The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-31
TWO MORE BODIES FOUND.
MIDDLE CAR or ATLANTIC CITY
TRAIN RAISED,

.rhe Two Bodies We're Secures Before tho
weight Nc the ear snapped the Cables.
and IL II supposed Others % the Minis.
l. lnE Are Pinned Under IL In the Water-
ATLANTIC CRY, N. j., Oct. Sl.-The list
of discovered and recognized Q from
the wreck Of the fast electric line that
plunged from the Th~oroughfare bridge last
sunday was swelled to ifty-three late this
afternoon by the finding Of the bodies Of
Mrs. Sarah Miller, who died with her daugh-
ter-in-law and grandson, and that OF Mrs.
julius Flesberg Of Philadelphia, whose hus-
band also persisted with her in the wreck.
The remains were discovered through
the lifting Of the heavy middle car, which
had dehed the efforts Of the wrsckers TO
novel IL, and was only raised part way this
afternoon long enough 10 allow the bodies
to be secured before it snapped the steel
cables hauling from the cantilever hoists
and dropped back.
The discovery Of the two bodies bears
out the statements Of the divers hat more
bodice were pinned under the inside wreck
age Of the sunken car and IL is expected that
the others missing will be dug out as soon
90 the car can be raised clear Of the water.
The wreckess are still at work with lights
and divers are making another effort 20
fasten the car securely enough TO allow
Of its being swung 10 the bridge.
According to the figuring Of the Coroner
and the railroad officials but four more
bodies remain in the wreck. The list of
assured missing given out tonight con-
tains the names Of Almond Debssso, the
New York man who died while making
the trip to the shore with his sweetheart;
two-year-old Joseph McElrOy, son Of Mrs.
Olivia McElroy, whose body has already
been found; Harry N. Burch of Camden
and Mrs. Salina Miller, a colored woman
Hundreds NJ persons rave reported
missing relatives since the disaster, but
none OF them has been able to prove to
the officials that the persons reported were
on the train. 4 score or more who were
Mt first reported TO have been on the train
were found To nave left at points furth3r
UP the road and have reported their safety
10 their families. The temporary morRue
in the foyer of the Empire Theatre had
Just been cleared Of the dead when the
two bodies were brought in. Another
funeral train bearing the remains OF the
victims who we've not taken to Philadelphia
last night left at 10 7. NJ. carrying ten bodies
and friends and relatives.
Railroad eXTertS and engineers en-
ployed by the Coroner and county prose-
cutor have failed "a yet TO find the cause
of the disaster. With Motorman Scott
dead there m no one who can swear
10 the exact condition Of the track at the
draw when the train tooF it's plunge into
the deep waters Of the inlet. Supt. Alter
bury was on the bridge late last night and
early his morning following his experts
While they the tracks as they
were raised, and Coroner Gaskill was there
to look over the wheels and gear with the
IIen who will act as his witnesses at the in
quest on Thursday.
In statement issued tonight the Coroner
declares that 30 far he has found the wheels
and running gear Of the cars in first class
condition, considering their crashing tumble
into the Thoroughfare.
-As far as | could see, the wheels were
all right and the theory that a broken hange
or a snap Of adjusting gear caused the
wreck il exploded, = he said.
No arrests have yet been made either
OF the bridge tender or Of the two members
Of the crew on the train who escaped with
their lives. A dozen or more eyewitneRses
OF the wreck will be depended on to give
their versions OF the affair, but it is I'M
likely that any will be able to speak def
nitely on the question as to whether or not
the draw was really closed and every rail
in place. The absence Of a steel outside
guard rail, or buffer, on the bridge is likely
to be strongly condemned. h timber
guard was torn away like putty by the
hYAAk NUNtlFs Nv bINhl'h vi NV .
trolley lines into the city has caused the
building Of a number OF bridges n via
ducts similar in construction to the one
where the accident occurred and predic-
tions have been made for months by rail-
road men that some such accident would
occur some time.
The following statement is authorized
by the Pennsylvania Railroad
AFTER thorough investigation the Penn
s~ylvania Railroad officials have found no
explanation OF the accident on the Thor
theories advanced were traced to the tot
torn, hut the cause Of the derlilment Of the
electric train Is no better known than IL
was Mt first.
1T was hoped that the trucks Of the can
whom raised out of the water would afford
some clue, hut they did not. They wert
carefully examined bv officials oil the corn-
pany, including General Manager After.
bury, Chief Electrical Engineer Georg'
Gibbs, General Superintendent OF Motive
Power A. W. Gibbs and others. The trucks
were intact, and there was nothing abou
either the wheels or the other parts TO throw
any light on the matter.
Thorough examination of the bridge ant
the mechanism used in moving the draw
showed hat these were in perfect shape
All evidence shows that the rails were exact,
w in place. Aside from the fact that thu
interlocking signal could not have showI
a clear track otherwise, the bridge tendel
il positive that the rails on the draw anC
those on the stationary part OF the bridg'
fitted precisely.
when the train approached he wa
standing within three or our feet OF tn,
point where the rails joined, and he looket
at the track to zee that il was all right. Tn
of1ciala xamine the bridge structure anC