The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-10-26
CENTRAA
HORROR !
Not SO Bad as the First Reports
Indicated.
DEATH LIST REACHES NINETEEN.
Crowds Of Curiosity Seekers Flock to the
Scene Of the Disaster Bodies Of
Engineer Foyle, Fireman Tomp-
kins and Secretary Mckay
Still Missing.

Garrisons, N. Y, oct. 26.-The COM
plete list Of the killed in the New York
Central and Hudson River railroad
wreck, a list which the railroad officials
believe includes all of those who could
possibly have been lost, amounts up
TO 19, and is as follows:
Thomas Reilly, st. Louis; e. A.Green,
Chicago; w. II. G. Myers, fremont, N.
z; Giuseppe Taguana, New York; w.
Schencbenbecker, Newark, N. j.; Sam
uel Williams, Buffalo; A.G.McKay, prt-
vate secretary to General Superintend-
ent Van Etten; John Foyle, engineer,
East Albany; John Q. Tompkins,
fireman, East Albany; Mrs. Robert II.
Lindsman, Utica, N. Y; Chin Lee Song,
San Francisco; China Fong Hop, 20
years old, brother OF Lee Song, San
Francisco; Chin Quong Hong, New
York, father of Fong Hop and Lee
Song; Hoo Wuh, New York; Lee Tong
Sing. II Mott street, New York, mer-
chant; Wong Gin, Hop Sing and an
unidentified Chinaman; unidentified
woman, about "a years old, said to be
from Hudson, N. Y.
The bodies of the engineer, fireman
yet in the river, with small hope OF
their immediate recovery.
The incidents and features of yester-
day had a tinge Of the dramatic around
them. Had it not been for the fact
that torrents Of rain poured down all
the afternoon the New York Central
railroad would have had an excursion
upon their hands larger than any for
mo A
train load of curiosity seekers landed
at the stations near the wreck, and
walked through the drenching rain
to stand and stare at the burning
embers and mutilated cars. OF the 16
dead who lay in the coroner's Office
at Cold Springs eight were heather
foreigners, whOse-names or residences
meant scarcely anything to the gen
eral public, and yet six of those eight
were identified and claimed long be-
fore any person had come forward to
inquire or seek for two well dressed
and evidently respectable Christian
white women the only women killed
in the wreck. In the morgue they lay
for the full two days unclaimed and
unsought, evidently, while the other
dead were claimed and taken care Of.
Spring for Identification and the claim
Of the relatives were divided between
the two undertaking establishments.
All day long these places were besieged
by crowds of the curious, but only
the identity of the victims were admit
ted to look upon them.
The first body Identified yesterday
that of Samuel XTfIIfau,e Of
falo, who died after being taken out
Of the wreck and while on his way to
the Peekskin hospital The body was
removed from Peekskill to Cold jpring,
and was identified by the mans broth
er, Henry c. Williams, and Rev. Au-
gust Goetz, pastor of Bartholomew
Evangelical church, of Buffalo. 1t was
a pathetic picture that was presented
by the brother and his pastor as they
clasped hands over the body Of the
dead man and wept together.
Early in the day the Cinnamon, who
It was supposed would have to be
buried at the county's expense. were
for the most part identified by fellow
countrymen from New York. Most of
the Cinnamon lived in New York. Chin
Lee Song and Chin Fong Hop were
brothers, who lived in San Francisco,
and were on their way to New York
to live, being in charge of their father.
Chin Quong Hon, of 10 Mott street, and
who is now among the injured in the
Peekskill hospital. Hoo Wuh, so years
of age, and for a numer of years a
resident of New York, was on his way
home from a visit to San Francisco.
The bodies will be taken to New York
for burial.
Yesterday afternoon George G. Green,
Of Buffalo, general counsel Of the Lake
Shore railroad, arrived at Cold Spring
and identified his nephew, Edwin A.
Green, of Chicago. He said that the
young man was 32 years of age, had
called on him in Buffalo a few days
ago, being on his way to New York.
The body was last night shipped to
Binghamton, where Edwin's mother
lives, and where he will be buried One
Of the two women was identified last
evening as Mrs, Mary Lindsman, of
Utica, N. Y. She was identified by her
husband, Robert Lindsman, a tailor.
who said that his wife left home on
Saturday night to go to Croton on a
visit to her mother. Mrs. Lindsman's
maiden name was Mamie Miller. She
left Croton some time ago, and has
since lived In Utica, where she was
married to Lindsman In August last.
She was but "a years old and was a
good looking woman.
William SchenclSenbecker, of Newark,
N. j., was identified by his brother.
Of Auburn, N Y He was 3S years old,
and leaves a wife and two children.
Stories current that some parts of the
wreck caught fire after the accident
are declared TO be untrue. as are also
the rumors that two bodies had been
found near Peekskin, None of the in
jured is known to be in a serious con-
dition, and all are doing Well
Get one of those pretty oil cloth rugs for
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