Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-09
NEARLY 100 DROWNED
Colorado Train Wreck Proved
a Great Disaster.
THE TRAGIC FEATURES
STORY OF THE SURVIVING LOCO
MOTIVE FIREMAN.
Lists of Dead and Missing - Bodies
Swept by 'Whirling Waters
Miles Down Stream.


says: The wreck of the worlds fair flyer.
on the Denver and Rio Grande railroad.
near Eden, seven miles north Of Pueblo.
last evening proves to have been one OF
the greatest railroad disasters in the his
tory of the country. Two crowded pas
senger cars and baggage care were en-
quilted in the torrent that tore out
trestle spanning Steele's Hollow. otherwise
known Dry creek. and. so far as known
tonight only three Of the occupants of these
cars escaped death Fortunately two sleep
ing cars and diner. completing the train.
remained on the track at the edge of the
abyss, and none Of their occupants was
killed or injured.
How many persisted probably never will
be definitely ascertained. for the PREACHER
Gus sands are drifting over the bodies. but
1t Is thought the number is nearly 100.
Searching for the dead was begun about
midnight on an extensive scale. ana still Is
In progress tonight. All corpses found were
brought to Pueblo and placed In four
morgue here. At o'clock this evening
seventy-six bodies had been recovered and
of these fifty-seven had been identified.
Bodies Found Miles Down Stream.
During the day bodies were recovered all
the way along Fountain river. from the
scene of the wreck to this city. At o'clock
this afternoon two bodies were taken from
the stream at 1st street. Pueblo. more than
eight miles from the point where the dis
aster occurred. and 1t is probable that
some may even be recovered farther down
stream.
None of the bodies Is badly mutilated and
all are in such condition as to be recog-
nizable. Many identifications have been
made by articles found on the bodies, no
person who viewed them recognizing the
features.
List of Known Dead.
J. F. Bishop, architect. Pueblo: Eta e.
Bishop, sister Of ]. F. Bishop. Pueblo;
George Beck. Miss Bennett. Pueblo; Bethel
Cripple Creek; H. Curtis, Pueblo;
Den Campbell, Pueblo; Miss Carrie Down.
ing. Pueblo: J. E. Enrich George England,
Colorado Springs: Jesse E. Gray. Pueblo;
H. r. Graves. Pueblo; Mrs. Garland Den
yer: ]. G. Galbraith. Pueblo; ]. H. Graham.
Florence. Col: A. E. Hoos. Pueblo; Harry
A. G. Hess. Pueblo; Miss Pearl Hopper.
Pueblo; Henry Hindman. engineer, Denver;
Dorothy johnson, eight years old. Pueblo;
Mrs. James Heating Pueblo; Ida Leonard,
Stella Mcdonald. Pueblo Max Morris. Pu-
eblo; r. o. Mears. Denver; Hugh Nc
Cracker. Aurora. ILL.,; A. S. Maxwell. Pu-
eblo: DR.. James B. McGregor. Ballard,
Wash: Miss Annie Pine. Pueblo: Miss
Mary Price, La Sale. H.; T. S. Reese. ex-
press messenger, Denver; Bud Seward, Pu
eblo: Miss Alice Sturgeon, Pueblo; Miss
Winnie Selby Pueblo; Mrs. Ella Stevens.
Northampton. Mass; Miss Lolita Shoup,
Grand Rapids. Mich. ]. H. Smith. con-
ductor. Denver; Miss Title Thompson, Pu-
eblo: Joseph F. Turner, brakeman, Denver;
Miss Emily Wood. Pueblo; Mrs. George F..
Erne Wright. Pueblo: Miss Nellie Williams
Pueblo: Miss Florence Walker. Pueblo; l.
w. Wright, Pueblo; Major Frank H. Whit
man. formerly of the Goth Kansas volun-
Pueblo: G. w. Geppert. st. Louis: Edward
and Lillian Garland. children, Denver:
Miss Gertrude Boyle. Pueblo: Alfred Mos
Ter. Hin. Col: Elsie Roland. Lndsborg,
Pueblo.
List Of the Missing.
Elsie Rowland. Pueblo; DR.. w. F. Mum.
Pueblo: Mrs. John s. Moliter and two
daughters. aged four and eight years, re-
spectively. Pueblo: Minnie Davis Pueblo:
Malcolm s. Diggins. Pueblo: Frank Bod
man. Pueblo: Mrs. H. s. Gilbert. Pueblo:
V. s. Durham, Pueblo; Minnie Selby. Pu-
eblo: Sophie Giichrist, Pueblo; James
OBannon. Pueblo; Miss Boseman, Pueblo:
Mrs. Mary WEIGH. Chicago; Miss ChanceI-
lor. Pueblo; Miss Hadenburg Salina. Kan:
Uayde price; aurora Ill; Margaret Don
n n Des Moines Mrs. Henry DonneIiy,
Des Moines: DR.. E. C. Stimmel. Pueblo:
Ralph Swartzcuff. Pueblo; j. w Thomas
and wife. Pueblo: Miss marguerite Kei1ax
Pueblo: Harold B. Page. Denver; James e.
years old. Pueblo; F. H. Messfneer banp
cashier, Central City. Col: Miss Alice
wood, Jacksonville. Fla; Mrs. Everard
Roscoe. Durango, Col.
Train Was Moving Cautiously.
on the lookout for danger, warned by the
squaily clouds and heavy rains to the
north, Engineer Charles Hndman was run
ming cautiously about fifteen miles an hour
as ne approached the arroyo, which was
spanned by bridge ninety-six feet in
length The condition of the bridge was
not known until the locomotive. one of the
monster passenger type. had nearly cross
That the engineer and fireman had burning
10 ascertain the condition of the track. was
In the gangway. When Engineer Hindman
Ieit the tremor in the great machine and
his last words:
PUT out that TORCH" evidently thinking
that In the accident he felt certain was
fire.
Bridge Gave Way Suddenly.
But before Mayield could obey, while the
words were still on the lips Of the doomed
man. and his hand seeking the mechanism
controlling the air, the bridge gave way az
though 1t had been a stack of kindltn9
wood and the locomotive dropped, with the
Kissing Of steam. thirty feet to the bottom
OF the arroyo, crosSwise to the track
The baggage car, smoking car and chair
car followed the locomotive into the stream
and were swept away. All the occupants
Of these cars except three men persisted.
and had not the roof OF the chair car burst
asunder. none would have escaped.
The fireman, as the locomotive went over
was thrown out. and managing to grasp q
piece OF wreckage from the bridge, noated
with that to curve made by the caving