Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-30
.FIFTY-THREE DIE IN WRECK
Fifty Bodies Recovered from submerEsd
Cars Near Atlantic City.
ALL BUT TWO OF THEM IDENTIFIED
one of the Injured Dies and Two
More Are known to Have been
ISiIied-COroner begins
investigations.

I - AAfAAN ~ I'll an H. ONAs -1s- llo
total number Of dead in the wreck Of the
electric train. which on Sunday AFTERNOON,
loaded with passengers plunged into the
waterway separating this city from the
mainland is now placed at hfty-three. OF
these forty-nine bodies have been identified
two bodies remain unclaimed i'm the tenn
porary mortuary and two people are known
to have been drowned but their bodies
have not as yet been recovered A special
car containing the bodies of the Philadel-
phia victims left tonight for that city.
The day has been one Of unceasing ac-
tivity, of gruesome' scenes and pathetic in
cident. Wrecking crews with derricks
succeeded in bringing one Of the two sub
merged cars to the surface and divers,
working in relays, brought up bodies until
their task was completed and they reported
that no more dead remained either inside
the second car or anywhere IN the vicinity
Interest now centers in the work of the
coropers jury, which today made a care
full inspection Of the scene of the wreck
and the drawbridge at which the train left
the rails. The jury sworn in by Coroner
Gaskil is headed by State Senator Ed
ward s. Lee as foreman. The Jurors met
at 1 o'clock and accompanied by the cor
oner, Prosecuting Attorney Abbott City
Solicitor Wootten and several other city
ulllCldlst RIhEGtutu 10 IIe scene OF the lfUE-
edv. At the bridge they were Joined by
Mayor Stoy and w. w. Atterbury, gen
eral manager Of the Pennsylvania railroad
One Car Taken From Water.
After the forward car of the two sub
merged coaches had been hoisted to the
surface and the divers who had been work
! ing on the wreckage all day long had
made a 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 hfty-three.
On returning from the drawbridge Mr.
Atterbury said the cause of the accident
still was a mystery to him.
Mr.. Atterbury himself showed the jurors
how the bridge is operated and explained
In detail 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 continued their work late into the
night and maintained a diligent search.
The wreclSing crew was also kept busy
preparing lot NIt uulSNluE Oh lHt SGCOuu
car and it is expected that this will be
raised before morning. The debris of the
last car which struck and was held fast
by an abutment has not yet been removed,
an effort in that direction resulting in half
the coach sliding into the stream. t.
Despite the heavy Instructions presented
by the wrecked train the roadway has
been sufficiently cleared to permit the re-
sumption of traffic and the scheduled time
table is again followed.
Revised List of Dead
The official number of identifcations
made at,the temporary mOEgue and at un4
ldertaking establishments is forty-nine and
two bodies remain unclaimed.
The identified dead are;
EMANUEL FREED OF New York an ac-
tor, known as NANNY" Bernard, nephew
MRS. MARY BENCKERT Philadelphia.
CLARENCE BENCKERT II years old, a
". L. CARTER Philadelphia
4 MRS. W. L. CAR l1R, his wife.
J JAMES PAUL DEMPSEY
} IDA DEMPSEY, his wife.
MRS WALTER BRADIsH Eastport,
MRS. CORA. BIBBER BROWN, East
IN Mrs. sl.l1MA woMFER, Camden.
, JAMES EAGAN, Atlantic City.
MRS. LAURA LAWRENCE, Philadel-
'' 80 MLLEL IFELL. Germantown, Pa.
RACHEL IFELlL, his wife. c,,-
DIR. ALVIN c. HUDDERs, RoxbPrough'
Pa.
DIR. PAUL FELSBERG, philadelphia.
MRS. FRANCIS FELSBERG, his wife.
FRANK MONROE, ATLANTIC CITY;
GERTRtDE HAYES, colored, Camden.
MRS. EVELYN NJ ELROH, Philadelphia
Jo 5iHf = ziMMERMAN, philadelphia.
| b. FINKELSTEIN, Reading, Pa.
MRS. ELLA RITTENHOUSE Philadei-
PILL Ella MARY RITTENHoUsE, daugh'
ter. ,,-,,-.,-,.t,,,
. ! ALBERT KESSEI. Camden.
CHARLES KESSEI, brother =,
MRS. w. X. STEWART, Wenonah, \. j.
WILLIAM STEWART, KLINE adopted
! son Of Mrs. Stewart.
MARTHA REIsCH, Philadelphia.
WILLIAM EDWARDS, Woodbury. n j.
FRANK MERWARD, philadelphia
JOSEPH MERWARD, brother.
CONSTANTINE c. VEORADO Philadel'
plWI1ffN CENzo RoMABLE, Atlantic cry
GEORGE TURNER, colored Atlantic
City. -..,.,, ,,,,.,.,-,.,,
CLIFFORD HARRIS, II years colored
siTlNCTlAIR HARRIS. Is years brother
JOHN KOBER, PHILADELPHIA.
ROBERT BROWER, Phil delphia.
! GEORGE WOMFER, Camden
MRS ANNIE MILLER, fhlldueipnld'
LESTER MILLER, her son:
SAMUEL KLEINBERGERr Atlanll'
City. .4
:. OF the remaining bodies at the morguf
one was partially identified as that OF
Armon Alexis Tadesco Of New York, the
( hance of Miss Heisch who was killed
!, one other body in an undertaking estab'
{ lishment Is that Of an old key seller whos'
p name no one seems to know.
In addition 10 this Joseph McElroy,