The sun., 1897-10-25

cred into II. fIo mado four or lvo trips. Ho de-
clarod when he camo out tho last time that no
had searched every berth and that thoro wero no
bodies in any Of them.
p1vER sEARcHEs THE SUBMERGED CARS.
Tho third car was almost completely sub
merged by the tmo work was begun on 1t. This
was the Buffalo car, In which IL was possible,
tho wrcckcrs thought. fve bodies might 10
found. Tho diver mado half dozen trips to
this, but they were unsatisfactory. Everything
in tho car was smashed, and 1t was hard to got
around. 1o said however. whom he had I'm.
ishcd tho work. that he fclt almost certain that
there wcre no bodies there.
lie was rowod down tho river then 10 the an.
chorcd coach. and moro holes were cut In that,
although therc were half dozen in 1t already.
Tho scene In this coach was like that In the com.
bination car. Pcnncd in thcro was a mass Of
car seats. boxes, bundles, baggage. and. here
and there. portions Of bodies could bo seen.
They were kept from sinking by the debris
around them.
The frat body tho diver handed out wn' that
OF boy. It was taken aboard tugboat to the
Shore whcro II was p aced in the morEue car.
Next there wns tody of a man. ana then this
body Of q woman. Tho man, head was drive,
in, as though he had been struck ty sor 70 heavy
object or had been hurled against tho side Of
the car. The bodies OF 70 II men wero hauled out
then and the body OF another woman. All these
bodies were taken to the morguo car 1t was
almost dark when tho last one was found and
tho diver said ho could not work after dark
Ho made ono more trip down into the car and
when he came up he said he thought he had all
the bodies, but he would not be certain until tho
morning, when ho could make moro careful ex-
animation OF the wreckagc.
SEARCH FOR BODIES SUSPENDED UNTIL TO-DAY.
With tho recovery of this last body the search
OF the coach was practically suspended and all
hands went back to the sleeping cars where tho
wrccking trains and crows were at work trying
70 roll the heavy cara UP the bank. 1t was too
big q Job for them. Tho best they could do was
to hold them in place and await tho arrival OF
the Merritt wrecking Company's boats. with
their immense derricks.
The afternoons work was watched by thou
sands Of persons. The news OF the accident
once it got out in Highlands and Garrson's
spread all over the surrounding country. and
every sort OF vehicle that could be obtained was
pressed into service to carry crowds to the
wreck. They impcded tho work. and time and
again the police had to use their clubs to drive
them back. The work OF trying to lift the cars
went on after dark until 8 o'clock, and occasion
ally the effort to make a search of the cars was
resumed, but no more bodies were found.
The Merritt Wrecking Company's derricks
and men arrived about o'clock, and then the
railroad men turned the work over to them. 1t
took long time to get their machinery in opera
tion. and they had hardly begun the real work
at midnight. 1t was the intention Of the officials
TO continue it through tho night
IDENTIFYING THE VICTIMS.
Tho morgue car was moved to Cold Spring
some time after dark. and the work Of identify
fnp the dend hp0un. Tho identi6cntfona
were made by means Of letters and papers.
The first was that Of u white man about 55
years DID, He is supposed to be Thomas Reilly
of st. Louis. There were several letters in his
pockets with this name on them and also a ring
In the inside OF which was engraved Thomas
Reilly. from hir comrades in the G. A. R."
Reilly is supposed TO have been on his way to
Europe. for S25 in English money was found in
his pockets, and also some ocean steamer time
tables.
Tho second body examined was that of Chi.
naman about 35 years old. He was not identi.
ied Tho third. a Chinaman, was identified by
passport in his pocket, which bore the name
"Wong Gim." He was about 40 years old.
Hop Sing, Chinaman about 40 years old. was
ncxt identified. His namo also learned
from passport found in his pocket.
Tho fifth body was also that Of a Chinaman, Q
young man. His name was not learned. but in
his pocket was found letter addressed to Hop
Sing, Newark, y. j., recommending the bearer
for employment. The letter was written in Eng.
lish, but the signature was too badly blurred to
be made out.
Tho sixth. seventh. and eighth bodies were
those Of Chinamen None Of them was identified.
Tho body OF n man about 80 years old was the
ninth one examined. lie had black hair and q
black mustachc, and is supposed to be E. A.
Greene. an architect, OF Chicago. letter ad-
dressed to him In care of w. A. OTIS ITS Dear
born street, Chicago, was found in his pocket.
The tenth body examined was that Of China
man about 35 years old. and the eleventh that
Of W. II. G. Meyer of fremont. Meyer was in
the day coach with his brother-in-law. F. j.
Degui of 269 West Thirty-fourth street. Degui
escaped. The twelfth and thirteenth bodies ex-
amined were those of women.
TWO WOMEN AMONG THE NAMEL Ess DEAD.
Both were young and poorly dressed. Ono of
the women was in mourning. She wore q we'd
ding and an engagement ring. In tho wedding
ring was engraved "R. L. to NJ. M. Aug. 20.
'97." She had black hair and eyes, The other
woman was lighter and wore a brown cloth
waist and dark skirt. She wore a leather belt.
The fourteenth body was that of Giuseppe
Paduano an Italian. supposed to be from Hurl,
burtson, N. Y. A note addressed to him that
place was found on him, also a postal ca ard
signed. 'Banca Tocci. 81 Park street. Now
York" The fifteenth body was that of w. s.
Boeher, 40 years old. of Newark. A motto ad.
dressed to the man, and incosing prescription
aligned by Dr. Russell F. Fay OF Warburton av-
cnue. Yonkers, was found in his pocket.
Several Of the dead had small sums of money
with them. The Cinnamon all had bank notes
sewed in their clothes, and some had purses
containing gold and silver coins. One man had
S75 in his vest pocket.
Coroner William T. Wood of Cold Spring i'm.
pnnelled a Jury during the afternoon. John p.
Donnhue, tho Republican nominee for Sheriff
in Putnam county. who keeps hotel at Garri-
sons. was chosen foreman. Coroner Wood said
that the inquest would be held at Cold Spring
on Tuesday.
STATE TO INVESTIGATE.
Railroad Commissioner Ashley w. Cole, &C.
companied by stenographer. visited tho scene
of the wreck last night. He said:
81 heard of the wreck at Alhanv Ia IN th;. n ..