The Red Cloud chief., 1897-10-29
INTO HUDSON RIVER.
NEW Y CENTRAL A
GIVES WAY.


PEEKsKuIr N. Y, Oct, 20. - The
Buffalo and New York state express
ON the New York Central & Hudson
River railroad plunged into the Hud.
ron river by the csving Of the bank
under the track one and a half miles
below GarrisoD's station early yester-
day morning and twcnty.eight lives
were lost.
The retaining wall along the river
had been undermined BY high water
10 the river and the track fell under
the weight Of the train, which con
sisted of an engine. an express car, a
combination baggage aud smoking car,
an ordinary coach and six slccpcrs. The
engine and two Of the forward cars
are submerged in Fifty feet Of water.
A. G Maclay, private secretary to
General superintendent Van Ettcu;
John Foyle, engineer, and John Tonp-
kins, fireman. went down with the
engine. All Of the sleeping car pas.
sengers escaped, but "a man named
Williams Of Buffalo died after he had
been rescued from the river, his arm
having been torn of.
In the combination car were the
baggagcman and a friend. eleven Chi.
namen and Thomas Reilly Of St.
Louis. All Of these except the bag
gagcman aud friend and three China
men persisted. In the day coach were
'weity persons, AZ least twelve OF
Shcm were lost.
The locomotive. In which are the
podies Of Foyle, Tompk ms and A. &.
Mackay. private secretary to Superin-
tcndent Var Etten. who was riding
from Albany with tue engineer. i,
supposed to he 'ying in fifty feet OF
water under, or near the sleeping cars
Hermes and Niobc.
Half OF The side of the day coach,
from which many bodies have been
taken, was torn away and it is posi-
BILE that some bodies Of those drowned
foated away. The diver who Tool six
bodies out OF this car last evening
said he could find no more. A good
many believe, however, that six others
will be found later.
PARTIAL LIST OF DEAD.
Following is u list Of the dead as far
as ascertained:
THOMAS REILLY Of ST. Louis.
WOSG GIN \ Chinamln.
II A GREEN of Chicago
W. n q MYERS of fremont, n Y.
GIUSEPPE PADUASo of New York
w. y BECKER OF Newark, N J.
A. a. MACkAY. private secretary to Gen
nral Superiuten Van Etteu; body sup
posed to be In wreck
JoHN ToYLE, engineer. OF East Albany;
body not recovered.
JOHN Q THoMPKINs. nrcmau, OF Eas
Albany; BODY not recovered.
Two unknown women.
Seven Cinnamon, unidentified.
The more seriously injured. so far Il
known, were;
Conductor Il O Parish. of New York
knocked unconscious: severely bruised.
John u Ryan No 29t Barrow street, Jcr
sew CITY, badly lacerated arm and legs. II
the hospital here.
Clarence Morgan OF Aurora, \, ", broke
shoulder; In the hospital here.
All night and to-day work men la
bored over the w%reckage. When tn
sleeping car Glenalpin was dragge,
from the stream a searching part
WIN iEouH ~ " hoNhu tIdt tltT
was not a body in IL. That the escap
Of the passengers was almost miracu
lous, WAS. however, clearly showr
The blankets and curtains wer
damned into the front Of tho chr, an
the seat bottoms, which at night serv
~ bed bottoms. the mattresses an
pillows and every movable thing |
the car had been jsmmed from side I
side and from end to end of the car il
manncr that would seem to nlmos
preclude the possibility Of any perso
In tho car escaping.
There was found in the car elena
pin, in wallets and pocketboots. 5000 |
money, in sums ranging from SIS ,
$500, and eight gold watches, one
them being a lady's chatelaine. Son
OF the watches bear monographs, l.
which they can he identified. The,
were also found q variety of diamond
sleeve buttons, studs and a pear. pin
all kinds OF wearing apparel, sache.
umbrellas aud shoes
THE accident was caused by I,
bed Of the railroad being washed o.
In some inexplicable manner. In til
undermined condition the track saI
m soon as the weight of the train w
put on it, and the embankment yivi,
way. the train was, Of course, preci
itatcd into the river. Such conditio
as this we have never looked fc
Trains have been running over IL
spot for years and years without ac,
dent or difficulty of any kind and tn
piece oftrack was considered as go,
ss any section OF the railroad. n
only was the roadbed the hardest XII
Of an embankment. but 1t W
strengthened by IA retaining wa,
wall of solid masonry three feet thicl
Other railroad officials were Of I
opinion that u quicksand foundati
OF some kind below the water II
was responsible for the sinking of
roadbed.
Love In Extreme Old Age.
LINCOLN CENTER, Kan Oct. 20
this town, O-morrow, Mrs. Nj