The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-25

lows and every movable thing in the car
had been jamned from side TO siae a1 Iir
from end to end of the car IN a Ils.hnei
that would seem to almost preclude rne
possibility of any person, in the alsles %
berths, escaping. Those who did get OUT,
and it is believed that all In thls car e5 e5
tempting to either dress or selze any ,lea5,, paS
gage. The condition of the windows snow
that many ~ bro broke ,d 9T5 bey yhae ae Clothing with
which to cover their nakeoness. ais ,,o %
trousers by the half-dozen, with sus-
penders attached, unoerciornss' dTassas
and underclothing were all mixed up f dif
an indescribalble mass. A 1ull score "
handbags and Satches lnolcdte Ina. siiero sie,, .
may have been tnat IuHlpef u poSs~
gers in this car o,a
Some of the people in the vicinity, ana
the hotelkeeper at Garrison, say tnat they
helned dress some of these people, put
the supposition is that the majority ol
those who escaped with their hVes any
not their baggage We're taken care "
by the passengers in the sieepers ina. re-
NAMED on the track, and when taken 10
New York City were provided WltncIotnes
by the railroad people. In the state
heen a bride and groom, but they escap-
ed with the others. Just to the rear OF
the Glen Alpine was the car Hermes,
which, in the plunge IeIt us truSas ffls+o,, VI,
in the river, but only in about three Ieet
of water. The porter of TINS car; WIZ
lam Patterson, an intelligent ana cooI.
headed. collected man, tells the most
graphic story of the wreck and one Whlcn
will probably be found to be the nearest
lucid explanation of how so many Steep
ing people were miraeuiousiy sanea tbe ltorv ltor
TO Colonel Ashley w. Cole, the presl-
dent of the State Railroad ConlInlssaG;a1. "a
VINO is making an investigation. ne saip' lil
"Just before the accident | was aWdk-
ened from a doZe by the slowing up OF llle
train, and 1 got up, thinking we weIe
nearing Peekskall. l looked out OF me
window, and just as did so, there came me
a crash and leap of the car towards tne
river l was thrown to the moor, pul get
ting up in a minute, seized a nahlnsr'
dows on the shore side, and in few min
MES had gotten my twelve passengers
out. | am positive that every one got
out. because there was only 1901 or SO SO
of water in the car at the time. When all
NV passengers had gotten out we began
to look out for the others. me car
Hermes was just ahead oI mine +haI dilq nne naa
end was completely submerged Whlle lne
other was up against the END OF ours Is, ,sr, anu
a trife higher | saw the pe9pie ~ huIdy uniye
positive that before the car settleoc c,so liIeo
deep water we got everybody out. some
of the people were scantlly oresseu1a st,1a r's+ pe
be found in the dark. They hurried away
to the other cars, and l think Went 70
New York. After we had gotten out an
people from the combination car swim
ming in the river and we helped them out:
I was afraid that some people got out OF
the other cars all right, but were drowned
because of the cold water cramplng
Colonel Cole said this morning that the
hank may have given way, and that II
was equally as possible that a driving rod
on the engine had broken and, knocking
it off the track had occasioned the disas-
A drizzling rain started at an early
hour, and the outlook was dreary and dis
NAL in the extreme. The wreckers began
work very early in order to recover the
bodies known to be in the river or any
others they might find. Ii there are any
more bodies in the wreck or in the river,
they are believed to be In the day coach.
which lies in water up to its rooI, OH
Kings dock The diver who took SIX pod
les out of this car last evening. SAID ne
could find no more bodies. But there is
great difference of opinion among the rail-
good many believe that more podleS VIII
be found in this car when 1t is raised, as
passengers who escaped from it and the
crew believed yesterday that at least
twelve persons perished in the day coach
The scene at the wreck at daylight TINS
morning was dismal one. Inc Gay
work was Just starting and light drlZzle
of rain falling at intervals, which made
it decidedly unpleasant for those whose
business kept them at the. scene. me
work of searching for bodies had been
temporarily suspended at o'clock this
morning, after the parlor car Glen Alpine
had been hoisted. AS the occupants. of
been accounted for by the conductor and
porters the fact was established that
none of the Wagner passengers was
killed. Chief Detective Humphrey, VINO
with Superintendent Mccoy, Assistant Su-
perintendent Weekes and Trainmaster
Slack, remained at the wreck all night,
superintending the search for valuable on
the Glen Alpine, and this morning sent the
recovered property to the Grand Central
Station. there to be claimed and 1dent1hed
bv the owners. There was found in tins
one car, in wallets and pocketbooks, ssoo
in money, in sums ranging from Sl5 to
$500, and eight gold watches, one OF them
being lady's chatelaine. Some OF the
| watches bear monograms, by whlcn lc e lneg
| a variety of diamonds, sleeve buttons,
diamond studs and a pearl pin, all klnds lo
| Of wearing apparel, satchels, umpTelias
and shoes. One vest contained an L. "A:
| w card, made out to F. Parsons, OF
| Brooklyn, and another card bore the
name, "Charles f. Bingham"
AS soon as daylight came force , OF !
| the equipments from the sleeping cars,
and at the same time all of the ayallaple
| track men were put to work on the road
! bed in order to get both tracks in opera
| tion. This work was commenced under
| the direction of General Road Master W.
D. Otis. who arrived on the ground at an
| early hour this morning, with every road
| master in the New York Centrals en-
| ploy some twenty-sx in number. 1t nap
| pencd that the road masters were max
/ ing their annual tour of inspection. over
| the road and were thus able to reach the
| scene In body. II is the custom of the
Central to send its road masters
special train composed of dining,
| sleeping and obs srvation cars once year:
| By a coincidence the road masters passed
| over this part of the road last week and
! the section where the disaster occurred
| was passed as perfect They were in
| BuffaIo yesterday and left there on their
4 special train at six o'clock last night, ar
| living at the scene at 2:37 A. NJ
| Roadmaster Otis, who is considered one
| of the best expert track builders in this
| country was reticent about giving his
| opinion as to the technical cause of the
! sinking road bed but he told represen-
| tative Of the Associated Press that it was
| able action of the water on the enlbank-
| ment The sand and gravel had been
washed out, leaving crust under the
| track which collapsed as soon as the
| weight of the train was put ON it. Mr..
Otis could not understand why the re-
tanning wall of solid masonry gave way as
HTnis section of the road" he said
| Stands in a depth of thirty-five feet Of
| water. In former years we had consid-
| erable trouble at point known as Rev-
| erly Bridge, half mile north of this
| point. where the construction of the road
| is similar to this part of the bed, but
| there have been no serious Washouts
there in at least fifteen years. We are
| now filling in the east side of the en-
| hankment for the purpose of moving the
m track over and allowing second
| track TO be put down. Trains are now
moving with but little delay on one