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TJlE PHIIiAi>BLPHlA: INQmilER; *UEto < )\ •V ., uOTOBBR 80, 1606 •• •"< •"" i>|imin!ii n i > mi i-: Ctw lf°^> pfea^t^ ^t^broer^editawnten FIFTY-THREE DEAD SUM OF SUNDAY BRIDGE HORROR Continued From First Pago i; plunge thi pirc Theatre, one of the scenes of At- lantic City's gayest life. Inoougraon* Setting The tawdy, neglected scenery left on the stage made an incongruous setting for the scene on the ground floor of the theatre, from which the seats had all been removed. Scores of bodies were laid side by side in two long rows, and through the narrow aisle left between the rows of sheet-covered, forms the relatives and friends of the victims and the throngs of the morbidly curious filed in a continuous stream from the time the door was opened at nine o'clock this morning until the three remaining un- identified bodies were sent away to local undertakers* establishments tonight. There was no more pitable experience than that of Samuel MeElroy, of 20iJ9 Creen street, whose family was literally wipjd, ou t l ,v the- disaster. The bodies of his wife and their five-year-old son and 'daughter Olivia'lay side by side in the theatre building. The body of their three-year-old son Joseph is being carried to and fro by the tide in the Thorough- fare, MeElroy was in Atlantic City on Sunday and had expected his wife and two children on the electric train leaving ; Philadelphia at eleven o'clock. Some cir- j Thoroughfare, cunwtanco led Mrs. MeElroy to leave on the one o'clock train instead. He wan at the station when the news of the disas ter was brought in. He hurried to the drawbridge, btft there was* no sign of his dear ones. Wandered About Street* Buoyed by the hope that they might not have taken the train, MeElroy went 'to Philadelphia to find that his wife and children went on the ill-starred train. He hurried back, to Atlantic City last night, but the Morgue was dosed to the public, and MeElroy was denied ad- mission. All night he wandered about the streets, and when tho police admit- ted the public to the theatre at 9 o'clock this morning, MeElroy was one of the first to burst into the auditorium. When he saw the long rows of white figures, he faltered. Half dazed he turned to one of the Coroner's officials. "My little girl wore a gray coat and red mitts," he stammered. The official raised the upper portion of the sheet on the second body from the door. Me- Elroy caught a glimpse M streaming golden curls. "My God, that's she," he cried and swooned in the arms of the Coroner's man. When he recovered he was shown the body of the woman lying beside the lit- tle girl. It was his wife. Again he suc- cumbed under the strain and was taken from the Morgue. When asked by the police where he lived, MeElroy said "I don't know. I don't know. I used tq live at 2021) Oreen street, but I can't bear to go back there again. I guess ii doesn't make much difference where I go. My whole family is wiped out." l*atht*tlc Scene Pathetic, indeed, was the identifica- tion of the bodies of Dr. Alvin L. Rud- ders, a prominent physician of Lyceum avenue and Mitchell street, RoxborOugh, and Mrs. Catherine Hudders, his wife!. The bodies were identified by their fouj daughters, who hurried hero this morn" Sng. after reading of the wi*i?k. Upon the body of Mrs. Hudders wore found diamonds and other jewels valued at over |4000. With her husband she was coming down here to look at a cot- tage on Pacific avenue, wkiuh they had ..planned to purchase for their summer home. Dr. Huddcrs is one of the lead- ing physicians of Roxborough and re- cently purchased a new and palatial home. Miss Martha Heisch, of 1403 North Twenty-ninth street, Philadelphia, one of the victims, was to have been mar- ried in two weeks to Armand Alexis Tadesco, of New York. Together they had planned to spend Sunday at the sea- ohore The young woman's sister iden- tified her body at tho morgue today, but could net locate the body of her sister's fiance. It is probably in the Thorough- fare. , ; , . -»:, . I Mra, Walter Seott, wife of the motor- man of the .train, has been driven insane by the tragedy and physicians fear that uhe -'may never regain her reason. Scott had planned to spend Sunday afternoon with his wife and two children at their home, 704 North Michigan avenue, as it was his afternoon off. • Shortly before the news of the tragedy reached here, Mrs. Scott received a telegram from her hus- band, which read: "Don't let the chil- dren go to Sunday school, t will have two hour* off this afternoon, and you .know how badly I want to see them, God bless them. Welter." M$*. Scott did <M her husband request- t ed and kept the children home to await the coming of their father. Several hours later she went to the Morgue and identified his body. Among the victims was Kmanuel Freed, better known on tho vaudeville stage as "Mannie" Bernard. He is a nephew of Sam Bernard, tho well known comedian. Freed was booked to play on Young's Pier this week. This morning his broth- er, l>ouis Freed, identified the body und arranged for its removal to his home at 1227 Madison avenue, New York. Clasped in Bach Other's Arm* Clasped in each other's arms, the bod- i ies of Joseph Morward, 2J1 years old, I of 2208 South Bancroft street, and his brother, Frank, were found in one of the cars. Both of the men had almost all their clothing torn from their bodies. Their bodies were identified by a young- er brother, Matthew. One of the victims whose bodv has not vet been recovered is H. N. Burch, of 820 South Eighth street. Camden. He was on his way to Atlantic City with Andrew Taylor, of 807 Princeton ave- nue, Camden. When the cars left the bridge, Taylor, who was sitting next to the window, shouted to Hurch to. follow him and jumped through the window. Taylow got out andtfwas picked up by two men in ,a boat! He, was sjightly .lit PLANNING TO PUCE BLAME FOB WRECK Continued From First Pago ^•oiaii^o CW» tf°& out of t]ri€>-vr&ter^. m ttaa C*nr toe 5 jxx^ori cj/ of p>e:n$oncs ve»r^ drowxwa. county. It is composed of State Senator E. L. Lee, Isaac Bacharach, Real Estate Operator Samuel H. Headley, Contractor Charles E. Rqeach, large meat packer of this city and Philadelphia, David H. Barrett, president of Board of Tax As- sessors, and John P. Ashmead, city en- gineer. Prosecutor on the Scene Accompanying the jury when it made its. investigation , tyda.y was Prosecutor of the.Pleas J ^ f o iK Albott, City So- licitor Harry WooONw *ud Constable J. W. Hltrdcaetle. SeVerel newspaper" men !„,,,.-J ami he ,< mm „'«, of the eight "?** *>°> t h M . ^ W injured men in the Atlantic City iTos-1 request of Coroner, J^JUJUb who insisted ital. fhey will all recover. Nothing I that there should be. n<> m y s t e r y about the investigation and that the public TRAIN OF DEATH BRINGS CORPSES this place, was yesterday in two trolley wrecks, from which she escaped alive, although she is in the Atlantic City Hos- pital, suffering from the shock. Hue left Florence on the 0.45 trolley for a visit to her cousin, Mrs. Emma Naylor. at Atlantic City. When the crowded trol- ley reached the Pearl street bridge near Burlington the rear trucks left the tracks jwt as the car reached the structure that spans the Assincunk Creek. The iron railing of the bridge was badly bent, but held against the weight of the ear, and prevented it from toppling over into the creek. On account of this delay Miss Dubell was just able to make the ill-fated 1 o'clock electric train from Camden. She escaped with slight injuries, and was ta- ken to the Atlantic City Hospital, where her relatives are looking after her wel- fare. twhu^g "ftwjht LIST OF VICTIMS OF A WFUL DISA S TER Special Left Atlantic City at 11.3 5 Last Night With Fifteen Bodies From Scene of Sunday's Crash -nr recover as been seen of Butch. Ever since the electric train made its from the drawbridge into the a gang of more than a j hundred men has been employed at the scene of the wreck. All through the night, in the uncertain flickering illumina- tion of a dozen gasoline flares, the work of removing the bodies from the wrecked cars was prosecuted. Hovering around the roofs of the cars which Jus* showed above the surface of the water were three gasoline police launches from which the divers made their descents and gruesome, excursions through the sub- merged cars. " A s they reappeared, each time with a body in their arms, their gtuesoiue burden was laid in the bot- tom of the boat and brought ashore, to be sent to the theatre morgue in dead wagons. DraKKUiK Out Cars Shortly after daylight the first oi % the irec cars was dragged from the Thor- oughfare and beached by means of a huge crane operated from the drawbridge, loiter in the .day the middle car was raised from the water, and the divers went through and took out the remain- ing bodies. Since the accident happened there has been no current on the third rail be- tween here and Pleasantville. Passen- gers on the electric road are taken to Pleasantville by steam and there trans- ferred to electric trains. Charles M. Kessler, owner of the schooner Sinbad, the last craft to pass through the drawbridge before yester- day's wreck, recovered seven bodies of victims before the relief work had be- gun. He saw the train plunge over- board and, hurriedly calling a volunteer crew, sailed to the scene of the wreck. The Sinbad is an unfortunate craft, She was abandoned off the Virginia coast last week by her crew, who took a dory and were later rescued and carried td Philadelphia. Kessler went after tho schooner and found her half-sinking, fifty miles from where the crew loft the craft; He was on his way home when the crash occurred. SAY THEY HAVE NOT DETERMINED CAUSE The following statement was sent out last night by the Pennsylvania Rail- road : "On account of the difficulty in raising the trucks of the cars out or the water the railroad officials have not yet been able to discover the cause of the acci- dent. They havo ascertained, however, that there was no defect in either the drawbridge or its mechanism to cause the derailment. The bridge, »both sta- tionary and movable parts, is of the most approved modern type. "General Manager Atterbury is on the ground supervising the work of raising the truck*. Their great weight has thus far defied the efforts \of the wreck- ing apparatus, but attempts are still be- ing made to get them to the surface. When thav are examined, the railroad of- ficials think, it will be shown that there was something about one of the trucks that caused the train to leave the track. "It is certain that the rails on the drawbridge and those on the solid sec- tion fitted exactly, for otherwise the sig- nal could never have shown a clear track* By means of the interlocking system it is impossible for the motorman to get the 'go ahead' signal until tbjs rails ure exactly in. place. "Tho Pennsylvania Railroad Company is leaving i othing undone to get at the cause of the accident. The Coroner has already gathered together a jury and is making a thorough investigation; the official* of the conipany are giving him every assistance in their power. " ' ' Finkelateln Had Several Stores READING, Pa., Oct. 20.