The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-27
VICTIMS OF The WRECK
Twenty Lives Known 10 Rave Been Lost by.
The Plunge In The Hudson.
BRINGING THE CARS TO THE SURFACE
IsOdy Of tho Fireman Found on tho
Engine - Unidentified rnsaCnScE
1nhcn From II Coach Engineer
SIN ng-EXpress IHmpnny's
LOSS insisniHcnnt.
Garrisons, N. Y. Oct. &c, 1897.

''dIIlSDilS, ~. OCT. ID, 1870.
Twenty lives are now known to have
alecn lost in Sundays accident on the
Now York Central railroad. aud cigll-
teen bodies have been found. The body
Of an unknown man was recovered to-
day as well as that OF the fireman.
The day coach OF the ill-fatcd train was
raised to-day. ana in II found Il victim
not hitherto included In the list OF the
dead. The engine was also brought 10
ihc surface, and With ii the body OF
Fireman John q. Tompkns tightly
wcdged between two masses Of iron in
front.
Shortly after o'clock the large der
rick brought up the day coach from the
bottom of the river. where It had luln
completely submerged since the day of
| the wreck. When the water was drain
ed out ct the ear, those wntchin. the
operation saw at one of the windows n
| human hand, ana just beyond the feet
sticking out from under one of thc scat
| tops. The 'wreCkcrs tore aside the de-
bria ana soon had the body out No
more bodies were found in the ear. The
body removed. the seventeenth since
the wreck, and the twentieth known vie
tim, was that Of n man. thirty-iivc years
OF age, dark, with II dark. short nous
tachc. In one Of the pockets of the vest
| was a. wallet containing So. and n Cas-
| ualty Insurance company ticket. such
as is sold at railroad stations. This
ticket was made out for the usual sum
| OF $500 III case of death. but very
curinusly the name, or rather the last
| name of both payer and beneficiary was
| MISSING. The card reads, as far as
could he dec!phcred, Ike r." us the
| purchasers name. and Mrs E" as the
| person to HhYm II was 10 lie paid The
railroad officials are of the opinion thar
the man boarded the train at Ruchcs5tcr
! The body was taken tn the coroner's
| Office ut Cold Springs.
Another interesting event pr The dan
was the raising of the cNDrcss car
| from which IT was alleged that a larg,
sum Of money had been lost by thC
! dropping TO the river bGrtnm Of {
small safe. General superintendent Var
| Naikcnhurgh, Of the American EXPIRES.
Co, was present when the car cam,
| up. When the car came to the surrac,
| ii was seen that II was the most badl,
damaged Of any that had yet been tn
ken out. One-half OF the car had beci
| entirely demolished ana washed away
| as soon as possible the car wa.
! searched by inventory. and then Mr.
! NanNalkenburgh gave out s,atcmcn
To the effect that no valuablcs except ;
+, small package of jcwclry had been lost
Both safes were recovered with thcli
The engine was dragged out Of IN.
river tonight just before dark Tn.
divers had located the tender early II
the afternoon. When shortly after
O'Clock 1T came 10 the surface Of Tho
river ii was seen that the trucks were
| missing and that the front or tht
boilers and the guards wer. Smas shed
INTO an unrtcDgniZa'c mass. As thc
great machine came In si,;ht one of tht
men OIL the lighter saw clothes dangling
from the front, ana Wi!ou The lanterns
could he brought to bear, ii was found
that the rags covered II human body
that Of lHirrnan 'romrkra. The body
was wedge! In front Of he boiler. where
the engine number plate Is, ana had to
he dragged out. II was taken to train
n; once ana sent 10 CJld Spring to the
coroucr's Office
Th" fact Of the finding OF the FIRE
mans body tonight in tn" position in
which II lay has led 10 The belief .hai
the engineers body IS somewhere in The
locality. probably under the engine. If
the raising Of the trucks Of the engine
and 1'f the tender In the cnornng do
not bring In light the bodies nf Engineer
Foylc ana young Mckay, dredgcs will
he put 10 work in the vicinity to sea
| whether they are buried In the mud.