The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-26
IDENTIFYING THE DEAD.
THE MORTALITY or THE GIRRI-
SONS WRECK FINED At 10.
Cause OF tho accident stu u MYSTERY tnIlrond
OrlciaiS ThinL an AXLE or thr Engine
tt~rokc-Thht Point viii Bc Determined
To-DnN Whom the I.ngInn Nm 10 Nniscd.

OnlCiaia THINK an ANle OF thr Engine
tirOkc-rhnt Point VIII Ic Determined
To-day when the Engine Wi II" NniScd.
No moro bodies were recovered yesterday from
the wrecked cars or the engine OF the Inflated
New York nnd Buffalo special, which wns pre-.
c%ipltatcd into the Hudson by the giving way OF
the no ,dboi early on sunday morning. A care.
full search was made by The two most expert
divers in the employ OF the McrritrChapman
WrccEiue Company during the morning, and
again yesterday Nf cruoon, but no more iodics
were discovered, aud the r,il"uld officials arc
now satisfied that the death list viii not exceed
nineteen, the number given by THE StN
yesterday. 1t is possible that the o arc
other dead. whose bodies. rclcasc. Ivy the
hauling away Of the sleeping car G!cn Alpine on
Sunday evening, drittCd oil with he tide unoh-
served in the darkness. The officials OF the road
think they have everybody accounted fnc now,
and unless the day coach. which is siill under
water. reveals something they arc sure that
nineteen will represent, the total humber oidcad.
The bottles of the engineer uud fireman and OF
young Mckay, who t. now known to have been
IN the engine Mt the time of the accident. have
not been recovered. After so"cral hours search
the divers located the engine at l o'clock ycstcr.
day afternoon. but they insist that there arc no
bodies in it. The probabilities are that the three
bodic driftCd away. Here is the list OF the dead,
Ill OI WHOM nave btCn lNCntlUCu DuI one woman
and two Cinnamon:
FoYLE. JONI. OF 80 East Third street. Fast Albany,
engineer OF the train. BODY not recovered.
GREEN. EDWARD A., artist on Chicago Herald. Was
20 years OF age an his home WAS In Binghamton.
Identified by his uncle. George c. Green, counsel Of
the LAKE. Shore Railroad.
MCKAY. A. G.. OF 80 East ll2th street. private SEQ.
rotary t" General Superintendent Van Ettcn. Body
not recovered.
MEYERS. w. II. q. OF passnir pOIy Identified Nv
his brothcr.tnlaw, who was travelling with him.
RILEY. THOMAS, Of st. Louis. identification rests
entirely on some papers found in his pocket and on
inscription in a ring which he wore.
ScHENEcHrNBEcKEn WILLIAM $, OF SO South Tht-
teenth stree, Newark. He is the man who was r..
ported amons the dead yesterday as W 5. Becker or
Bochcr.
TAGrSA, GIusErrE, OF Hurlhurtson, \. Y.
THOMAS, J., Of > South Thirteenth street. East
Albany. fireman Of the train.
TINpsMAN, Mrs. NAME. % years old, of IA whits.
horo street, Utica. Identified by her husband, Robert,
and his brother Fred. She had only been married
about two months.
WILLIAMS. SAMUEL. OF ISL Rest street, Buffalo, A
travelling salesman for an awning Arm. Body posi-
lively Identified bv his brother, Henry c. Williams.
Woman. unidentified. but apparently from Hudson.
Ny. She wore a brown waist. dark cloth skirt. and
aleather belt.
Eight Cinnamon. six OF whom have been identified
as follows:
woSG GwI.
HoP SIS1.
LEE DoSG SING.
WUS WAN.
CHiN LEE SASo.
CHIN FUSG Hor.
There is no longer any doubt that young Nc.
Kay, General superintendent Van Elten's
stenoGraphcr lost his life in the wreck. There
was no positive information at first that he was
on the engine, but yesterday the railroad PEG.
pie learned that he got on at Albany. Con-
ductor Parrish saw him get into the locomotive
cab, and, rs tbs result Of inquiries at ali sta
tions between Albany and this city, il was
them: The young man, IL is said, had "a mania
Tor riding on engines and always travelled
along the road that way. He was personally
fireman on the road.
Spring ,e,terday were all very p%osi;iys. II, G..
Williams identified his brother. samuel Viii
out OF one Of the cars alive, but who died on tho
way to the ,ospita at Peekskill. The denti-
h ltv1. r St Nh rbin hinns ,Sn re- was iasn I ! Yo ~ posi- goa,
aaTlss hin 2; Z N, ho I 5 r,s5 os fbs tb,D Mse
Francisco. Wong Gin and Hop Sing have been
In business in this city for n number OF years
and mad been away on a visit. Chin Lee Sang
and Chin Fqng Hop are brothers, and sons OF
hospital at Peekskill. sam Fling Lee gave ord ers
TO local undertakcrs to prepare the bodies for
burial and then ship them TO this city. He says
they will be inferred in the Cypress Hills Gene
terry.
til about / O'clock yesterday morning. They
succeeded in raising the Glen Alpine an dcpos-
tted It on the deck OF the Reliance. the biz der
rick boat, The sleeper was a mere shell. One
side was swept of and the ends were hopeless
m S OF twisted iron bars ard shattered
none were found.
AT daylight work was resumed. 1t was re.
mnlv IN MIN tho tur. gtrHUN.RYnl al.Arfn1
cars, the IIermes and the Niobe, again foI
bodies. Divers Olsen and Merritt did the work,
minutes. that there were no bodies in the cars
or wedged under them, Work was then com
to get the cables around the car on account
OF the, position it had assumed. One enc
ESi to deep work TX I ihs % and 4 ps1ton thy S 5efSr,
they could get the cables in place
and the ,Hermes was hauled out and transferrcc
to Highlands on a car float. Considering what
it ro h3G been lhrOas the car WIS in pretty fai!
ably and the ,ycstibule arrangements were
ssn araSGy demGIish ed. 1 %fo the car is I;oa inimre &c
abou, 5 O'Clock. II Is badly broken up, ana wItl
The Glen Alpine viii probably be burned to-day
The search for the engine was n difficult one
On the surface there was nothing to indicate IT.
resting PLACE. and the divers we're entirely il
ing for it, and the latter located it at ID bout IL ~
O'Clock. lie had been under water for nearl.
three. quarters Of an hour when he found 1t. II
spent fifteen minutes more in looking for tn,
bodies OF Engineer Foylc. Fireman Thomas. and
OF young Mckay. bat was unable TO find any o
them, and so he tied a light cable to the engin
30 as 10 he able to find it again. and came ashore
The engine is in about forty feet Of water ut
point forty yards south OF the break In the EN-
hhnkment and about fifty feet from the shore
The trucks are gone and the engine is lying o.
toward the shore. Diver Merritt told a ST.
aepor'@r t33; The engine was i complete wrec.
lie says that the ( ont is buried dee
IN the mud at tho bottom OF the river
and that the cab, where he expected to I'm
the three men. is totally demolished. II tn
men ilt not jump from the cab as the cngin
struck tho water, but were drowned at thci
posts, Merritt says there was nothing to proven
The D d IS leaving the cab and drifting away
He is very sure thnt they are q I under III
engine. a, d the probabilities are that they wi
DC Recovered at ONE other poi talung the Tivel
The engine is lying directly over tie apo
whore the Glen, A!pine rested until it wa
hauled aboard the Reliance. The tender wa
torn loose, and IS lying some yards away. ri
EXPRESS car ne combination baggage an
smoking car, and The day coach all shot over IT.
enginc. but tho hnMNN GLn Amino. lhn FIR