New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-26
NO MORE VICTIMS FOUND.
c,r.r1NG UP THE wREcKAGE OF THE
GARRIsONs DISASTER.
one OF The DEAD WOMEN IpENTIFIED-sHl
WAS RECENTLY BRIDE-NO SATISFACTORY
EXPLANATION or THE GAZING OF
THE BANK-rHREE BODIES
STILL MISSING.


STILL MISSING.
Gatrison's y. Y, Oct % (SpeciaD-The couse
=, the frightful disaster on the New-York Central
Railroad early yesterday morning, when the
state Express plunged into the Hudson River.
killing nineteen persons, still remains nys-
tory Several theories have been advanced. but
all Is conjecture yet. The theory most gen
.raIlv held is that In some way the river under
mined the wall built to resist its encroachments'
leaving a crust Of earth that looked sound
enough but which gave wa under the weight
OF the heavy express train.
All last night and to-day the wreckers prose
cuted their work, but the list of killed remains
q. !, was given out last night. AT that time
" y Mccoy, superintendent of the Hudson
p;,er division. said that he was confident that
al the bodies had been recovered except those
~, the fireman. the engineer and a. G. Mckay.
cs,eral Superintendent Van Etens private
secretary.
WoMAN's BODY IDENTIFIED
The woman whose body was taken from the
,., coach and on whose finger was found a
r;ne hearing the inscription: 'R. L. TO NJ. Nj.
,,.s identified to-day by a friend who saw the
cornse at Cold Spring as Mrs. Robert H. Linds-
man Of Utica She was married to Mr. L'hos-
man about eight weeks ago and was on her
way 10 Peekskill to see son by previous
,,arr;ase whom she was to take back win her
10 Utica.
&c the work proceeds and the details or the
disaster become more evident the wonder grows
that no more met death. "he most remarKao'c
,hinc about the whole lamentable business Is
The fact that all the passengers in the wagner
.leeping-cars escaped without fatal injuries II
WAS only a few minutes after the tram piuhseu
into the river before the three sieepers were
n,ed with water. and yet in these few minutes
the passengers. awakened from steep y! '"e
snoct and the crash, to find their cars almost
INSIDE down and the water pouring In through
scores Of apertures, managed to reach shore by
the aid OF the cooler members OF the party AP-
narently after the first instant of nerve-para-
Icing fright GOODNESS vas the rule among the
passengers and the employees of the road
GOOD WORK OF THE REsCUERs.
William Patterson. porter Oh the seepi'is car
Hermes. which followed the Glen Alpine INTO inc
water. distinguished himself bv rusnihg iro'''
the car into the water and releasing huiiioe'
= the passengers by breaking the WINDOWS.
The crew of a passing tugboat, the oa'"ue'
chase German named Augustus Kah. who
lived near the scene, and the ehPioSe' "'
escaped with their lives. all rushed to the res
the passengers it is probably due 'ha' "' i"''e
names are in the list Of killed.
All dav to-day crowds focked 10 the scene OF
the wreck 1t was as dull and gloomy day as
ever looked from leaden skies upon ths~per-
rorrnahce Of a snrrnwAaIstask ham oegah u
fall soon after daylight and-it continued with
brief intermissions all day. But still the crowds
came from Garrisons and from Highlands ana
Peekskill. 4 number OF cadets from west
Point crossed the river, some in small boats ana
some by the ferry to Garrison's. and "a'ched
the wreckers at their work.
All the trains that passed the wreck slowed up
and most of them stopped, presenting windows
full of passengers, who had read of the disaster
and were curious to look upon the scene. Both
Tho ND and the down trains were forced to use
tho inside track for q distance Of nearly three
ousrters of a mile and this caused delay ali
along the line. All the New-York Central trains
we're necessarily late throughout the day
REPAIRING THE ROAD.
At daylight fresh gangs Of workmen arrived
n take the places Of those who had toed all
NIGHT and were wearied. But Superintendent
Mccoy at a late hour last night, was still on
the scene directing the operations OF the work.
man Mr. Mccoy had not left the spot since
no arrived an hour after the accident occurred.
General Superintendent Van Etten and H.
Walter Webb third vice-presdent. came 10 the
scene of the catastrophe this afternoon on a
.,sca, engine and had a conference with MIR.
Mccoy.
The uorkmen Of the road TO the number Of
.vo hundred and more. were engaged in moving
.he inside track several feet in toward the
bluff. They had previously filled the ditch with
-ravei ,hat vas hurried to the spot on Work
trains At the same time otter workmen were
busy laying sleepers for new track TO take
the Mace OF the section which was carried into
the river This new outside track Will occupy
the ground where formerly lay the rails Of the
inside track
There will be no attempt made at present to
ren,ace that part OF the embanknent whose fall
nrecinitated into the waters OF the Hudson one
hundred persons sixteen Of whom had been
taken out dead when night fell yesterday and
three Of whom are still at the bottom OF the
river This will not be done until the experts
Of the road haze made all possible enorts TO
satisfy themselves as TO what caused the en-
bankment to give way.
Colonel Ashley W. Cole. chairman OF the state
Railroad Commission, came to the scene OF the
wreck early this morning. He had talk with
superintendent Mccoy, and then returned 10
Garrison's Colonel Cole suggested that the ac-
cidept might have been caused by the breaking
Of a driving rod or journal on the engine
Mr. Mccoy does not think that theory would
explain the entire collapse of the embankment.
even ~ IL accounted for the train leaving the
track.
FINDING THE ENGINE.
The raising OF the engine may shed some
light on the matter 1t was not known last
night just where the engine lay. IL hao disap-
peared the moment 1t struck the water It's great
weight carrying 1t down with rush. But 'he
divers brought to the scene. wheh 'hey haa
proved that no more bodies were IN the sleeping
cars. turned their attention TO the engine Aiter
& consid.rsh,. u,orl they succeeded soon after