The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-26

GARRIsoNs. Oct. 25.--Had It mot
been for the fact that torrents of rain
poured down all the afternoon, the New
York Central railroad would have had
On excursion upon their hands larger
than any for many years. AS It was.
train load after train load of curiosity
seekers landed at the stations near the
wreck and walked through the dreneh-
ing rain to stand and stare at the burns
ing embers and mutflated cars. OF the
sixteen dead who lay in the coroner's
office at Cold Springs, eight were heathen
Foreigners, whose names or residences
meant scarcely anything to the general
public and yet six of those eight were
IDENTIFIED and claimed long before any
person had come forward 10 inquire ur
seek for two well dressed and evidently
very respectable white women, the only
women killed In the wreck. The six
teen bodies that were held at Cold
Springs for Identification and the claim
OF the relatives were divided between
the two undertaking establishments, All
day long these places were besieged by
crowds OF the curious, but only those
who might in any way establish the
identity OF the victims were admitted
TO look upon them.
The first body identified to-day was
that Of Samuel VILLAINS, OF Buffalo. who
died after being taken out of the wreck
and while on his way TO the Peekskill
hospital
The body was removed from PeelSslSlll
toCold Springs last night and this morn
ing was Identified by the mans brother
Henry c. Williams
Early in the day the Chinpmen, who Il
was supposed would have to be buried
at the county'E expense, were for the
most part Identified by fellow country
men from New York.
Most OF the Cinnamon lived in New
York Chin Lee Song and Chin F'oHg
Hop were brothers, who lived In San
Francisco and were on their way TO New
York. to live, being in charge OF their
father, Chin Quong Hon, OF 10 Mott
street. and who is now among the In
jured In the Peeksklll hospital Hoo
Wuh, fifty years OF age and for num-
her Of years a resident OF New York, was
on his way home from visit to San
Francisco The bodies will be taken to
New York for burial This afternoon
George G. Green, OF Buffalo, general
counsel Of the Lake Shore railroad. ar
rived at Cold Spring and Identified his
nephew. Edwin a. Greene. of Chicago,
He said that the young man who wa1
thirty-two years of age, had called on
him in Buffalo few days ago. being on
his way TO New York The body was to-
day shipped to Binghamton, where Ed
vi 1ttrau nd tttb hn N,stlI
be buried One OF the two women was
identified this afternoon as Mary Lind
man. af Utica. ". Y. She was Identified
by her husband Robert Andmau, n
tailor who said that his wife left home
on Saturday night to go to Croton on n
visit to her mother Mrs. Lindman's
maiden name was Mamie Miller She
left Croton some time ago and has since
lived In Utica, whore she was married tu
Lindman In August last She was but
twenty-four years old and was n good
looking woman. Her husband was very
much affected when he saw his wite's
dead body
William S. Becker, OF Newark. was
identified by his brother, Nicholas, Of
Auburn, N. Y. He was thlrty-eght
years old and leaves n wife and two chill
dren.
Archie BOYD, an actor, WIN was re-
ported missing. was seen by The Asso-
ciated Press representative for hours af-
ter the accident occurred. on n train that
passed this point.
Stories current tonight that soma
parts of the wreck caught fire after the
accident, were declared to be untrue, as
are also the rumors that two bodies had
been found near PeeltskiH
aF Tho In fttrnd lie Gpavf.t, %, 1a In
n serious condition tonight all are doing
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