The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-10-26
NO TRACE Of THE MEN
Engineer and Fireman Swept Out
of the Cab.
THE SCENE OF THE WRECK
Thousands Of People Stood for Hours in
Drenching Rain Watching the
Wreckers Work Torch
Applied to Coaches.


Central a Hudson River railroad
wreck. list which IL is believed, i'm
cludes all of those who could have pos
aibly been lost, is as follows:
Engineer John q. Foyle Of East AL
bany. body still in the river
Fireman John q. Tompkins of East
Albany. body still In the river
Samuel Williams, l3l Best street,
Buffalo.
Thomas Ryley Of ST. Louis.
w. VI. q. Myers of fremont. y. Y.
4. q. Mckay, Harlem, body still in
the river
r.. 4. Green of Chicago.
William Schenckenbecker. South 18th
as William :. Becker
Giuseppe Taguana of 81 Park street,
New York.
Mrs. Robert Lndsman, Utica.
Unknown woman, not yet identified.
Chin Lee Song. san Francisco.
Chin Fong Hop. brother Of Chin Lee
Song.
Hoo wuh of New York.
Woo Lung Sing OF II Mott street.
New York.
Unknown Chinaman with letter TO
Hop Sing of Newark. y. j.
Wong Gin. residence unknown.
Unknown Chinaman.
fnknown Chinanan.
The number Is 49, as sent last night
by the associated press. and there is
little doubt that this is the total list
OF the killed. The body Of The engineer,
fireman and Mr.. Van Etten's secretary,
- h. N.ar.
their immediate recovery. Had il not
been for the fact thai torrents of rain
poured down all the afternoon. the
New York Central would have had an
excursion upon their hands larger than
any for many years As IL was train
load after train load of curiosity seek
crs landed at the stations near the
wreck and walked through the drench-
ing rain to stand and stare at the
burning embcrs and mutilatei ears. OF
the 16 dead who lay in the coroner's
office at Cold Springs. eight Were
heather foreigners. whose names and
residences meant scarcely anything To
the general public. and yet six OF those
eight were identified and claimed long
before any persons had come forward To
seek for two well dressed and evidently
very respectable white women who
were killed in the wreck.
All day long the police We're besieged
by crowds Of the curious. but only
those who might in any way establish
their identity were admitted to look
upon them. Early in the day the Chi
namen, who II was supposed would
have Ia be buried at the company's EN-
pense. were for the most part identined
by fellow countrymen from New York.
One of the two women was identified
this evening as Mary Lindsman of
Utica, n. Y. She was Identified by her
husband. Robert Linisman. a tailor.
who said that his wife left home ON
Saturday night to go 10 Croton on a
visit to her mother. Archie Boyd. an
actor who was reported missing. was
seen by the associated press reporter
four hours after the accident occurred
on train that passed this point.
Stories current tonight that some
parts of she wreck caught fire after the
accident. are declared 10 be untrue. as
are also the rumors that two bodies
mad been found near Peekskill. None
Of the injured are in a serious condi-
ton tonight and all are doing well.
At 3 o'clock this morning the
wrecking company made another
search for the bodies of the
engineer and fireman and Superin-
tendeni Isnettens and Clerk Nc
20 minutes he said: Il could find no
trace Of any OF the missing men and
don't believe they are near the engine.
| should say that IL they did not jump.
and IL looks as IL they did not have
time, that the rush of water through
the cab was so fierce that IL fairly
swept them out and drowned them
quickly | would not be surprised IL
they were half mile or mile beyond
the engine
Thousands Of people most Of them
women. visited the scene of the wreck
to-day. standing for hours in the
drcnch!ng rain. The crowd became so
large that IL was necessary to rope in
all of the space from which the tracks
had gone into the river. At O'Clock
tonight hut for the burning embers
and twisted rails II would be difficult
To iind any signs Of the wreck.
Division superintendent Mccoy de-
cidrd that none Of the ears would over
be III for use again. and that with the
exception of the cushions there was
nothing worth saving. The torch was
applied to the day coach and the COM
bination smoking and baggag. car.
The work of raising the sleeping coach
Hermes proceeded slowly and IL was
not until 10 O'Clock that ID was fioatcd
the trucks gave way aud fell with
crash into the river. The car WAS
towed down the river and deposited ON
the bank. where II was destroyed by
fire. The last coach of the ill-lated
train. the Niobe. WAS gotten out AZ 8
o'clock and that also was burned. The
express car is 800 yards below. No at
tempt will DE made to raise 1t until to-
morrow.
All day large force Of men has been
al work on the track. The nurthbound
track was moved over five feet east. a
firm bed. composed uf sand. gravel ana
broken stones. having been prepared
for it, The track has also been planned
for southbuund trains.
The gray dawn "a hours after the
frightful happening Of yesterday. broke
upon n scene of greater litter and prop
cry destruction than yesterdays sun
! and last nights torch light displayed.
Wary gangs of Wreckefs were relieved
early this morning by fresh ones When
the wreckers brought tackle on the
sleeping ear Glen Alpine o. drag her
up there was much excitement and
! speculation. as II was believed there
must surely be some bodies Ia this car.
| the most deeply submerged ~ the lot.
When the car had been placed on a
spow and the water run ON "f u a
search ur party went thrnugn, and Ia