The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-26
representing Walter II. webh; d. N.

division OF the road, and Robc,rt Wagner of tho
Wagner Sleeping Car Company came up on u
train from New York. MIR, Wagner has had con.
ductors and porters al work CHibcring together
the effects Of tho passengers Who we're In tho
: has a full line OF unclaimod icwclry and baggage
Oh hand awaiting owners, lie Said ycs,GriSy
| biiii's., a hal I'd" dozen M f nSd %irfSby f fM" 1aiSa t""'ff
studs, n pearl scarf pin, two gold monogram
In the pocket OF a pair of ir",scrs he 61Xnrr Of
which is not known, a Ii.Caiiirc revolver.
10 tded. with a pair Of woman's blue silk garicrs
ticd around it, was found. ~"
The railroad officials on the sccnc Yesterday
were all willing 70 talk about tho accident aud
public TO know ali about il, Grncr1i toSalmas'
toe OTIS. who knows tho roadbCl Of the New
,iaI Of the road and under whose direction
nr.rLy all Of tho importnut repairs are made,
accident yesterday, He said;
- report has been published, and my attcn-
widening out the roudLcd AT Inc point where
the accident orcurlo and that in so doing We
without driving in piles. That report want 70
characterize MS absolutely false. 1t is a very
are these: IIcforc the road was built there was
II ilt',c cave at the spot where the accident oc.
Cured. it extended 10 the cast some thirty feet
heyond the cast side Of the present roiibcd.
The bottom was roon. Ii rurc from The hills 10
tao east, and. curvius under tho pool, started or
down into tho river.
when we laid our road there forty.nvo
yG,nrs ago, using Ma, soil. rock as a bottom, wo
ont. The sea wall was built at the same time,
the same stones being used in It's construction.
That sea wall Was still in existence ON Saturday
night. The work that we have been doinS at
that point has not been the widening Of the
roadbed out toward the river, but the raising Of
the surface OF he bed. We have to do that sort
OF thing frequently. us the roadbed in spots like
In raising tho bed. however, I want IL UNI
derstooi that We did not wi on it nj all or
hit. Raising the bed, how ,vsT. n c,ssi,aied the
using the olu one asn foundation. Tie align,
t p coming in som pl ccs above the water and
in Others Just be W The surface.
This new wall. understand, reared as 1t was
on top OF the old wall, was simply a riccc Of
masonry above the water. ana il Il gave away it
would not weaken tho roaiT,I nj ali. So TINT
cannot be held rcsponsible FOR he accident. AZ
inv the roaGbed We found tho old son woii' ssiiybttIv
buiget OUT. Il had been forced out by The nrrs-
sure OF filing in. The bullying, however, was
only noticeable near the top. Down near tho
foundation il hadn't moved an inch from the
position in which it was originally laid. Tho
bullying was consequently Of no Importance.
as asG to 1G MAX Eep a sITaisht stT TSs isiG IN such Il way
cause the accident At The same tine, know.
ing the trrarhcrous character + the ]sinnting
T CSssisI tnl hat Of cI tGn Tss 1n1 fd 5SaseT fo bih hsas it a" lie
road bed and beneath The oriyinaI sea wall pavc
way uu,, -.
when the engine IS raised. If a troken axle is
found. that would account for the manner in
miles an hour uTs With R nine lc,y yHe ei rrsf be pt ,9F ~
would plough up a holo fuIlyas large ns his
one. The trhck is : ppcrse"ttiVy st T.iSS iSnEoo"f fnms
wards from the river bauk and n Train of ronal
weight Went safely aver over ihc idcHticoii trra nc
with.r AN minI,cs bcsorc he ,yrcrk Snnns
believe il a u"ssiblc e\nipnniion Thar tho tro"Is
were tampercd with or dvuanitc used 10 Wreck
curr.G may neycr he known' wbatcv.r ~
happen at that ,infortunaic moment misI have
occurred suIdenlv."
SUPERINTENDENT Mccoy snij.
at looks as though Inc whole bed slid into
TO try 10 understand ho,y tEe rock OF ont from
under that track. Not only is our system Of
poiuis WIFE WITH c StTIiep nr 1n1 a. ion 6hii bn ana o m1ySG Ieni
TbUrslsy The sncciI inspeciion rain has cd
over the place, and no orc Oh board noticed any
thirJ wrong nhnIt Tbe trncE Tha trark ~
well haIIastcd and Tho fomnia,ion aln"st s"I1GG
rock. II iooSs a. thouch the eartn lust oncned
amd swallowed the train m, The nrnobobfIitic.
arc. though, that the umusually high lids in The
river for two days had softened the bank.""
certain ;hat The Incident was due to 10 n break in
ne locomotive. He says he believes that
tho for Ine Sns Xie ~ 4 br rdisea II NJ T %s i@%n thi tnas
that the axle broke Just before the en-.
eine reached the point where it, plunged
iHIes saws yat thai ain Il tbe axle X broke iea !, tore or e nwa = ,Sc
Retaining wall when II lumDCu the track carry
Ing part OF the ro.dbed with il. There ia no way
at pres n, to tell whether any part OF the engine
forward Of he cab il, broken. II lies in nI,ou,
thirty.6ve feet Of water. forty feet out from
the shore. The forward part is buried in
the sand OF the river bed and the tendc,
lies at almost right angles 10 il, tn" first AZ
tonut TO ais III eprin. viii be a, da ylight 10
morrow morning. by that time tho dSrrici
Monarch. The ls rrest one owned by the Merritt
Chn"inan CompHny, viii have anchored Al ;
point near where the engine has been located
# is experted that The engine will be raised il
about three hours.
Railroad Commissioner Cole spent Sunday
nirht at t;arrIso "a. He made a casual exami
nation Of the wreck on sunday night. but 10 ket
INN il more clossly vestrrday lie acknowi
edged that he was completely nystihed by III,
90 ditiOn Of thinpa There seemed IN he no ex
nIanation Of the Sudden caye.in Of the roadhcd
lie said. There is to DO a meeting Of the Rail
road Commissioner in this civ today. Col
cole lsTt Garris"n's last eyeniny and Gamet +,
this city for The meeting. Before be LEI, he said
THE meeting Of The railroad CSrnmissiomer
tomorrow is a re%guiariy called meeting. and wa
declled upon over a week ago for the 6uT oose O
, ntte~dinr r. some Cd bmtiness a ',nbIisbe,
statement that The meeting has been called sine,
tLis accident and Tor the uurnosr OF takini
a,,ion nm II IL Irrtr,e Tho COMMISSIONER