New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-10-27
IT EAST A SCORE
exact Number of Dead in the
New York Central Wreck
Still Unknown.
Wrecked Cars Under Water and
Some Bodies May Have !
Floated Away.
The Retaining Wall Along the
Hudson River Had Been
j Undermined.

GARRISON, NJ Y, Oct. 26.-The loss
Of life by the wrecking of thes Buffalo
ind New York special on the New York
Central and Hudson River railroad is
| still Indefinite. A score of bodies have
been recovered, but as the wrecked
coaches were SO feet under water, it is
possible some of the bodies have floated
down stream. II ~. @s,-
The engine and first two coaches Of
the train were thrown into the Hudson,
the other coaches and their occupants
being saved by the breaking Of con-
nections. The retaining wall along
che river had been undermined by
high water in the river and the
track caved under the weight Of the
srain. The train consisted Of the en-
CINE, combination baggage and ex-
press car, smoker, two ordinary
coaches and six sleepers. Engineer Foyle
Ind Fireman 'Tompkins went down with
she engine. All the sleeping car passen-
tiers escaped.
Over a Hundred People on Board.
The wrecked train was known as the
State Express. 1t left Buffalo at 7
o'clock at night and was due in New
York at o'clock in the morning. The
.rain was hauled by engine No. 872,
and consisted Of one American express
gar, one composite baggage and smok-
ing car, one day coach and six sleepers.
Poughkeepsie was the last stopping
place of the train before the disaster at
5:10 a. m.
At this time there were in the smoker
p addition to the baggageman, Her.
aan Acker of Peekskill who was in his
compartment, eight Cinnamon en- route
-som the Canadian border to New York,
Md a middle aged man supposed
q be Thomas Reilly of St. Louis. All
II these excepting the baggage master
.serished. The day coachcontained IS or
70 passengers, many of whom were
women and children. How many Of
these escaped is not known, but at least
q were drowned or killed in this car
Behind this coach were the six sleepers,
with about Is passengers. The total
cargo consisted of something, over 100
sople.
Removing tho Dead and Injured.
The first victim Of the disaster found
yas lying on shore dying. He was
-adly bruised around the head and body
nd his right arm was cut off near the
boulder, the bleeding stump alone
howing. The member was not found.
The man was placed on train and TAX
II to Peekskill, but died on the way.
The body was that of a middle aged
i;aan.
At 3 O'Clock one Of the express trains
Eft the scene with the man who had
lied on the track and about rs injured
persons. The dead man and five in
ured were left at Peekskill, while the
rain proceeded to New York with the
est of the injured. The train had
hardly left the scene of the disaster
when a special engine arrived there
bringing Division Superintendent Nc.
| Coy and Trainmasters Wyckes and
Slack from Tarrytown. The Chapman
Wrecking company Of New York was
Notified to send a river derrick and
aoats to raise the cars.
Official Cause of the Disaster.
General Manager Toucy gave the fol
bwing statement as the cause of the
disaster;
The accident was caused by the bee
# the railroad being washed out il
:ome inexplicable manner. In this un
sermined condition, the track sank Al
loon as the train was put on Il, and tn,
-mbankment giving way, the trai1
vas, Of course, precipitated into tn
liver. Such conditions as this we hav,
never looked for. Trains have beer
"unning over this spot for years ant
Pears. without accident or difficulty O
Any kind, and this piece of track wa
considered as good as any section of tn
~ailroad. Not only was the roadbed tn
hardest kind of an embankment, but i
was strengthened by retaining wal
Of solid masonry three feet thick.
Other railroad officials were of tn
xpinion that quicksand foundation
st some, kind below the water line wa
responsible for the sinking of the road
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