The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-29
SCORES OF PEOPLE LOSE LIVES
 '. <: IN WRECK OF ELECTRIC JRAN ...:.'. *. ONE MILE FROM ATLANTIC CITY

inward. Had it spread tIA. cad of twisting inwards. the acc' 3t never would have happened This twist throw the first car off atsy track and into the water. The result was that the second and third cars were drag ged with 1t, and while the third car was descening, the rear portion struck . piece of the abutment. hung for a short time and then slid into the wa ter. ts..l .-,5
 But this brief stop saved several lives A number of men and few women leaped out of the windows and the rear door, either into the water or caught hold of a post and were res eusd.
 It was stated that fully eighty to one hundred pasengers were aboard mostly all crowded into the first and second cars. These are entombed. Among the passengers were, twenty men of the Royal Artillery band, and were on their way here from Philadelphia. One or two bodies. of the band men were re- covered early in the afternoon.
 Some Marvellous Escapes. 7.
 John Dougherty. Philadelphia. was severely injured. He broke his way through the window and escaped after being in the water.
 W. D. Taylor, electrician, Camden. N. J.. injured severely: George McGee Philadelphia. injured; John Taylor. of Camden was among thos" who went over with the cars. hut h" kickei his way through q window of the rear ca~ srd swan to the piling of thc or'dsr where he held fast and was rescued by J. E. Deford. railroad man, who vas nearby when the accident nap pened: Charles Kessler, mer ;hant. was the first on deck and displayed a cool head. He secured an exc. jump ed on top of the submerged car and began to hack the roof tc liberate the imprisoned passengers The task was a difficult one and he was unable to rescue many. He managed to set some women out and above water.
 c. s. Smith, oa Newark. and R. J, Kelly. of Jacksonville. N. r.. who were passengers on the train. got off at Pleasantville, for no other feasoA Iha! something told them to el.ange their minds about coming to Atlantic City They heard of the accident afterwards and came after. thankful that they did not remain on board
 About fifteen people got off a: Pleasantville and full" 100 passengers were on the train. great many wo- men.
 John Eads, of this city, T parlor car man, was on the train and escaped by crawling through window of the car and swimming ashore.
 The man who attends the bridge, In speaking os the accident declared that the bridge had been orentd about thir- ty minutes before the train anne 'aiopG.
 A yacht passed through. He says that he saw. .hat the bridge was properly closed and that tho strarks were ia- spec 3, He cannot explain why the rails turE ed as they. did.
 Ahaoug the dead at the hospital was an unidentified woman wearing wed- ding ring marked TT. P. P. to I. N G." and two diamond rings and pearl ring. She Is apparently about thirty years of age Her body now lies at the morgue.
 A man lying at the hospital named Vincent. residence unknown. with d fractured skull He is in dying condition; Oreste Ray Meat,elle, sup posed to be a resident of Atlantic City, is also at the hospital badly injured
 Coroner Holds Inquest.
 Coroner Gaskifl personally hurried to the scene and made minute in- vestigation of the twisted track and the territory and will summon jury tomorrow to hold an inquest. Prose- cutor F. Pleasant Abbott was also on the ground to search for any crimt- nal negligence on the part of the railroad company.
 At the big hotels where friends and relatives are staying there. is much anxiety as the people are not sure whether their relatives caught the train down or have delayed their visiS
 One rescue crew at work on top of the submerged car, described mans jeweled hand sticking trough the ventilator of the car. They worked heroically and succeeded in drawing It through the aperture. It has not yet been identified.
 J. S. Deford. railroad man, saw man clinging to the trestle crying TOT help and succeeded in crawling along the edge of the bridge and reaching down, pulled him up safely. The man was cut and bruised but declined u give his name.
 The wrecking train will work all night trying to hoist the submerged cars.
 When the rear car of the train caught on the abutment of the bridge where it hung poised <or 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 leaped into the water.
 The last car that went oyer the bridge fell upon the others and slow ly slid off into the water The mo- ment's delay. however, gave several passengers the pportunity to leap into the water before the car was finally submerged.
 MOtOrman Stuck To Post.
 Motormon Scott stuck to his post and went down with his train. Con- ductor Curtis also perished. The third trainman. Brakeman Wood. proved himself a hero. When the train left the rails and was pumping over the ties. Wood ran to the rear door of the last car. threw it wide open and held 1t for the passengers to escape.
 He held the door open until the car slid off the bridge and went into the water with it. He than swan to the shore. His action in holding the door open probably saved many lives.
 When the third car dropped into the water Henry Roemer was in the act of crawling from a window. Freeing hjuself with an effort and beitg a stronp swimmer, Roemer set about to heln others. Swimming along the side of the fast sinking car. he kicked out the glass and thus gave several pas. sengers an opportunity to escape. One man was caught in window and was drowned before he could extricats himself
 The accident was witnessed by many people and rescue work was prompt. Strong swimmers endeavored to dive into the submerged cars in search for bodies but so strong was the tide that they were forced to dcs!st Profess sional divers were then secured who donned their armor and went down. but even they were unable to do anS- thing against the tide that swirled around the sunken coaches.
 An Italian named Marco Bona was