Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-25
u. s. Probes Wreck
Near Atlantic City
Continued From PAGE One

Continued From Pare One
street, N. w, Washington. sbrssiOns o.
LEFT lst5 Si ankle snS right leg. . =, ,,,.
MARYLAND avenue, Washington. contusoni
william XRMAN. forty.six years old. sol
NJ street, N. w, Washington. brush burnt
~ Of M right I, knee; -,- .,,-,.. .
Sd To- BSaSsS ses SnsTSSF nS
MRs sS aRa Rrs fTsetSTsd Pty' nineteen wifi.
MRS. EMMA Penn, fofty-nlnc. sos e street
,,ssE F. WGS5ShlngtSn yG5g shock ~ ,,,
Corsanna street. Washington. abra siont
snd nd C9ntHsG9s % q right knee ,6,,
cARAWAY i, BELL, els Pennsylvania a,e
about left leg; taken TO Atlantic city Hos
M$s jEssE pBowN ltss s;.s street ss,
II. G LIE. 2ls D street, 4 W, washing
ton b c., fractured lett leg, below knee
MRS fst'9 sGHhwGY tI EsEe q? ~ FHsTa FoTda avenue
RESnER as s eG1h stTsst sTsss WssS
instoR, B, G, injured about Stomaoh, =
H. y. King Hunter Station. Arlington. Va
H. ri II II Hr.MXN. 521 Twenty.arst street. N
L. s. HirtSST" HoIToN' 400 Third street. \ f,
Washington. D. c.. hurt about side and
J. J, GRAw. SIS street y. E: Washing.
tgs n C hqT. 8Ggs sGGgs head 40 and Rt,,S back
& E.. Washington. D. c.. cut on fore
1RRWSffH Killing. 4se virginia avenue. N. E.
washington. D. G, arm bruised.
HATTIE BROWN. $50 r street, N. w,
Fs Ms'f"fYfqz r. fFfPzdEFAbb R 81 S' 12os Gtg''2a stree.
W, Washington. D. c. hur, about les
c. u? ". Tpt0SREMUs. l4s Quincy street N. E.
Washington. D. c. bruised about head.
Elwood, where the crash occurred at
I AZ o'clock yesterday morning, is
about twenty miles from Atlantic City.
In the semidarkncss that prevailed at
that time, only the prompt action of
cool headed passengers and trainmen
prevented n panic as the terror stricken
hurried from the trains TO the roadbed.
Calling words of encouragement and
advice 70 the less composed persons,
these leaders made their way from car
to car and urged the passengers to take
their time in alighting, explaining that
the crash had already occurred and that
the danger had passed.
Townsend. the engineer Of the sec
tion that plowed into the forward train,
said he had obeyed the signals set for
him. A green Cautioning signal was
all that he had seen, he explained. He
moved ahead at greatly reduced speed
and the next light he saw was the tail
light of the section in front.
Set Brakes and Jumped
He set all the brakes and jumped
landing upon a rail several feet re
moved from the train and suffering q
fracture Of a rib and internal injuries
The brakes were incapable of stop
ping the train in time to avoid the
crash and the heavy engine hit thu
rear wooden coach of the other exCur-
sion section and continued on until thu
head of the locomotive had split the
coach for fully half its length.
Several other coaches were telescopet
by the crash and railroad officials sa!
that only fortunate circumstances pre-
vented the killing and injuring of many
other persons.
Wathen, the dead man. was recent!
married. He was taking his wife ant
mother In law. Mrs. Penn. both o
whom were lnJuItu, 10 NlluullC NlIl
| from their home in Washington.
| The trio had ridden in the day coacl
! from II o'clock On Saturday night. wheI
the section pulled out of Washington
Near Elwood. Mrs. Wathen asked he
| husband to get her a drink of water
He never returned. After the crasl
his body was found wedged between tw
coaches that had jammed together.
Atlantic City authorities say the gov
crnment made it misdeamor to oper
ate such coaches as figured in the wrec
when the private companies controle'
the roads All-stepl coaches, they say
would have withstood the crash easily.
Coaches such as figured in the wrec
have frequently made their appearance
on the spashore roads. it was said.
Prosecutor Gaskills detectives. VIII
are conducting the CorOner's 8 inQulr.
here. will recommend to the coronr
that the jury register demand for i'm
mediate action by the Pennsylvanit
Railroad for adequate terminal facilltle
in connection with its findings as +
the cause of the wreck
Train Running Slowly
AS soon as the injured had bee
cared for they were hurried to At
lautic City in the eighth section of tn
excursion. Then arrangements wer
made to transfer regular eXpresse
around the wreck, while the remainin
sections from Baltimore and Washing
ton were sent back to Camden and sen
to the shore over the West Jersey di
vision.
Many Of the passengers upon the sec
tion which did the smashing arc pre-
pared to testify that the train wa
moving slowly. Among these are 10
scph G. Ward, manager of the Wash
ington Loan and Trust Company
Washington, and his wiz. They wer