The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-25

NEW. YORK, Oct "a. - The Buffalo
and New York special No. 49, on the
New York Central & Hudson River.
railroad, due to arrive in this city at
7:S0 o'clock this morning, was thrown
from the track into the Hudson river.
one q half miles below Garrison's Sta
ton. Twenty-elght lives were lost. The
retaining wall along the river had been
undermined by high water in the river,
and the track caved under the weight
OF the train. The train consisted OF
the engine, combination baggage and
express car, a smoker, two ordinary
coaches and four sleepers. The engine
and two forward cars are submerged in
fifty feet Of water. Engineer Foyle and
Fireman TomplSins went down with the
engine. An the sleeping car passengers
escaped. a man named Williams, of
Buffalo, died after being rescued from
the river, his arm having been torn on.
Up to $50 o'clock ten bodies had been
recovered. Seven or eight of the dead
were Cinnamon, who were In the smok-
ing car a. G. Mckay, private secre-
tary to General Manager Van Etten Is
missing, and is said TO have been on
the engine. A number OF wounded
have been taken to hospitals In Peeks-
skill and Poughkeepsie,
BODIES RECOVERED.
Following is the list of bodies recov-
cred from the wreck up to $3.50 p. M:
Thomas Reilly. about fifty years old,
of 1850 Wisconsin avenue, st. Louis.
Five unidentified Cinnamon, one bear
ing passport in name OF Wong Gin, and
one bearing letter. addressed to Hop
old, supposed to be employed by w. a.
Otis. architect, 175 Dearborn street,
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 more bodies.
Conductor Parish and eighteen others
were Injured. and have been sent to
New York. Five other survivors OF the
wreck were taken to he Helping Hand
Hospital at peekskIll. Two OF these
are Americans and three are Cinnamon.
The former are John e. Ryan, No. 29i
Barrow street, Jersey City, badly laceF-
nted arm, shoulder and knee; Clarence
Morgan, OF Aurora, New York, shoulder
broken.
Mr.. Morgan escaped from car after
It had fallen into the water, through q
hole in the end.
w. S. Langford OF Bayonne. N. j.
was in one of the last coaches which re-
mained on the track. He swan out TO
the sunken cars with an axe, and sue
ceeded in chopping through one OF them
and rescuing four people.
CAUSE OF THE DISASTER
The wreck occurred about six miles
nboye PeekslSill. A retaining wall
which supported the track, slid out un-
der the weight Of the rapidly moving
train, OF late the tide in the Hudson
liver has been very high, and to this
was due the undermining OF the wall
so the railroad officials state.
Herman Aclter, OF Peekskttt, the bag
paPemaster OF the train, who was in
the baggage car with John Shaw, an ex-
press agent, had n narrow escape. IN
a second compartment OF the car were
sevral Chlnamen. Acker felt u heavy
lar and found himself in the water the
water rose to within a foot OF the ROOF:
Tbe car had whrled completely around
IN falling, and the compartments when
contained the baggage stuck up sllGht-
Iy. the end containing the Cinnamon pc
inf, completely submerged. Shaw ana
Ncker kept themselves atfoat, the latter
making his way to the tool box.
He got out an axe, smashed through
panel, and with Shaw climbed TO the
rooof OF the car Three ol the Chlna-
men made their escape through the
Bame opening. Acker's arm was badly
cut aud his body covered win brulseS' iSi,
He was sent to his home In Pecksklil'
Shaw was not hurt.
ken out OF the wreck Ny the rcscuers
was breathing when found, but was
badly crushed. He died soon after
wards, his body being sent to Peek
skill also.
The sleeping car conductor says ne ls
abio to account for all Of his passengers
except fve, and he Is not certain that
these nre lost