The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-10-25

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IN the wreck. He was o passenger on
the train and was last seen at Albany,
Where it was said he boarded the loco
motive to ride with the engineer. If
that is true he shared the fate of the
engineer and fireman. At any rate, he
Is still missing at a late hour
The terrible evidences of the frightful
wreck were visible at point two miles
below here tonight under intensely pc
culiar circumstances. The great wreck
ing car threw such sparks that they
could be plainly seen.
| On the top of the partly submerged
cars a gang of men chopped away with
! axes, and the huge derrick from the
i Wrecklng train tore out the mahogany
| trimmings, ceilings and berths in the
endeaVor to recover some bodies from
| the wreck. On shore q great gang OF
men worked to get the inside or up
track SO repaired that there would be
no trouble in getting trains through.
Before noon General Manager Toucey
mad formed an estimate Of the number
OF dead, which he placed at twenty
eight, and no change in this estimate
was made during the day.
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ner cars, was able to account for all Of
his passengers excepting five, and he
was not sure that they were in the
wreck, as they might have escaped and
gone to New York without his knowl-
edge. When a diver arrived from New
York this afternoon the first thing he
ala was to go through the three sub
merged sleeping cars. He reported
that ne found no bodies, but said that
one or more might be under the berths,
winch We're in great confusion.
IL was 3 o'clock before the derrick
ana ho1sting engine could raise the COM
plnatlon cars, consisting of the smoker
ana baggage compartments, to such a
posltlon that the top Of it was out Of
the water. Slowly the big load began
10 rise, and in a few minutes it had
been turned over so that the windows
were clear of the water. The body of
a man came out of a window as the
car was being brought to the shore.
A boat was near by and the oarsmen
secured the body.
A derrick next pulled the day coach
10 the shore and the searching parties
were able to reach it, Although it is
known that there We're many more in
the coach, but six bodies were recover
ed and two of these were women. They
were all placed side by side.
Following is the list of dead as far as
ascertained to midnight:
No. Thomas Reilly, st. Louis, Mo.
No. 2-Chinaman, unidentified.
No. 3--Wong Gin, Chinaman.
No. 4-Chinaman, unidentified.
No. 6-Chinaman, unidentified.
No. 6-Chinaman, unidentified.
No. 7-Chinaman, unidentified.
No. S-Chinaman, unidentified.
No. &c. A. Green, Chicago.
No. 10-Chinaman, unidentified
No. 11-W. H. G. Myers, fremont,
N. Y.
No. 12-Woman, unidentified.
No. 13-Woman, unidentified.
No. 14-Guiseppe Pandeno, New
York.
No. 15-W. S. Brecker, Newark.
No. 16-Unknown man, died while be-
ing rescued.
No. ia. G. Mckay, private secre-
tary of General Superintendent Van Et-
tan, body supposed to be in the wreck
No 1S-John Foyle, engineer, of East
Albany, body not recovered.
No. 19--John @. Thompkins, fireman,
of East Albany, body not recovered.
Total number of known dead, nine
teen; estimated number of dead twen-
ty-eight.
The injured-Conductor E. o. Parish
of New York, knocked unconscious, SCI
verely bruised; Chinaman, bad scalp
wound and badly bruised, in hospital
at Peekskill; Chinaman, face badly cut |
and legs sprained, in hospital at Peek
skill; Frank ]. began, 239 West Thirty
fourth street, New York city, badly |
bruised and face cut; Chinaman, Long |
Lee, badly bruised and suffering
from shock, in hospital at Peekskill;
d. E. Shaw, express agent, New York,
slightly, bruised; ]. e. Ryan, 249 Bar
row street, Jersey City, badly lacerated
arm and leg, in hospital at Peekskdll; |
Clarence Morgan, New York, broken
shoulder, in hospital at Peekskill: w.
s. Langford, Bayonne, N. j., body
bruised; Charles Buchanan; John
Smith; John Flood; latter three taken
to Flower hospital, New York.
A number of others were injured, but
up to a late hour the list was very in
complete.