The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-25

GARRISONS, N. Y, Oct. 24.-From
the sleep that means refreshment and
rest to the eternal sleep that knows
no waking plunged in the twinkling of
an eye this morning twenty-eight
souls, men, women and children. Into
the Shiny bed Of the Hudson river, a
train, laden with slumbering human
ity, ploughed, dragging through the
waters the helpless passengers. There
was nothing to presage the terrible ac-
cident which so suddenly deprived
these unfortunates of life.
Following is a list of dead as far as
ascertained up to midnight:
THOMAS RYLEY, St. Louis.
FONG GIM a Chinaman.
SEVEN CHINAMEN, unidentified.
E. A. GREEN, Chicago.
H. G. MYERS, of fremont, NJ Y.
WOMAN unidentified.
WOMAN, unidentified.
GIUSEPPE PADUANO, New York
S. BECKER, Newark, N. ].
UNKNOWN MAN, died while being res
cued.
A. G. M'KAY, private secretary to General
Superintendent Van Etten; body supposed to
be in the wreck.
JOHN FOYLE, engineer, of East Albany,
body not recovered.
JOHN Q. TOMPKINS, fireman, East AL
bany; body not recovered.
The total number of known dead is nine
octip cd Of is tive
eight.
Conductor E. o. Parish, New York; knocked
unconscious; severely bruised.
Chnaman, bad scalp wound and body
bruised in hospital at Peekskill
Chinaman, face badly cut and legs sprained;
in hospital at Peekskill.
Frank l.. Degan, No. 2S9 West Thirty-fourth
street, New York; body bruised and face cut.
Chinaman, Tong Lee, badly bruised and
suffering from shock; in hospital at Peeks-
kill.
Herman Acker, Peekskill, baggageman,
bruised and head cut.
- Shaw, express agent, New York, slight
bruises.
John E. Ryan, No. 294 Barrow street, Jer-
sey City, badly lacerated arm and leg; in
hospital at Peekskll.
clarence Morgan, OF Aurora IN. l., uIoheA
shoulder in hospital at Peekskill.
- S. Langford, Bayonne, n. j., body
bruised.
Charles Buchanan, John Smith and John
Flood were taken to Flower hospital, New
York city.
A number of others were injured, but up
to late hour tonight the list was incomplete.
The New York Central train left
Buffalo last night and had progressed
for nearly nine-tenths of the distance
towards it's destination. The engineer
and his fireman had just noted the
grav dawn, breaking in the East, and
the light streak Of red betokening the
suns appearance, when the great en-
gine. a servant on the rails, devil
off, plunged into the depths of the
river. Neither the engineer nor fire.
man will ever tell the story of that
terrible moment, for, with his hand upon
the throttle, the engineer plunged with
his engine to the river bottom, and the
fireman, too, was at his post. Behind
them came the express car, the COM
bination car and the sleepers, and
these piled on top of the engine.
1t is known that it was trif1e fog
gy and that the track was not visible
hut if there was any break in the lines
of steel, it must have been of very re-
cent happening, for only an hour be-
fore there had passed over it heavy
passenger train, laden with human
freight. Neither is there an eXplana-
ton ready. All is conjecture. The
section of road was supposed to be the
very best on the entire division. There
was a great heavy retaining wall all
along the bank, and, While the tide was
high Yesterday, it was not unprece-
dented. What seems to have happened
was that underneath the tracks and
ties the heavy wall had given away,
and when the great weight of the en-
CINE struck the unsupported tracks 1t
went crashing through the rest of the
wall and toppled over into the river.
Then there happened what on the rail-
road at any other time would have
caused disaster, but now proved very
blessing. AS the train plunged over
the embankment the coupling that
held the last three of the six sleepers
broke and they miraculously remained
on the broken track. In that way some
sixty lives were saved.
OF EYE-WITNESSES
there were none except the crew of
tug boat passing with tow. They
saw the train with it's light as it came
flashing about the curves and then saw
the greater part of it go into the river.
Some of the cars with closed windows
foated, and the tug, whistling for help,
cast off it's hawser and started to the
rescue. A porter jumped from one Of
the cars that remained on the track and
ran into the yard Of Augustus Carr's
house, near which the accident occur
red, and stood screaming for help, and