The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-29
Three Electric Cas Jump 3 TresHe Into the ''ThO-
 tOughfare'
WOMEN AND CHILDREN
 LIKE RATS IN 4 TRAP
Train Falls Fifteen Feet, and Is Sub merged in an Arm of the Sea. Partial List of the Dead.
 and the Injured.

Atlantic city, N. l.. october 2S-By the wreclling of a three-eoaeh electric tFein on the West Jersey aud Sea Shore rail- road this afternoon, at least fifty pas , sengers perished. and the list may reach the total of seyenty-dye when all is 1 known.
 l While crossing over a drawbrdge span- ! ming the waterway known as the Thor ! onghfare." which separates Atlantic City from the mainland. the train left the track and plunged into the water. The 1 passengers in the first two coaches with one or two exceptions, were drowned. Up to midnight tonight twenty-five bodies have been recovered, and it is believed that at least twenty-five and possibly fifty, more bodies still are in the sub merged coaches. The disaster the worst that has hap pened since the terrible Meadows wreck i of July 90, 1896, occurred at 2:30 o'clock ] this afternoon. The train, made up of three heavy Vestibule electric coaches, which left Camden al 1 o'clock in the afternoon, carried at least eighty-eight passengers, as that number of tickets are held by the conductor. That official
 
 passengers were on the train, and until all the bodies have been taken out of the submerged coaches. 1t will not be possible l to give the true figures of the dead l The cause of the wreck has not been es- tablished. It was probably due either to a defective rail or the breaking of some part of the superstrncture of the first coach. It has also been suggested that the drawbHidge, which had just been closed after. the passage ors a yfaeht. may not have properly locked the rails. All theories tonight as 10 the cause of the accident, however, are purely speculative. Dragged Many Feet.
 While running at a speed said to have been moderate, the first coach left the rails and dragged those following 1t over i the ties for distance Of fifty feet. Sud- ] denly swerving the first two coaches plunged over the side of the bridge into the water, fifteen feet below. The third coach struck abutment. broke it's couplings, and for a brief time hung sus- pended over the water Brief as was this period, however, t gave more than score of passengers an opportunity to cape by the rear door. Then the car slid off and followed the other two into the water. It is believed every one In the third coach escaped alive although all were injured. The accident was witnessed by many persons on shore. and assistance was promrhv sent from Atlantic City. Little it is believed was done however, towa saving the lives of those imprisoned the submerged coaches
 The water at the point where the tr plunged in was not deep enough to cor the coaches at first, but as they quiel settled in the mud and the tide TO they were soon hidden from sight cept for the trolley poles. Divers sent down to try to reach the dead bod in the coaches, but as darkness set in. and the tide ran more swiftly, they were unable for long time to reach them.
 Late in the evening a wrecting crew ar rived on the scene and with their aid and the use of a derrick dozen more bodies were taken out and brought to this city Of the twenty-five bodies, about twenty have been identified, and 1t is be- Heved no difficulty will be experienced in establishing the identity of the others.
 The Dead and Injured.
 Among the dead are:
 Walter Scott Of Atlantic City. motor man.
 Frank De saceseno, bandman of Royal Artillery band.
 J r. Demsey and wife. Camden.
 Frank Monroe and wife, Camden.
 Five bodies thus far recovered not identified
 Vincente Donelli, a member of Toscas Royal Artillery band
 Pasquello Mazelle. Philadelphia.
 r. Angueroso both members of Tosca. ftt bon r,ain
 Samuel l.. Field 72 years of age, Phil- adelphia.
 Mrs. Selma Womfer Camden, N. J.
 James Egan, Atlantic City
 Charles Albert. Morristown Pa.
 David Freid. New York
 Mrs Laura Laurence, Philadelphia
 Mrs Laurences husband was rescued. Unidentified dead:
 Aged woman, dressed entirely in black. Woman, aged 30 wearing a wedding ring with initials "I F. D. to I. NJ. G." also inscription Sam to Rachael until death do us part"
 Middle aged man
 Among the injured are:
 IT. B. Joseph, Camden.
 Al Reese. B Archibald street, Scran- ton, Pa. {Ei %iu John Fortunate, real estate and insur- ance man. Philadelphia.
 Joseph DevilO. manager of Royal Artil- lery band, severely injured about head and ribs.
 Oresterey Malelo Philadelphia.
 w. II. Stewart, Wenonah N. J.
 Prank Deceri. Philadelphia.
 Joseph Devipo. member Royal Artillery band.
 Angelo Fanzeiu, Philadelphia.
 Andrew Taylor Camden, N J.
 Ida Debal. Florence, N J.
 Edward Morgan. Scranton, Pa.
 Orestes Roy. Philadelphia
 II. B. Joseph Camden, N. J.
 George McGee Philadelphia.
 OF those injured it is believed most will die. They suffering from broken limbs and other serious injuries.
 A tlantic City, N J., October 2S.--A rail- hal ma. n,.nr