Arizona republican., 1897-10-26
DIVING FOR DEAD
A Railway Portel's Story Of the
 GarriSOnS Horror
THE WRECK WAS COMPLETE
None of the Cars of the lll-Fa-
 ted Train Can be USed
Six Bodies were Taken From a Sub merged Day Coaeh-Other Details of the Awful Incident CT Last sunday Morning.

Garrisons, N. Y, Oct. 25.-The gray dawn, twenty-four hours after the frightful happenings of yesterday, broke upon a scene of greater destruc- ton than yesterdays sun and last nights torchlight displayed. The weary gang of wreckers was relieved early this morning by fresh ones. When the wreckers got sufficient tackle on the sleeping car, Glen Alvin, to draw her up there was much ex- citement and speculation, as it was believed that there must surely be some bodies in the car the most deep ly submerged of the lot When the car had been placed on the scow and the water ran out, searching party went through, and to the relief of the railroad officials and everybody near not a body was discovered.
 Some curious things were found, however, which tend to make the es cape of the passengers from this car almost miraculous. Not only were the blankets and curtains thrown down and damned into the front of the car, but the seat bottoms, which at night serve as mattresses and pill lows and every movable thing in the car, had been jammed from the side to the end of the car in manner that would almost seem to preclude the possibility of any persons escaping. It is believed, however, that all in the car escaped, and as a full score of handbags and satchels were in the car there may have been a number of pas sengers.
 The porter of the car, William Pat terson, an intelligent and cool headed man, tells the most graphic story of the wreck. To Col. Ashley w. Cole, president of the state railway com mission, who is making an investiga- lIoII, dtte----. A~fo-o tha accident I was awakened from a doze by the slowing up of the train, and got up. I looked out of the window and just as I did so came the crash and leap of the car toward the river I was thrown to the floor, but getting up quickly seized a hammer and rush. ing outside broke all the windows oa the shore side and in a few minutes got my twelve passengers out. I am positive every one got out, because there was only foot or so of water in the car at the time. When all my passengers got out I began looking for others.
 ''The car Hermes was just ahead of mine and had plunged into deeper water, so that one end was complete ly submerged, while the other was against the end of ours and a trifle higher. I saw people climbing out of the high end and am quite positive that before the car settled into deep water we got everybody out Some of the people were scanti1y dressed and hurried away to the other cars and I think went to New York After we got out all the sleeping car passengers I saw some people from the combina- tion cars swimming in the river and helped them to safety I am afraid that some people who were liberated from the other cars all right were drowned because Of the cold water cramping them" Six bodies were taken out of the day coach by two divers.
 At 3 o'clock this morning the wreck ing company made another search for the bodies of the engineer and fire man and Superintendent Van Etten's clerk, MT. Mckay. When the diver came up after twenty-five minutes he said he could find no trace of any o1 the missing men. Thousands of peo- pie, most of them women, visited the scene of the wreck today, standing fol hours in drenching rain. At D. m but for burning embers and tht twisted rails it would be difficult tc find any signs of the wreck
 Division Sup perintendent Mccoy de clded that none of the cars would eve1 be fit to use again. A torch was ap. piled to the day coach and the com bination smoking and baggage cars The work of raising the sleeping coach Hermes proceeded slowly anG it was not until 10 o'clock that it was foated. It was then destroyed by fire. The last coach of the ill-fate( train, the Niobe, was gotten out O. the wat,r at o'clock and was alst burned The express car will b, raised tomorrow.