The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-10-27
FROM THE RIVER BOTTOM
One More Victim of the Garrison
Horror Found.
HE WAS IN THE DAY COACH
II Swells the List Of Dead to Twenty
Fireman Tompxins' Body Was
Found Wedged in Between
Two Masses of Iron.

Garrison. n. Y. oct. 26-Twcnty
lives are now known to have been lost
in Sundays accideai ON the New York
Central road and Is bodies have been
found. The body Of an unknown man
was recovered to-day, as well as that
OF the fireman. The day cuach OF the
Inflated train was raised to-day and
In IL was found a victim not hitherto
included on the list Of dead, The en-
gino Was also brought 10 the surface,
and with IL the body of Fireman
Tompkins. tightly wedged In between
two masses of iron.
Shortly after ; O'Clock the large der
rick brought up the day coach from
the bottom OF the river When the
water had drained out of the ear. those
watching the operation saw at one uf
the windows a human hand and just
beyond the feet sticking out from under
one of the seat tops. The wr, ckers tore
aside the debris and soon had the body
out. No more bodies were found. The
body removed, the 18th since the wreck.
and the 20th known victim was that
Of a man IS years of age, with dark
short moustache. In one of the pockets
81 his vest WAS a wallet containing six
en-dollar hills. q two-dollar hill and a
AaSudtlA lfruiaHtt tNflltut Ithfls
such as is sold nj railroad stations. II
was made out for the sum Of $500 In
case Of death. but very curiously the
name. or rather the last names Of both
payer and beneficiary was missing.
The card read. 20 far as could he de-
ciphered. Ike r." as the purchaser $
name and Mrs. f.. as the person Ia
whom II was to he paid. The railroad
officials are OF the opinion that the
man boarded the train at Rochester.
The contents Of the car. other than tha
body. showed that the people had made
a rush for their lives. There were
women's hats, six mems hats.
woman's coat. eight gripsacks of vart-
Gus kinds. two mcn's coats and many
small garments.
Another interesting event of the day
was the raising of the express car.
from which IL was alleged a iarg, sum
of money had been lost by the dropping
To the river bottom of small safe.
General Superintendent Van Nalken-
burg Of the American Express company
was present when the ear came to the
surface. and II was seen that IL MAS
the most badly damaged of any that
had yet been taken up. A. soon as
possible the car was searched by inven-
tory and then Mr.. Van Valkenburg
gave out this statement: None oi .hr
yaluablcs I'm the car are lost. The big
dynamite-proof safe WAS intact ana
fastened 20 the wall In its proper place.
The small safe. which u was thought
might have dropped out Of the broken
car. was found In n corner. and the
only thing OF value known to be miss
ing Is small package ~ iewelry.'
The engine was dragged out of the
river tonight Just before dark and
President Depew and the three rail-
road commissioners. with Assistant
Edward McL.noe. saw The operation
The divers had located the tender ear
~ In the afternoon and II was brought
up with it's trucks When. shortly after
O'Clock the engine came To the surface
Of the river. II was seen that the trucks
were missing and that the front of the
boiler and the guards We're smashed
into an unrecognizable mass. The men
on the lighter saw clothes dangling
from the front and when /,he lanterns
could be- brought 10 bear II was found
that the rags covered a human body
The body was wedged IN front of the
boiler where the engine number plate
is and had To- be dragged out. There
Is much speculation as To how Tomp-
kins came TO be on the front Of the
machine. The fact OF the finding of
the fireman's body In the position II
lay has led To the belief that the en-
ginoer's body is somewhere In the lc-
cality. The fact that the front trucks
of the engine are yet In flps river pre-
cludes any possibility until tomorrow
Of determining whether a broken truck
caused the accident. Superintendent
Mccoy Of the New York Central said
that the story told by a section boss
to the pNpt1 that he had left Tho rnad
because Of It's unsafe condition. was a
falsehood and that the man who told
II had been discharged for drunkenness
Mr.. Mccoy also denied the statement
that the roadbed at the scene Of the
accident was known To lie In had Nhn ne