New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-25
M Tons of Roses
OU Years Success.
Colgate's
Soaps and Perfumes.


I'm the mean time arrived and had been
shunted onto a siding about half a mile down
the track toward Peekskill. There they were
laid in a row upon the ioor Of the carriage TO
await Identification.
The composite smoking and baggage car
which was lying upon It's side. nearly covered
with water was rais=d BY means OF the Derrick
10 an upright position The number OF victims
that the search revealed was eight Chinamah
ard the body Of man whose name, 1t was
ascertained was Reilly. The bodies were placed
with the other dead in the morgue wagon. IN
each case death had apparently been caused ~
drowning
So far as could be discovered by hasty ex-
animation none Of the coTpses bore WOUNDS
While the faces especially Of the Cinnamon
wore a calm, placid expression and. save for
bruisA on the temple OF ore Of the men, were
not disAgured in any Way
IDENTIFYING THE DEAD
William Wood, the Coroner OF Putnam Coun-
". who came from Cold Spring at about :
O'Clock. searched the clothes for the purpose OF
rossibly determining the identity Of the killed.
From letters and other papers found in the
pockets Of the unfortunate people, the identity
Of fvs persons pretty we'll established
The two women hal nothing upon them
that would give clew TO their names or
whence they came. Both women were Young
apparently between twenty-five and thirty years
Old ami appeared to be domestic servants
Upon the breas: Of one OF the women was pinned
piece of paper bearing the name "Bowden'
but who affixed the name To the BODY couia not
be told by tn. railroad officials IN charge or the
norsue wagon.
subsequent Corone: Wood ordered the re
.novsi Of the bodies to Cold Spring where they
were conveyed IN the ca: The Coroner viii
probably open his inquest Tomorrow.
A DIVER SENT DOWN.
Before nightfall Superintendent Mccoy had
satisfied himself that every passenger In the
three wrecked sleepers had escaped diver
had been sent through the carriages during the
afternoon and after careful search reported
that there were no bodies in any OF the cars
II had been rumored however. that a man and
woman who hal occupied stateroom in the
Hermes, the Niagara Falls sleeper. had not sue
ceAded In getting out. and had consequently been
drowned The car lav its side out in the
river about twenty-five yards Mr.. Mccoy
gave orders that the derricks should be
TO work on the raising OF the vehicle in order
that the bodies of the man and woman supposed
TO have met their death could be recovered.
Before the raising operations had been COM
pleted. however. Mr.. Mccoy received message
from the Grand Central Station informing him
that the couple had been accounted for. Thus
the safety Of all the sleepng-car passengers was
assured
BIG DERRICKs EMPLOYED.
Two large derricks belonging to the Merritt
& Chapman Wrecking Company reached the
spot from New-York at about o'clock. They
came prepared for work. and before midnight
had reached the sleeper which. Il is thought, is
resting upon the engine. The exact location Of
the engine is not precisely known. but Captain
William L. Chapman who was personally super
Intending the operations, said he would. with
the aid Of two divers. ind the locomotive before
daylight and would then proceed to raise it,
Two men. the engineer and the fireman,
named respectively John Foyle and James
Tompkins. are known TO be imprisoned within
the engines cab. thirty forty feet below
the surface Of the river.
A. G. MKAY MISSING.
1t is also feared that \. G. Mckay, the prl-
yate secretary Of Edgl' Van Etten. the gen
eral superintendent Of the road, was riding on
the engine and that he has also persisted. He
was seen TO mount the engine Just before the
train left Albany. and has not since been
heard OF,
Mr.. Mckay. who is about twenty-five years
old, was married about a year ago and lived
with his wife a; No. 20 West One-hundred and
twefth-st.. this city.
When raised from the bed Of the river. the
engine will be foated lighter. and Il not
badly damaged will be repaired and put in SER
vice again. The five cars however. are so badly
spl!ntered that. after being beached. they will
be turned into fuel fol- Loi.fres.
In the course OF the day a large quantity Of
wearing appare! was found floating In the water
taken from the seepers by the divers. Robert
Wagner. OF the Wagner Palace Car Company.
took possession Of the clothing and searched
the pockets for evidences OF ownership In these
investigations he found many valuab ,es includ-
ing four gold watches, several diamond studs
and pine. together with about $500 in money.
In the pocket OF sodden wastcoat he
came upon three 500 bills and one of 500 In
each instance he made a careful note Of the
articles found. together with careful descrip-
ton Of the garments from which he took them
PASSENGERS ESCAPE IN NIGHTcLoTHEs
Many Of the passengers who were asleep IN
their berths when the disaster came escaped In
only their night attire The: were at once hur-
ried to vacant berths in the three cars which
had not left the rails and upon reaching New
York later In the day were conveyed TO the
Murray Hill Hotel with blankets wrapped
around them
Cards and letters were found IN the pockets
Of some of the clothes. indicating that F. Par
sons, member OF the Good Roads Association
of Brooklyn. ana Charles T. Bingham were
among the passengers
70 Tribune reporter Superintendent Mccoy
said last night: There are no more bodies in
the wreck. ] have satisfied myself perfectly or
that point Until about s o'clock This afternoon
/ was afraid. from what had been told, that a
man and a woman had met their death while
asleep In one Of the statcroons Of the Hermes
u,as hatern,ined 70 recover the bodies before