The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-09
SEVENTY-SEVEN BODIES
RECOVERED FROM WRECK
Continued From Page One.


with the Pueblo schools for several years
TWO CARS FLCNGED
INTO RAGING TORRENT.
Two carloads OF human freight plunged
into the raging torrent that destroyed the
.restle over the usually dry arroyo known
as Stcele's Hollow, near Eden. about {
clock last evening. Two sleeping cars
ard the diner stopped at the brink of the
hungry chasm, filed with boiling. seeth-
ing current that quickly snuffed out prob
ably 100 lives. So quickly had the catas-
trophe been enacted that the occupants OF
the three cars remaining on the track did
not realize that an accident had occurred
until they had alighted from the train
Then they were utterly powerless to rem
der assistance 10 the victims. who had dis
appeared in the rushing waters.
On the lookout for danger. warned BY
the squally clouds and heavy rains to the
north. Engineer Charles Hindman was
running cautiously. about fifteen miles an
hour. as he approached the arroyo, which
was spanned by n bridge 9s feet In length.
The condition OF tho bridge was no
known until the locomotive. one OF Il
monster passenger type. had near
crossed. Fireman Frank Mayfield, with
torch that the engineer and fireman ha
been using to ascertain the condition OF
the track. was in the gangway. When
Engineer Hin6man felt the tremor in the
great machine and caught the giimmer on
tho water. he shouted his last words.
Put out the torch.' evidently thinking
that in the accident he felt certain was
coming the flame would serve to spread
fire.
BRIDGE GAVE WAY
LIKE STACK OF STICKS.
But before Mayfield could obey, while
tho words were still on the lips Of the
doomed man and his hand seeking the
mechanism controlling the air brake, the
bridge gave way as II 1t had been a stack
OF kindlins wood, and the locomotive
dropped with the kissing Of steam thirty
feet to the bottom OF the arroyo, cross
wise to the track
The baggage car. smoking car and chair
car followed the locomotive Into the
stream and were swept away. All the
occupants OF these cars. cave three men,
perishcd. and had not the roof Of the
chair car burst asunder mono would have
escaped. The fireman. as the locomotive
went over. was thrown out, and. mana
gins to grasp a piece Of wreckage from
the bridge, foated with that to a curve
made by the caviDg bank and crep. out
Of the water. He ran toward Eden, meet
ing on tho way President F. II. Jones and
ing or the way Station Agent F. NJ. Jone.
and his wife, who mad already started I'D
the track. They had seen the headlight of
the approaching train minute befors and
then had witnessed It disappear with om-
inous suddennes..
Notify Pueblo came tho voice OF The
running man, the trains eone down and
everybody is killed"
Even as he spoke. relate. the onerator
there were cries coming from the distance
The two men ran to where the br;dye had
been, to search. but in vain for y,ct,r,. ~
the disaster. When they reached rho .no,
all cries for help had ceased
Relief trains. with phvsician, vracb on,
piIe-driyire outfits and scores or vo,k-
men, were hurried from tho c;tx Th.
frs. train from the wreck came IN short
" after midnight with 7 NJ KUN, =,
P;eblo. whose escaoe Woo .,ir.c,,,ous. II
6. Gilbert. Tonv Fisher and Fy,e,,on ,,,v'
field. These yve,s tb. ,o,,, r,., =, ~.
midst ~ the rrack ,yho .s.,,.d
When dawn c.,,c the ,.,,aa. ,,-.,,. 49,.
ro,,- ,,,, haa- ,,,r-,,:..,,, 80 - -.
- ~ eiheiee iioin
me raging torrent with breath still in
their bodies.
pI-IIuaS r,p
..-,,1. az.
EHI ENDED OVER BRINK.
Tie erd o. the Pullman car "H-y1,ta"
extended four feet over the brink. while