The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-08-09
ONE HUNDRED LIVES
LOST
Worst Wreck in the History
of the Denver & Rio
Ordnde


tory of the Arkansas valley happened
last evening when train NJ. IL, of the
Missouri Pacific, which iuns over the
Denver and Rio Grande tracks. between
Pueblo and Denver. crashed through
trestle near the little station of Eden,
eight miles north of Pueblo. carrying tho
smoking and chair cars, which were filled
with passengers, into the swiiling, surg
ing torrent. which rushed underneath,
tween eighty and one hundred persons
perished
At 10. 80 the number of bodies recovered
is %, few of which have been identified.
Special trains are leaving Pueblo every
few minutes and thousands of persons
aie pau oiling the banks of the Fountain
river. into which the cars we4e carrieo
by The food, searching for bodies, but the
stream is so swollen that but little prog
ress can be made.
AS the engine struck the trestle. which
had been weakened by the rush of waters,
1t gave way and The train plunged down,
one of the cars being entirely lost in the
muddy stream and the other CARRIE
nearly four miles wn the river. Very
few of the persons in them could have
escaped. Owing to the fact that The con
ductor's list of names was lost in ,hs
confusion following the accident. only al
had, but railroad officials who are famil
lar with the details admit that the lis.
will range between so and 100. and some
place it even higher
The rescuers ale suffering great haro
ship. many OF them having been constant
~ at work since last night without fooa
or relief of any kind, the cold of las
night nearly exhausang them.
At II o'clock the river is receding slow
iy and bodies are being discovered oil
sandbars partially covered by mud ana
sand washing over them. They are beng
brought to this city and placed in the
nor CUES. where % so far have beer taken,
only six of which have been idenI.led.
altnougn the bodies have been vieweu
by thousands Cf people.
Latest estimates OF the loss of life b.
the wrecking of Denver and Rio Grande
tran NO. IL l,ne Missouri raoi.c flyer.
iuo
night. put the total at 100 or more. IL Is
believed there were fully l25 people ch
the Inflated train and only about two
dozen survivors have been accounted ~
Win the breaking OF day the fun horror
of ,ne suens, which was concealed TO
great deg. ee by the mantle ef nlgnt, be-
came appsl ent. MfeeKage is Visible IL.
ala u.4ecuons, dead bodies being visible
heie ano tneIe in the piles of debris
1Iom me cars, diiftwood and mud. haan.
OF In. bodies were carried down Foun-
tain creek by the wall OF wa.er winch
had folce enough /. carry several coaches
nearly four miles away from the poin'
whe.e they went through the br.dge.
Ine operator at Eaen, a m.le away.
heard the cries for help and rushed t.
the creek When ne got there not "a
person could be found VIII had gone
down in the wreck.
the cries had been followed by com
ple.e silence. ana apparently me passen
gers in all thlee OF lne coaches had gone
down 10 Death.
Ii was reported that there were lOI
passengers in the thie coaches that wen.
d wn. Chief Dispatcher Butler states
that this is about the correct estimate
of the number.
1t Is probable that a complete list of the
passengers w.ll never be known. ine
conductors reports were on his person
and have not been recovered.
WEAKENED RY CLouDBu..Sr
The lrain crashed thr ugh a bridge over
Dry creek, an arroyo about SO feet across
near Eden on the Denver & RIO Grand.
railroad. A cloudburst had filled the
creek and water was flowing over the
trestle when the train started across.
The bridge went down under the weigh
of the train and the baggage car. smoker
and chair car were precipitated into tn.
torrent. The engine got almost across
but fell back into the water. The body o.
Engineer Hnmap was found 200 fee'
down the river
All the cars were washed down the
stream. The express safe was found opei
and its contents gone. The cars were
found four miles from the scene Of the
accident. half filled with sand IN which