The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-28
JUMPED INTO THE HUDSON.
Retaining Wall Along the River
Gave WQy.

New York, Oct. 24.-The Buffalo and
New York special on the New York
Central River, due TO arrive in this city
at 1870 this morning, was thrown from
the track into the Hudson river one and
Il half miles below Garrison's station.
Twenty-eght lives We're lost.
The retaining wall along the river had
been undermined by high water and the
track coved in under the weight of the
train. The train consisted of the engine.
II combination baggage and express ear,
smoker, two ordinary coaches and four
sleepers.
The engine and two forward ears were
submerged in fifty feet of water. En-
gineer Foyle and Fireman Tompkins
went down with the engine. All the
sleeping car passengers escaped. One
man named Williams, of Buffalo. died
after being rescued from the river, his
arm having been torn off.
Up to $50 o'clock five bodies had been
recovered. Seven or eight Of the dead
were Cinnamon who were in the smOk-
ing ear. A. G. Mckay, private secre-
tary to General Manager Van Ettcn, is
missing. and is said to have been on the
engine.
4 number of wounded have been
! taken to hospitals i'll Poughkcepsie and
| Peeksville.
Following is the list of bodies recov-
! cred from the wreck mp to $50 p. M:
aWhomas Reilly. about 20 years old, Of
! Wisconsin avenue. St Louis.
Five unidentified Cinnamon. one bear
ing a passport in the name of Wong
Gin. and one bearing letter addressed
| TO Hon Sing, II Springfield avenue, New
ark.
A. T.. Green. 81 years old. supposed
to he employed by w. A. Otis, l1l5
| Dearborn street. Chicago,
! All of these died from drowning.
Green's body was the first taken out
of the car by the diver, who is still
searching for bodies.
A. G. Mckay. private secretary. is
| believed to have been riding on the en-
CINE. and killed.
Conductor Parish and eighteen others
| were uninjured and have been sent 10
New York
Five other survivors of the wreck were
taken to the Helping Hand hospital at
| Pceksyill. Two of these are Americans
and three Cinnamon. The former are
!. Il. Ryan. 294 Barrow street. Jersey
CITY. badly laccrated arm. and Clarence
Morgan of Aurora, n. y" shoulder
broken. ~,
through hole in the end after II had
fallen into the water. =. .,
+ w. S. Langford. of Bayonne y. !,
was on one of the last coaches. which
remained on the track. He swan out
| to tho sunken cars with an axe ana sue
cceded in chopping through one OF mem.
The wreck occurred about SIX hlh,s
above Pecksvill. retaining wan
which supported the track slld on. ;ili,
der the weight of the rapidly MOVING
train. OF late the tide IN me HUDSON
river has been very high. ana TO TINS wa
due the undermining of the wall 80 Tue
officials state. -, ,,,o
master of the train. who was III 'ne nas
gage car with John Shaw. an eAPsns'
agent. had narrow escape III j." cow
and comnortmcnt of the car were sew
erol Cinnamon. Acker felt heavy WI
and found himself in the water u,
wafer rose to within foot of the rool
The car had whrlcd completely aro'n'
in falling and the compartment CONTAIN
ing the baggage stuck M slightly az DIV
end the end i'm which were the CnliiaI'ti
being completely submerged.
Ackpr got out an axe. mashed lhrouS'
n panel. and. with Shaw. climbed 10 .l'
roof Three of the Cinnamon also mao,
their escape through the same open,n,s
Acker's arm was badly cut and ms nonN
covered with bruises. He was SEM u
his home in Pecksvill. Shaw was no
hurt. ~, wo,
The first man, unknown. VINO wa
taken out of the wreck by the resc,ucr,s
was breathing when found. but bani'
crushed. He died soon afterwards h'
body being sent to Peeksvill also. !, +,
The sleeping car conductor says ne =
able TO account for all of his Dn.ssehgrr'
EXCEPT five. and he is not certain Una
+hnca nr, Loot