The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-12


morning says: AT the hour of going TO
press seyenty-four bodies had been re-
covered and identified and the closest
estimate put the total death list at l06
from the wreck on Sunday night OF the
Denver e. Rio Grande rail- Dad, near
Eden station, seven miles north OF Pu-
eblo, making of it the greatest railroad
disaster that Colorado has suffered and
one of the most disastrous in the his
tory of the country.
1t will take days to determine the act
ual number of persons who perished.
The wall of water that hurled itself
upon the foremost part of the train as
the latter was passing over trestle
that spanned the arroya, carried the
engine, baggage car, smoking car and
chair car down to the creek as if they
We're pieces of float, and as the two
cars, crowded with passengers, began
to break the bodies were caught
in the food and carried to 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 cars that plunged into the torrent,
but three escaped and their. escape, as
was that of the fireman on the engine,
was miraculous to a degree. All the
Others in the cars were drowned. The
three who escaped did SO through the
of hn Mt hot, b,t
in as the huge wall of water that fell
from the skies few miles nearer the
foot hills tossed the cars hither and
thither in what was 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 tIestle that spans
the hundred feet of arroya, when the
full force of the wave struck it and car
ried with it 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 We're drowned. The
bodies of those recovered show few
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,
number of Denver people were lost;
but the heaviest burden of the disaster
will fall on Pueblo.
The following lists indicate the num-
ber of identified dead and the missing.
These lists have been compiled as ac-
curately as possible, and have been
checked up by the Denver & Rio
Grande officials and those in charge OF
the undertaking establishments at Pu
eblo. 1t is probable that some few err
rors may be found, owing to the diff
Guilty of securing correct spelling of
names in some instances, which may
have led to Implications in one or two
instances
AS the lists now stand they show
total of LOG dead, of whom seventy-four
have been found and identified and thir>
ty-two are missing.
Known to be Dead.
John F. Bishop, architect. Pueblo
Eta E. Bishop, sister of John F.
Bishop, Pueblo
George A. Beck, 721 East Fourth
street, Pueblo.
Bethel, Cripple Creek.
Miss Bennell, nurse, Pueblo.
Miss Gertrude Boyle, Pueblo.
Turner BRAKEMAN, supposed to be
from Denver.
Edward Curtis, brick mason, Pueblo.
Roy Campbell. son of Roger Camp
bell 316 Broadway, Pueblo.
Miss Carrie Downing, Pueblo.
A. S. Dennis, Denver.
]. Enrich, Pueblo.
George Ellington. Colorado Springs.
J. H. Furrier, Pueblo.
H. r. Graves, plumber, Pueblo.
Mrs Edward P. Garland. 2450 West
Thirty-eighth avenue Denver.
Edward Garland, Denver
Walter Garland, Denver
Lillian Garland, Denver.
j. G. Galbraith. Pueblo.
]. G. Graham, Florence.
George w. Geppert st. Louis.
Mrs Henry S. Gilbert Pueblo.
A. f. Hoes, Pueblo.
Harry w HOugh head brakeman