Evening journal., 1897-10-25

ArnOIt III IL IOWDNdts 4 all sure AndN
my friend Myers was drowned"
Two other express trains were fol-
lowing close behind the IN fated state
express, and the engine Of one Of them
was sent to Garrisons for General Man
ager J. NJ. Toucey, who lives there,
while the other engine hurried to
Peeksl1ill for medical aid. Mr.. Toucey
was the first official OF the railroad at
the scene. The engine which brought
him there steamed to Cold Spring and
returned with Drs Winslow. Fille-
brown and Murdock In the meantime
Drs. Charles and Perley Mason, J. n.
Tilden, p. c. Sowden and e. ID. Lynn
had arrived. and all the doctors were /
soon at work among the injured.
OF the dramatic horror of the situo-
tion in the combination car when It left !
the track and struck the water per-
haps the best account IS had In the
story Of Herman Acker Of Peeksyill |
the baggageman and mall sorter Ack-
er was suffering badly from shock when
seen, but the scenes he graphically de-
scribed. He said:
"John shaw agent for the Westcott
! Express company. and myself were In
the compartment, whom suddenly there
was a terrible bump and then a rush OF
water that forced US toward the ceiling.
| The car seemed to turn completely over
and had filed with water to about
foot from the top. When we struck, the
car whirled completely around, the end
which the Chinese occupied being under
water. while our end was tilted up. We
swan around and got a ventlator open
and, noting the situation, took an ak
from a tool box which was a1oat and
smashed a panel In the end of the car.
We crawled through the hole to the
roof of the car. and q rowboat came out
and took us ashore"
Acker has been a railroader many
years and has escaped from three seri-
Gus accidents His arm is badly cut
and his body bruised. Shaw escaped
injury.
The first victim Of the disaster found
was lying on the shore dying He was
badly bruised about the head and body
and his right arm was cut Off near the
shoulder. the bleeding stump alone
showing. The member was not found
The man was placed on train and
taken 20 Peekskill but died on the way.
The body was that Of a middle aged
man about six feet tall. weighing about
$50 pounds.
Five men were rescued from the top
Of floating car a few minutes after the
] accident. They were put on a train and
J taken 10 peekskil about 10 miles down
the road They were admitted TO the
q helping Hand hospital, where their
? wounds were dressed OF the five. three
: were Chlnamon. and none was fatally
Z I injured. The Americans were: John E
Ryan OF pa Barrow street Jersey city
= 80 years old badly lacerated hand
e shoulder and knee Clarence Morgan OF
q Aurora. ". y, aged 20. clerk IN the Of.
e fee OF comptroller Of the New York
r Central railroad. broken shoulder Tn.
p three Cinnamon We're suffering from
4 bad scalp wounds. Morgan escaped
d from a floating car through a broker
p panel and swan ashore. Though badl,
'1 hurt ne helped another passenger out.
k w S. Langford OF Bayonne. N. j.. wal
e in one OF the last coaches, which re
y mained on the track. He secured al
e ak. and. chopping out panel Of on
i of the partly submerged cars, he help
r, ed TO. rescue four people.
le James ]. Corbett and the member
ld of "The Naval Cadet" company wer
N on the first south bound train TO ar
.e rive at the scene after the accident
.s Gentleman Jim and his sparring part
8 ner, John McVey, did good service Fl
'2 rescuing the injured passengers fron
go the wrecked cars and assisted in re
& moving the dead.
$. Corbett and McVey climbed to tn
N top of one of the coaches and with axe
g obtained from their train cut an open
ing in the roof. They removed a China
& man who was badly injured. The
%, also took two dead bodies from the ca
rs Joseph Eagan and several members {
N Corbett's company aided IN the work.
to Mr.. Eagan says that II was by a nai
IN row chance that his company escape
so being on the wrecked train.
Of General Manager Toucey gave the 70
+ lowing statement as to the cause Of tl
or disaster:
o. 1.-THE accident was caused by the be
Of the railroad being washed out
OF some inexplcable manner. In this M
or dermined state the track sank as SOC
ah as the weight of the train was put q
le, it. and, the embankment giving wa
IN the train was of course precipitated II
ne TO the river. Such condition as this v
~, have never looked for. Trains ha'
s. been running over this spot for yea
an and years without accident or difficult
100 Of any kind. and this piece Of track WI
considered as good as any section
ge the railroad Not only was the roadb'
up the hardest kind of an embankmer
us water wall Of solid masonry three fe
e. thick"
OF other railroad officials were OF q
opinion that a quicksand foundation
en- some kind below the water line was 7
nix sponsible for the sinking of the roa
est bed. 1t was also stated that there w
lis an unusually high tide, and this m'
hd have had something 20 do with &
De- weakening Of the embankment. A nuI
ber OF curious spectators soon gather
or at the scene. coming from the near
nc towns and villages by trains. wagoI
cen bicycles and boats. The number
ain morbidly curious steadily increased
me the day wore on. and excursion boe
ai oven came from places far up and doN
md the river, all loaded down to the W
om tors edge. until there We're fully 10,'
AS people about the wreck.
co.
ihE Nobieman's Marrow Escape.
NEW YORK. oct 25.-Lord Douglf
Of Hawick and 1lbbers, Scotland, W