The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-02-05
SEARCHING FOR THE DEAD.
stories or the Diver. who CROPPED about
go, the Bottom OF the Tay. j
lDandel Correspondence London. Times.


Four divers were employed this morn
ing in the portion of the river, where the
train is engulfed: Fox the harbor diver.
and Simpson, Barclay and Gray, who
have been engaged by the railway COM
pany. Fox relates his experience as
follows: &" made)my descent this morn
ing at the spot where / went down yes
terday. My object in SO doing was to
set at rest doubts regarding the position
and the contents of the ffst-class car
riage. The water was as dark and
muddy as before, and could only ygrope
about. went down to, the bed of the
river, and from there climbed up on to
the girder which at that point stands
four feet above ground. walked along
the ends of the girders and searched all
through the carriage. The windows and
doors were facing the east, and i knew
by this that the carriage. was on its
wheels and not lying on its side like the
others. I did not, however, find the
wheels. / walked along the girder and
searched with graphing iron through
every opening in the broken frame
work / could. find and convinced myself
that there were no bodies there. 1t is.
undoubtedly the case that the roof of the
carriage aud also the compartm ments are
gone. The framework only remains,
and some loose materials which. float
about, but are evidently held fast at one
end. speak of cushions and remnants
of carriage furniture. / assure, you |
should only be too glad to find body
and bring it to the surface, but / am
sure there are none to bring. Wheni1
made sure of that I walked along the
girder for, should say, about thirty
feet southwark, but [ found no other
carriage. Both the third-class carriages
lie north of the first-class. / could not
walk further than I did in search of the
missing carriages, for must have been
in the water altogether about an hour
and quarter, and it was laborous work
hanging with one hand on to the girder
and cropping withsthe other. There was
a swinging door on the first.class car
riage. tried to wrench it off but
failed. After had gone to the surface,
on one occasion, a piece of polished wood
foated to the surface; suppose it was
from that door" |
Barclay makes the following state
ment son going down this morning L
first touched the bed of the river, but a
few steps brought me into contact with
one Of the girders. 1 did not know
where 1 was with reference to the car
riages already discovered. i could only
explore around me in the best way 1
could. Equipped with a small crap,
pling iron, four or five feet long, CROPPED
about the girder, feeling through the
spaces as far as could reach. l suppose
], had gone about twenty feet when my
graphing iron caught carriage lamp.
The spaces of the girder. were very much
silted up with sand, in which the lamp
seemed to be imbedded. 1t was not at
tached to anything for it came away
freely when 1 pulled. The glass Of it
I found was broken, but the framework
was uniniured. Isignaled for line,
and had the lamp hauled up to the sur
face at once. / continued my explora-
ton, but did not succeed in finding
anything moreno woodwork or any
signs of bodies" v isis 77e