-B. H, Ffnk- elstein, aged 40 years, who perished in the wreck at Atlantic City, was proprie- tor of three and nine-cent stores in Head- ing, Pottsville and At I untie City. His family lives at Atlantic City. H e h a d been,in Readina during tlie tfaet three montM. was entitled to know everything regard- ing an accident which wrought such ter- rible havoc. The jurors, upon reaching the draw- bridge from which the electric tj-ain had taken its dip of death, met General Man agor Atterbury, chief of motive power; W. VV. Gibbs, and a number of other prominent. railroad officials,, who were watching the wrecking crew attempt to lift the submerged cars out of the water. Coroner Gaskill surprised these officials by.the business-like manner.in which he started his investigation and by tho ques- tions he asked in order that the jury might get a proper idea of the accident. Before objection could be made the bridge tender, whore duty i t w a s t o .>ee that the rails on the bridge were in prop- er condition after the draw had closed, waa called and examined as to what he knew. Then an engineer was sent for to explain the working of the drawbridge and how the tracks came together after they had been parted by the opening of tho bridge, and in quick succession the jurors asked many questions and insisted that the bridge be immediately gotten into shape so that they might seo a demonstra- tion as to how the tracks worked. This was done, the railroad officials by this time having apparently decided that this Coroner and his jury were different from the ordinary and would have to be obeyed immediately. All Sorts of Bxplsinattons Most attention was paid to the track which, by being out of its proper placej had caused the electric train* to leave the rails and leap into the water. All sorts of explanations were given by the. railroad men to dispel the impression that this track had been out of placo, but their <'fr forts seemed to have small result. Even the positive declaration of Daniel Stew- art, of 2508 Atlantic avenue, the bridge tender, that a few moments before the wreck he had viewed the rail and was sure that it was then in its proper place, did not convince the jury, who seemed t o bei- lieve that the system was not one that was perfect and that it would have been an easy matter for this rail not to have properly fallen into its proper place. All other inquiries made seemed to con- firm this theory, and Coroner Gaskill stated tonight in the course of an inter- view that he was nearly convinced that this rail being misplaced was the direct cause of t\>«> a c c i d e n t . ItHllroau OfrtoUls* Idea Railroad officials, on the other hand, profess to believe that some break in the trucks of the first car was the first cause of the accident, and that this oaused the wheels to spread a,nd to knock the track from ita propor position. This can only be determined by an examina 1 - tlon of the trucks of the cars, and con- sidering that in their plunge into the Thoroughfare the trucks were badly dam? aged, it will be difficult to determine if any defects existed before the accident. The bridge used by the electric trains has two tracks upon it, and in addition the two additional rails made necessary by the third rail electrical system. As the Thoroughfare is used by many boat*, it is necessary to have a draw upon the bridge, and it is at the west end of this draw where the trouble arose. When it is necessary to open the draw the bridge tender' signals the operator stationed in the tower at the east end of the bridge. As soon as the bridge tend* er na# thrown open a lock utym the mechanism which connects the rails and cables of the draw with the bridge ( iroper, the operator in the tower puljs a ever which disconnects the bolts which connect the two parts of the draw. The ends of the rails wheta they meet Special to The Inquirer. * W. % ' : s ATt,ANTIO CITY.'-N.. J., fleV'tt^ty to midnight fifty-three bodies had., been recovered from the bridge wreck at tho Thorough fan;. The following is a fevised list of the dead: t AMOROSO. PIKTRO, 1707 Arctic avenue, Atlantic City. BENOKKKT, MltH. MARY. Sixth; aud Jacksou streets, Philadelphia. BENOKKRT, CLARENCE, 12 years old, a son. BBNCKBRT, HARRY, 0 years old, a son. BRAMHH, MRS. WALTER. Eastport, Maine. BROWN. MRS. CORA BIBBER, East port, Me. BROWEU, ROBERT, Fourth and Lehigh iiveime, Philadelphia. CARTER, W. L., 021 Walnut street, Phil- adelphia. CARTER, MRS. W. L., his wife. CULVENCE, THOMAS, Philadelphia. DEMPSEY, JAMES PAUL. 330 Stevens street, Camden; foreman of car Inspec- tors. DEMPSKY, IDA. his wife. DQMABLH, Y1NCENZO, Atlantic City. EAOAN, JAMES, 2300 Pacific avenue, At- luntlc City. EDWARDS, WILLIAM. Woodbury, N. J. FELSBEKG. DR. PAUL, 1421 Glrard ave- nue. Philadelphia. FELSBERG, MRS. FRANCES, wife of same. FINKELSTEIN, P., Fourth and Pennsyl- vania avenue. Heading. Pa. FREED, EMANUEL, of New York, an actor known as "Manny" Bernard, nephew of Sam Bernard. GETMAN. ALBERT L., 1042 North Fourth street, Philadelphia. HARRIS, CLIFFORD, 17 years, colored, 1!)13 Turner street, Philadelphia. HARRIS, SINCLAIR, 16 years, a brother. HAYES, GERTRUDE, colored, Camden. HEISCH, MARTHA, 1403 North Twenty- ninth street, Philadelphia. HUDDERS, DR. ALVIN C, Lyceum ave- TT KLEINBEROKR. SAMUEL, Atlant KLYNB, WILLIAM STEWART, -nue -kM Mitchell street;'Ho*boro»gti, Philadelphia. . ... ; . ,.,v HCDiMUts. MRS., wife of the physician. IFELL, SAMUEL. 72 West Washington lane, Genuantown. IFELL, RACHEL, his wife. KESSLEB. ALBERT, 030 Haddon avenue, Camden. KESSLER, CHARLES, » brother Atlantic CU.v young adopted son of Mrs. Stewart. KORKU. JOHN. 80S1 Martha street, Phil- adelphia. LAWRENCE. MRS. LAURA, 1018 Bran- dywlue street. Philadelphia. McELROY. MRS. EVELYN, 2020 Greco si reel. Philadelphia. McELROY, OLIVIA, 5 years old, a daugh- ter. MA/.KKLLA. PASQUALE, 1137 Christian street. MERWAUD. FRANK, 220$ South Ban- croft street. Philadelphia. MERWARD. JOSEPH, brother. MILLER. MRS. ANNIE, Fourth and Le- high avenue, Philadelphia. MILLER. LESTER, her son. MONROE. FRANK, Atlantic City. NIESSA, EDDIE. 6 years old, 2147 Shars- wood street, Philadelphia. f RITTBNHOUSE. MRS. ELLA, GO years, 2540 N. Front street, Philadelphia. RITTBNHOUSE, ELLA MARY, 10 years, daughter. « SCOTT. WALTER, motorman, Indiana avenue, Atlantic City. . STEWART, MRS. W. «., Wenonah, N. J. THOMAS, MISS, colored, Camden, N.„J. TURNER, GEORGE, colored, 240 Illinois avenue. Atlantic City. VEORADO, CONSTANTINE C, 038 South Eighth street, Philadelphia. WONFOR. MRS. SELMA, 318 Federal Street, Camden. WONFOR, GEORGE, 818, Federal street, Camden. ZIMMERMAN, JOHN, 454 North Amerl can street, Philadelphia. are cut diagonally, so as to make the connection more perfect. A space of perhaps a quarter of an inch separates the two ends when they are in placed This is an important feature in the in- vestigation, as the rail which threw tho train from the bridge at its triangle end is all battered, while the end of the rail with whloh it fitted is unharmed. Superintendent Lovell, of this division of the West Jersey and Seashore Rail- road, stated that in his opinion some- thing was wrong with one of the brake shoes upon the wheels of the first train', and that this shoe in some way caught the rail and lifted it out of plaoe. Then he said the wheels which followed banged up against this end, and that soon it was forced aside and tho train, derailed and thrown into the water. WERE KILLED ON THEIR I i WEDDING_ANNIVERSARY Pathetic in tho extreme was. ^he un- timely end of Mr. Samuel .Mil, of 7? West Washington lane, Germantown, *ni his wife Rachel, who were victims of thi£ railroad wreck at the Atlantic City Thor- oughfare. The couple, who wero both well knowA in Germantown, had been married just fifteen years, and decided to take, a trip on their fifteenth. wedding . anniversary. They left their homo on Washington lanj.' about 10 o'clock and went to the Friends' Ateeting, of which "they were mtmbers. The meeting was over in time tor them to catch tue ul-fated Atlantic City train'. A' personal friend of the family yeaterdav said that their stopping at the church probably cost them their lives. Air. IflH's body wa* one 6i the firat recovered and was identified by one of hie business cards. His wife's bony for a time l was unidentified, but it ww» thought that she was Mr. IfiU't wife from a picture of hitn she carried in her locket. The wedding ring with their initials in UIKO helpod to prove the identity. P • *• - As soon as the news of the aofcident reached the family, Irvin and "WMmer Iflll. brothers of tlie dead mart, w^nt to Atlantic City' and identifiedv the bodied. The bodies were taken in Ch|Me by Kirk $ Niece, undertaker* of Ger- mantown. As'yM no arrangement* for the funeral havMfoen made. 1 Mr, Iflll was the son of Matthew Iflll, tho proprietor of the