The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-10-25

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and his hodv bruisea sh.v, .s,,ansa
ininrx The f,rst victim of the disaster
saung u,as living an shor. dying lie
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a,on. shouipp 'rhn n,.,nt,.r ,vas nn,
ca,,na Th. man ,,as nlaced ON a tr,in
ana taken 10 peekskill Inn died an
m. yvay The body was that of A midi
,ii..-acci man
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Five men were rescued from IN" top
of a floating car few minutes attcr
the accident. They were put on tli1
and taken Ia i"cksSill. about - miles
down the road. 'heN were hdTitfd Ia
the hospital and their wnunds dsti sci
OF the uye ihrte were thhtiifacI aId
none were fatally injured. IN" Amsi-
leans, John r.. Ryan oI J"Is,F ti.;'. -
Years old, badly ia'eiat'i hlnd, shohl
der and knee; Clarence Morgan "f Au-
FORA, y. Y, aged 70, broken shoJdtr.
The three chinamen were suuering
from scalp WOUNDS Mpfsan 'ssal''u
nana, and swan ashore Thourh ba,ily
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A, s..,acL an. IN tho .x,rcss trafns
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ioi,r.5 ,y.re taken to Tho uclpinr
Ii.ns hosni,.l Whit ,he traip prore.d.
al ,o Nor york with IN. resi- az thr
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~ sccna ~ Tho Disaster when n spr-
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Is,o, S,,ner,r,,narnt Mccoy ana Train-
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u.rsnl,aa ,rain c,p,o ,ro,, pn,,,.ht.,n-
sia tn ot,Scials saw, M orce ihat ,be
yracL,ng ears wnuIa he of littlr avail
w. ,as.is., a., go -, ,h.',r ,,,sitis.,,
IN % ,hn r,yer % whsr. ,hcy Were aIm"st
comn,.,elv suhm,r,-,,J sn ,ba Gamma nv
al Na.s Nnsif Had "A send nj
49, ana aaa,s 10 raise a.. c,rs
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General Managor Toucey gave TO the
representative of The associated press
the following statement as to the cause
OF the disaster: The accident was
caused by the road being washed out
In some inexplicable manner. In this
undermined condition the track sank
as soon as the weight OF the train was
put ON IL. and the embankmeni giving
away. the Train was. of course prrc,p-
itated into the river Sueh conditions
as this we have never looked for.
Trains nave been running over TINS
spot Tor years ana years without acol-
dent or difficulty OF amy kind. aud this
piece Of track was considered as good
as any section OF IN" railroad. Not
only was the roadbed The hardtst Kind
OF an einbankinent hut II was strength
encd by retaining water wall ~ solid
masonry three feet thick"
Other railroad officials were ~ the
opinion that n quicksand foundation of
some kind below the water line was Io-
! sponsiblc for the sinkin;- of the road
bed.
Before 10 O'Clock this morning large
number Of curious spectators had gath
I 'i'" c''i'. ''bil'lk ltfHi wv
nearby towns and villages by trains,
wagons. bicycles and boats. Tn, num-
Der of morbdly curious steadily in
creased as the day wore ON and rs-
/ cursion boats even came from places
far up and down the river. all loaded
down to the waters edge. until NJ mid
afternoon there were fully 10000 about
the wreck. II required the utmost eN'
| es',oh on ,ne part oi ,hl'i humphr's
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a~puu' ~ my s"' ho opp"rtuhl'! 70 pls
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thins' anu u" atieinpt Was mhd" I"
raise lne car, was fhlh that this
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