The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-28

req giare over the men busily engage
l tearing apart the wreckage to get
ny Dodfes that mkht be under it. Tn,
zen worked with as much energy as
here were living creatures to be sayet
no were ever and anon bringing up
Ddy cramped into an abnormal position
nd then renew their efforts. On the
op OF the partly submerged cars a gang
u men chopped away with axes and the
huge derricks from the wrecking train
tore out the mahogany trimmings and
ceilings and berths in the endeayor TO
recover somebody's loved one from the
wreck. On shore a great gang of men
were at work to get the inside or up
track repaired so that there would be |
no trouble in getting trains through.
Before noon General Manager Toucey |
had formed an estimate of the number of |
the dead, which he placed at twenty |
eight, and no change in this estimate was |
made during the day.
A. II. Bracken conductor of the Wag- |
ner cars, was able to account for all his |
passengers except five, and he was not |
sure that they We're in the wreck, as they
| might have escaped end gone on to New |
York without his knowledge.
Hoisting Out the Cars.
| When diver arrived from New York
this afternoon the first thing he did was
to go through the three submerged
sleeping cars. He stated he found no
bodies, but said one or more might be
under the berths, which were in great
| confusion.
1t was o'clock before the derrick and
hosting engine could raise the combi-
nation cars consisting of the smoker and
baggage compartments, TO such a position
that the top of it was out of the water.
| Slowly the big load began to rise, and
IN few moments it had been turned
over so that windows were clear out of
the water.
"BOdy No. I" Recovered.
The body of a man came out of win
dow as the car was being brought to the
shore. 1t was the first lifeless form of
any of the passengers to be rescued. A
passenger coach was at hand and the
body was carried thither and deposited
on the floor. The man was about ~
years old. His head was partly bald.
and bushy beard tinged with gray COW
cred his face, He was dressed in cheap
clothes, and his shoes were cheap. A
grand army badge was fastened to the
breast of his vest. ...-
The busy rescuers did not have time
then to make any inquiry as to who he
was but simply tore off a slip of paper
and wrote body No. L. and pinned it
! on his coat, and left him. to look for
others. BY the time they had returned
1 the derrick had drawn the car to the
!, bank and the work of getting out the
: passengers who had come to an untimey
end was under way. The searchers
0 were only able to find eight Cinnamon,
and they were also carried to the morguc.
They were laid in row and numbered
and were ready for identification.
: The derrick next pulled the day coach
$ to the shore. and the searching party
-, was able to reach it. Although it is
Il known that there were many more per-
Y sons in the coach but six bodies were re-
$ covered, and two Of these were women.
:. They were placed side by side. The
e last body was recovered at o:4o.
|. A Touching Incident.
II Coroner Woods of Cold Springs was
>, on the scene, and he and several Others
y were soon at work at the task of iden-
Nc tifying the bodies. Before they had be
II gun. II man. weak and looking "a if he
y. had been injured. staggered into the car
I, He said his name was Frank j. Dlngen'
u of New York. He said his brother-in
4 law. W. ii. Myers. of fremont; \. y.
IT, had boarded the car at Poughkeepsi'
Il and occupied separate seat from hin
u in the day coach. Dingens was aslcel
N ~ when the accident occurred.
II He was awakened by a terrible jar
He called to Myers but before he re
III ceived an answer the car was rollin;
~ ~ of what had happened a window wa
y. broken and water rushed in in torrents
II He made diligcnt search for his miss
ing relative but had not found him an
- concluded he was among the killed.
u Dingens then walked down to the row
u of the dead.
y -Four Cinnamon We're the first TO NEE
Il his gaze and he did not pause to lool
9 at them. The fifth was NO. L." and h,
4 not the man sought for. -Four China.
u men were on the other side of NO. L.
y He wandered on till No. II was reached
q when he exclaimed;
= "There he is"
u He was deeply affected. but after max
ing the identification positive he wen
away.
A search was made of Myers pockets
and $40 in money was found. In hi
: vest pocket handsome 0ncn-faccd gol'
: watch was found. The searcher
CHANGED to look at il and found that thu
l hands pointed to $40. The watcl
1 stopped at the minute of the accident
5 Identifying the Dead.
5 The coroner and his assistants search
: cd the dead bodies in the hope of tindin;
: some clew to their identity. He begal
5 at No. =. Chinaman, without discover
ing anything. A quantity of money wa
) found sewed in the lining of his clothes
= but was Not disturbed. In the pocket o
No. 3. Chinaman. was found Can
adam passport made out to Wang Cling
: No other papers were found. No. 1. ;
Chinaman. was without papers. In thu
pocket of No. ; was found letter of in
PRODUCTION to Hop Ling of Newark. \
j.. but no other name could be found.
. BY letters and papers found in the
pockets of No. l. he was identified a'
Thomas Reilly of st. Louis. He wore ;
gold set ring on the inside of which was
the following inscription:
presented to COmrade Reilly by hi,
, Comrades. Post Is. G. A. r." Som,
small change and E25 in English none!
was found on the body.
| No. 9 was a young man about 30 years
old, we'll dressed A letter addressed e
Il. A. Green. 12j Dearborn street. Chi
cago. and the business card of the latter
were found on him.
Numbers 10 and 13 were the two WON
en-. and nothing could be found on them
to identify them.
No. II was a woman about 3G years OF
age. She wore black shirt. a checker
ed waist with black silk front. The
only article of jewelry that she wore was
a gold band wedding ring. which bore no
inscription. She was of light complex
ion. with high cheek bones and light hair.
No. 13 was woman dressed in black.
% years of age. Ehe wore belt with a
gold buckle. She was a brunette.