Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-29

| instantly submerged, but the third car
Of the train caught on an abutment
and remained suspended. IT was this
car from which nearly all of the in
jured escaped.
The news OF the disaster was quickly
| telegraphed to this city and In less
man an hour the work of rescue had
begun. At the time OF the accident,
the tide which rises about 10 feet, was
running In and the work of the divers
was slow. II was not until several
hours later that tho divers wer able
! to make any progress. Then the aw-
| full evidences OF the disaster became
more apparent When the two cars
struck the bottom OF the waterway
they stood almost on end and the hrst
man to descend reported that the we.
tins were packed IN the lower ends OF
| the submerged cars SO tightly that II
was dlfYicult TO move them.
One by one the bodies were carried
10 waiting train and laid side by
side. later to be brought TO this city
and placed In the Empire theater,
which was used as q temporary NOR.
que. Then friensd on the ill-fated
| cars crowded about the door and with
| difficulty were restrained from forcing
| their way into the building. One OF
| the most heart-rendlng incidents was
| furnished by Fredk Benckert VINO
| lost his entire family, wife and two
| children. Benckert was not informed
| OF the accident until too late to eaten
| train, and he hurried here IN an au
| tomobile. When he saw the bodies OF
| his wife and two little boys lying sioe
| by side on the floor. Benckert cor
| lapsed and had TO be carried from 'he
| building.
Walter Scott, the motorman, was
| killed because OF his anxiety to speho
| part of the day with his wife mere
| II was Scott's custom to run only az
| far as Nillyllle but today he swappeu
| runs with another motorman ana ms
| death was the result. -,
DR.. Hudders and his wife were on
| their way TO this city To purchase
|. cottage and intended visiting MIS-
| German. the doctors slster-ln LAW,
| who resides In this city, The later
| was at the station waiting Tor inc AT
| rival OF the doctor and his wlfe' rlu
when she learned OF the accident the
woman collapsed The bodies OF the
doctor and his wife were among 'he
| last brought In from the wreck
REMOVING THE DEAD.
Prosecutor Albertson. Coroner Gas
| Kill and Chief OF Police Maxwell sup
eIlntehded the re.hoNai ~ w Ih a
| from the scene OF the disaster. The
! yaluables taken from the dead were
| placed III packages, when WeIe n gi,,..
| bered ana mum oeI 0oiieSp0'''''e
| was placed on the pouy' .,., IA,
| Inc ulVers WY ;" ~ go ~
compelled To suspend operations a
snort um pelore uas pIean, nansa
| WORK was particularly aiuuous az
.ne ", ~ Us .'e" Tha huoe derrick
| which was run out upon the long
| trestle with the added weight OF the
| wrecked cars SUSPENDED f-om tho
| crane. was more than the bridge would
| sustain end il was feared the stress
| would cause II to collapse.
| An attemnt was made to cut the
| FIRST aud second cars asunder and left
q SINCE car out OF the water. but the
| cables broke az the first attempt and
| on the second the already twisted
cars buckled.
| The attempts 10 I'M the cars Mere
then abandoned anu an enorts W. W.
directed toward sea,ihs 'he pou'e'
Oh tne vlctins OUT Oh we wrochase'
| General Manager htterpury OF tne
1
| me on Wihch the acclueht oScui, Vu'
Is mere put mus lar mas oeciiileu W
make any statement WIN reieiehoe
10 the wreck,
spesial IRAN iioin fhiiau,i ~.
| reached the s,ene VI the wien u,'a s
| morning, CARRYING among othe.s VI,
divers, VINO cafle uoWh 70 lenese ane
men VINO huu peen WoIhihs .mIousi !,
we hsht W iesoser w DeS Az
those VINO "du per'Sheu III Nhe us
as'er
FlFTY-THREE KNOWN DEAD.
Atlantic CITY, n. j.. Oct. 29.-Fifty-
| three persons are positively known Il
have lost their lives in the waters OF
the Thoroughfare yesterday when an
electric train jumped the rails on the
| drawbridge over the waterway. OF this
number a have been identified. two
are missing and four remain In the
morgue unidentified. The two missing
are known 10 have persisted. They are
young McElroy and Burch.
IN TUE MopcIrE
,
Inc eHoits oi tne new iieh iesuitsu Iis
tne prlhKinB 70 ,ne ssilaoe Oh tn,es
more pouies WITHIN d wv hours. ~,
tolu, 81 deau lay IN ,he nhproNlseu
morgue, anu at ~ Sioch Nre,eneu anu
suHerinR persohs seehihs 'os' oiies "e.e
pernliteso 70 eh.er Wy ondiioel Vi
death. MOST hear.-renuihs wele. scenes,
ana the men VINO hau Worheu Win
strohg arms ana neaIts W orihs we
bodies rom penea'n .he WATERS were
moved 10 ,ears, hhonS Wv mus pa
tneuc cases was that Oh samuel NC
Eiroy Oh fhiaueiphla' VINO iouhu nis
family wiped out py tne oisasler. ms
Wlie ana ut-olu uausn 'el wing usau
III the inorsue anu Ms S-yedt-oiu BOY