New-York tribune., 1897-10-27
BODY IN The DAY COACH.
ONE MORE NAME ON THE DEATH LIST
OF THE GARRIsON's WRECK
TIE FIREMAN's BODY WAS FOUND. TOO. wEDGED
IN TIE FRONT or THE ENGINE. WHICH
WAS RAISED OUT o. THE
MUD YESTERDAY

B
ing Of the engine. with the body of Jonn @
rompkin. the fireman. tightly wedged between
two masses Of iron in front. and the searching
OF the express car.
II was shortly after ; o'clock when the der
rick brought up the day coach from the bot
tom Of tho river. As the car gu, Of the
water it vas saen thai, excepting for the
smashed-in end and she hole in the roof.
1t was not broken When the water had drained
ont those watching the operation at
of the windows a human hand badly hlosted
and just beyond two feet sticking out from
der one Of the scat tops The wreckers soon
had the body out. A thorough search
made and the entire fxings Of the were
removed. but more bodies were found.
TIE TWENTIETH VICTIM
The body removed making the seventeenth
recovered and the twentieth known victim. was
that Of a wearing short. dark mustache
n was dressed i'm 4 gray woolen outing shirt
dark blue vest and trousers black necktie and
yellow socks The shoes had been removed aud
SO had tho coat and it was evident tha. the
man had been sleeping IN the scat when death
came
In one % the pockets of the vest al
let containing six .en-doar bills. two-dollar
hin and casualty insurance company ticket.
such is bought a. railroad station as an
insurance against sccdert OF dc"th. II was
mad on, for the usual sum Of 5000 IN cas-"
~ death. but the last names Of both insured
and beneficiary We're missing The card gave,
so far as f. could be read. Ike r As the pur-
chasers name and Mrs T." The person to
whom II 10 be paid
The body was taken 10 the cororer's office q
Cold Spring and WAS there Identified tonight
thar ~ Isas- Hettorocrg. or New-York.
thirty-two years old dealer in eyeglasses
His father lives at Ne 31ia Wehster-st.. Glove
land
The contents ~ The car pthor than the BODY
showed that the people had made = great rush
for their lives Women~ shoes ard hats
woman's coat ivo mems coats. six mems hats,
and many small garments besides eight grip
sacks wer" found
FIRENAN'S aODT FAST TO THE ENGINE
The heavy engine was dragged our of the
river tonight Just before darkness closed in,
and PrAsd,ut Chauncey VI Depew and the
three Railroad Commissioners saw the opera
tIou. The divers had located tine tender early IN
the afternoon and brought it mp Without r.
truck. Tho engine was worked upon FOR several
hours. the divers finding II dffcult 70 get the
heavy chains undc- q. rs n had gone so fer
iu III. mud Whe- shortly after , o'clock u
came 20 the surface ~ the river Il was sen that
the front lucks wo-c missing and that tho
front of tho boiler and the guards vere all
smashed INTO an uurecogpzsble mass
some Of the men cn tho lighter clothes
dangling from the front of the engine. and v hen
lanterns could he brought 70 bear II was found
that the rags covered the body - Tompkins.
the fireman The body Nas wedgcd fast in front
of the boiler uhers the number olatn IS and had
10 be dragged out i, was taken 10 train At
once and sent 10 Cold Spring.
There IL much speculation q, 10 how Tomp-
kins came 10 be on the front of the machine.
Tho theory tonight e ths' either ihe FIRST ter
rife lIrrh from fhr banks threw him forward
through the cab window AID that ihe head ~
~. engine caught him and carried him down
into the water and mud. - that NJ was on the
front Il th- engine attending 10 the headlight
or Oillnc v hen tho crash came However u vds.
tn rouderoUs machine drove him into the mud
deep that his body Was not visible 10 the
diNers
n the raising of the forward trucks o, The
engine and those of the tender in the morning
10 not bring 10 lich. tho bodies Of Foyle. the
engineer and Young Mckay. drcdges viii be-
pu' 70 work TO see n they are buried in the mud
EXPRESS SAFES ALL RIGHT
Another interesting part Of the days work
Was the raisng Of the evpr~-s car from Hhich
It was alleged large sur % money had been
lost ny tho dropping 70 III" river bottom of
small saf. General Superintendent Van Walk
enburgh. of the American Express Company
was present hen the car came NJ. and ready
to make an Investigation. The csr was the
most badly damaged of any taken OUT one
half of IL had been demolished ana washed away
A soon possible The car Was searched by in
ventory and then Mr. Van Nalkenburgh said
None Or the valuables in the car vas lost
The big dynsmite-proof safe was intact and
fastened 20 the wall IN iis proper place. Tho
small safe which. 1t Was thought might have
dropped out - tho broken car We found IN
corner and the ONLY thing of value known ~
be missing is small package ot 1ewelry. Or
course all Of the merchandise IN the car has
been destroyed. but we have luckily found most
- tha bills of 'ladng. and settlement VIII be
The wonder 10 re II how agent. Smith,
ever got ouf n the car IN. way it was smashed
ur He aid 80 however and only sustained
fracture ~ the arm We found his vest in the
corner - the car. with the watch in the pocket
and the fob attached The watch crystal was
not broken.
Mr Van valkerburgh could not estimate thu
loss. and could moi say just now much money
in the car but he iniimateh that the
amount had been exaggerated
THE NEW TRACKS FURTHER BACK
The work Of rebuilding the tracks and the en-
hanknon, vas prosecuted vigorously to-day.
Hcmloct trees were cur down and thrown into
the river on top Of 'he slantng slate bottom.
Then railroad ties were piled on the trees aud
carload after carload ~ broken stone and gravel
hes ned on top Of these. The tracks are oeinS
laid fifteen feet further from the edge OF the
stoue-bunt bank than they were before. This
T. being done for half mile either side Of
tho break ard whom finished tn" track VIII be
,,yau,y-eight feet from the edge OF the bank.
II 10 the intention 70 build neW retaining wall
y here the old one stood.
Tho raliroad surveyors this morning found that
If the mot where the break occurred and within
Ten feet Il the shore he water was twenty feet
leep d.monstratin. that the slope Of the base
rnck toward the channel H. steep and that the
slide Of the artificial aibad was not strange.
INQUEST To sEGrN TONIGHT.
Coroner Wood ~ Cold Springs. has decided 10
hog.n the inauest At : O'Clock tomorrow evening
I'm D. Office Of District Attorney Southard. in
coI~ Spring. \ large number Of witnesses viii