Abbey Hotel at Wissahiekon and Hunting Park avenues. For a number of years he "had been, in the livery business in Germantown. He was formerly a letter carrier. He'was well-known among horsemen. He had two children, one a married daughter, who was formerly a school teacher, and a son, James, who is quartermaster on the steamer New York, plying between New York and Livorpool. Both of them havo been notified of the death of their father and that of their stepmother, Mrs. Mil, being his second wife. Mr*. IfiH, who was formerly Rachel Li'veay, of the prominent Livezy family of Plymouth, Montgomery county, was also well-known in Germantown. Shfc was an expert horsewoman and for sev- eral yeara has conducted a fashionablo riding school at Buck Hill, »n t h e P6cono Mountains. Numbered among her pupils were'many prominent society women and men. She has also taught many of the younier set in Germantown, Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy to ride. ' •,.' . I •: y ••'••• < YOUNG DOCTOR AND .WIFE AMONG VICTIMS Paul Fehjberg and bis wife, of 1423 Girard avenue, boarded the train for a pleasure trip. Tho physician's body has been recovered, but that of Mra. jFelsberg is m»««ng- Relatives think that it has been swept out to sea. Pr. FelBberg was well known in medi- cal feles. He was 37 yearn old, while his V$te was three years his -junior. Dr. Felsberg was graduated from Hahne- mann Mescal College. Mrs. Felsberg's mother, Mrs. Jlames Mills, of North Fifteenth street, had preoffled her and Pr. Feleberg t6 the re- sort. Waiting at the terminal, in Atlan- tic Glty for nearly a half hour, the aged mother was finally told of the wreck on the Thoroughfare.- She is in a serious condition from shock- Paul Felsberg, the 14-year-old son of the physician, had a narrow escape from meeting the same fete of his father and mother. Jt was intended that he should accompany his parents to the resort, but' When ho; reaohfed Camden he Asked that he be allowed to go to $ewell to visit; his 'eunt. Hi* request**** granted. Shortly before midnight an engine and two.coaches, a, veritable."train .of death," h6$tiW'fifteen corpses of persons who )uur^rfi» x p" drowned in, t h e TJi 0*0 ugh fare ||>Mk, pulled Cjiuetly, pu* of Jfce AilaV- tieJiCJty >.derJ6t bound for Camden and thi^efty.' i5fundred8 /if .spectators gazed awe- stricken as body after body was silently lifted into the train, after being brought from the Morgue.' Trainmen stood idly by watching the gloomy midnight proces- sion. As one after another the corpses were taken aboard, until there were fif- teen in all, the gloom which has hung over the depot ever since the accident was deepened. The railroad officials and physicians who were to make the sad journey with the dead, nervously fingered their watchea> anxious to be off. Stnrted n t 1 1 . a s P . M . Word had early beefi sent along the road that this special train was to have an absolute right of way. At 11.35 P. M. tho engineer climbed into his cab, and the funeral train moved silently off. On board the lights were turned very low. Relatives of some of the dead had been feiven permission to accompany the train. Several railroad men made up the rest of the party of the living, with the dead stretched out at their feet. Although the Pennsylvania Railroad had the special ready early in the even- ing, the Atlantic City Coroner would not allow it to depart with the corpses. He declared that no bodies should lie re- moved until after the inquest. H e w a s won over later. Only One Body tor Thte City Only one of the fifteen dead was des- tined to this city. The other fourteen wero for Camden or points along the way. As the train sped through the darkness the lonely'night agent at every way sta- tion WHS 6ut on the platform to. watch the engine and cars whizz by. The tele- graph wires had flashed the news along that the "train of death" w a s o n its way. No stops wero made except where a body .was to be token off and turned over to the bereaved families. Long before, the train was due at each station where one of tho dead w a s t o be deposited a small crowd was on hand, with the sorrowing relatives of the de- ceased in tljeir midst. Close to the sta- tion platform stood an undertaker'* wagon. • • 4 . Locomotive Wan SUeint ' With never a whistle nor a rin£ of. the bell, tho train appeared auddenly out of the. darkness, and drew up at the various Npw Jersey stations. Scarcely a word was spoken as the corpse was lifted, and just as silently the, train started off again. It was a little after 1 o'clock thi* morning when the "train of death" final- ly crept into the Canwen station. Sev- eral scores of persona were on hand to meet it. The solitary body deetlned for this city was claimed and brought across on a ferry boat through the thick night fog. ROXBOROUGH DOCTOR AND WIFE VICTIMS Among the most distressing incident* of Sunday's accident in the Atlantic City 'Thoroughfare was the drowning of Dr. A, A. Huddere and his wife Catherine, of'Lyceum, avenue and Mitchell street, Roxborough. Dr. Hudders and hie wife went op the ill-fated ejectrio train most- ly for the sake, of their four small chil- dren. , The doctor intended to purchase a, cottage in Atlanjbic City for the com* fori, of'His wife and cbi,Uiren in the sum-, mer season. He had an appointment?»wlth a Veal •>s:h estate dealer at the seashore, but the train never reached its destination and the doctor and his wife were drowned, imprisoned in one of the coaches. At the Huddera' home, the four, small childrcii, the* youngest 1 9 morttlis, W thr oldfWt •»*» -y****, -W*«V ^«»ttngTor the return of the mother and father. Hear- ing of the wreck, D r . "$. A . Kichnian, of 440 Lyceum avenue, went immediately to the scene of the disaster and identi- fied the bodies of the physician and his wife. Dr. Huddera was widely known througout the city and his death and that of his wife were a sad blow to their many friends. He was a graduate of the Philadelphia College ot Pharmao and the Jefferson Medical College. The bodies are expected to arrive home to- day. HE SAVED THE GIRL, BUT LOST HIS LIFE BROTHERS DIED IN EACH OTHERS' ARMS With their arms clasped about each others' necks, Joseph Merwood, 23 years old f and his brother. Frank Merwood, of 2308 South Rancroft street, were early yesterday morning taken from the sub- merged cars. Their clothing Avas, torn from their bodies, showing they raut«t have struggled hard for their lives. Their bodies were taken to the Empire Theatre Building in Atlantic City, where Mat- thew Merwood, a brother of the unfor- tunate victims, identified them. The three Merwood brother* were em- R loyed as motormen by the Philadelphia apid Transit Company. Much sorrow has been manifest among the trolleymen at the Sixteenth and Snyder avenue car barn, where the Merwoods worked. BOABD WILL IKYE^TIOATB 1 MIM ftn«orwJ 4U<MW Will fiome Bel fore Centralttee Tliur»»«lH> At a meeting of the Camden Board of Gducation last night a resolution waa in- troduced by- Ceorge L. Bender calling for an investigation of the esse of Miss Sallie Peacock, who claims to have had a teachers certificate unjustly withheld from her after she had been proven tully competent. The board referred the mat- ter for investigation to the Teachers' Committee, which will meet on Thursday night. i . »»» ; •«•••'• Trollty CM* Hla Lefl Off Philip S. Malonejr, aged 04 years, of 2128 North Twentieth street, was run over vesterday afternoon by a trolley csr at Twelfth and MarVet Btreets and had bis 'eg cut off. He was removed to the Hah- nemann Hospital. TO CVM1S A T.ke LAXATIVE NROMO Oulntno Tnbletj »>niRffWi« refund money If It f«ll* to aire. W, COI n IN ONK DAV MO OROVK'8 signature II on e«ch lw».2ac.—AdT Yeeterdny'a I.oenl Weather Report from V. B. Weettaer Harean Time. I ? I P I 9 B" Weather. I i WII4JAM KDWAKDS Woodbury Victim of the Wreck Special to The Inquirer. WOODBURY, N. J., Oot. 20.-Among the Woodbury Victims of the Atlantic City disaster was William Edwards, aged 25 yeara, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edwards, of South Broad street. The young man was popular and had a host of friends. He was a fine ball 'p!ayer, having played with the Country Club ball team for several years. Young Edwards left his home yester- day morning, saying he was going to Camden, where he intended to meet Miss Ida Dubell, of Florence, and the two were going down to the shore. It was not positively known whether they msde the 1 o'clock train until this morning, when Miss Duhell had the hospital at- tacheea telephone to Edwards' Parents that ho had saved her, but she did not know whether he was saved. All she re- membered was that when Edwards got her from the car she saw him sink, and she swooned. Several Woodbury people were in At- lantio City, and these were communicat- ed'with, nut nothing could be lear'ned. When young Edwards did not come home last night the worst was feared, and this morning the lather, with Harry Fish, went down. They went to the tempor- ary morgues, butt saw no one who re- sembled tho son. Finally Fish saw a body just brought in. whom ho partly recognlaed. He called the father, who identified the body as that of his son. Miss Dubell said that she saw "WUIV' face was bleeding terribly while ho was working with her, and that as he pu«h- ed her to safety he dropped out of sight, and she believes some one pulled him under again. Mr, Edwards came home this afternoon almost districted, and Mr. Fish will re- main at Atlantic City until the Coro- ner gives permission to bring the body up. ! IK TWO TROLLEY WBB0X8 Uriel** of Wopdbnrr Vletlm |ft At- liuitlo Otty Hoapitnl Special t<> The inquirer. FLORENCE, N. J., Oct. 29.~Miss Ida Dubell, a popular young woman of A. M-.80.07 44 6« N _ « V. M-.801* 4B * 7 UB Temperature 12 noon . > -.. JN Temperature 8 P. ».•«.••£••••• ••• Minimum temuxraturo 4 P^ M .... Minimum temperature 6.45'A. M.. 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Page 1: FIFTY-THREE DEAD SUM OF SUNDAY BRIDGE HORROR

