Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-10-29

that point to Tarrytown at the rate Of
about % miles an hour. Most OF the
passengers were asleep, those in the
sleepers being in their berths, while the
occupants Of the coach and smoker were
for tho most part doubled mp In their
seats. Just how the train met its aw.
full fate will never be fully known, for
tie first who felt the danger, Engineer
John Doyle and Fireman John Temp.
k:ns, lie dead in the cab of their loco
motive at the bottom Of the Hudson
river. Conductor Parish, who was III
charge of the train, and who was max
ing up his report in one Of the cars
when the crash came, was rendered un'
conscious by blow on tho head. When
he recovered he was three seats ahead
# tho one in which he had bern Sit
ting. .@.s..
~ physicians on the Ground. .l...
One of the trainmen who survived
the disaster made it his first duty to
run to the first signal tower to tele-
graph Tor help. The place where the
wreck occurred is rather isolated
place. 1t IS at the entrance known Us
hings Cut, three IN les south Of Garri'
SONS and five miles north of Peekskill.
Two express trains were following
close bch md the Inflated State Express
and the engine O. one OF them was sent
70 Garr.sons Tor General Manaeer J. NJ.
Toucey, who lives there, while the
other engine hurried to Feekskill for
medical aid. MIR. Toucey was the first
,tiicial OF the railroad at the scene,
reaching there at 1880. The engine
winch brought him there steamed to
Gold Spring and returned with Doctors
Wiuslow, tl!lebrowu and Murdoch. In
the meantime other physicians had ar j.
lived and all the doctors were soon at
work among tho injured.
Kemovin;; tho, Dead aud Injured.
The first victim of the disaster found
was lying on shore dying. He was
badly bruised around the head and body
End his righr arm was cut off near the
shoulder, the bleeding stump alone
showing. The member was not found.
The man was placed OH train and TAX
III to Peeksi.iil, but died on the way.
The body was that of a middle aged
man.
At 3 o'clock one Of the express trains
eft tho scene with the man who had
lied on the track and about 25 injured
persons. The dead man and five in
;ured were left at Peekskill, while the
train proceeded to New York with the
rest OF tho injured. Tue train had
hardly left the scene OF the disaster
when a special engine arrived there
bringing Division Superintendent Nc
Coy and Trainmasters Wyckes and
Slack from Tarrytown. The Chapman
Wrecking company OF New York was
notified to send river derrick and
ioats to raise the cars.
Did Good Rescue Work.
W. S. Langford of Bayonne, N. j.,
was in one of the last coaches, which
on the track. He swan out
70 the sunken cars with an axe and sue.
ceeded in chopping through one of them
and rescuing four people, -"
The. wreck occurred about eight miles
above Peekskill. A retaining wall,
which supported the track, slid out
under the weight Of the rapidly NOV
ing train. OF late the tide in the Hud-
son river has been very high, and to
This was due the undermining of the
wall, SO the railroad officials state.
Baggageman's Marrow Escape. .,>
Herman Acker of Peekskill, the bag.
,agemaster Of the train, who was in the
baggage car with John Shaw, an OK.
press agent, had q narrow escape. In
second compartment of the car were
several Cinnamon. Acker felt heavy
jar and found himself in the water.
The water rose to within foot of the
:oof. The car had whirled completely
lround in falling and the compartment
which contained the baggage stuck up
lightly, the end containing the China.
men being completely submerged.
Shaw and Acker kept themselves afloat,
he latter making his way to the tool
,ox.
He got out an axe, smashed through
! panel, and with Shaw climbed to the
'oof of the car. Three of the China.
men also made their escape through
he same opening. Acker's arm was
,adly cut and his body covered with
bruises. He was sent to his home in
oeekskill. SHAY; was not hurt.
Throngs Of Morbid People.
Some railroad officials were of the
opinion that a quicksand foundation of
ome kind below the water line was
for the sinking of the road.
,ed.
Before 10 O'Clock large number Of
curious spectators had gathered at the
Gene, coming from the nearby towns
md villages by trains, wagons, bicycles
nd boats. The number Of morbidly
urious steadily increased as the day
wore on and excursion boats even came
rom places far up and down the river
IL loaded down to the waters edge I'm.
il at mid-afternoon there were fully
5000 about the wreck. It required
he utmost exertion on the part Of
chief Humphrey Of the railroad police
md his force Of detectives to hold these |
,eople far enough in check to allow the
abroad mon to proceed with their
york. $50