From the January 12, 1904 Issue of the New York Times:

Train Plunged into River
Hancock, NY, Jan. 11 -- The second section of the Chicago and New York limited express, on the Erie Railroad, was plunged into the Delaware River just west of this place at 2:50 this afternoon. The train was four and a half hours behind scheduled time, and was going at a high rate of speed, when it struck a sharp curve and a broken rail, which threw the whole train, except the engine and the combination coach, down a fifteeen-foot embankment and into the icy waters of the Delaware.

Only forty passengers were on the train. None was killed outright, although fifteen persons were injured, four of whom are porters or dining car cooks. The train was in charge of Conductor Robert H. Barnes of Binghamton and Engineer George Werth of Susquehanna, who both escaped injury.

Among those injured: A. Clarssio, colored, a cook, suffered probably fatal internal injuries. W.A. Robinson, colored, second cook, was severaly injured about the head and body. The two latter were found lying in the ice-cold water unable to help themselves. Both are from Brooklyn. John Washington, colored, of Jersey City, a waiter, is badly injured internally, and his left arm is broken.

The Hotel Jones became a veritable hospital until the relief train arrived, when the injured were taken to the Port Jervis Hospital.