Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-25
State Express Plunges Into the Hud-
son at Garrison's.
TWENTY-EIGHT PERSONS KILLED
Embankment Gave Way, Causing
the Awful Disaster.
DREDGING FOR BODIES

after the frightful happening of yesterday
broke upon a scene Of greater litter AMI
property destruction than yesterdays sun
and last nights torchlights displayed. The
weary gangs of wreckers were relieved
early this morning by fresh ones. and the
work of getting the chains from the der
ricks upon the submerged cars was vigor-
ously prosecuted. AS the wreckage was
| pulled from the bottom of the river and
placed on the shore 1t added to the PFC
turesque though distressing sight.
| When the wreckers got sufficient tackle
| on the sleeping car Glen Alpine to drag
| her up there was much excitement aad
| speculation, it was believed that there
must surely be some bodies in this car
| the most deeply submerged of the lot
When the car had been placed on the
scow, and the water had run out OF il. a
searching party went through and, to the
| iehef OF the railroad officials and every
Eody near. not body was discovered.
A revised list of the dead and injured is
| as follows:
| The Dead.
Thomas Reilly. St Louis. Mo.
w. III. G. Myers. Passaic y. j.
| f. A. Green, Chicago.
Giuseppe Paduuano. New York
W. s. Becker New York
| Samuel Williams. Buffalo. N Y
A. G. Mckay, private secretary TO Gen.
eral Superintendent Van Etten.
John Foyle, engineer, East Albany
John O. Tompkins, fireman, East Albany.
Two unidentified women
Wong Gin.
Hop Sing.
And six other Cinnamon not identified.
The Injured.
The injured-E. o. Parrish. conductor.
severely bruised: Frank j. Degan. New
York, body bruised and face cut; Herman
Acker baggagemaster, Peekskill, bruised
! and head cut; - Shaw, express agent,
New York. slight bruises; John L. Ryan,
&,4 Barrow street. Jersey City, badly lac
Grated arm and leg, in hospital at Peek
skill; Clarence Morgan of Aurora, y. Y,
broken shoulder, in hospital at Feekskill:
W. s. Langford, Bay onne, n. j. body
| bruised: Charles Buchanan of New York,
| iaceration of hand and arm; John Flood,
laborer, of Lockport. n. Y, head and arm
cut: John Smith. American Express mes
senger. injured Internally
Three Cinnamon. badly cut and bruised
one Identified Quang Ding.
None of the injured is expected to die.
The bodies of Mckay, Engineer Foyle
and Fireman Tompkins nave not yet been
recovered.
The coroner's jury VIII meet on Tuesday
night to conduct an investigation. In the
meantime tie railroad commissioners and
officials of the New York Central railroad
are also inyestig iting into the cause OF
the disaster.
The engine was located by diver this
afternoon, but no bodies were discovered.
The engine was about thirty feet from
the shore in about sixty feet of water, and
firmly imbedded in the mud. The cab
was completely wrecked, and the tender
had become separated from the engine.
Escapes Mere Miracuious.
Some curious things were discovered,
however, which tends 10 make the escape
Of the pass engers in this car almost mirac-
uious. Not only were the blankets and
curtains thrown down and jammeu into
the front of the car, but the seat bottoms,
which at night serve as bed bottoms; the
mattresses and pillows and every movable
thing in the car had been jammed from
side to side and from end to end OF the
car in manner that would seem to almost
preclude the possibility of any person In
the car escaping. 1t is believed, however
that all in this car escaped and as there
were a full score of handbags and satchels
in the car, there may have been that num-
ber of passengers.
Some oi the people in the vicinity and the
hotel keeper at Garrison say that they
helped dress some of these people, but the
suplostion is that the majority of those
MAO escaped with their lives and not their
baggage were taken care OF by the pas
sengers in the sleepers that remained on
the track, and when taken to New York
city were provided with clothes by the
railroad people. In the state room of this
car were bride and groom who escaped
with the others Just TO the rear of the
Glen Alpine the car Hermes, which
in the plunge left its trucks the track
and landed nat its bottom In the river
but only in about three feet of water.
Porter Patterson's Story.
The porter of this car, VIM. Patterson.
an intelligent and cool-headed man. tells
the most graphic story of the wreck. and
one which will probably be found to be
the nearest lucid explanation Of how SO
many sleeping people were miraculously
saved from death. He related the story
to Col. Ashley w. Cole. the president of
the state railroad commission. who is max
ing an investigation. He said:
Just before the accident L was awakened
from a doze by the slowing up of the train,
ard | got up. thinking we were nearing
Peekskill. L looked out of the window. and
lust as L did There came a crash and
the leap OF the car lOWdru lne river. L
was thrown to the floor, but getting up in
a moment 1 seized a hammer and rush
ing outside broke all the windows on the
shore sice, and in few minutes had got
ten my twelve passengers out. 1 am posi-
tive every one got out, because there was
only a foot or of water in the car at
the time. When all my passengers had got
ten out we began to look out for the others.
The car Hermes was just ahead of mine,
and had plunged into deeper water, that
one end was completely submerged. while
the other was up against the end of ours
and a trifie higher.
Il saw the people climbing out OF the high
end, and / am quite positive that before
the car settled into deep water We got
everybody out Some of the people were
scantily dressed, because, I suppose. their
clothes could not be found in the dark.
They hurried away to the other cars, and,
I think went to New York
Helped Rescue Swimmers.
After we had gotten out all the sleeping
car passengers We saw some people from
the combination car swimming In the river
and We helped them out. I am afraid that
though some people got out Of the other