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T h e t a w d y , n e g l e c t e d scenery left on t h e s t a g e m a d e a n i n c o n g r u o u s s e t t i n g f o r t h e s c e n e o n t h e g r o u n d floor of t h e t h e a t r e , f r o m w h i c h t h e s e a t s had al l b e e n r e m o v e d . S c o r e s of b o d i e s w e r e laid s i d e b y s i d e in t w o l o n g r o w s , a n d t h r o u g h t h e n a r r o w a is le l e f t b e t w e e n t h e r o w s of sheet -covered , forms t h e r e l a t i v e s a n d f r i ends of t h e v i c t i m s a n d t h e t h r o n g s of t h e m o r b i d l y c u r i o u s filed in a c o n t i n u o u s s t r e a m from t h e t i m e

t h e door w a s o p e n e d a t n i n e o'clock t h i s m o r n i n g unt i l t h e t h r e e r e m a i n i n g un­ident i f i ed b o d i e s w e r e s e n t a w a y t o local u n d e r t a k e r s * e s t a b l i s h m e n t s t o n i g h t .

T h e r e w a s n o m o r e p i t a b l e e x p e r i e n c e

t h a n t h a t of S a m u e l M e E l r o y , of 20iJ9 C r e e n s t r e e t , w h o s e fami ly w a s l i tera l ly

wipjd, o u t l , v the- d i s a s t e r . T h e b o d i e s of h i s w i f e a n d t h e i r f ive-year-o ld s o n a n d 'daughter O l i v i a ' l a y s i d e b y s ide in t h e

t h e a t r e bu i ld ing . T h e b o d y of t h e i r t h r e e - y e a r - o l d s o n J o s e p h is b e i n g carr ied t o a n d fro b y t h e t i d e in t h e T h o r o u g h ­fare , M e E l r o y w a s in A t l a n t i c C i ty on S u n d a y a n d h a d e x p e c t e d h is w i f e a n d t w o c h i l d r e n o n t h e e lec tr ic t ra in l e a v i n g ; P h i l a d e l p h i a a t e l e v e n o'c lock. S o m e cir- j T h o r o u g h f a r e , c u n w t a n c o l ed M r s . M e E l r o y t o l e a v e o n t h e o n e o'c lock t ra in i n s t e a d . H e wan at t h e s t a t i o n w h e n t h e n e w s of t h e d i s a s t e r w a s b r o u g h t in. H e hurr ied t o t h e d r a w b r i d g e , btft t h e r e was* n o s ign of his

d e a r o n e s . W a n d e r e d A b o u t S t r e e t *

B u o y e d b y t h e h o p e t h a t t h e y m i g h t n o t h a v e t a k e n t h e t r a i n , M e E l r o y w e n t 'to P h i l a d e l p h i a t o f ind t h a t h i s wi fe a n d c h i l d r e n w e n t on t h e i l l - s tarred t r a i n . H e h u r r i e d b a c k , t o A t l a n t i c C i t y l a s t n i g h t , b u t t h e M o r g u e w a s d o s e d t o t h e publ ic , a n d M e E l r o y w a s d e n i e d ad­m i s s i o n . All n i g h t he w a n d e r e d a b o u t t h e s t r e e t s , a n d w h e n t h o po l i c e a d m i t ­t e d t h e publ ic to t h e t h e a t r e a t 9 o'c lock t h i s m o r n i n g , MeElroy w a s o n e of the first to b u r s t i n t o t h e a u d i t o r i u m . W h e n h e s a w t h e long r o w s of w h i t e figures, h e fa l t ered . H a l f dazed h e t u r n e d t o o n e of t h e Coroner ' s off icials .

" M y l i t t l e girl w o r e a gray coat a n d red m i t t s , " he s t a m m e r e d . T h e official raised t h e upper p o r t i o n of t h e s h e e t o n t h e s e c o n d b o d y from t h e d o o r . Me­E l r o y c a u g h t a g l i m p s e M s t r e a m i n g g o l d e n cur l s .

" M y G o d , t h a t ' s s h e , " h e cr ied a n d s w o o n e d in t h e a r m s of t h e C o r o n e r ' s m a n .

W h e n he r e c o v e r e d h e w a s s h o w n t h e b o d y of t h e w o m a n ly ing b e s i d e t h e lit­t l e girl . It w a s h i s w i f e . A g a i n h e suc­c u m b e d u n d e r t h e s t r a i n and w a s t a k e n f rom t h e M o r g u e . W h e n a s k e d b y t h e po l i ce w h e r e he l i ved , M e E l r o y sa id " I d o n ' t k n o w . I d o n ' t k n o w . I u s e d tq l i v e a t 2021) O r e e n s t r e e t , b u t I c a n ' t b e a r to g o back t h e r e a g a i n . I g u e s s i i d o e s n ' t m a k e m u c h d i f f e r e n c e w h e r e I go . M y w h o l e fami ly i s w i p e d o u t . "

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P a t h e t i c , i n d e e d , w a s t h e identi f ica­t i o n of t h e b o d i e s of D r . A l v i n L . R u d ­d e r s , a p r o m i n e n t p h y s i c i a n of L y c e u m a v e n u e a n d M i t c h e l l s t r e e t , R o x b o r O u g h , a n d M r s . C a t h e r i n e H u d d e r s , h i s wife!. T h e b o d i e s w e r e ident i f i ed by t h e i r f o u j d a u g h t e r s , w h o h u r r i e d h e r o t h i s morn" Sng. af ter r e a d i n g of t h e wi*i?k.

