New-York tribune., 1906-10-29
Nearly Twenty Injured in Wreck Near Atlantic City on
New Electric Pennsylvania Railroad Line
Train Runs Along Tres Then Pges Into Twenty Feet of Water
Rescue Almost Impossible.
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Atlantic City, Oct. %. A. M.-Nineteen
bodies were taken from the forward coach at
who has made a thorough inspection Of the
submerged cars said that at least thirty bodies
were still In the coaches. At this hour it is i'm
possible to identity any of the newly recovered
bodies.
Up TO 2 o'clock thirty-eight bodies had been
recovered from the wreck. In the last batch OF
fourteen brought in ten were men and four
women.
Atlantic City, Oct. 2S-Three loaded cars OF
the new third rail electric system of the PENN
sylvania Railroad jumped the track at the
drawbrfdge over the Thoroughrare to-day and
two Of them plunged to the bottom OF twenty
feet of water. There were nearly a hundred per-
sons on the three cars. and about twenty
ESCAPED from one of them The others sank into
the mud with two cars into the bottom Of the
Thoroughfare. The last car of the three WHICH
left the track clung to the trestle for minute
or two. and the only ones on the doomed train
who saved their lives crawled through the win
dows-
conservative estimate late tonight puts
+be dead az about seventy. About twenty are
injured
After jumping the track the cars bumped
along the trestle for hundred feet. hesitatins
in the deadly work they were about 10 DO
Then. as though decided. they lunged fearfully
and with a crash that, mingled with the shrieks
Of the doomed passengers, could be heard lor
half mile took the deadly plunge
IDENTIFIED DEAD AND BODIES RECOVERED
A1BE:RTus. Charles. Morristown. Penn
ANGURosE p. Italian bandnan. Camden. y. j.
HONLIVO Vincent, Phi adelphia
BRADIsH. Mrs Walter. Eastport. Ne.
BROWN Mrs Corr Biddle, Philadelphia
DEMPSEY. James Paul and wife. Camden n. J.,
DEMPSEY. John b. chief car cleaner. Camden N j.
DEsACEsERO. Frank. Philadelphia
DONEZELA. Vincent.
EGAN James No 24Os Pacific avenue Atlantic CITY
FIFI. Samuel l. West Washington Lane, philadelphia
KIEAN Joseph Ne. 62s South street. Philadelphia
LAWRENCE Mrs Theodore No 1o1s Brandywtns street.
MAzELIo PasquaIe Christian street. Philadelphia.
MUNROE Frank, and wife. Camden. \. J.
SACEsENO Frank. bandnlan, Philadelphia
SCOTT Walter. motorman of train. Atlantic City
woMFORT G. H. and wife. Camden
Aged woman. dressed entirely in black.
Five bodies.
Woman ABOUT thirty ol4 TsaEns a.. Wedding !4n ling
sam to Rachel until death do part
Middle aged
THE INJURED.
DE AMMO. Carl. Philadelphia: shock.
DECESE. Frank. s2T Leak street Philadelphia;
tusons right thigh and elbow.
DEEMER, H. c.. and wife, No 257O Reese street Pha-
delphia
DEvTTo Joseph manager Royal Italian Band. No. 1851
South 18th street Philadelphia; eOntusiOns of right
DogeB5srr GsB5s John No 2a'' RFandywine street rha
DURELL Miss Ida. twenty-three years old. Florence.
FANzEINI Angelo No 72O 3 South a Clifton street. Pha-
ph Of scalp street
jured ''''' A'A- 'N1'' III
FREDA Phillip 7os F4t4water street. Philadelphia:
JOSEPH. H. B. Camden; shock.
KE 50nn F. Sdu. % sBa Kan sree Chester PENN
NATILLIEq orsass Boy bandman No 10 1o24 South sh
MAsTRAGELo. -. Philadelphia: laosratiOn of hands.
MGEE George. No. oslo S1st street. Philadelphia in
MORGAN Edward Old Forge Penn: contusiOns of left
PErRoN Paul. Philadelphia; lsceraton Of hands
PoRTINs. John. No e14 South 11th Philadelphia;
soLIMIo Fred. 1880 Ellsworth street, Philadelphia;
internally injured: may die.
TAsCA E. leader of band. Philadelphia: badly cut
TAYLOR. Andrew d. No. sO7 Princeton street. Garden
VINCENT Alexander depressed skull: Iacera
1on of scalp and shock: may die.
VTTALOLORIA Camille Philadelphia iaceratIon OF hands
and face.
THE MISSING.
ENDICoTT. A. R. and wife. Camden.
BURCH. n.
WALSH J. H
STEWART. Mrs. W. H. and wenonah- MI
BIG CROWD GATHERS.
II did not take long for the report of the wreck
to spread over the town. and in less than an
hour thousands OF persons were standing around
watching the work OF rescue that was being
the spread of the report. many got out their
launches and in these Chief of Police Maxwell
a few policemen and a corps of firernen were
soon among the fleet of boats.
The Chief of Police directed operations. As
soon as bodies were taken out OF the wreck
they were brought to the city and placed IN the
old Empire Theatre Building. which had been
turned into a temporary morgue.
THREE ESCAPE FROM SECOND CAR.
Three persons, it is said. escaped from the
middle or second OF the train while the cars
were filling with water and settling Two of
these were David S. Emley. OF No. 1916 South
Broad street. and Helen Gilbert. eight years old
of No 653 Lyon street. Camden.
Emley started down to the shore this after