The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-10-27
TWENTY ARE DEAD
TWO MORE ooBPsBs DRAGGED OUT
OF TIE EUDSON.

Unknown Man Found In 1t-IWenfy-
Fivs-Hundred Dollar Insurance Ticket
In Vest Pocket. With All Names OBJ
Found When the Easiae !. Lifted Out
Express Car Raised With Its Valuable
Contents Intact
Gsrrissu's. " Y, Oct eS-Twenty
lives are now known 10 have been lost
in Sundays accident on the New York
Central railroad, and eighteen bodies
have been found. The body os an IN
known man was recovered today. as
well as that OF the fireman. The day
coach o. the nl-fa;ed train was raised
today. and in Z, vas found victim not
hitherto included in the iist % dead. The
engine was also broush; 10 the surface,
ana with it the body o: Fireman John
Q. Thompkins. tightly wedged between
two masses of iron.
Shortly after o'clock the large der
rick brought up the day coach from the
bottom os the river. When the wafer
ing the operation saw az one os the
windows 8 human hand and just be-
yond the feet sticking ont from und-
one OF the seat top. TIE wtecksrs tore
aside the debris ana soon had the body
out. No more bodies were found.
THE TWENTIETH VICTIM.
The body removed. the seventeenth
since the wreck. and tire twentieth
known victim. was that ot man, $
years OF age. dark. with dark. snort
mous;ache. In one of the pockets OF
the vest was a wallet containing SIX
te1-dol.ar bills. two-do,lar bill and
Casualty Insurance company ticket.
such as is -oli at railroad stations II
was made out tor the sum % 900 in
case ot death. bu. very cuYiosly. thc
name. or rather the last names. O: both
payor end beneficiary were missing. The
card read. - far rs cuii be decipAe!ei.
Ike r" as tie purchasers name. ami
"Mres. E" "a the person 10 whom Il was
70 De paid. The railroad officials are Of
the opinion that the man boarded the
train At Rochester.
The contents os the ca. other than
the body. showed that the people hsi
made a rush tor 7heir lives There We're
women's shoes and hats. six mems hats.
a wonan's coat. eight grip-sacks OF va-i-
ous kinds. two mems coats and many
small garments.
EXPRESS CAR RAISED.
Another interesting event OF the day
was the raising OF the express car. from
whIch It was alleged that large sum OF
money had been lost by ne dropping 20
the river bottom OF small safe. Gene:-
al Superintendent Van WslkenbeIg. of
the American Express company, was
present. When the car came 20 the sur
face. Ii was seen that II was the most
badly damaged OF any that had yet been
taken up. As soon as possible t1e car
w.s searched by inventory ana then Mr..
Van Walkenberg gave out this state
ment:
None OF the valuab,es in the car were
lost. The big dynamite proof safe was
intact and fastened 20 the wall in I;s
proper place. The small safe which Z;
was thought might have dropped out o.
the broken car. was found in a corner.
and the onl ything OF value known 70 be
missing is a small package % tewelry-"
ENGINE LIFTED OUT.
The engine was dragged out OF the NV
e. tonight Just before dark an1 Presi-
dent Cnauncey ". Depew and the three
railroad commissioners, with Assistant
Secretary Edward McEnloe. Jaw the 0p-
Grafton. The divers had located the ten
der early in me afternoon. and broug',t
it up without it's trucks When. shortly
after o'clock. the engine came 70 the
surface OF the river /, was seen that Tire
trucks were missing, and that the front
OF the boiler and rhe guards were smash
ed into an unTecognizable mas.
The men on the iig5ter .sw clothes
dangling from the from. AMI when tho
lanterns could be brought 70 bear Z vas
found that tie rags covered a human
bady. The body was wedged in front %
the boiler. where the engine number
plate is. ana had TO be dragged out.
There Is much speculation - % How
Tompk.ns came % be on the <ront %
me machine. The fact o. 11e finding %
the fireman's mo1y tonigh: IN t5e pcel-
ton in whIcI l. l,y has Jed 10 the BELIEF
that the engineers body is somewhere
in tJe locality. The Sact t1at be 'front.'
trucks of The engine ere yet in the river
precludes any possibility un,r tomorrow
of determining whether broken track
caused the accident
FIRED FOR DRUNKENNESS
Superintendent Mccoy. % tae New
York Central. ssid tonight that ne story
.old BY a section boss 20 TIE effec; that
he ha1 left the r1ed beca use % its un-
-afa condition AS faIsoho53 ana ias,
tie man v1o tod g; lad been di8charg-
ei for drunkerneez NJ. Mccoy also
denied The statement thai ne Toadoei a.
the scene az the acc dent was known %
be in mad slape.
KNOWN N CLEVELAND.
C.evelsnd. ONO. Oc;. 3s.-Tae name o
the man waose BODY Tas taken from tas
New York Central wreck today wss
Isaac Ru-;ea5erg. He lived n t1is city.
GRAVEL DIGGEE FLOWS Up
n. n.n I've In