F. MOsELE. rosca's
bard. Phila de'phia
FREDERICK DE sOCREsO, Tos-
cas- band. Philadelphia
p ANGEURFO, Tosca's band. Phil
adelDhia.
DIR. A. J.. HUDDERs, Roxborough.
Philadelphia
MRS. CATHERINE HUDDERs. his
wife
DIR. Paul. F. FELsBERG. .3s years
Old Philadelphia
MRS. FRANCES FELsBERG. his
EDDIE NESS. 5 years old. Phila-
delDhia.
MRS. EvALTNE 5IcELROY. Phila-
delphia.
OLIVIA McELRoy. 5 years old.
daughter
MRS. w. T.. CARTER. Phi1adelnbis
JOHN ZIMMERMAN. Pbf1adeIn17fs
MRS ELLA RITTENHOFFR phil
adelphia
ELLA RITTENH0FER. daughter.
= MISS MARTHA T. HICE. Phflade1-
WILLIAM EDWARDS. woodbury..
MRS. W. H. STEWART. wennab
n J. L.
WILLIAM STEWART KLINE =
years old Wenonah N J.
ALRFRT KESSFIsT.. Carnda- n
ALBERT J. GETTMAN. PhiIa5aI
phia. 7i
F. p. FINKLESTETN. Reading pa
GERTRUDE HAYES. eoIoras
Camden. n T. 04
FRANK HFRWARD. PhfIa5alnbf,
JOSEPH FERWARD. brother
CONSTANTINE CERvARDO Phi,
adelphia. al
yINCcENCEso DONIABLE. At
GEORGE TURNER. eolored. At
lantic city.
r. n BURCH PHILADELPHIA was
with Andrew Taylor. also Of PbiIa,7ei-
phia. the two sitting side bv side Ts,.-
Tor. who was saved. says Burcb VTse
drowned az
SINCLAIR HARRIS. colored phil.
adelphia.
CLIFFORD HARRIS. his brother
JOHN KOBER. PHILADELPHIA.
THOMAS CUT VENICE. Philadelrbia
Injured
William H. Stewart. Wenona. n. ].
internal fatal
Frank Decry. Philadelphia. internal
fatal
John Fortunate. Philadelphia. inter
nal. fatal
Joseph Devito. manager Royal Ar
tillery band. Philadelphia, internal. Sc
we're contusions.
Angelo Fanzein. Philadelphia, terri