Daily camera., 1901-04-19
THREE BODIES FOUND.
Continued from frat page.


large force of Big Five miners was at
work digging for the buried men. who
were, undoubtedly. dead At E o'clock
they brought to the surface the bodies Ct
Hannah and Fitzgerald. Humans face
was badly torn and Fitzgerald's lett leg
was broken.
Oliver Sellers, the fifteen year old son
of Mr. and Mrs f. c. Sellers went on the
train for the purpose of taking some
photographs of the scenery and the great
snow cuts. He was standing on the
tank of the rear engine when the slide
occurred and was injured by being thrown
violently to the ground 200 feet down the
hull. Internal injuries were apparent
t,e last night and DR.. keyser telephoned
that the boys condition was serious.
Of the dead men Miner was an Odd
Fellow and Elk, Hannah Mason and
Knight Templar, and Bair an Odd Eel
low. Miner had only few weeks ago
given up his accident policy and it is
thought, his certificate in Locomotive
Firemen's Beneficiary fund.
At2 o'clock yesterday afternoon Agent
Clark at Ward wired Manager Culbert
son that the snow was packed so hard
that he feared the snow p,ow could not
get through. Mr. Culbertson then o..
dered that the bucking be abandoned
and the locomotives returned to Boulder.
A lew minutes later the phone advised
him of the accident. Clark had not
reached the crew with Mr. CulbertSon's
order.
At o'clock yesterday afternoon Mrs
Sellers said: "Oliver has been hurt
speaking of her son. Wednesday night
Marks said. Il had hard day today.
am afraid something is going to happen
tomorrow" Superintendent OF Telegraph
Mackey was going to Denver yes erday
afternoon. but dread Of something held
him in Boulder. Later he was Manager
Culbertson's sad messenger to break the
terrible tidings to the stricken families
Of the ro1d's dead employees.
The work OF recovering the bodies
vas greatly retarded by small slides yes
terday afternoon and evening and the
necessity for care. lest the rescuers,
themselves. b. engulfed in other ava.
anchss
The train arrived in Boulder at 4
o clock this morning. Coroner Trtzse in
charge of the three recovered bodies and
Marks, the ipj lred engineer. being taken
to University hospital. His inj jlries had
been dressed by the company's physic
ian, DR.. Keyser, and he was resting
easily under the circumstances. Cor
oner Trezise also brought do wn the body
Of John Thompson. the hermit, who died
in his cabin near God Hall station.
1t was sad party ,ha, met the train.
Manager Culber,son was up all nigh,
and a, the phone most of the time
Auditor Dickson went up on the relief
train to direct matters. and the com
pany's officials were assiduous in their
efforts to render more light the hard
blow that had fallen upon families OF
their employees. Coroner Trezse took
the bodies TO the morgue.
Mr. and Mrs Sellers went to Frances
this morning to be With their injured son.
who had been given every comfort to be
had at the local hotel.
At I:I5 this afternoon Mr. Stocking
telephoned from Frances that Oliver
Sellers was resting easily and that his
father and mother, who were at his bed
side, would bring him to Boulder this
afternoon. He had good prospects for
recovery. BARS body had not been
found and the searching party were
going over every inch Of the ground a
second time. beginning with the bottom Of
the gulch.
Young Sellers will be recalled by
patrons OF Fondas pharmacy as soda
fountain attendant last summer
gentlemanly, fine looking boy.