The Portland daily press., 1897-10-26

uAu tAo bnroe Dou1eS supposed TO be near
the engine aroused considerable surprise.
Several Cinnamon arrived here on the /
P. m. train from New York and went to
Cold Spring to see if they could identify
their dead countrymen.
At three O'Clock in the afternoon in a
pouring rain, the wrecking company
made another vigorous search for the
poules OF the engineer and fireman and
superintendent Van Ettan's clerk, Nc
Kay. Before the diver entered the water.
ne was approached by F. Tompkins, an
engineer on the New York Central and a
brother OF Tompkins, the fireman, who
IS dead at the bottom of the river.
Iompk1ns asked him to do everything
possible to secure the bodies and he was
joined In the request by Frank Foyley, a
brother OF the dead engineer. The diver
promised to make vigorous search for
the bodies and was gone for twenty-fi
minutes. When he came up he declared
that 1t was his belief that the bodies were
some distance away from the wrecked en-
CINE. He said:
The boiler and machinery of the en-
CINE lie out some fifty feet from the shore
and the cowcatcher and front of the boiler
are away down in the pond. The body
OF inc engine left the trucks for the
trucks are within twenty-five feet of the
shore, and further up the stream. The
tender broke away from the engine and
lies partly turned over somewhat to the
rear. The cab of the engine is badly
smashed, but l could find no trace of any
of the missing men and I don't believe
they are near the engine. I 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 was SO fierce it
fairly swept them out of 1t and drowned
them. I would not be surprised If they
are half mile or mile beyond the en-
CINE"
Still late in the day the diver went
down again and began the work Of
fastening lines and tackle to the tender so
that it can be raised. When this is &C.
| complished the other parts will be
brought up and if the bodies of the three
men are not found by that time the search
will be abandoned, the theory being that
the bodies will eventually come to the
surface
| The number of persons who have visited
| the wreck today WAS well in the
thousands. Women formed the greater
part of the visitors and chief detective
Humphreys says he saw q woman at the
place at 2 O. clock this morning. Nothing
could induce any of them to leave the
place and despite the heavy rain they
stood about the spot for hours. The
spectators were finally rewarded for their
vigil by seeing the derrick hoist the last
OF the TWO sleeping cars, the Hermes and
| N1obe, out OF the water and place them
on transport. The cars were then towed
down the river and set on fire. The two
| divers were also the objects of much at
tention. The relic hunters were particu-
larry active.
At six O'Clock tonight but for a few
| burning embers and the twisted rails 1t
would be difficult to determine any signs
| OF the wreck. Division Superintendent
Mccoy decided that none of the cars
would be ever tit for use again and that
with the exceptions of the cushions there
was nothing worth saving. The torch
was applied to the day coach and combi-
nation smoker car and baggage car. The
work OF raising the sleeping coach Hermef
proceeded slowly and it was not until
eleven O'Clock that it was foated upon q
transfer. While5being raised the trucks
gave way and fell with crash into the
river The car was towed down the river
and deposited on the bank, where it was
destroyed by fire. The last coach of the
III fated train, the Niobe, was gotten out
of the water at five O'Clock and also
burned. The express car is around the
| little knoll of the mountain, three hun.
dred yards below. No attempt will be
made TO raise Ii until tomorrow. All day
a large force of men has been at work
building another track and there will
| soon be two tracks at this point. The
north bound track was moved over five
feet east, firm bed composed of sand
gravel and broken stones having beer
prepared for it. A track has also beer
planned for south bound trains. Superin
tendent Mccoy thinks the two tracks will
be in operation by tomorrow night
Second Vice President W. Seward Webb
General Superintendent Edgar Van Etter
of the Mohawk and Malone division and
General Manager J. w. Toucey, visited
the scene OF the wreck this afternoon. "A
consultation was held with General Road
master Otis and Superintendent Mccoy
All expressed themselves as being satisfied
with the progress that is being ma d.
and said every effort would be made tx
find the bodies of the dead engineer, fire
man and private secretary.
MR.. PARsONS'S GRAPHIC STORY