The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-30
NUMBER Of VICTIMS NOW
PLACED At F|FTY-THREE
Bodies of the Dead Brought to the Sur
face by Divers by Almost Super
human Effort
Coroners Jury Will Try to Fix the Blame for the Awful Dis
aSter at Atlantic City, NJ

Atlantic City, n. J., Oct. 29.-The total
number of dead in the wreck of the cleo
trio train which. on Sur day afternoon
loaded with passengers. plunged into the
waterway separating the city from the
mainland, Is now placed at fifty-three Of
these, forty-nine bodies have been identi-
fled, two bodies remain unclaimed in the
temporary morgue and two people are
known to have been drowned. but their
bodies have not as yet been recovered.
special car containing the bodies of
the Philadelphia victims left tonight for
that city.
The day has been one Of unceasing ac-
tivity, Of gruesome scenes and pathetic
incidents. Wrecking crews with derrichs
succeeded in bringing one Of the two sub
merged cars to the surface, and divers,
working In relays, brought up bodies I'M
Ill their task was completed, and they
reported that no more dead remained
either inside the second car or anywhere
in the vicinity.
Coroner on the Scene.
Interest now centers in the work of the
coroner's jury, which today made a care
ful inspection of the scene of the wreck
and the drawbridge at which the train
left the rails. The jury sworn in by Cor
Cner GaslIfll is headed by State Senator
Edward S. Lee as foreman. The Jurors
met at l O'Clock and, accompanied by the
coroner, Prosecuting Attorney Abbott,
City Solicitor Wootten and several other
city officials, proceeded to the scene OF
the tragedy. At the bridge they were
Joined by Mayor Stoy and w. w. After
bury, general manager of the Pennsyl-
Vania railroad.
After the forward car of the two sub
merged coaches had been hoisted to the
surface and the divers who had been at
work on the wreckage all day long had
made 2 final examination OF the second
car without finding any more bodies Mr.
Atterbury of the Pennsylvania railroad
who, with several of his assistants had
been on the scene since Sunday night. eX-
pressed his belief that the total number
of dead would not exceed fifty-three
Cause Still a Mystery.
on returning from the drawbridge Mr.
Atterbury said the cause of the acct
dent Still was a mystery to him. Mr. At
ter bury himself showed the jurors how
the bridge is operated and explains in de-
tail the manner of opening and closing
the draw. On their return TO this city
the jury decided to hold the first session
OF the inquiry on Thursday.
Although reasonably certain that the
waterway into which the electric train
fell had been relieved of all its dead, the
divers continue their work late into the
hight and maintained q diligent search.
me Wreckng crew was also kept busy
preparing for the hosting of the second
car and it IS expected that this will h.
last car which struck and was held fas.
b. an abutment has not yet been removed
an effort in that direction resulting in
half the coach sliding into the stream.
zDesplte the heavy instructions present
Cd by the wrecked train. the roadway has
been sufficiently cleared to permit the
resumption of traffic and the Schedule
Iline table IS again followed.