The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-26

lie referred again to the possibility that nm axlo
Of the engine had broken aud tho force OF tho
impact driven out the ombankmcnt. Ashley w.
Cole, Chairman of the State Railroad Commits.
sion, thinks that nftor the engine Is raised a
commission OF civil engineers may be able to
determine the cause OF the accident. But he
admits that 1t may be impossible to tell whether
n broken axle was In itself tho cause or IA result
o! the accident.
Speaking of the possibility that the natural
foundation of the railroad embankmcnt slipped
from place, and 40 threw the whole supcrstruc-
turc INTO the river as soon as the weight OF this
particular train WIS put upon 1t, Mr.. DO CIV in'
stanccd an experience OF the railroad company
in 1893, when, near Nonkcre. "a whole farm
as Dr. Dcpcw expressed 1t. slid down over tho
eompony's tracks with no known exciting cause.
The weather then was neither wet nor dry, Mr..
Depcw said; nevertheless, seven or eight acres
slid down over the tracks merely showing that
slides may occur without any Contributory act
on the part OF man.
Col. Cole said that IT was the opinion OF many
that the natural dip of tho rock on the Hudson
banks was toward the river bed. adding that IL
n survey determined this it might account for
the sliding away of the mass. Arthur Leonard,
secretary to Third Nicc,Prcsidcnt II. Walter
Webb, cited. as All instance Of s%'ratiticd or
SutlcS TUCK sllI'IlIlE bHI o. place WllnUlL
known cause. the slide that occurred on the
| westerly hank Of tho Harlem River during the
construction of the Speedway, only u year or
two ago.
DIR. Dcpew commented on tho added misfor-
tune attendant upon the loss OF the engineers
life In that only the engineer. IL any one, could
tell what really happened 10 his train. 1t had
been thought that the bodies OF the engineer
and fireman and Stenographer Mckay of Gen
eral Superintendent Van Etten's office would
be found with the engine. When the
engine was located Yesterday and mono OF
the bodies was found with 1t it became
clear that the men must have jumped or wcre
hurled out OF the cab when the locomotive went
over. That it was found serenty-livc feet south
of the place where it left the track and nifty feet
out in the river, seemed to show somewhat the
terrific iorrc which the train under way repro
scented, and was citod by DR.. ncpcw rs AN indi.
cation OF what damage TO The ,inlunknient
would have been done IL an axle OF the engine
had broken.
One OF the callers at tho Grand Central sta
ton yesterday was William Halpin, r. Gihbs's
lieutenant in political warfare, who, was a pas
sengcr on train AZ; lie says that the real hero
y. j., who, as told Yesterday, got Dow Clock
and his son OF Sayyillc. l.. J., out of one OF the
cars. Mr.. Halpin says that Longtord also saved
another man; that he saw II brakeman making
poor progress. at chopping into tho roof of a
car. and that he ran bacl! and got an axe and
able TO rescue the Clocks ana the other man.
John Ryan of 29i Barrow street. Jcrsr, City,
one of the. injured, who was at "a pcckskill hos
pital. got TO the Grand Central Station yesterday
at 4:loo'clock.,, He had thought hi, right arm
getting outofonc OF the cars. Some man struck
him and he afttrward rescued tie man. lie
frightened that he lost control OF hims II and
ell out and had To be rescued again.
4 baggage ear arrived at the station at 3
o'clock with the goods that had been found in
the sleeping car Glen Alpin. These had been
Central Company. and await Identification in
the baggage room of the Grand Central station.
In the lot arc all sorts of personal apparel
twelve vHliscs, two suit cases. "A hat loN, two
bundles OF miscellaneous articles wrapped in
sheets, a pair OF crutchcs. and n woinan's gold
The body of w. II. c. Meyer OF fremont was
brought down on the Albany local at 7:2o last
Mott lfaven station. Several pine collins were
sent to Cold Spring Yesterday afternoon from
the Grand Central Station.
The American Express Company's car wasno
raised yesterday. The company received word
that the door or some part OF the car must have
opened. as packages had been seen floating IN
the river. Some, il is said, were picked up BY
people in boats on Sunday. The company WA
unable 10 state yesterday Just what was i'll tn,
car. The compnny's messenger: John Smith
was still confined ut the Flower Hospital yester
day, and 1t was thought that he would be obliget
to remain there for a couple OF days yet. charles
buchanan ii IL expected will be released from
the Flower Hospital to-day; John Flood wa
permitted to 20 home yesterday.
All the road inspectors OF the New York Cen
trail Company had travelled in "A body over III,
line at the point where the accident occurred OF
Thursday last. II Is the custom to have then
make an annual inspection OF the entire line to
Eethcr. This was aside from the regular dali!
inspection of the road.
The company issued a statement yesterday a
nm Indication Of the usually safe manner il
which its passengers are handled. which showed
thRt in the course OF tn" year ending on June 81
last it had carried. all told, -, lGG,IS3 rnsscn
gers; that the total number of passengers ear
rird one mile was $50. TGI ga: thDt not n pas
senger was killed during that time: that not on
was injured owing to the COmpuny's fault, bu
that five were injured owing TO their own faul
and ten were injured "misccllancously."
Mr.. Dcpcw yesterday sent a report to tn
Board of Railroad commissioners asking tina
their Investigation bc AT the caT!iCst poSsihl
moment. and informing them that If they wOul
name the day and place he would see to it tina
all the Information the company possessed wa
at their service. aud that the officers Of the con
pauy were in attendance.