U p o n t h e b o d y of M r s . H u d d e r s w o r e f o u n d d i a m o n d s a n d o t h e r j e w e l s v a l u e d a t o v e r | 4 0 0 0 . W i t h her h u s b a n d s h e w a s c o m i n g d o w n h e r e t o look a t a co t ­t a g e o n Pacif ic a v e n u e , wkiuh t h e y h a d

. .planned to p u r c h a s e for t h e i r s u m m e r h o m e . Dr. H u d d c r s i s o n e of t h e lead­i n g p h y s i c i a n s of R o x b o r o u g h a n d re­c e n t l y p u r c h a s e d a n e w a n d pa la t ia l h o m e .

M i s s M a r t h a H e i s c h , of 1 4 0 3 N o r t h T w e n t y - n i n t h s t r e e t , P h i l a d e l p h i a , o n e o f t h e v i c t i m s , w a s t o h a v e b e e n mar­r i e d in t w o w e e k s t o A r m a n d A l e x i s T a d e s c o , of N e w Y o r k . T o g e t h e r t h e y h a d p l a n n e d t o s p e n d S u n d a y a t t h e sea-ohore T h e y o u n g w o m a n ' s s i s t er iden­tif ied her body a t t h o m o r g u e t o d a y , b u t cou ld n e t l o c a t e t h e b o d y of her s i s t e r ' s fiance. I t i s p r o b a b l y i n t h e T h o r o u g h ­fare . , ;, . -»:, . I

Mra , W a l t e r S e o t t , w i f e of t h e m o t o r -m a n of t h e . tra in , h a s b e e n d r i v e n i n s a n e by t h e t ragedy a n d p h y s i c i a n s fear t h a t uhe -'may n e v e r rega in h e r reason . S c o t t h a d p l a n n e d to s p e n d S u n d a y a f t e r n o o n w i t h h i s w i f e a n d t w o c h i l d r e n a t t h e i r h o m e , 7 0 4 N o r t h M i c h i g a n a v e n u e , a s i t w a s h is a f t e r n o o n off. • S h o r t l y be fore t h e n e w s of t h e t r a g e d y r e a c h e d h e r e , M r s . S c o t t r e c e i v e d a t e l e g r a m f r o m h e r hus­b a n d , w h i c h r e a d : " D o n ' t l e t t h e chi l ­d r e n go t o S u n d a y schoo l , t w i l l h a v e t w o hour* off t h i s af ternoon, a n d y o u

. k n o w h o w b a d l y I w a n t t o s e e t h e m , G o d b l e s s t h e m . W e l t e r . "

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ed a n d k e p t t h e c h i l d r e n h o m e t o a w a i t t h e c o m i n g of t h e i r f a t h e r . Severa l h o u r s la ter s h e w e n t to t h e M o r g u e a n d ident i f i ed h i s b o d y .

A m o n g t h e v i c t i m s w a s K m a n u e l F r e e d , b e t t e r k n o w n o n t h o v a u d e v i l l e s t a g e as " M a n n i e " B e r n a r d . H e is a n e p h e w of S a m B e r n a r d , t h o w e l l k n o w n c o m e d i a n . F r e e d w a s b o o k e d t o p l a y o n Y o u n g ' s P ier t h i s w e e k . T h i s m o r n i n g his bro th­er, l>ouis F r e e d , ident i f ied the b o d y u n d a r r a n g e d for i t s r e m o v a l t o h i s h o m e a t 1 2 2 7 M a d i s o n a v e n u e , N e w Y o r k .

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Clasped in each o t h e r ' s a r m s , t h e bod-i ies of J o s e p h M o r w a r d , 2J1 y e a r s o ld , I of 2 2 0 8 S o u t h B a n c r o f t s t r e e t , a n d h i s

b r o t h e r , F r a n k , w e r e found in o n e o f t h e cars . B o t h of t h e m e n h a d a l m o s t all t h e i r c l o th ing t o r n from t h e i r b o d i e s . T h e i r bod ies w e r e ident i f i ed by a y o u n g ­er b r o t h e r , M a t t h e w .

O n e of t h e v i c t i m s w h o s e b o d v h a s n o t vet b e e n r e c o v e r e d is H . N . B u r c h , of 8 2 0 S o u t h E i g h t h s t r e e t . C a m d e n . H e w a s o n h i s w a y t o A t l a n t i c C i t y w i t h A n d r e w T a y l o r , of 8 0 7 P r i n c e t o n ave­nue , C a m d e n . W h e n t h e cars l e f t t h e br idge , T a y l o r , w h o w a s s i t t i n g n e x t t o t h e w i n d o w , s h o u t e d t o Hurch t o . fo l low h i m a n d j u m p e d t h r o u g h t h e w i n d o w . Taylow g o t o u t a n d t f w a s p i c k e d u p by t w o m e n in ,a b o a t ! He, w a s s j i g h t l y

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t h i s place , w a s y e s t e r d a y in t w o trolley w r e c k s , f r o m w h i c h s h e escaped al ive, a l t h o u g h s h e i s in t h e A t l a n t i c Ci ty Hos ­pi ta l , suffer ing from t h e shock. Hue left F l o r e n c e o n t h e 0 . 4 5 tro l l ey for a v is i t t o h e r cous in , Mrs . E m m a Nay lor . a t A t l a n t i c C i ty . W h e n t h e crowded trol­ley r e a c h e d t h e Pear l street bridge near B u r l i n g t o n t h e rear t r u c k s left t h e tracks j w t a s t h e car reached t h e s t ruc ture that s p a n s t h e A s s i n c u n k Creek. T h e iron ra i l ing of t h e br idge w a s badly b e n t , but he ld a g a i n s t t h e w e i g h t of t h e ear, and p r e v e n t e d i t f rom toppl ing over i n t o the creek .

On a c c o u n t of th i s de lay M i s s Dubel l w a s j u s t a b l e t o m a k e t h e ill-fated 1 o 'c lock e lec tr ic t r a i n from C a m d e n . She e s c a p e d w i t h s l ight injuries , and was ta­k e n t o t h e A t l a n t i c Ci ty Hosp i ta l , w h e r e h e r r e l a t i v e s are look ing af ter her wel­fare.

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r e c o v e r as b e e n s e e n of B u t c h . E v e r s ince t h e e l ec tr i c t ra in m a d e i t s

f rom t h e d r a w b r i d g e i n t o t h e a g a n g of m o r e t h a n a

j h u n d r e d m e n h a s b e e n e m p l o y e d at the s c e n e of t h e w r e c k . A l l t h r o u g h t h e n i g h t , in t h e u n c e r t a i n f l ickering i l lumina­t ion of a d o z e n g a s o l i n e f lares, t h e w o r k of r e m o v i n g t h e b o d i e s f rom t h e w r e c k e d cars w a s p r o s e c u t e d . H o v e r i n g a r o u n d t h e roofs of t h e cars w h i c h Jus* s h o w e d a b o v e t h e sur face of t h e w a t e r w e r e t h r e e g a s o l i n e p o l i c e l a u n c h e s from w h i c h t h e d i v e r s m a d e t h e i r d e s c e n t s a n d g r u e s o m e , e x c u r s i o n s t h r o u g h t h e sub­m e r g e d cars . " A s t h e y r e a p p e a r e d , e a c h t i m e w i t h a b o d y i n the ir a r m s , t h e i r g t u e s o i u e b u r d e n w a s la id i n t h e bot­t o m of t h e b o a t a n d b r o u g h t ashore , t o b e s e n t to t h e t h e a t r e m o r g u e in d e a d w a g o n s .

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o u g h f a r e a n d b e a c h e d b y m e a n s of a h u g e c r a n e o p e r a t e d from t h e d r a w b r i d g e , l o i t e r in t h e .day t h e m i d d l e car w a s ra i sed f rom t h e w a t e r , a n d t h e d i v e r s w e n t t h r o u g h a n d t o o k o u t t h e r e m a i n ­ing b o d i e s .

S i n c e t h e a c c i d e n t h a p p e n e d t h e r e h a s b e e n no c u r r e n t o n t h e t h i r d rail be­t w e e n here a n d P l e a s a n t v i l l e . P a s s e n ­g e r s o n t h e e l ec t r i c road a r e t a k e n t o P l e a s a n t v i l l e by s t e a m a n d t h e r e t rans ­ferred to e l ec t r i c t r a i n s .

C h a r l e s M . K e s s l e r , o w n e r of t h e s c h o o n e r S i n b a d , t h e la s t craft to p a s s t h r o u g h t h e d r a w b r i d g e be fore yes ter ­d a y ' s w r e c k , r e c o v e r e d s e v e n b o d i e s of v i c t i m s b e f o r e t h e rel ief w o r k h a d be ­g u n . H e s a w t h e t ra in p l u n g e over­b o a r d a n d , h u r r i e d l y ca l l ing a v o l u n t e e r crew , sa i led to t h e s c e n e of t h e w r e c k .

