Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-26

Gals believe includes all of those who
could possibly have been lost, is as
follows:
ENGINEER JOHN E. FOYLE. of East
Albany; body still in the river.
FIREMAN JOHN O. TOMPKINS. of
East Albany: body still in the river.
SAMUEL WILLIAMS, of No. ISL Best
street, Buffalo.
THOMAS RILEY, Of ST. Louis.
w. H. G. MYERS, of fremont N. Y.
A G. M'KAY, Of Harlem; body still
in the river.
e. A. GREEN, of Chicago.
WILLIAM SCHENCKENBECK of
No. SO South Thirteenth street, New
ark, N J. otherwise known as VIM.
S. Becker.
GIUSEPPE TAGUANA, of No. 50 Park
street, New York.
MRS. ROBERT LINDSMAN, OF Utica.
UNKNOWN WOMAN, not yet identi-
fed
CHIN LEE SONG, of San Francisco.
CHIN FONG HOP, brother Of Chin
Lee Song
HOO WUH, of New York
LEE TONG SING, of No. IL Mott
street, New York
| UNKNOWN CHINAMAN, with letter
to Hop Ling See, of Newark, n. j.
TONG GIN, residence unknown.
| UNKNOWN CHINAMAN.
| UNKNOWN CHINAMAN.
| The number is nineteen, as sent
| last night by the Associated Press, and
/ there is little doubt that this is the
! total list of the killed. The bodies OF
/ the engineer. fireman and Mr.. Van
/ Etten's secretary are yet in the river
/ with small hope of their immediate
recovery.
Had it not been for the fact that tor
rents of rain poured down all the after
noon, the New York Central railroad
would have had an excursion upon theil
| hands larger than any for many years
AS it was. train load after train load
i. of -enrinsity seekNrs .laafan the sta
through the drenching rain to stanc
and stare at the burning embers and
mutilated cars.
| OF the sixteen dead who lay in the
coroner's Office at Cold Springs, eight
were heather foreigners, whose names
or residences meant scarcely anything
to the general public. and yet six OF
! those eight were identified and claimed
/ long before any person had come for
ward to inquire or seek for two well
/ dressed and evidently very respectable
/ white women, the only women killed
: in the wreck.
| The sixteen bodies that were held at
I Cold Springs for Identification and the
claim of the relatives were divided be-
/ tween the two undertaking establish
ments. All day long these places were
/ besieged by crowds of the curious, but
only those who might in any way es-
/ tablish the identity Of the victims
were admitted to look upon them.
The first body identified to-day was
| that of Samuel williams, OF Buffalo,
who died after being taken out Of the
wreck and while on his way TO the
Peekskill hospital. The body was re-
moved from Peekskill to Cold Springs
last night, and this morning was ident-
flied by the mans brother, Henry c.
| Williams.
Early in the day the Cinnamon, who
it was supposed would have to be bur-
led at the county's expense. were for
the most part identified by fellow coua-
trymen from New York
Most CT the Cinnamon lived in New
York. Chin Lee Song and Chin Fong
Hop were brothers, who lived in San
Francisco. and were on their way to
New York to live. being in charge Of
their father Chin Quong Hon. of Is
Mott street, and who is now among the
injured in the Peekskill hospital. Hoo
Wuh, 80 years Of age. and for number
of years resident of New York. was
on his way home from a visit TO San
Francisco The bodies will be taken
to New York fer burial.
This afternoon George c. Greene. OF
Buffalo. general counsel of the Lake
Shore railroad, arrived at Cold Spring
and identified his nephew. Edwin a.
Greene. OF Chicago. He said that the
young man. who was thirty-two years
of age. had called on him in Buffalo
few days ago. being on his way to
New York. The body was to-day
shipped TO Binghamton. where Ed
wards mother lives and where he
will 1be buried
One OF the two women was identi-
fed that evening as Mary Lindsman.
of Utica. y. 7 She was identified BY
her husband. Robert Lindsman.
tailor, who said that his wife left
home on Saturday night TO go to Cro-
ton on a visit TO her mother. Mrs.
Lindsman's maiden name was Mamie
Miller. She left Croton some time tgo
and has since lived in Utica, where
she married Lindsman in August last
She was but a years old and was a
good-looking young woman. Her hus-
band was very much affected when he
saw his wife's dead body.
William S Becker, Of Newark. was
identified By his brother Nicholas. OF
Auburn, y. Y He was IS years old,
and leaves wife and two children.
Archie Boyd, an actor. who was re-
ported missing. was seen By the As
sociated Press representative four
hours after the accident occurred on
q train that passed this point
Stories current tonight that some
parts Of the wreck caught fire after
the accident. were declared 10 be I'M
true. as are also the rumors that two
bodies had been found near Peeks-
kill.
None OF the injured is known to be
in a serious condition tO-nikht and
All are doing we'll
The engine was located II ! diver
this afternoon. but - bodies EeTe dis
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