Evening journal., 1897-10-27
TOMPKINS IS FOUND.
Other Discoveries In the Gar
risons Train Wreck.
A CORPSE IN THE SUBMERGED COACH
These Make Eighteen Bodies Recovered
Since the Terrible Disaster Of sun
day-The Body In the Coach
Is That OF New Yorker.

- Ahht OF new Aorikefs
GARRIsoNs. n. y. oct. 27.-The
event of yesterday, the second day after
the Central railroad accident, was the
raising of the day coach OF the III fated
train. the finding OF an additional VIC
tim there and the raising OF the engine
with the body Of the fireman. John Q.
Tompkins. tightly wedged between two
masses OF Iron In front.
For some hours prior TO the raising
OF this car Il had come TO be thought
that there would be found several more
bodies. Late in the afternoon the huge
derrick brought up the day coach from
the bottom OF the river, where It hao
lain. completely submerged, since the
day Of the wreck. Slowly the great
mass rose out OF the water, and II was
seen that. excepting for the smashed In
rear end and the hole IN the roof. the
car was intact and Il seemed as II Il
was hardly possible for any large num-
Der of people to have escaped When
the water had drained out OF the car
those watching the operation saw at
one OF the windows human hand
badly bloated and just beyond two feet
sticking out from under one of the seat
tops The wreckers tore aside the de-
bris and soon had the body out A
vigorous search was made. and the en-
tire hxlngs OF the car were removed. so
that anybody within could be easily
reached To the relief OF the searchers
and watchers, no more bodies were
found.
The body removed. making the sew
enteenth recovered and the twentieth
known victim. was that OF man
OF 35 years Of age. dark. with dark.
short mustache. He was dressed In
gray woolen outing shirt. dark bluo vest
and trousers. black necktie and yell
low socks The shoes had been remov-
ed, and so had the coat. and Il was evil
dent that the man had been sleeping
IN the scat when death came. Whether
he was killed by concusslon or whether
he was drowned never viii be known.
The contents OF the car other than
the body, showed that the people had
made great rush for their lives. There
were women's shoes and hats, six mems
hats woman's coat. eight gripsacks
OF various kinds two mems coats and
many small garments.
The other interesting event OF the
day was tho raising OF the express
car from which IL was alleged large
sum OF money had been lost by the
dropping to tho river bottom Of a small
Safo. General superintendent Van
Valkenburgh OF the American Express
company was present when the car
came up and ready to make an lnvesti-
gatlon. When the car came TO the sur
face. Il was seen that II was the most
badly damaged OF any that had been
taken out One-half OF the car had
been entirely demolished ana washed
away. AS soon as possible the car was
searched by inventory, and then Mr..
Van valkenburgh gave out this state
ment:
None OF the valuables in the car was
lost The big dynamite proof safe was
intact and fastened TO the wall IN its
proper place. The small safe which. II
was thought, mRhthave dropped out Of
tho broken car. we found In a corner,
and the only thing OF value known 70
be missing Ia a small package OF jew
elry. or course all OF the merchandise
In the car has been destroyed but we
have luckily found most Of the bills OF
iading and settlement viii be easy. The
wonder TO me Is how our agent. smith,
ever got out of the car. the way II was
smashed up. He did So however and
only sustained a fracture OF the arm.
We found his vest In the corner of the
car. with the watch IN the pocket and
tho fob attached. The watch crystal
was not broken"
Mr. Van Valkenburgh could not esti-
mate the loss and could not say Just
how much money was in the car. but
intimated that the amount had been
exaggerated.
The heavy engine was dragged out OF
I.F Tu. ..lA
ir. and President Chauncey NJ Depew
and the three railroad commissioners,
with Assistant Secretary Edward Me-
Entee. saw the ope4tion. The divers
had located the tender early IN the aft
ernoon and brought 1t up without lts
trucks. The engine was worked upon
for several hours. the divers finding Il
most impossible to get the heavy
chains under II. as It had gone so far
in the mud. When. shortly after 5
o'clock. IL came to the surface of the
river, it was seen that the front trucks
were missing and that the front OF the
boiler and the guards We're all smash
ell Into an unrecognizaole mass. AS
the groat machine came In sight one
OF the men on the lighter saw clothes
dangling from the front. and these. II
was found. covered the body Of Tomp-
kins, the fireman. The body was taken
tl Cold Spring TO the coroner's office
This made the eighteenth body recov-
cred
All that remains as a reminder of the
wreck here now. with the exception OF
the wrecking machinery. are the bro
ken up and burning cars on the river
bank,