T h e S i n b a d is an u n f o r t u n a t e craft , S h e w a s a b a n d o n e d off t h e V i r g i n i a c o a s t last w e e k b y her c r e w , w h o t o o k a d o r y a n d w e r e la ter r e s c u e d a n d carr ied t d P h i l a d e l p h i a . K e s s l e r w e n t a f t e r t h o s c h o o n e r a n d f o u n d h e r ha l f - s ink ing , fifty m i l e s f r o m w h e r e t h e c r e w loft t h e craft ; H e w a s o n h i s w a y h o m e w h e n t h e crash o c c u r r e d .

SAY THEY HAVE NOT DETERMINED CAUSE

T h e f o l l o w i n g s t a t e m e n t w a s s e n t o u t last n i g h t by t h e P e n n s y l v a n i a Rai l ­road :

"On a c c o u n t of t h e di f f icul ty in ra is ing t h e t r u c k s of t h e cars o u t or t h e w a t e r t h e ra i l road off icials h a v e n o t y e t b e e n ab le t o d i s c o v e r t h e cause of t h e acci­d e n t . T h e y h a v o a s c e r t a i n e d , h o w e v e r , t h a t t h e r e w a s n o d e f e c t in e i t h e r t h e d r a w b r i d g e or i t s m e c h a n i s m t o cause t h e d e r a i l m e n t . T h e br idge , »both s ta ­t i onary a n d m o v a b l e p a r t s , i s of t h e m o s t a p p r o v e d m o d e r n t y p e .

" G e n e r a l M a n a g e r A t t e r b u r y is o n t h e g r o u n d s u p e r v i s i n g t h e w o r k of ra is ing t h e truck*. T h e i r grea t w e i g h t h a s t h u s far def ied t h e ef forts \of t h e wreck­ing a p p a r a t u s , b u t a t t e m p t s are s t i l l be­ing m a d e t o g e t t h e m t o t h e surface . W h e n t h a v are e x a m i n e d , t h e ra i l road of­ficials t h i n k , i t w i l l be s h o w n t h a t t h e r e w a s s o m e t h i n g a b o u t o n e of t h e t r u c k s t h a t c a u s e d t h e t ra in t o l e a v e t h e t rack .

" I t i s c e r t a i n t h a t t h e rai l s o n t h e d r a w b r i d g e a n d t h o s e o n t h e s o l i d sec­t i on fitted e x a c t l y , for o t h e r w i s e t h e sig­nal cou ld n e v e r h a v e s h o w n a c lear track* B y m e a n s of t h e i n t e r l o c k i n g s y s t e m i t is i m p o s s i b l e for t h e m o t o r m a n to g e t t h e 'go a h e a d ' s i g n a l unt i l tbjs ra i l s ure e x a c t l y in. p l a c e .

" T h o P e n n s y l v a n i a Ra i l road C o m p a n y is l e a v i n g i o t h i n g u n d o n e t o g e t a t t h e cause of t h e a c c i d e n t . T h e C o r o n e r h a s a l r e a d y g a t h e r e d t o g e t h e r a jury a n d i s m a k i n g a t h o r o u g h i n v e s t i g a t i o n ; t h e official* of t h e c o n i p a n y are g i v i n g h i m e v e r y a s s i s t a n c e i n t h e i r p o w e r .

" ' '

Finkelateln Had Several Stores R E A D I N G , P a . , Oct . 2 0 . - B . H , Ffnk-

e l s t e i n , a g e d 4 0 y e a r s , w h o p e r i s h e d in t h e wreck a t A t l a n t i c Ci ty , w a s proprie­t o r of t h r e e a n d n i n e - c e n t s t o r e s i n H e a d ­ing, P o t t s v i l l e a n d At I unt ie C i t y . H i s fami ly l i ves a t A t l a n t i c C i ty . H e h a d b e e n , i n R e a d i n a d u r i n g t l i e tfaet t h r e e m o n t M .

w a s e n t i t l e d t o k n o w e v e r y t h i n g regard­

i n g a n a c c i d e n t w h i c h w r o u g h t s u c h ter­

r ible h a v o c .

T h e jurors , u p o n reach ing t h e draw­

br idge f r o m w h i c h t h e e lec tr ic tj-ain had

t a k e n i t s d i p of d e a t h , m e t G e n e r a l M a n

agor A t t e r b u r y , ch ie f of m o t i v e p o w e r ;

W . VV. G i b b s , a n d a n u m b e r of o t h e r

p r o m i n e n t . ra i l road of f ic ia l s , , w h o w e r e

w a t c h i n g t h e w r e c k i n g c r e w a t t e m p t t o

lift t h e s u b m e r g e d cars o u t of t h e w a t e r .

C o r o n e r Gaski l l surpr i sed t h e s e officials

b y . t h e bus ines s - l ike m a n n e r . i n w h i c h he

s t a r t e d h i s i n v e s t i g a t i o n a n d by t h o ques­

t i o n s h e a s k e d in o r d e r t h a t t h e jury

m i g h t g e t a proper idea of t h e a c c i d e n t .

B e f o r e o b j e c t i o n could b e m a d e t h e br idge t e n d e r , w h o r e d u t y i t w a s t o .>ee t h a t t h e rai l s o n t h e br idge w e r e in prop­er c o n d i t i o n a f ter t h e d r a w h a d c lo sed , w a a ca l l ed a n d e x a m i n e d a s t o w h a t he k n e w . T h e n a n e n g i n e e r w a s s e n t for t o e x p l a i n t h e w o r k i n g of t h e d r a w b r i d g e a n d h o w t h e t r a c k s c a m e t o g e t h e r a f ter t h e y h a d b e e n p a r t e d b y t h e o p e n i n g of t h o br idge , a n d i n quick s u c c e s s i o n t h e jurors a s k e d m a n y q u e s t i o n s a n d i n s i s t e d t h a t t h e br idge b e i m m e d i a t e l y g o t t e n i n t o s h a p e so t h a t t h e y m i g h t seo a d e m o n s t r a ­t i on as t o h o w t h e t r a c k s w o r k e d . T h i s w a s d o n e , t h e ra i lroad off icials b y t h i s t i m e h a v i n g a p p a r e n t l y d e c i d e d t h a t t h i s C o r o n e r a n d h i s jury w e r e d i f ferent f r o m t h e ord inary a n d w o u l d h a v e t o b e o b e y e d i m m e d i a t e l y .

A l l S o r t s o f B x p l s i n a t t o n s

M o s t a t t e n t i o n w a s p a i d t o t h e t rack w h i c h , b y b e i n g o u t of i t s p r o p e r p lace j h a d caused t h e e lec tr ic train* t o l e a v e t h e rai ls a n d l e a p i n t o t h e w a t e r . A l l sor t s of e x p l a n a t i o n s w e r e g i v e n b y t h e . ra i lroad m e n t o d i spe l t h e i m p r e s s i o n t h a t t h i s t rack h a d b e e n o u t of p laco , b u t t h e i r <'fr forts s e e m e d t o h a v e smal l resu l t . E v e n t h e p o s i t i v e dec lara t ion of D a n i e l S t e w ­art , of 2 5 0 8 A t l a n t i c a v e n u e , t h e br idge t ender , t h a t a f ew m o m e n t s be fore t h e w r e c k he h a d v i e w e d t h e rail a n d w a s sure t h a t i t w a s t h e n in i t s p r o p e r p lace , d i d n o t c o n v i n c e t h e jury , w h o s e e m e d t o bei-l i eve t h a t t h e s y s t e m w a s n o t o n e t h a t w a s per fec t a n d t h a t i t w o u l d h a v e b e e n a n easy m a t t e r for t h i s rail n o t t o h a v e proper ly fa l len i n t o i t s p r o p e r p lace .

A l l o t h e r inquir ies m a d e s e e m e d t o con­firm t h i s t h e o r y , a n d Coroner Gask i l l s t a t e d t o n i g h t i n t h e course of a n inter ­v i e w t h a t h e w a s n e a r l y c o n v i n c e d t h a t t h i s rail be ing m i s p l a c e d w a s t h e d irec t cause of t\>«> a c c i d e n t .

I t H l l r o a u O f r t o U l s * I d e a

Railroad officials, on the other hand, profess to believe that some break in the trucks of the first car was the first cause of the accident, and that this oaused the wheels to spread a,nd to knock the track from ita propor position. This can only be determined by an examina1-tlon of the trucks of the cars, and con­sidering that in their plunge into the Thoroughfare the trucks were badly dam? aged, it will be difficult to determine if any defects existed before the accident.

The bridge used by the electric trains has two tracks upon it, and in addition the two additional rails made necessary by the third rail electrical system. As the Thoroughfare is used by many boat*, it is necessary to have a draw upon the bridge, and it is at the west end of this draw where the trouble arose.

