The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-10-27
TWO BODIES MISSING
SOME OF THE KILLED ARE NOT
YET IDENTIFIED.
THE ENGINEERS BODY IS STILL MISSING
The Body of an Unknown Man Found in the
Day Coach. He Had an Accident Ticket
But His Name Was Strangely

Garrisons, n. Y, Oct. 26.-Twenty
lives are known to have been lost in
Sundays accident on the New York
Central Railroad, and 1S 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 C. Tompkins tightly wedged be-
tween two masses of iron in front.
Shortly after three O'clock the large
derrick brought up the day coach from
the bottom of the river, where it had
lain completely submerged since the day
of the wreck. When the water had
drained out of the car, those watching
the operation saw at one of the wihr
dows human hand, and just beyond
the feet sticking out from under one of
the seat tops. The wreckers tore aside
the debris and soon had the body out
No more bodies were found in the car.
The body removed, the seventeenth
since the wreck. and the twentieth
known victim, was that of a man, thir-
ty-fve years of age, dark, with dark
short moustache. In one of the pockets
of the vest was wallet, containing So,
and a Casulty Insurance Company
ticket, such as is sold at railroad sta
tions. This ticket was made out for
the usual sum of $4,000 in case of death,
but very curiously the name, or rather
the last name of both payer and benef-
ciary was missing The card read, so
far as could be deciphered, like r." as
the purchasers name, and Mrs. E."
as the person to whom it was to be
paid. The railroad officials are of the
opinion that the man boarded the train
at Rochester. The body was taken to
the coroner's Office at Cold Springs.
Another interesting event of the day
was the raising Of the express car, from
which it was alleged that a large sum
of money had been lost by the dropping
to the river bottom of small safe.
General Superintendent Van Valken-
burgh, of the American Express Com
pany, was present when the car came
up. When the car came to the surface
It was seen that it was the most badly
damaged of any that had yet been taken
out One-half Of the car had been en-
tirely demolished and washed away.
As soon as possible the car was search
ed by inventory and then Mr.. Van
Falkenburgh gave out a statement to
the effect that no valuables except a
small package of jewelry had been lost
Both safes were recovered with their
contents.
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 five
o'clock it 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
errecognizable mass. AS the great ma
chine came in sight one Of the men on
the lighter saw clothes dragging from
the front and when the lanters could
be brought to bear, it was found that
the rags covered the body of Fire
man Tompkins. The body was wedged
in front of the boiler, where the engine
number place is and had to be dragged
out. 1t was taken to a train at once
and sent to Cold Springs to the coro.
ner's office.
The fact Of the finding Of the fire.
mans body in the position in which il
lay has led to the belief that the en-
gineer's body is somewhere in the To-
cality, probably under the engine. If
the raising of the trucks of the engine
and tender in the morning do not bring
to light the bodies of Engineer Foyle
and young Mckay, dredges will be put
TO work in tha vicinity IN coa vr,bo+l, or
they are buried in the mud.