The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-26

front of the car, but the seat bottoms.
which at night serve as led bottoms, the
mattresses and pillows and every movable
thing IN the ear had beell damned from
side to side and from end to end of the
car in a manner that would seem o almost
preclude the possibility of any person in the
car escaping. II is believed however, that
all in this car escaped, and, as there were
q full score of handbags and satches in the
car, there may have been tiIat number of
passengers. Some of the people in the vi
entity and the hotel keeper at Garrison say
that they helped dress some of these peo-
pie, but the supposition Is that the majority
OF those who escaped with their lives and
not their baggage were taken care Of by the
passengers in the seepers that remained on
the track, and when taken to New York
city were provided with clothes by the rail-
road people. In the staterocm Of this car
were bride and groom, who escaped with
the others. Just TO the rear Of the Glen
Alpine was the car Hermes. which left it's
trucks on the track and landed fat on its
bottom in the river, but only in about three
feet of water. There was found in the car
Glen Alpine, in wallets and pocketDooks,
$500 in money, in sums ranging from SIS to
$780, and eight gold watches, one of them
being lady's chalet chain Some OF the
watches bear monograms. by which they
can be identified There were also found a
variety of diamonds. sleeve buttons studs
and pearl pin, all kinds of wearing apparel,
satchels umbrellas and shoes.
Roadmaster Otis. who is considered one of
the most expert track builders in this coun-
try. told a reporter that the sinking of the
roadbed was due primarily to some unac-
countable action of the water on the en-
bankment. The sand and gravel had been
washed out leaving a crust under the
track. which collapsed under the weight Of
the train Mr.. Otis could not understand
why the retaining wall :,ro Of solid masonry
ing with but little delay on one track, and
we shall have two tracks in operation by
tomorrow We shall not refill the sunken
section until we are absolutely certain of
the cause of its collapse and determine the
best method of rebuilding it..
THE ENGINE LOCATED.
The engine was located by a diver this
afternoon. but no bodies were discovered
The engine was about thirty feet from shore
in about sixty feet of water and firmly inn
bedded in the mud. The cab was completely
wrecked, and the tender had become sep
arated from the engine. Later in the aft
crnoon the wrecking company made an
other search for the bodies of the engineer
and fireman and Superintendent Van Ell
tires clerk Mr.. Mckay When the diver
came up, after twenty-five minutes he said;
II could find no trace of any of the miss
ing men, and don't believe they are near
the engine. 1 should say that if they did
not jump. and it looks as if they did not
have time, the rush of water Through the
cab ives so fierce that it fairly swept them
out Of it and drowned them quickly. ]
would not be surprised if they were half
a mile or mile beyond the engine
At o clock tonight, but for few burn
ing embers and twisted rails, it would be
difficult TO detect any signs of the wreck.
Division Superintendent Mccoy decided that
none of the cars would ever be fit for use
again, and that, with the exception of the
cushions, there was nothing worth saving
The torch was applied To the day coach
and the combination smoking and baggage
car. The work of raising the sleeping coach
Hermes proceeded slowly, and 1t was not
until / o'clock that 1t was foated upon
transport While being raised the trucks
gave way and fell with a crash into the
river. The car was toWed down the river
and deposited on the bank, where it was de-
stroyed by fire. The last coach of the ill
fated train the Niobe was got OFT of
the water at o'clock and also burned.
The express car is three hundred yards be-
low. No attempt will be made to raise II
until tomorrow morning. All day large
force of men has been at work building the
tracks. The north-bound track was moved
over five feet east, a firm bed composed of
sand, gravel and broken stones having been
prepared for il. The track has also been
planned for south-bound trains Superin-
tendent Mccoy thinks the two tracks will
be in operation by tomorrow night.
Thousands of persons, most of them won1-
en-, visited the scene of the wreck to-day.
standing for hours in the drenching rain.
The crowd became so large that it was nee
essary to. rope in all OF the space from
which the tracks had gone into the river.