The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1897-10-27


rest to the eternal sleep that knows no
waking, plunged in the twinkling of an
eye yesterday morning % souls men.
women and children. Into the Shiny
bed Of the Hudson river train, laden
with slumbering humanity, ploughed
dragging through the waters the passen-
gers. There was nothing to presage
the terrible accident which so suddenly
deprived these unfortunates of life.
Following is list of the dead as far
as ascertained up to this time:
Thomas Reilly, st. Louis.
Wong Gin, Chinaman.
Five unidentified Cinnamon.
f. A. Green, Chicago.
w. H. @. Myers, fremont, N Y.
Two women, unidentified
Giuseppe Paduaano, New York.
w. s. Becker, Newark, N. Y.
Unknown man, died while being res
cued.
A. G. Mckay, private secretary to
General Superintendent Van Ettan,
body supposed to be in the wreck
John Foyle. engineer, Fast Albany,
body not recovered.
John Q. Tompkins, fireman, East AL
bany, body not recovered.
The total number of known deadis 10 !;
estimated number of dead, %.
The injured are:
Conductor e. o. Parish of New York,
knocked unconscious severely bruised.
Chinaman, bad scalp wound and body
bruised in, hospital at Peekskill.
Chinamaf, face badly cut and leg
sprained in hospital at Peekskill.
Frank J. Degan. 239 West Thirty
fourth street, New York city body
bruised and face cut
Chinaman Tong Lee, badly bruised
and suffering from shock in hospital at
Peekskill.
Herman Acker of Peckskill. baggage
man, bruised and head cut
= Shaw, express agent, New York,
slight bruises.
John e. Ryan, 294 Barrow street,
Jersey City, badly lacerated arm and
legs. in hospital at Peeksldll.
Clarence Morgan Of Aurora, N. Y,
broken shoulder. in hospital at Peek
skill.
w. s. Langford. Bayonne. N. j..
body bruised.
Charles Buchanan.
John Smith.
John Flood.
A number Of others were injured, but
not seriously.
The New York Central train left
Buffalo Saturday night and had pro-
gressed for nearly nine-tenths of the
distance toward its destination. The
engineer and his fireman had just noted
the gray dawn breaking in the east and
the light streak of red betokening the
SUMS appearance, when, with the great
engine. a servant on the rails, devil
of, plunged into the depths of the
river. Neither engineer nor fireman
will ever tell the story of that terrible
moment, for, with his hand upon the
throttle, the engineer plunged with his
engine to the river bottom, and the fire.
man, too. was at his post. Behind
them came the express car, the COM
bination car and the sleepers, and these
piled on top of the engine.
Il is known that it was trifie foggy
and that the track was not visible. but
If there was any break in the lines of
steel, it must have been of very recent
happening, for only an hour before
there had passed over it heavy passen-
ger train laden with human freight.
Neither is there an explanation ready.
All Is conjecture.
The section of road was supposed to
be the very best ON the entire division.
There was heavy retaining wall all
along the bank aud while the tide was
high Saturday, II was unprecedented.
What seems TO have happened was
that underneath the tracks aud ties the
heavy wall had given away and when
the great weight of the engine struck
the unsupported tracks Invent crashing
through the rest of the wall and toppled
over into the river
Then there happened what ON the
railroad at any other time would have
caused disaster but now proved very
blessing. AS the train plunged over the
embankment the coupling that held the