The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-08

NIGHT
lIssouRi PACIFIC FLYER.
PsjNaEDT THROUGH BRIDGE
KILLING MANY PEOPLE

sss,NaED THROUGH a BRIDGE
sILLING MANY PEOPLE
III AN VIII Q NJ SURVIVED THE
saIREck SAYS IT WAS "A TER
RIBLESo oNE--iNFo oRMATIoN
EHARDsTo OBTAIN. .z
PUEBLO Col, The Mis-
Pacific Flyer No IL, on the Den
ana Rio Grande, which left Den
d yer for this city at 5 o'clock yesterday
ternoons went through a bridge near
ion last night andSsit is reported
ssst1at between thirty and fifty people
were drowned.
The engine and five coaches went
through he bridge which had been
EWeakened byrecent high water The
train into Fountain creek
ssNrec1dng trains with all available
physicians have been sent to the
scene Of the accident.
local undertaken has gone to the
scene on the relief train, taking ali
the coffns and stretchers available.
message from the Pinion railway
agent, who returned to that place late
to-night fEom the scene of the wreck,
said that he could find no trace of
the aengineAan three cars. He found
The fireman wandering about in a
sdazed condi tion, looking for the en-
could hear the cries Of the
VICTIMS. He said that conductor J. H.
SMITH, Engineer Hinman and Brake
man Turner we're among the.
dead
econ w. o'Connor, Superintendent
Power, Merbheimer and other Rio
Grande omcia1s1eftSa at 1880 last night
for the scene OF the wreck at Pinion.
NO definite rmation has. been re-
seeiYsd ON cIaIs here beyond
the fact that three cars went through
gshe bridge
/ The Rio Grande people fear that
the loss of life has been heavy.
The bodies Of three young women
were found late last night, having
beensWashed down Fountain creek for
half mile from the scene of the
wreck "a .
m. Killarney, Pueblo business
who was badly injured, hoated
a.IniIeS down the creek before he. sue
sceeded in getting to land. He says
gahe wreck was a terrible one.
Later Details. Z,
PUEBLO, Aug. s.-Plunging
through the bridge that spans Foun-
tain creek, near Pinion, Colorado,
three crowded cars and the engine of
Ghe missouri Pacific Flyer, it is esti-
mated carried 122 or more persons to
death II the waters of the stream
last evening. The bodies of three
young women, evidently tourists and
that Of Engineer Hinman, were re-
mil below the wreckage. 1t is feared
away beyond recovery.
dong the banks of the stream a
small army of men awaited the coming
ofthe dawn to begin their gruesome
task
Several bodies are reported to have
been recovered, the coffin in which
they are placed being left at the
wreck.
The identified dead are:
DR. VII. MOCK.
MISS ELLA WOOD.
5Ss B w 81. LAAIOO
sssS MRS. W. P.8iLANIOON.
MISS MINNIE SELSBY, music
teacher. FL
lowell DURMAN, a clerk
SSENGINEER HINNIAN.
To1lowingsis a list of those saved 50
far as can be ascertained:
III Killem, Pueblo.
S---9S--- Gilbert, Pueblo
b yorfeld, fireman, Pueblo.
sher.
S g: G. Merson, Fort Scott, Kansas.
Il Il: a. G. Wilson. Cofeeville, Kansas.
Peter r. Braun, Maiden, Kansas.
Isl FI.ss r. Dorm, Cleveland, Ohio.
sssN Miss Jessie sDerson, Salt Lake.
SEs EI..aS5 g. Crabb, Salt Lake.
ri and Mrs. Dinazzi and daughter,
Texarkana, Ark.
SSsn RS. Is. sErasco; Goodrichville. Tennes-
see.s v "a 1y5s 1y5a
ld. zerIa. Jonesville, Georgia