The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-10-30

ATLANTIC CITY, X. j.. Oct 60
Several additional bodies of victims OF
the railway disaster on the Thorough
fare drawbTldge were discovered today
By divers. They were buried IA the
mud under the trucks Of the second
car. which have not yet been raised.
Efforts are now being dir, ed Ia get
ting these ccrpses 70 tne -afIace.
From eight 10 fourteen - the passeu-
gers on the ill-faJed JraIu are stiI uuac-
counted for. Hope that any OF them is
alive has been practically abandoned.
ard it IS expected the total death list
viii be fixed at 6G.
VIII Use Dynamite.
Dynamite viii be employed 10 destroy
the trucks Of the coach which are stll
at the bottom of the creek. All efforts
to raise these trucks. which weigh near
IS sixteen tons each. have proved fruit
less. Today an order was sent 10 Phil
adelphia for skilled handlers or dyna-
mite who wiz blow up the wreckage.
BY the discovery OF additional bodies
IN the mud today the statement OF the
railway company hXi2S the number OF
dead at "a - cOntTadicJed. Fifty-thTes
of the victims have already been iden.i-
ned and one unidentified boy remains az
the morgue.
During The night half a dozen cases
we're reported 10 the police of persons
who are missing from their homes. IL
Is believed that some OF these are Vie
Tins of the wreck.
Coroner Gaskil is inclined TO believe
that the death list viii number sixty
six. which was the figure he frs gave.
CoToneT's Hearing Tomorrow.
The coroner's jury, headed by State
Senator Lee As foreman. will hold It's
first session AT 10 o'clock tomorrow.
Several hours We're spent AT the scene
OF the accident yesterday by the jury.
where W. w Atterbury. general man
ager of the Pennsylvania railroad, and
other railway on cials explained the
operation Of the drawbridge and how
trains are signaued when the draw is
omen. II Is not regarded as likely that
the Jury will direct any arrests. AL
though IL has the power TO do So bur
win content itself with liking the re
sponsibflity for the disaster, leaving the
prosecutor 10 act as he thinks best
Both Mayor St0y and Prosecutor Alb
bolt express themselves as determined
that every effort shall be made 70 fix
the blame for the great calamity and
10 hold any guilty party 10 strict ac-
cOuutability
City of Mourning
The CITY is a city OF mourning. Throngs
from Philadelphia and Camden continue
10 remain here Many have dead loved
ones to take away. and many more re
main in the vain idea that they can
be of aid in search for bodies, which
viii not be abandoned until the posi-
bility of further discoveries is past.
The first and third cars have been
raised and searched. and have given mp
oh
nrst car has been hauled into the shall
lows near the eastern shore or the Ihor-
oughfare. The third car still hangs sus-
pended from the trestie. broken ana
twisted monument 10 the hnsts OF deau'
First Funeral Train
The first funeral train. laden with
more than a score Of bodies, lect the
local station shortly after midnight for
Camden and Philadelphia. The bodies
were released by the coroner late yester-
aav afternoon. The crowds which saw
II depart were hushed and silent and
many who had sustained no personal in
juries in the wreck. Joined with the be-
reaved in weeping
It IS generally believed now that the
failure Of the drawbridEe 10 lock
properly was the sole cause Of the hOr-
rible accident.
The outside rail on the span was out
of alignment with the connecting rail-
on the solid tTestles, One OF the rea-
sons for raising the cars is 70 examine
the wheels and this the officials of the
insist win finally determine The
cause OF the wreck. All OF the trucks
are at the bottom Of the Thoroughfare.
The work OF raising the debris is pro-
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