When it is necessary to open the draw the bridge tender' signals the operator stationed in the tower at the east end of the bridge. As soon as the bridge tend* er na# thrown open a lock utym the mechanism which connects the rails and cables of the draw with the bridge

(iroper, the operator in the tower puljs a ever which disconnects the bolts which

connect the two parts of the draw. The ends of the rails wheta they meet

Special to The Inquirer. * W. %':

sATt,ANTIO CITY.'-N.. J., fleV'tt^ty t o m i d n i g h t fifty-three b o d i e s had., b e e n r e c o v e r e d f rom the b r i d g e w r e c k a t t h o T h o r o u g h fan; . T h e f o l l o w i n g i s a f e v i s e d l is t of t h e d e a d : t

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s tree t , C a m d e n ; foreman of car Inspec­tors .

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actor k n o w n a s " M a n n y " Bernard , n e p h e w of Sam Bernard.

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are cut d iagona l ly , so a s t o m a k e t h e c o n n e c t i o n m o r e per fec t . A space of p e r h a p s a q u a r t e r of a n i n c h s e p a r a t e s t h e t w o e n d s w h e n t h e y are in placed T h i s i s a n i m p o r t a n t f ea ture in t h e in­v e s t i g a t i o n , as t h e rail w h i c h t h r e w t h o t r a i n f r o m t h e br idge a t i t s t r i a n g l e e n d i s all b a t t e r e d , w h i l e t h e e n d of t h e rail w i t h w h l o h i t fitted i s u n h a r m e d .

S u p e r i n t e n d e n t Love l l , of t h i s d iv i s ion of t h e W e s t J e r s e y a n d S e a s h o r e Rai l ­road , s t a t e d t h a t in h i s o p i n i o n some­t h i n g w a s w r o n g w i t h o n e of t h e brake s h o e s u p o n t h e w h e e l s of t h e first train', a n d t h a t t h i s s h o e i n s o m e w a y c a u g h t t h e rail a n d l i f ted i t o u t of p laoe . • T h e n h e sa id t h e w h e e l s w h i c h f o l l o w e d b a n g e d up a g a i n s t t h i s e n d , a n d t h a t s o o n i t w a s forced a s i d e a n d t h o train , dera i l ed a n d t h r o w n i n t o t h e w a t e r .

WERE KILLED ON THEIR I i WEDDING_ANNIVERSARY

Pathetic in tho extreme was. he un­timely end of Mr. Samuel .Mil, of 7? West Washington lane, Germantown, *ni his wife Rachel, who were victims of thi£ railroad wreck at the Atlantic City Thor­oughfare.

The couple, who wero both well knowA in Germantown, had been married just fifteen years, and decided to take, a trip on their fifteenth. wedding . anniversary. They left their homo on Washington lanj.' about 10 o'clock and went to the Friends' Ateeting, of which "they were mtmbers.

The meeting was over in time tor them to catch tue ul-fated Atlantic City train'. A' personal friend of the family yeaterdav said that their stopping at the church probably cost them their lives.

Air. IflH's body wa* one 6i the firat recovered and was identified by one of hie business cards. His wife's bony for a time l was unidentified, but it ww» thought that she was Mr. IfiU't wife from a picture of hitn she carried in her locket. The wedding ring with their initials in UIKO helpod to prove the identity. P • *• -

As soon as the news of the aofcident reached the family, Irvin and "WMmer Iflll. brothers of tlie dead mart, w^nt to Atlantic City' and identifiedv the bodied. The bodies were taken in Ch|Me by Kirk $ Niece, undertaker* of Ger­mantown. As'yM no arrangement* for the funeral havMfoen made.

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M r , Iflll w a s t h e s o n of M a t t h e w Iflll , t h o p r o p r i e t o r of t h e A b b e y H o t e l a t W i s s a h i e k o n a n d H u n t i n g P a r k a v e n u e s . F o r a n u m b e r of y e a r s he "had b e e n , in t h e l i very b u s i n e s s in G e r m a n t o w n . H e w a s former ly a l e t t e r carrier . H e ' w a s w e l l - k n o w n a m o n g h o r s e m e n . H e h a d t w o c h i l d r e n , o n e a marr ied d a u g h t e r , w h o w a s former ly a s c h o o l t eacher , a n d a s o n , J a m e s , w h o i s q u a r t e r m a s t e r o n t h e s t e a m e r N e w Y o r k , p l y i n g b e t w e e n N e w Y o r k a n d Livorpoo l . B o t h of t h e m h a v o b e e n not i f ied of t h e d e a t h of t h e i r f a t h e r a n d t h a t of t h e i r s t e p m o t h e r , M r s . M i l , b e i n g h i s s e c o n d w i f e .

Mr*. IfiH, w h o w a s former ly R a c h e l Li'veay, of t h e p r o m i n e n t L i v e z y fami ly o f P l y m o u t h , M o n t g o m e r y c o u n t y , w a s a l so w e l l - k n o w n in G e r m a n t o w n . Shfc w a s a n e x p e r t h o r s e w o m a n a n d for sev­era l yeara h a s c o n d u c t e d a fash ionablo r id ing schoo l a t B u c k H i l l , »n t h e P 6 c o n o M o u n t a i n s . N u m b e r e d a m o n g h e r pup i l s w e r e ' m a n y p r o m i n e n t s o c i e t y w o m e n and m e n . S h e h a s a l so t a u g h t m a n y of t h e y o u n i e r s e t in G e r m a n t o w n , C h e s t n u t H i l l a n d M t . A i r y t o r i d e . ' • , . '

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< YOUNG DOCTOR AND .WIFE AMONG VICTIMS

Paul Fehjberg and bis wife, of 1423 Girard avenue, boarded the train for a pleasure trip. Tho physician's body has been recovered, but that of Mra. jFelsberg is m»««ng- Relatives think that it has been swept out to sea.

Pr. FelBberg was well known in medi­cal feles. He was 37 yearn old, while his V$te was three years his -junior. Dr. Felsberg was graduated from Hahne­mann Mescal College.

Mrs. Felsberg's mother, Mrs. Jlames Mills, of North Fifteenth street, had preoffled her and Pr. Feleberg t6 the re­sort. Waiting at the terminal, in Atlan­tic Glty for nearly a half hour, the aged mother was finally told of the wreck on the Thoroughfare.- She is in a serious condition from shock-

Paul Felsberg, the 14-year-old son of the physician, had a narrow escape from meeting the same fete of his father and mother. Jt was intended that he should accompany his parents to the resort, but' When ho; reaohfed Camden he Asked that he be allowed to go to $ewell to visit; his 'eunt. Hi* request**** granted.

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s t r i c k e n as b o d y a f ter b o d y w a s s i l e n t l y

l i f t ed i n t o t h e t ra in , a f ter b e i n g b r o u g h t

from t h e Morgue. ' T r a i n m e n s t o o d id ly

b y w a t c h i n g t h e g l o o m y m i d n i g h t proces­

s ion . A s o n e a f ter a n o t h e r t h e corpses

w e r e t a k e n a b o a r d , unt i l t h e r e w e r e fif­

t e e n in all , t h e g l o o m w h i c h h a s h u n g

o v e r t h e d e p o t e v e r s i n c e t h e acc ident

w a s d e e p e n e d .

T h e ra i l road off icials a n d p h y s i c i a n s

w h o w e r e t o m a k e t h e sad j o u r n e y w i t h

t h e dead , n e r v o u s l y fingered t h e i r

watchea> a n x i o u s t o b e off.

S t n r t e d n t 1 1 . a s P . M.

W o r d h a d early beefi s e n t a long t h e

r o a d t h a t t h i s spec ia l t r a i n w a s t o h a v e

a n a b s o l u t e r ight of w a y . A t 1 1 . 3 5 P . M .

t h o e n g i n e e r c l i m b e d i n t o h i s c a b , a n d

t h e funeral t r a i n m o v e d s i l e n t l y off.

On board t h e l i gh t s w e r e turned very

l o w . R e l a t i v e s of s o m e of t h e dead h a d

b e e n feiven p e r m i s s i o n t o a c c o m p a n y t h e

t ra in . S e v e r a l ra i l road m e n m a d e up

t h e res t of t h e p a r t y of t h e l iv ing , w i t h

t h e d e a d s t r e t c h e d o u t a t t h e i r feet .

A l t h o u g h t h e P e n n s y l v a n i a R a i l r o a d

h a d t h e spec ia l ready ear ly in t h e even­

ing , t h e A t l a n t i c C i ty C o r o n e r w o u l d not

a l l o w i t to d e p a r t w i t h t h e corpses . H e

d e c l a r e d t h a t n o b o d i e s s h o u l d lie re­

m o v e d unt i l a f t e r t h e i n q u e s t . H e w a s

w o n o v e r la ter .

