Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-08
TRAIN no. II.
Fastest one out of Denver by the Den
yer n Rio Grande.

Fastest One out of Denver by the Den
yer a Rio Grande.
Denver colo. Aug S,--Passenger
train No. II, the Denver Rio Grande
and Missouri Pacific worlds fair flyer,
Is the fastest train sent out OF Denver
BY the Denver & Rio Grande and usual
~ carries heavy passenger list Yes
tcrday the train was made up of six
cars. express, smoker, fs1er, chair ear
and two sleepers. Nearly every coach
was well filled when the train pulled
out of Denver at o o'clock.
The train makes the run TO Colorado
Springs IN two hours and FIVE minutes
one hour and ten minutes Is the sched-
ule time from Colorado Springs to
Pueblo, and the heavy train was whirl-
ing along through the storm TO make
this fast time when II dropped into the
stream
Wires being down, only bulletins civ.
ing meager details Of the disaster could
be obtained here during the night
WORST IN ROADS HISTORY
The dsaster was the worst that has
ever occurred on the Denver & Rio
Grande railroad.
Dry creek, where the accident hap
pcned, Is one of the most dangerous
POINTS on the road. 1t Is not far from
Butte, where two years ago wash-outs
occurred which crippled the service Of
the line, but entgiled no loss OF life. 1t
Is close to the foothills, which By rea.
son of repeated cloudbursts and wash
outs have been slowly closing in. the
bed of the creek continually becoming
deeper until It has reached a depth Of
about % feet.
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Trains Nos. 8 and Is, preceding No, H.
passed over the bridge and reached
Pueblo safely. The rains had been Sc
we're, but officials did not apprehend
any danger at Dry creek, as "A recent
inspection showed that the bridge was
I'm first class condition No reports
OF trouble on the line We're received
until the message was received at Pu-
eblo at Q O'Clock that train No. II had
been wrecked.
Just prior to that time there were re-
ports that a heavy rainfall was In prog
ress In the vicinity Of Eden, but there
was no intlmation OF a cloudburst. So
far as the officials OF the road can de-
termine the engineer evidently did not
see the trouble until IL was too late TO
stop the train, which was going at
right rapid rate Of speed
w HtNllNl Aut fUhllif anu the torrent
of water from the cloudburst struck the
bridge simultaneously or thu torrent
had already undermined the structure
Is not known, but the reports at the
Denver office say that the air was turn
ed on, and that this saved the diner
end sleepers from being precipitated
into the creek. II the water was at "A
high mark the depth ranged from 20
TO Is feet, and the current was ire
sistible.
PLUNGED INTO THE STREAM.
When the baggage car, smoker and
chair car left the tracks and nlunged
into the stream they wires awcist doatff
I by the curfcnt ,Vrt the TRUCKS t0fri on.
This lightened them and the volume of
water can be understood when IL was
reported by Supt. Bowren that they
were carried four miles before they ran
ashore. The cars were found near
each other
CONDUCTOR j. II, SMITH.
The train was in charge of Conductor
j. II. Smith of this city, one Of the
most trusted men In the employ of the
company, and he Is believed 10 have
been lost, as We're Engineer Human
and Globe messenger Rees.
HIGHER OFFICIALS ABSENT.
The higher officials Of the road are
absent from the state, General Manager
and Vice President Schlacks being In
| New York, General Supt Coughlln on
| his vacation, and Manager Edison on
| trip of inspection In Utah, but the Of
| ficials gave prompt instructions to fur
| nish immediate relief 10 the injured
and spare no pains to recover the bod
| les of the dead
| A relief train was sent out from this
| city at | a. m, carrying DR.. w. j.
| O'Connor, chief surgeon of the Denver
& Rio Grande and other physicians.
ROAD HAS NO STATEMENT.
General Passenger Agent s. X. Hoop
| or said at 10 o'clock today that the
| Denver 4 Rio Grande railroad had no
statement to make at present, az the
| officials had no news which had not
been published, The latest dispatch re-
ceived at the company's Offices is dated
at 240 o'clock this morning.
NOT OVER 70 ABOARD.
The officials do not believe there
were more than 70 people on the train,
hut they have no record. The last four
Sundays show that less than 100 people
on the average patronized this train.
The length Of the bridge, with ap.
! proaches Is 96 feet. Fifteen hundred
feet OF track was washed out at the
scene OF the disaster.
THREE BODIES WASHED ASHORE.
Pueblo, Colo, Aug. S.--A special to
the Chleftain says the bodies OF three
young women, unidentified, washed
ashore one mile below the scene Of the
| wreck.
]. NJ Killen Of Pueblo, badly injured,
crawled out Of a chair car one mile
below the wreck.
NJ. =. OFFICIALS EXPLAIN.
st, Louis, Mo-, Aug. s--Omclals at the
headquarters OF the Missouri Pacific
company explain that the road has no
other connection with the Inflated train
on the Denver a Rio Grande, wrecked
last night than TO care for its passen
gers who transferred to it's waiting
train at Pueblo for eastern points The
wrecked train was made up entirely OF
rolling stock OF the Denver & Ric
Grande road aud manned by men OF
that line.
THIRTY DEAD BODIES
Pueblo. Colo, Aug. s.-Persons ar.
irving from the wreck at lt;i5 report
the number OF dead recovered at 30
with many others IN sight but owing Ia
being buried In the sand II takes some
times an hour 10 recover one body. The
river ls falling rapidly and a quick re-
covery Is anticipated.
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