The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-27
TWENTY PERSONS PERiSHE0.
AN UNKNOWN VICTIM ADDED To
THE HUDSON WRECK.

The Body Raised With the Day
in the Estimated Dead-NOthing to
Lead to the Mans Identification.
bodies of Engineer FOyle and
Young Mckay StIII in the River.
Most of the American Express
COmpnny's NaIunbIes Recovered.
Dredges May he Used In search
For the Missing Bodies of FOyIe
and Mckay.
Garrison, N. Y, Oct. 26-Twenty lives
are now known to have been lost in Sun
days accident on the New York Central
railroad, and eighteen bodies have been
found. The body of an unknown man was
recovered to-day, as well as that Of the
fireman, The day coach of the Inflated
train was raised to-day and in it was
found a victim not hitherto Included in
the list of the dead
The engine was also brought to the sur
face and with it the body of Fireman
John @. Tompkins tightly wedged between
two masses of iron in front.
Shortly after o'clock the large derrick
brought up the day coach from the bot
tom of the river, where it had lain COM
pletely submerged since the day of the
wreck. When the water had drained out
of the car, those watching the operations
saw at one of the windows a human
hand, and just beyond a foot sticking out
from under one of the seat tops The
wreclSers tore aside the debris and soon
had the body out No more bodies We're
found in the car. The body removed, the
seventeenth since the wreck, and the
twentieth known victim, was that of a
man, 35 years of age dark, with a dark,
short moustache. In one of the pockets
of the vest was a wallet containing $62
and casualty insurance company ticket,
such as is sold at railroad stations. This
ticket was made out for this usual sum
OF Sc 800 in case of death, but very curl
ously the name or rather the last name
of both payer and beneficiary was MISS
ing. The card read, SO far as can be de-
ciphered, ike r." as the purchasers
name and Mrs E." as the person to
whom it was to he paid The railroad off,
cials are of the opinion that the man
boarded the train at Rochester. The
body was taken to the coroners office
at Cold Springs
Another interesting event of the day was
the raising of the express car, from which
1t was alleged that a large sum Of money
had been lost by the dropping to the river
bottom of a small safe. Gen. Supt. Van
Valkenberg of the American Express
Company was present when the car came
up. When the car came to the surface 1t
was the most badly damaged of any which
had yet been taken out One half of the
car had been entirely demolished and
washed away. As soon as possible the car
was searched by inventory and then MIR.
Van Valkenburgh gave out a statement
to the effect that no valuables, except
small package of jewelry, had been lost
Both safes were recovered with their con-
tents.
The engine was dragged out of the river
tonight just before dark. The divers had
located the tender early in the afternoon
When shortly after 5 o'clock 1t came to
the surface of the river, it was seen
that the trucks were missing
and that the front of the boiler and the
guards were smashed into an unrecogniz-
able mass. AS the great machine came in
sight one of the men on the lighter saw
clothes dangling from the front, and when
the lanterns could be brought to bear, IL
was found that the rags covered a human
body that of Fireman Tompkins. The
body was wedged In front of the boiler
where the engine number plate is and had
to be dragged out 1t was taken to a train
at once and sent to Cold Spring to the
coroner's office.
The fact Of the finding of the freman's
body tonight in the position in which it
lay, has led to the belief that the engin-
eer's body is somewhere in the locality
probably under the engine. IF the raising
of the trucks of the engine and of the ten
der in the morning do not bring to light
the bodies of Engineer Foyle, and young
Mckay, dredges will be put to work in
the vicinity to see whether they are buried
in the mud