Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-26
INJURED DOING WELL.
John Il. Rynn's Experience In the
Day Coach.

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PEEKsKILL, N. Y, October 25.--All
of the patients from the New York Gem
trail railroad wreck at Garrison who
were brought to the Helping Hand Hos
pital, in this village. are doing well to-
day, and the physicians say that the In
juries of none OF them will prove fatal.
The three Cinnamon, who 1t was sup
posed would die, are as clipper as il
they had but slight shaking up. Only
one or them can talk English, and he Is
Quang Ding. As to whether they were
smuggled into this country his lips are
sealed He says that there were twelve
Cinnamon In the party. IL his statement
is correct. all the Chinese have been ac-
counted for. as eight were found In the
combination smoking-car dead, one went
to New York yesterday morning, and
three are in the hospital here.
JOHN RYAN's STORY.
John Il. Ryan, OF Jersey City, was
feeling well, and 10 a reporter of the
Associated Press said:
II got on the train at Albany and went
into the day coach. / am sure there were
ten passengers. all told. In this car, IN
GLIDING two women and man with his
SDiif d Wy y VI ~ lcdiS Oh axe. 4 WIS
doing when the accident occurred and
was awakened by the jerk. The day
coach went into the river In an upright
position, and foated down the river a
short distance just as II stood on the
tracks. In few seconds the car tilied
with water until IL was but six inches
from the top OF The car. The lamps went
out and all was dark. i swan 10 one OF
the ventilators in the top OF the car. and
with my right hand began smashing tho
glass. In doing 30 | nearly severed two
fingers from the hand. The cries OF the
other occupants Of the car were awful.
When / had made hole held fast.
"A woman rose above the water in the
car, but she soon sank. Presently the
man whom had seen with ais son swan
over TO me. and l gave the boy my win
dow and broke another which his father
and i held onto. A man and a friend
whom he called Billy had occupied the
seat in front OF me. and | could hear the
first call out. Hold on. Billy but Billy
could not. j heard q gurgle. and knew
Billy was drowned.
while we were holding on we could see
a tug near by, but although we called as
loud as we possibly could. we could not
attract any ones attention. oh, IL was a
horrible experience. Every minute SEEM
ed an age, and We thought we could never
get out
CUT OUT WITH AN AXE.
Soon we saw man Oh the bank with
an axe in his hand. He appeared TO be
calling 70 some one. but was not answer
ed. for he jumped into the river ana
swan TO the top OF the car. We could
hear him choNping away at the roof. tie
made slow progress.
AFTER five minutes work he gave this
10. | called TO him to chop at the side.
The boy was fast losing strength and the
man who called 10 Billy gave up and
sank. In ten minutes the man with the
axe had chopped hole In the side of the
car. | showed the boy out first and the
rescuer caught him. The boys father
tried TO get out after him, but the hole
was not large enough. The man with the
axe made IL larger. The father went out
and followed him. ] was the last person
out of the car. and We three were the
only ones that escaped alive.
mo one escaped by breaking windows.
for IL was impossible 10 do 50. The car
was full OF water, and 1t came In before
any one knew where we were or had
chance 70 help himself"
THE REVISED LIST OF KILLED.
GARRISON. N. Y. October 3.-The
complete list OF the killed In the New
York Central and Hudson River railroad
wreck, which the railway officials believe