The Washington herald., 1906-10-31
FIXING WRECK BLAME
Coroner Busy Investigating
Atlantic City Horror.
MORE BODIES UNDER DEBRIS
Total Number OF Dead IL Placed at
5S, Although Many Report ReIa-
tiyes AissinE-PennsyiVa Road
Issues Statement-Neehani Not
at FauIt-Death Certificates Issued.

Atlantic City. \. J., Oct. 3o-It was re-
ported tonight that Coroner Gaskin has
in his possession information showing
gross negligence ou the part of the rail-
road officials In connection with the equip
ment OF the Inflated electric express
which plunged into Thoroushfare Creek
Sunday afternoon. and while he has beer
unable 10 get at the exact cause of the
disaster from an investigation Of the
tracks. he is said to have sufficient evi-
dence TO make possible the enforcement
of more rigid regulations in the opera
ton of the trains on the West Jersey
ana Seashore Railroad in the future.
Although two moro bodies were recover
ed to-day and many more seen in the sec
oud car of the wrecked train. the coroner
and his assistants spent the entire day i'm
the search for people who had been over
the tracks during the half hour previous
to the time the train plunged TO the bot
tom OF the ThOroughfsTe with almost q
hundred passengers.
Il is known, however, that the coroner
does not think that the wreck was caused
by "a defective brake What information
he has In his possession viii not be dis
closed until the inquest begins tomor-
row.
Issue 81 Death Certificates.
Fifty-two death certificates were issued
by Dr. Souder county physician to the
board Of health. permitting the removal
of the bodies from the city.
The motor or front car of the train
was pulled up on the bEidge to-day by
the wreckers- Practically the whole of
the rear end was stove in. and the rail-
road men had great difficulty in hauling
il to the yard
The bodies found to-day were hurried
to the morgue and there identified as
Mrs. Paul Felsbers and Mrs. Sarah Mil
Ter, both of Philadelphia.
Several more bodies were seen, but the
divers were unable TO compute the exact
number on account of the position OF
the wreckage inside the car. The coroner
thinks the number will be increased when
the car still in the water is brought UP.
Fully five more bodies remain unac-
counted
Altogether fifty-three bodies taken from
the wreck have been identified. \ negro
who was lost in the first car was to-day
Identified as Horace Fountain. Of PhiIa-
delphia- Another body identified was that
OF William Cooley. a travelling salesman.
Of East Orange y. J. Another name was
added TO the list Of missing. when it was
learned that Mrs. Serena Miller, a sister
of Gertrude Hazel, was on the train with
the Hazel girl The latters body was re-
covered yesterday
Report Relatives Missing.
Hundreds OF persons have reported
missing relatives since the disaster, but
none OF them has been able to prove 60
the officials that the persons reported
missing were or the train. \ score or
more who We're first reported to have been
on the train were found to have left for
points further up the road. and have re-
ported their safety to their families
The temporary morgue in the foyer Of
the Empire Theater had just been cleared
OF its last tenancy of dead, when the two
bodies were brought in. and is again
being used until the coToneTs jury can
carry out the state law by viewing the
dead"
Another funeral train. bearing the re-
mains of the victims who were not taken