O n l y O n e B o d y t o r T h t e C i t y

O n l y o n e of t h e fifteen d e a d w a s des­

t i n e d t o t h i s c i t y . T h e o t h e r f o u r t e e n

w e r o for C a m d e n or p o i n t s a l o n g t h e

w a y . A s t h e t ra in s p e d t h r o u g h t h e d a r k n e s s

t h e l o n e l y ' n i g h t a g e n t a t e v e r y w a y s ta­t i on WHS 6 u t o n t h e p l a t f o r m t o . w a t c h t h e e n g i n e a n d c a r s w h i z z b y . T h e te le ­g r a p h w i r e s h a d flashed t h e n e w s a l o n g t h a t t h e " t r a i n of d e a t h " w a s o n i t s w a y .

N o s t o p s w e r o m a d e e x c e p t w h e r e a b o d y .was t o b e t o k e n off a n d t u r n e d o v e r t o t h e b e r e a v e d fami l i e s .

L o n g before, t h e t r a i n w a s d u e a t e a c h s t a t i o n w h e r e o n e o f t h o d e a d w a s t o b e d e p o s i t e d a smal l c r o w d w a s o n h a n d , w i t h t h e s o r r o w i n g r e l a t i v e s of t h e de­

c e a s e d in t l je ir m i d s t . C lose t o t h e s ta­t i o n p l a t f o r m s t o o d a n u n d e r t a k e r ' * w a g o n . • • 4 .

L o c o m o t i v e W a n S U e i n t ' W i t h n e v e r a w h i s t l e n o r a r i n £ of. t h e

bel l , t h o t r a i n a p p e a r e d a u d d e n l y o u t of the. d a r k n e s s , a n d d r e w u p a t t h e v a r i o u s N p w J e r s e y s t a t i o n s . Scarce ly a w o r d w a s s p o k e n as t h e corpse w a s l i f t ed , a n d j u s t a s s i l e n t l y the , t r a i n s t a r t e d off a g a i n .

I t w a s a l i t t l e a f t er 1 o 'c lock t h i * m o r n i n g w h e n t h e " tra in of d e a t h " final­l y c r e p t i n t o t h e C a n w e n s t a t i o n . Sev­eral s c o r e s of p e r s o n a w e r e o n h a n d t o m e e t i t .

T h e s o l i t a r y b o d y dee t lned for t h i s c i t y w a s c l a i m e d a n d b r o u g h t a c r o s s o n a ferry b o a t t h r o u g h t h e t h i c k n i g h t fog.

ROXBOROUGH DOCTOR AND WIFE VICTIMS

Among the most distressing incident* of Sunday's accident in the Atlantic City 'Thoroughfare was the drowning of Dr. A, A. Huddere and his wife Catherine, of'Lyceum, avenue and Mitchell street, Roxborough. Dr. Hudders and hie wife went op the ill-fated ejectrio train most­ly for the sake, of their four small chil­dren. , The doctor intended to purchase a, cottage in Atlanjbic City for the com* fori, of'His wife and cbi,Uiren in the sum-, mer season.

He had an appointment?»wlth a Veal •>s:h

estate dealer at the seashore, but the tra in n e v e r reached i t s d e s t i n a t i o n a n d t h e d o c t o r a n d h i s w i f e w e r e d r o w n e d , impr i soned in o n e of t h e c o a c h e s .

A t t h e H u d d e r a ' h o m e , t h e four , s m a l l chi ldrc i i , the* y o u n g e s t 1 9 mortt l is , W t h r oldfWt •»*» -y****, -W*«V ^ « » t t n g T o r t h e r e t u r n o f t h e m o t h e r a n d fa ther . Hear­i n g of t h e w r e c k , D r . "$. A . Kichnian , o f 4 4 0 L y c e u m a v e n u e , w e n t immedia te ly t o t h e s c e n e of t h e d i s a s t e r a n d identi ­fied t h e b o d i e s of t h e p h y s i c i a n and his w i f e .

D r . H u d d e r a w a s w i d e l y k n o w n t h r o u g o u t t h e c i ty a n d his d e a t h and t h a t of h i s wi fe w e r e a sad b low t o the ir m a n y fr iends . H e w a s a g r a d u a t e of t h e P h i l a d e l p h i a Col lege ot P h a r m a o a n d t h e Je f f er son M e d i c a l Col lege . T h e bod ies a r e e x p e c t e d t o arr ive h o m e to­d a y .

HE SAVED THE GIRL, BUT LOST HIS LIFE

BROTHERS DIED IN EACH OTHERS' ARMS

W i t h t h e i r a r m s c lasped about each o t h e r s ' necks , J o s e p h M e r w o o d , 2 3 years o ld f a n d his bro ther . F r a n k M e r w o o d , of 2 3 0 8 S o u t h Rancrof t s t r e e t , w e r e ear ly y e s t e r d a y morn ing t a k e n f rom t h e sub­m e r g e d cars . T h e i r c l o t h i n g Avas, t o r n f rom t h e i r bodies , s h o w i n g t h e y raut«t h a v e s t rugg led hard for t h e i r l i ve s . T h e i r b o d i e s w e r e t a k e n t o t h e E m p i r e T h e a t r e B u i l d i n g in A t l a n t i c C i t y , w h e r e Mat­t h e w M e r w o o d , a b r o t h e r of t h e unfor­t u n a t e v i c t i m s , ident i f ied t h e m .

T h e t h r e e M e r w o o d b r o t h e r * w e r e em-

Rl o y e d as m o t o r m e n b y t h e Phi lade lph ia a p i d T r a n s i t C o m p a n y . Much sorrow

h a s b e e n m a n i f e s t a m o n g t h e t r o l l e y m e n a t t h e S i x t e e n t h a n d S n y d e r a v e n u e car barn , w h e r e t h e M e r w o o d s w o r k e d .

BOABD WILL IKYE^TIOATB 1 M I M f t n « o r w J 4U<MW W i l l f i o m e B e l

f o r e C e n t r a l t t e e Tliur»»«lH>

A t a m e e t i n g of t h e C a m d e n B o a r d of Gducat ion last n i g h t a reso lut ion waa in­t roduced by- C e o r g e L. B e n d e r cal l ing for a n i n v e s t i g a t i o n of t h e e s s e of Miss Sal l ie P e a c o c k , w h o c la ims t o h a v e had a t e a c h e r s cert i f icate unjus t ly w i t h h e l d from her a f t e r s h e h a d b e e n proven tully c o m p e t e n t . T h e board referred t h e mat­ter for i n v e s t i g a t i o n t o t h e Teachers ' C o m m i t t e e , w h i c h will m e e t o n T h u r s d a y n ight .

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T r o l l t y C M * H l a Lef l Off

Phi l ip S. Malonejr, aged 04 years , of 2128 North T w e n t i e t h s treet , was run o v e r ves terday afternoon by a trol ley c s r a t T w e l f t h and MarVet Btreets and had bis 'eg cut off. H e w a s removed to the Hah­nemann Hospi ta l .

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WII4JAM KDWAKDS Woodbury Victim of the Wreck

Special to The Inquirer. WOODBURY, N. J., Oot. 20.-Among

the Woodbury Victims of the Atlantic City disaster was William Edwards, aged 25 yeara, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edwards, of South Broad street. The young man was popular and had a host of friends. He was a fine ball 'p!ayer, having played with the Country Club ball team for several years.

Young Edwards left his home yester­day morning, saying he was going to Camden, where he intended to meet Miss Ida Dubell, of Florence, and the two were going down to the shore. It was not positively known whether they msde the 1 o'clock train until this morning, when Miss Duhell had the hospital at-tacheea telephone to Edwards' Parents that ho had saved her, but she did not know whether he was saved. All she re­membered was that when Edwards got her from the car she saw him sink, and she swooned.

Several Woodbury people were in At-lantio City, and these were communicat­ed'with, nut nothing could be lear'ned. When young Edwards did not come home last night the worst was feared, and this morning the lather, with Harry Fish, went down. They went to the tempor­ary morgues, butt saw no one who re­sembled tho son. Finally Fish saw a body just brought in. whom ho partly recognlaed. He called the father, who identified the body as that of his son. Miss Dubell said that she saw "WUIV' face was bleeding terribly while ho was working with her, and that as he pu«h-ed her to safety he dropped out of sight, and she believes some one pulled him under again.

Mr, Edwards came home this afternoon almost districted, and Mr. Fish will re­main at Atlantic City until the Coro­ner gives permission to bring the body up. !

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Ida Dubell, a popular young woman of

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