Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-25
TEy7 down TO DEATH.
II pLuNGEs INTO THE HUDSON RIvE7
..,,y-T,ieht Persons Killed, 0thurs
wounded Retaining Wah Along
the River Gave Way.


=, the eternal sleep that knows no
ovakening, plunged in the twlnkling
NJ nm eye this morning twenty-eight
couls men, women and children. In
,ho alirnv bed of the Hudson river, a
train laden with slumbering humanity,
,loughed. dragging through the waters
,be messengers. There We're nothing to
,rasaee the terrible accident which SO
suddenly deprived these unfortundtes
Of life.
rhe dead are: Thomas Reilly st.
1ouis: Wong Gin, Chinaman; China
men. unidentified; e. A. Green, Chica-
ro. w. II. Meyers, fremont, n. Y;
,vo women, unidentified; Giuseppe
poauano New York w. S. Becker,
newark. N. y; unknown man, died
while being rescued; a. G.. Mckay,
nrlvate secretary to General Superin
,sndent Van Ettenbody, supposed to be
IN the wreck; John Foyle, engineer
Fast Albany, body not recovered;
Iohn O Tompltins, fireman, East AL
bany body not recovered. Total num-
her Of known dead, 10; estimated num-
Der, Is.
The injured are: Conductor H. u
parish OF New York, knocked uncon-
erI5us. severely bruised Chinaman,
had scalp wound and body bruised;
Cbinaman, face badly cut and legs
snralncd; Frank j. began, New York,
body bruised and face cut; Long Lee,
Chinaman, badly bruised and suffering
from shock; Herman Acker, Peekskill,
baqgageman. bruised and head cut;
shaw, expressrnan, New York, slightly
I.I, y Il
badly acerated arms and legs.
clarence Buchanan, John Smith and
John Flood were taken to Flower hos
nltal. New York city a number of
others were injured. but up to n late
hour tonight the list was incomplete.
The New York Central train left Buff
falo last night, and had progressed for
nearly nine-tenths Of the distance to-
wards Its destination. The engineer
and his fireman had just noted the
grey dawn breaking from the east, and
Inc light streak of red denoting the
SUMS appearance, when the great en-
CINE, a servant ON the rails, plunged
into the river. Neither engineer or
fireman will ever tell the stoly of that
terrible moment for with his hand up
on the throttle, the engineer plunged
with his engine into the river bottom
and the fireman, too, was at his post
Behind them came the express car, the
combination car and the sleepers, and
these piled on top of the engine,
It is known II was tritle foggy, and
that the track was not visible, but if
there was any break in the lines of
steel 1t must have been of very recent
happening, for only an hour before
there had passed over II a heavy pas
senger train, laden with human freight,
Neither is an explanation ready. All
Is conjecture. The section of road was
supposed TO he the very best on the en-
tire division There was n great heavy
retaininr wall along the bank, and
while the tide WIS high yesterday IT
was not unprecedented What seems
TO have happened was that underneath
the tracks and ties the heavy wall Ind
given away and when the great WEIGHT
Of the engine struck the unsupnorted
tracks II went crashing through the
rest Of the wall and toppled over into
The river
Then there harnened what on the
railroad NJ anv other time would have
caused disaster, hut now proved very
blessing. As tho train plunged over
the ombankmert tho counting that
ned the lae' three Of the six sIenpere
hroko nrd they mirn rulously remained
on the hroten track. II that way
some sixty lives We're saved.
or cv"- Witnesses there were none
ey0ept the Cow % tu~boat nasefrr
with p tow. Thrv sow the train with
Ms l'rht 20 " cnmc n7~hinr about tho
curves and ther s0w the gre1ter part
OK n 70 into the rivor c0-,e of tho
cArs with closed windows foatad. and
The tug whiatlnd fo~ holm. cast off tie
haWser and started IN the raeoun.
a porter irmnod f"on1 orc NJ the carg
mat remained on tho traci- ard rar
mo the yard If Augrs'n Carr's
4 mousse peor Which tho nc~t'ort or-
Cured ard stood scrnominr FOR holm
ana moar'ngi THE trim Is in the
s,yer, aI orr passengers are
IN fow minutes Carr had drpssn7
himself md gott'rr n boat rnwed with
we nortnr 70 tho scere. As thov
Il turned Doir' In the hank thav como
4 .uhon the ovrress car and the combine
...on car floating about twartv feet
rom shore, hut sinking everv minute
une man was token fron tho ton ~
The car and efforts we've made to
iss're those inside, fnw wore got
4 w mo naeeengers LETT unon tho track
..naHnF human bridge to the shore
,nke the wounded on.
IN" d7v coach and smoker had zone
uoWn In tho dcener We tor and rescue
WY mnnosslhln. In 'h0 ,attor coach tre
unu lions must have haan terrible The
,r turned comnletelv over and tbn
paSsonror ord % u wns doom in the
wafer while tho haCgrre end stood IN
,NHFo the SURFACE. The WEN in that
..lWer 'ra nUT' have fought like fende
a., n hrief pariOd, for the bodies. when
"A "n out. We're n mpes NJ wounds.
N a., ~" o'oel0g ecnne Of tho fret day Of
ls un"odv Is drown nrourd n com
"A nu, car lint stonds uear the scene
81 me '""'a'nt v'Nrra neArlv n score Of
81 ,,uY mntNateh bodies no lying in n
n S,t row. Fruesome ev'dercas Of tho
n el'N'nr the "roptost that has ever
a ",.rre1 on this railroad.
Il c, ~" wrecked tire IN WIS 'ynovn ms the
n o, S," eTnress. " loft RuWnlo ut 7
"A ,,'n'F INST riVht ord was due I'm Now
ii tru.,S NJ O'Clock this ,ro~nlrp. Tho
81 80 "2s drawn ny engine $40 and
o7ls'Nd OF one American express car.
n ,,. continuation ha rgare nnd smok-
n -, one day conch ard six slnnnnrs.
Il hfo"nsie was the last stonninr
tto oi the trai" before the disaster at
in ~ w ~ Tits time there werc
Tsol smoker, IN addition 70 tho hor-
VII, n, Herman Acker of Peekskll.
c,t was In his commandment. eipht
m1omcr on -o,tte from fbe c,o,odi,r
order To New York. anl n r,daIo-ooeS
E, supposed TO ho Thomas Prllv OF
bo.dI.ns An NJ those, executing tho
~, oman. per'shed.
N ,vor uaN coach contained eighteen ar
+ W. passengers. many of whom
Fl N y, women and children. How many
Issst escnped 10 not known hut NJ
M, WE'VE were drowned or killed In
ply ''f Rnhind the coach were Tho
~, eoners, with sivty-fve messengers
plsts5 CARGO Of human freight con