The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-25

persons The dead man and five injured
we're left at PeekskiH, where the in
jured were taken to the Helping Hand
hospital. while the train proceeded to
New York with the rest OF the injured
This train had hardly left the scene of
the disaster when q special engine ar
rived there, bringing Division Superin-
tendent Mccoy and Trainnaater6 Wych
and Stack from TarrytoWn, and almost
simultaneously 4 Vrecldng train came
from Poughkeepsie. The officials saw
at once that the wrecking cars would
be Of little avail in raising the cars
from their position ia the river where
they were almost completely sub
merged, so the Chapman Wreeking
company OF New York was notified 10
send river derrick and floats to raise
the cars.
TOUCEY'S EXPLANATION,
General Manager 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 bed
OF the railroad being washed out in
some ineXplicable manner. IN this I'M
dernlned condition the track sank as
soon as the weight of the train was put
on IT, and, the enbankment giving way
the train WAS, OF course preciDit:afad
into the river. Such conditions as this
we nave never looked for. Trains have
been running over this spot for years
and years without accident or difficulty
OF any kind, and this piece of track was
considered as good as any section of
the railroad. Not only vas the road
BED the hardest kind of an embank-
ment, but it was strengthened by a re-
tanning water wall OF solid masonry
three feet thick"
Other railroad officials were of the
opinion that Il quiclosaud formation Of
some kind below the water line was
bed
CURIOUS SPECTATORS.
Before 10 O'Clock this morning a large
number OF curious spectators had gath
cred at the scene, coming from the
nearby towns and villages by trains
wagons, bicycles and boats. The num-
Der Of morbidly curious steadily in
creased as the day wore on, and ex-
custom boats even came from places
tar UP and down the river, all loaded
down TO the waters edge until at mid
afternoon ther2 we're fully 10000 about
the wreck It required the utmost ex-
eFuon ON the part of Chief Humphrey
q the railroad police. and his force Of
detectives to hold these people far
IdllTOdQ
men to proceed with their work. Chief
Humphrey did good work in regain
ing values, and if there were any
thieves about they got no opportunity
to ply their trade.
The American Express companV had
a number of its agents at the scene
but they we're poWerless TO do ANYTHING
and no attempt was made to raise
their car. It was said that this car
al 1e96 y7dr~
of Valuables, but the officials said that
all would be recovered as the valua-
bles We're in q stationary safe attached
TO the car
Among the railroad men II was gem
orally believed that 4. G. Mckay of
Hariem, private secretary to the gen
eral Superintendent, Van Etten, had
lost his life in the wreck. He was
passenger on the train and was last
seen at Albany, where. it was said
he boarded the locomotive to ride With
the engineer If that is true he shared
the rate OF the engineer and fireman.
at any rate he was Still missing up 4,
a late hour.
The terrible evidences of the wreck
we're visible at a point two miles he
low here tonight. under intensely spec
tacuiar circumstances The great
wreching car torch
THREW a RED GLARE
over the men busiIy engaged in tear
lnG apart the wreckage to get at any
bodies that might be under it, The
men worked with great energy, and
ever and anon would bring to the sur
face a body cramped into an abnor-
NAL position, and then renew their ef-
forts. On the top Of the partly sub
merged cars a gang of men chopped
no
from the Wrecking train tore out the
mahogany trimmings and ceilings and
berths ID the endeaT0r TO recover some
body'S loved one from the wreck On
shore a great gang of men worked TO
get the inside, or up track, so re-
paired that there would be no trouble
in getting trains through
TWENTY EIGHT DEAD.
Before noon General Manager Toucey
had formed an estimate of the number
of dead, which ne placed at Is. and no
change in this estimate was made dur
ing the day
1t was sight that viii never be for
gotten, the Is dead forms on the floor
Of the car. The face of each bore cuts
or Commissions OF some kind, The SUD
position that the Cinnamon had been
smuSGied into this country seems to be (
erroneous as they we're all dressed il /
clothes of American make The China /
men boarded the train at Malone, y. Y, (
and there We're II in the party. so that
there are three still missing
AT n. m. the coroner gave orders !
for the removal of the bodies to I'M
dertaking rooms at Cold Springs. where I
they viii be embalmed and held a day
for Identification
DISTINGUISHED PASSENGER.