The indicator., 1904-08-13

nj ever occurred In this or any 9th
= part Of Colorado happened sunda!
,arht last. August Z. at s:l6 O'Clock.
Eden. n misnamed little station sever
ailes north Of Pueblo. on the d. 4 r
a. raiIroad, was the scene of the dis
vter, and the Missouri Pacific World'i
rh flyer, No. II. was the iil-fatet
Train that was wrecked.
From the most accurate Information
rltaInable at this time the list Of dead
lgures up the frightful numbed oi
eighty and missing twenty-four 1t II
,nible. though. that there were 9th.
n aboard the train who lost theil
nves but whose present was not known
b the railway officials.
A cioudburst that caused a raging
rent to rush down Dry creek and
ssAken the frail wooden bridge waa
n cause OF the accidsnt.f
he creek, or arroyaS where the
tdse spans It. h about q feet wide
~ y feet deep. and with the exception
rare times when there are cloud
ssts, when It carries OH the sudden
accumulated noods. 1t never has
Iny water in 1t. n A. dry as roadway
nd to the uninitiated looks as inno-
nat as an empty ditch In the east.
ne natives know the treacherous
Aaracter Of those try creeks. howev-
B. and as rule they are very wary
placing themselves at the mercy
4 them. It - known that walls Of
|sater from ten to ..fteen feet high have
bone tearing down the dry beds of
Aese deceptive arroyas with the noise
= thunder and the force Of an ava
lache, carrying everything before IT..
In the present instance the engineer
ther did not know that there had
Nm veritable cloudburst in that Vi
alty or else he needed not the warn
p Of his own observations and ex-
p~sences and took his chances-and
PM with more than . hundred souls
= pay the penalty with himself!
The train consisted Of the engine.
asgage car. smoker. one chair car.
FSo Pullmans and the diner.
The engine. bagsage car. smoker and
fAah car went through the weakened
Hdse where the engine was wrecked
Pad the cars went to pieces. Accord
= to testimony Of trainmen and pas
Psnsers who were saved. the speed
the train was from fifteen to twenty
niles an hour. and without the slight
II warming. without single instant
Z ny for refuge. without a moment
pr prayer. the unfortunatea were
Fausht like rats In a trap and after
ne awful phinse into the rushing.
'eething chasm where many were no
aoubt rendered unconscious from the
impact. they were drowned in the mud
y waters and their bodies dashed
against railroad ties. ter
''Sle steel rails and broken wreckase
x the cars.
1t was only little short Of miracle
nat any human being could live for a
minute in that awful rush of waters 30
sfong that they carried the enormous
snder Of the engine several hundred
ards and lodged It in the Fountain
'yer where human bsinss. car seats
MO chairs. sections Of cars broken and
altered. twisted Iron rods. . heavy
ron safe. etc, were spswed out pro-
nncuously on the wide and sandy
Wer bottom. for the Fountain running
'w, the high wall Of water confined
the narrow channel Of the arroyo.
pfead out and deposited the heavier
''ects. but the bodies, satchels. bas-
'ets' srips. extra clothing and the like
'ere swept along. many Of the bodies
ndlns thsir way into the Arkansas
Ser seven miles below. and thence
own that river for . distance Of TWEEN
miles further.
All day fosiewins ths, accident and
ne day toiiswins, ssafchins parties
Fought dsaA bediss into the city and
!" four of ths unAsrtsking sstablish-
nents. NcAahon = cosllsss. West Bros.
whitons. McCarthv's and J. H.
-oors. wsrs erewas4 VIII people eth
there 10 s1satify ~ AsaA Or VISIT
's through eus1osoky.
At the instigatisn u District Attor-
ey J. H. n. Low. csroosr A. L Fu-
ard emDansssA 3asy and ~ work.
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