Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-10-29
IRAIN Ran INTO The HUDSON
c, EEpINe MEN ARE 0RoWNto'
.,,arentry Solid Emban n, 20, ON
me New york Central Gave Avn. wv,
-Tyenty-Eight Souls Hurled i"''
the Unknown

cor,isons. n. V, Oct. %. - FROM Tic
slean that means refreshment anu ie1. w
the eternal sleep that knows no a"aNen
ing, plunged in the twinkilhs Oh an e
his morning 20 souls, men, women anu
oh;ldren In the Shiny bed OF the iiu''-
son river train laden with Siuhpe'nas
humanity plowed, drawing through .ne
voters the passengers. There was noun
inc to presage the terrible accident "hi'ii
so suddenly deprived these uhior'oh"'e'
of life. ,.st p,f.
The New York Central train LETT bui,
falo Saturday night and had progressed
for nearly nine-t enths OF the distance VI
,rard its destination. The engineer ana
his fireman had just noted the gray Jaw
breaking from the east and the i'gh'
streak Of red denoting the suns appear
once when the great engine plunged INTO
tbs denths of the river. Neither engineer
nor fireman will ever tell the story OF that
tor,;ble moment. With either hand upon
the throttle the engineer plunged WIN
his engine to the river bottom. The hre-
man. too, was at his post. Behind them
came the express car. the combination
car and the sleepers, and these piled on
t to of the engine.
y T. is known that it was triile foggy
!, and that the track was not visible, but Il
/. there was any break in the lines OF stee
II il must have been of a very recent nap
pening, for only an hour before there hat
: passed over it heavy passenger tram, lad
= on with human freight. Neither is an eX
J. PLANTATION ready All is conjecture.
e Retaining Wall Gave Way.
= The section of road was supposed to b
It the very best on the entire division. liner
d was a great heavy retaining wall al
along the bank, and while the tide wa
Of high Yesterday it was not unprecedented
in What seems to have happened was tina
u underneath the track and ties the heav
II, wall had given away, for when the grea
B. weight of the engine struck the unsul
portel tracks. it went crashing throug
of the rest of the wall and toppled over int
as the river
is Then there happened what on railroa
We at any other time would have caused di
in aster, but what now proved blessing. I
lis the train plunged over the embankmel
er the coupling pin that held the last thr
of the six sleeprrs broke and they mirac
t lousy remained on the broken track,
nd that way some 60 lives were saved.
he eyewitness there were none except t
o. crew of ;rghoat passing with Il to
al They saw thr Grain with its lights as
came flashing about the curves, and tn
20 saw the greater part of it go into t
to river. Some of the cars, with closed W
Sc dows, floated, and the tug, whistling
help. started to the rescue. A por
air jumped from one of the cars that rema
Mt ed on the track and ran into the yard
w. Augustus Carrs house, near which
lde accident occurred, and stood screami
for help and moaning, "rhe train is in
yer river. All our passengers are drowned.
ern In few minutes Carr dressed him,
bly, and getting boat rowed with the POI
h to the scene. AS they turned point
Ian the bank they came upon the express
ded and the combination car floating about
can feet from the shore, but sinking ev
minute, One man was taken from
'ted top of the car and efforts made to $
ATTY those inside. A few were gotten out,
but passengers left upon the track, maxim
ar human bridge to the shore to take
ents wounded on.
'.iie Other Cars Sank.
ieie The day coach and smoker had G
down in the deep water and rescue
. oe impossible. In the latter coach the co
IT, ton must have been horrible The
ever turned completely over and the passel
~ noiu end OF it was deep in the water, while
ne" baggage end stood up toward the
'ie face. The men in that lower end I
'use' have fought like fends for brief pc
erVy for the bodies, when taken out. we