Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-25
FROM SLEEP TO DEAl.I
Grim Terror Pilots a Railway Train
Through the Fog to Plunge
Into the Dark River.
TTESTY-EIGHT SOULS HIS REyARD
Vietirls Drowned in Their Berth, O,
Thci. Seats and Many Ter
r.bly Mutilated.

sS's' fiece OF HALLWAY, rs Is Supposed, IN
the country, on the New York Central
and Hudson River Road. Goes Down Tn.
der Special. the Only Witnesses Beinr f,
Tug Crew, and the Engineer and Fire
man Who VIII Never Tell Their s.or,.s
in This World.
Garrison, y. Y, oct. 25.-From the
sleep that means refreshment and rest
70 the eternal sleep that knows no
~'aking plunged in the twinkling of an
eye yesterday morning twenty-eicht
souls-men. women and children. Into
Inc Shiny bed Of the Hudson river n
train laden with slumbcring humanity
pioughed. dragging through the waters
lha helpless passengers. There was
nothing TO prcsaGe the terrible acct
dent which so suddenly deprived these
unfortunates Of life. The New York
Central train LEFT Buffalo Saturday
night and had progressed for nearly
hine-tenths of the distance towards It's
destination. The engineer and his fire
man had iust noted the gray dawn
breaking In Tho east and the light streak
of red hctDtcniug the suns appearance
when the great engine plunged into the
depths of The river.
VIA Never TcIi Their Stories.
Neither engineer nor fireman VIII ever
teI the story Of that terrible moment.
Tor with his hand upon the throttle. TIE
engineer plunged With his eginc ~ the
river bottom. and the fireman, too. was
at his post. Behind them came the OK
lrnss car. the combination car and the
''c"Pcrs. and these piled on top Of the
engine. II g. known that Il was n trino
i"Esy and that tha track was not viyl-
Lle. but IL there was any break i'm tn
lines OF stool Il must have been OF very
i'"crt happening. for only an hour he
iure there had passed over II a heavy
passenger train. The section of road
was supposed g. Na the very best on the
entire division. What seems to have
harpon.d was that underneath the
trn'ks ard tics the heavy retaining
wall Ind given away. and when the
treat weirht of ~" engine struck the
unsupported tracks 70 went crashir,
fhrouEh tho rest Of the wall and
torpIcd over into the river.
i.uchy iircrh nf n Coupling rin.
Thon there happened what at any
other time would have caused disaster
but now proved blessing. rs the
train plunged over the enhankment tine
coupling that hold the last three Of the
nix sl'optrs broke. and they miraculous
~ Remained On the broken track. In
that way Some sixty lives We're saved
i'Nc-witro5Fps there were none exce;rt
The crew of tug boat passing with a
tow. They saw the train with its lk.ht
Hs I; came flashing along and then
saw the greater part of II go into the
river. Some Of the cars with closed
windows roatcd and the tug. whistlin-
for help. cast CGf It's hawscr and started
TO the rescue. y porter jumped from
one Of IN" cnrs that remained on the
track and ran into the yard Of
Augustus Carrs house. near which the
accident occurred, ana stood screaming
for help.
Fought Like Ficnts for Life.
In q few mirut"s Carr had dressed
himself. and getting a boat rowad with
the porter To the scene. As they turned
point IN the bank thcy came upon the
express car and the combination car
noatinr about twenty feet from shore.
but sinking every minute. One man
was taken from the top cf the car and
efforts We're made TO rescue those in
side. few were gotten out. The day
coach and smoker had gone down in the
btfl'''E Ntifl, ana f-Sfup WAS lllpns.-l-
hle. In the latter coach the conditions
must have been horrible. The car
turned completely over and the passer-
ger erd ~ I; was in the deep water
while the baggage end stood up towards
the surface. The men in that lower end
must have fought like fieris for = bricf
period. fer the bodies when taken ont
were n mass of wounds
Scene rf EndI, Nutiintcd isodies.
The closing scene Of the first day cf
this tragedy was drawn around n corN-
mon car that stood near the scene OF
the accident where nearly score Of
badly mut'atCd bodies. none Of them
claimed by friends. We're lying In q Ions.
row. grewscme evidences Of the disaster
the greatest that has ever occurred
on this railroad.
LISTS OF THE DEAD AND HURT.