The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-20

THE BRAVE ENGINEER.
Recovery of the Body Of "Doo.O sImuous nt
Now Hamburk-Hls u Uukn noW1 Eriend.


The N. Y. Standard to-day says:-
The submarine diver Lowe arrived at the
scene on time early, and in a few moments after
had donned his suit In the presence of only
that a further search for bodies was to be made
on Sunday. He was down but thirty-four min
utes when he returned with
THE BODY OF STRANGER,
who was on Simmons engine. He found 1t i'm
bedded in the debris south of where the engine
laid and under the tender. AS the diver ap-
peared upon the surface of the water with the
limpid form in his arms, q cry of horror ran
through the crowd and there were EXPLANATIONS
of that's Doc!" but as the body was brought to
full view none recognized 1t. However it was
tenderly taken charge of at once and the cloth
ing was searched for anything which would
lead to Identification: There we're found
on him papers ,ad,,o.;t and letters ~ recommend;
a card of membership attaching him to
the Engineers Brotherhood, thus insuring his
life under the terms of that brotherhood. On
all the letters and papers, and upon the brother
hood card, his name is written as James Hum
phrey, of Carmansville, Pennsylvania. Thus
the anxious question s'Who was on the engine
with Doc Simmonsa" was solved. The remains
were found at 1925 A. NJ. Again the diver dis
appeared below the surface of the water, but
was not gone so long the second time when he
appeared with
THE LIFELEss FORM OF DOC. SIMMONS, THE
HEROIC ENGINEER.
The body was recognized at once by many of
the dead engineers friends, who stood around,
and tears flowed from many an eye. The dead
mans story of his stern performance of duty,
and his heroic attempt to save the lives of his
passengers, had already been told in the re-
versed lever and the open throttle-valve of his
engine, but IL had not been told how fearlessly
he must have met his death. That was seen at
o glance as the pallid features of the corpse
came to view. Cold, stern, and rigid was the
face,
NO DISTORTION NO APPARENT AGONY.
Silently the grief-stricken friends and COM
rades bore his remains to dry land No mutila-
tion, no scars nor gashes He must have been
drowned. Everything about him goes TO prove
that theory. Unlike the rest of the bodies, his
was not saturated with OIL nor was there hardly
a smell of oil about him. He, too, was found at
the south end of where the engine lay, and
under the ruins of the tender. He and his
friend, Humphrey, must have went down to-
gether and as the engine toppled over with them,
il caught the telegraph wires which were also
carried down, and the bodies OF the dead engi-
neers became entangled in them So the diver
found them. Humphreys body was shoekingly
mutilated about the waist and abdomen, and it
is thought the sharp, thin wires were the cause
of it. There was not oruise nor burn visible
upon poor Doc. Simmons. When the 9 A. NJ.
train from New York came along the bodies
were placed In the baggage car and brought
to POughkeepsie. Soon after the news OF
the finding spread all over the city, and gave
general satisfaction. Many were of the opinion
they would never be found. Upon their arrival
here they were at once taken charge OF by un-
dertaker Bulsen and conveyed to his headquar-
ters, where they were carefully washed and laid
out and tomorrow morning will be forwarded,
with escort to their griefstricken friends in
New York and Pennsylvania.
TWENTY-FIVE BODIES IN ALL HAVE BEEN FOUND,
and no more are expected to be found After
Doc. Simmons was brought up the successful
diver made another exploration, but reported
no more bodies, and Superintendent Toucey,
who was present, is firm in the belief that there
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