The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-25

& ;helr gacazsotIys ~ the hossoEa e the
E1zssz river.
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ths t-aEz ard 40 Vas making - as re-
r-orz = one q TIE cars Eaea t1e crasa
cAze. wzx renzere1 Gncozzclcsz b : bow
CT tas Ae21
C.a1 C re fsR oc1xrzres - ;ts e1sch
wAo escaped Eas Frank J. DaZzn. 2 wood
Eass1er & Sew Yerk- BIS left ege was
cst ~ h-3ksa glass and h.s b11y vas
si-sg@fiy bruised.
4 ralIroaa -lzn Ea3s thls statement
steFy OF Kesears Han-
VITA ruv frs-a y Il G. Meyers %
Passlar ~ j. wao wss Killed e TIE car
from waten : escaped. 7 lad been 20
Po2gs ke~pse. We bearded gas eTaiz az
Ehsr pssce ard teQk g seat r. the caac1-
Tnrae otkez people goE or AZ Pos4EakeeP-
Ete. Csas Eaz j woman and the two ofhsrs
were Zeu oze % whezn looked Ike Fal3-
read H@n- As near - Z can judge. thers
wsrz eighteen people n the coach. most
ot thsEa be&ag women and children, and
nearly al weTs asleep.
Meyers ard ! sat II the middle q the
car When tne CFsss earae. ths cAT gave
q great iurch and rolled over On - side.
TIE water rushed r AID almost Instantly
the lights went gut. I knsw that w we're
i1 TIE rlTer ard the car seemed 20 piow
through the water for some time after ID
was submerged.
The car was turned over on ous SIDE
ana managed 20 FsGch she fan lizht
Overhead ard cl8aE 20 tf until help came.
! heard people in tae back part . the car
Er1aolng as ~ thay M~Fa pinned fast Gr
was 50 dark thAt I could see 10 0ue. and
7 thInk the passengers musE have been
drowned like rats After awhile. 4 seen
I'd an age. I heard people or the top ~
fhe ear and an sz crash through the roof
The noise u that ak "a the splintere6 tim
berS made the weetsst music I ever heard
ia ms lie. A man and a boy father and
som were also rescued IN the same way.
bGt ] know of no others escaping. The
car a. this time was floating bar fast aII-
ing wtfA water and we were put ashore IN
q r0wboat. I am sure that ny friend
Meyers was drowned"
Augustus Carr a German living near
the scene OF the wreck. gives this descrlp-
glou.
per Gods sake. Come Quickly
IT vas about nve minutes before
O'Clock when I was awakened by some
cne in NY yard calling for help. Locking
out Of ny window / saw a sleeping car
porter who shouted For Gods sake.
man. i yea owu q boat. come quickly
our train Is IN the river and people are
drowning
r dressed myself and accompanied by
the porter got into my rowboat and rowaa
around Tire curve 20 where the train was
IN ere river. When We reached the cars,
which were submerged nearly 70 their
roofs, the engine being entirely oat OF
sight the crews Of The tugboats were
making efforts 70 save the passengers.
TIE FIRST nan I saw them take OUT was /
thin6, the agent cf Eae express car. The
first persons we succeeded IN rescuing
we're two Cinnamon, who were sitting on
t1e raof Of The smoker. one had hIs arm
took thTes persons Of the top Of another
car. AT The same time people in lhcir un-
derciothes were being taken out OF the
sleeping cars By the crews Of several tugs.
One man or shore. wita an arm cut on,
was dying. and we made his last mo-
uents IS comfortable as possible. I want
% say that The porteTs, although fright
ered. showed great bravery and saved
many lives"
Special Trains Bring Doctors.
One Of the trainmeu who survived the
disaster made II his first duty 70 run 10
the first signal tower TO telegraph for
help. The place where the wreck occur
red : rather Isolated. II Is just at the
entrance II what is known as Kings cut.
three miles south OF Garrison's. and five
miles north of PeekskiN.
TWO other express rains were following
close behind the Inflated State express.
and the engine Of oRe OF them was sent
10 GarrIsou's for General Manager J. 81
Toucey who lives there while the ether
engine hurried 20 PeakskilI for medical
aid. Mr.. T0ucey was the first official %
The railroad 90 reach the scene, arriving
there az 7.50. The engine which brought
him there steamed - Cold Springs and
returned with Drs- Winssow. Fii.ebrown
and Murd0ck. In the meantime Drs.
Charles and PeTiey Mason. + NJ Tilden.
T. G. Saowden and z. D Lynn had aTrlv-
20. and al were soon az work among the
injured
Cat His Way out of the Car.
or the dramatic horror of the situation
81 the combination car when IL left the
track and struck the water perhaps the
best account Is had from Herman Acker.
Of Paekskal. the baggage man and mail
s0rter- Acker MAS suffering badly from
the shock when seen. but these scenes
ne graphically described RE said.
John Shaw. agent Of the Wescott Ex-
press Company. ana myself were IN the
com mpartnent. when suddenly there was
a terrible bump. and then rush of water
that forced us towzrd the ceiling The
ear seemed 70 turn completely over and
Ind Allied with water 20 within about a
foot q the top. When We struck. the car
Thirlad completely around. The end which
che Chinese occupied being under water
walse our end was t.lted up we swan
n1tl1g she situation got an AK from
tool box which was sH1st aaa smashed
"a panel Iu The end of the car We crawl
ed through the hase - fhs roof og the car
ard a rowboat came out and took us
ashore"
A~ker has been a rasr0asar fsr many
years and has escaped from three Se-s-
cus accidents His arm Is badly cut and
his h9dy bruised. Shay esca ped INJURY.
Arm Torn From HIS BODY.
The frst victim - the disaster found
was living on shore diving Ffe was had1v
bruised about the head and BODY ard MS
right arnn was cUt oT near TIRE shoulder
the bleeding stump alone showing The
member was nor foand The mar was
placed cH a train and taken 20 pa@ksklT1
r3f he dseA on The way Tire hesv was
trat - p ultatIe-aeea mar
F'sve men we're rescued from tta tr1 -
g Toaf5uZ car ssw minutes sf'a- sha A.
C'8arf Thev were ra' or a train ard
taken 90 paekskiu ahcut Ten miles 44-v-
the roat- They were admitted 20 the Helr-
l-v Hand ho~n;f8T where tNefr r-7rg~4u
were sre@seH Or thA Eve t-r~p we've 49,
amen snt roue were fatally injured The
Americans were:
john RYAN. = jersey Csfv q wears
c.s tasIy Iacerate3 hand, shoulder ana
knee
Clarence Morgan Ct Aurora y. Y. are.
- shoulder broken
TIE thrps Thsnau,e- were s-l1srsrx fr9na
scalp waGrde
Morgan escaped from floating car
through a broken uanet ard ~-sra ashore
Though badly eure- he helpe5 another pas
sa-Evr nttt
w farrf7-a of Hsvcrra " , vas