The Elbert County tribune., 1904-08-11
LIST OF DEAD AND MISSING
IN SUNDAYS RAILROAD WRECK

l}tnNtI. Auk- ilt iktHubtitan thtc
morning says: At the hour OF going to
press seventy -four bodies had been re-
covered and Identified and the closest
estimate put the total death list at LOG
from the wreck on Sunday night OF the
Denver g. Rio Grande railroad. near
Eden station. seven miles north OF Pu-
eblo. making of IL the greatest railroad
disaster that Colorado has suffered and
one of the most disastrous In the his
tory of the country.
II will take days to determine the act
ual number OF pefsons who persisted.
The wall of water that hurled Itself
upon the foremost part of the train as
the latter was passing oyer trestie
that spanned the arroyo. carried the
engine. baggage car. smoking car and
chair ear down to the creek as II they
were pieces of float. and as the two
cars. crowded with passengers. began
to break the bodies were caught
in the food and carried 10 the Foun-
tain river. which In turn empties into
the Arkansas river. and search is being
prosecuted in both rivers for the dead
The train was cut in two. The two
Pullman cars and dining car remained
on the track. the coupling having CIV
en- way as the smoking car plunged into
the abyss. leaving the end OF the near
est Pullman hanging four feet over the
abyss.
OF the hundred or more people in the
two ears that plunged into the torrent,
but three escaped and their escape. as
was that of the fireman on the engine,
was miraculous to n degree All the
Others in the cars were drowned. The
three who escaped did so through the
roof OF the smoking car being battered
Ia. V.Il
from the skies few miles nearer the
foot hills tossed the cars hither and
thlther in what was Il few minutes be-
fore dry. sandy creek.
The monster engine was dragged by
the water considerable distance and
one OF the cars containing the passen-
gers was found almost mile from the
wreck. such was the tremendous force
OF the waterspout that went crushing
down what is known as Dry creek.
The passengers had no warning. The
pilot of the engine had almost reached
the end OF the light tfestle that spans
the hundred feet of arroyo. when the
full force OF the wave struck II and car
rled with II every part Of the train that
was then on the trestle into the seeth-
ing tide. tossed the engine and cars and
rolled them over and over in Its fury.
Death to most Of the passengers must
have been sudden and in all probabili-
| ty painless. They were drowned. The
/ bodies Of those recovered show few
q bruises. But as the cars broke the. dead
/ bodies were carried on and often buried
| in the sand
| As the train was from Denver bound
for the Worlds Fair at st. Louis. n
number Of Denver people were lost.
/ but the heaviest burden of the disaster
will fall on Pueblo.
The following lists Indicate the num-
Der of Identified dead and the missing.
These lists have been compiled as ac-
cuIately as possible. and have been
checked up by the Denver & Ric
Grande officials and those In charge OF
the undertaking establishments at Pu-
eblo. II is probable that some few err
rors may be found. owing TO the diff
Guilty of securing a correct spelling oil
names in some Instances. which may
have led to Implications in one or two
instances.
As the lists now stand they show a
total OF LOG dead, OF whom seventy-foui
have been found and Identified and thir-
ty-two are missing.
! Known to be Dead.
John +. Bishop. architect. Pueblo.
! Eta Il. Bishop. sister of John F
Bishop, Pueblo.
George A. Beck, 72i East Fourth
street, Pueblo
Bethel, Cripple Creek.
Miss Bennell. nurse, Pueblo.
| Miss Gertrude Boyle. Pueblo
Turner BRAKEMAN. supposed to b'
from Denver.
Edward Curtis, brick mason. Pueblo
Roy Campbell. son of Roger Camp
bell. 31G Broadway. Pueblo.
Miss Carrie Downing. Pueblo.
A. 8. Dennis. Denver.
j. Enrich, Pueblo.
George Ellington. Colorado Springs
j. H. Furrier, Pueblo.
II. II. Graves, plumber Pueblo.
Mrs. Edward p. Garland. 2450 Yves
/ Thirty-eighth avenue. Denver.
Edward Garland, Denver.
Walter Garland. Denver.
Lillian Garland. Denver.
]. G. Galbraith, Pueblo.
J. G. Graham. Florence
George W. Geppert, st. Louis.
Mrs. Henry s. Gilbert. Pueblo.
A. II. Hoes. Pueblo.
Harry w. Hough, head brakeman
Denver.
William Hughes. Pueblo.
Edward Hughes. Pueblo.
A. ]. Hess. clerk. Denver & Ri'
Grande.
Miss Pearl Hopper. Pueblo.
Henry s. Human, engineer. Deneer
Miss Hadenburg, salina, Kansas.
Dorothy Johnson. daughter of Harr,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,