The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-27

GRUESOME FINDS.
Fireman and Unknown Man Not In
cluded In List.


Garrison. y. Y. Oct. 26.-Twenty lives
are nov known to have been lost in Sun
days accident on the New York Central
road, and Is bodies have been found. The
body of an unknown man was recovered
today. as well as that of the fireman The
day coach of the Inflated train was raised
today and in it was found a victim not
hitherto included in the list of dead. The
engine was also brought TO the surface,
and with it the body of Fireman John Q.
Tompkins. tightly wedged in between two
masses of iron.
Shortly after o'clock the large derrick
brought up the day coach from the bot
tom of the river When the water had
drained out of the car, those watching the
operation saw at one of the windows
A HUMAN HAND.
and just beyond. the feet sticking out
from. under one of the seat tops. The
had the body out No more bodies were
found.
Tie body removed the 17th since the
wreck ana the 10th known victim was
that of a man 30 years of age. with a DARK,
short mouStuche. In one of the pockets
OF the vest was a wallet containing six
ten-dollar bills. a two-dollar bill and a
CausdiIy Insurance company ticket, such
as is sold at railroad stations. 1T was
made out for The sum Of $500 IN case of
death, but very curioUsly the name, or
rather the last names of both payor and
beneficiary, was missing. The card read
50 far as could be declpnered, ike r. as
the purchasers name. and Mrs. ii. as
the person to whom it was TO be paid.
The railroad officials are of the opinion
that the man boarded the train at
The contents of the car. other than the
body, showed that the people had made
RUSH FOR THEIR LIVES.
There We're wonen's hats six mems hats,
a woman's coat, eight grip sacks of var
ious kinds, two mems coats and many
sman garments.
Another interesting event of the day
was the raising of the express car. from
which it was alleged large sum OF
money had been lost by the dropping TO
the Ylver bottom Of a small safe. Cen
eral Superintendent Van ValkenburG, of
the American Express company, was pres
ent when the car came to the surface, and
it waS seen that 1t was the most badly
damaged CT arg that mad yet been taken
up As soon as possible the car was
searched by inventory and then Mr. Van
Vdlhenburg gave out this statement:
VALUABI1ES INTACT.
''Nlogae of tahe yaluAb.es in the car are
lost, me Big dyAaM.te-Droof safe was
intact sad fastened 10 che waN ia Ks
proper place. 1ia small safe, Wlica il
was tnoEeht m:ght have dropped oun of
tile broken car. was found IN a CORNER,
and The only fling' of value known to ba
missing is a small package Of joWelY1y. -"
TIE eng ne was dragged out of The river
tonight gust before dark. and President
C'haumceY ". Depew and the idhree rail-
iioad commissioners, wl.h Assistant Sec
rotary Edward MeLanoe, saw !nS opera :
ton. The divers had loeated ,,ae .e;fi ~
early ~ the afternoon, and il was
bsoIeG-n Yp with rs trucks.
The men on the lighter saw Clothes
71Qrlu inn mo n
l3rl,euls could be brought 10 bear. it was
found that uhe rags covered
A HUMAN BODY.
The body was wedged IN froat Of thc
boiler. where the engine number plate IS.
and had 10 be dra gged out. There is
mach Speculation as 80 how TompR.nss
cana to be on the 'FRONT.' OF the ma ctl:sla.
Ina fact Of tlla tiThIng OF the fireman 6
bt9ly ia 4lle position il lay has led to .lle
belief chat tine engineers body ig soma
g,ael,e ia ula locaitty
super us elldeuG Mccoy of the New York
Central said that the story told by a sec
rtoga hozs u the effect taeH ne had left
tt1a roa1 because of ITS unsafe condition
was s falSeho0d. and that the man who
told Il had been discharged for drunk
e.nrlesS. Mr. Mccoy also deaied the state
nec.t that the road bed ~ the SCENE OF
the accident was known 20 be, iA bad