Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-08
INTO CREEK
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The engine got almost o'ei' wv
back, and the baggage car, smoker anu
chair cars plunged into the torrent ine
engine fell on its right side. The chair car
uac carried half a mile down Fountain
creek. The baggage car and smoker were
washed down the stream and have not been
found. The diner and sleeper old ho' ~
down.
The creek empties into the Fountain less
than half a mile believe the wreck Ihere
was no water in Dry creek two hours
after the accident. The bodies OF TWO
women and girl probably fifteen years
old which were the first to De recovered
were found half mile below the wreck
These two were among the occupants VI
the chair car. The bodies when found were
covered with mud, and have not been lden-
titled.
Believe 1875 Were Kille.l.
Chief of Police Shoup of Pueblo and tWen-
ty-fve police are on the ground, with ~"
people assisting in the search Tor poo-es. ~
is thought that 125 bodies were lost. IN
dertaker Collier is at the scene ana the
bodies are being placed in boxes and brought
to this city.
The body of the engineer was found TWO
hundred feet down the stream
The chair car was found a mile from the
scene of the accident half filled with sand,
under which a number of bodies were
buried. The express car was found near
the scene of the wreck, with the safe open
and the contents gone.
Fully 1875 on the Inflated Train.
Latest estimates of the loss of life by
the wrecking Of the Denver and Rio Grande
train, No. IL (the Missouri Pacific Flyer,
south and east bound at Dry creek last
night put the total at one hundred and
more. 1t is believed there were fully 125
people on the Inflated train. and only about
two dozen survivors have been accounted
for.
With the breaking of day the full horror
of the scene, which was concealed to
great degree by the mantle of night, be-
came apparent. Wreckage is visible in all
directions, dead bodies being visible here
and there in the piles of debris from the
cars driftwoOd and mud.
Many of the bodies were carried down
Fountain creek by the wall of water, which
had force enough to carry several coaches
nearly four miles away from the point
where they went through the bridge.
Cloudburst Filled the Creek.
The train crashed through a bridge over
Dry creek, an arroyo fully fifty feet across,
near Eden, on the Denver and Rio Grande
railroad. A cloudburst had filled the creek,
and water was flowing over the trestle
when the train started across. The bridge
went down under the weight Of the train
and baggage car, smoker and chair car
were precipitated into the torrent. The
engine got almost across. but fell back
into the water.
The body of Engineer Human was found
200 feet down the river.
All the cars were washed down the
stream. The express car was found not
far away with the safe open and Its con-
tents gone The chair car was half a mile
from the scene of the accident, half filled
with sand, In which were buried the bodies
Of MANY passengers The smoker was
washed still farther downstream, and was
not located until several hours after the
time of the accident.
Search for Missing Cars.
When Division Superintendent Bowren
reached the scene of the wreck the missing
cars had not been located, and the passen-
gers and train hands who accompanied him
organized searching parties to follow the
course of the river. The three cars were
found close to the shore in Fountain creek,
of which Dry creek is a tributary, and
which in turn flows into the Arkansas
river.
under the debris. The bodies OF three
young women were washed up on the pank
of the river three-quarters OF mlle peio~
the scene of the wreck. j. M killen OF
Pueblo was swept downstream, but crawl
ed out from the wreckage mile below the
scene of the accident He was so padly IN
iured and so exhausted from his struggle
in the water that he was unable 10 talh CO.
herently.
Walked Through Binding Rain.
When Superintendent Bowren Of the
Pueblo division was notified from Plnlon
station by passengers who had escapeo
and who had walked through the binding
rain to the nearest telegraph station, ne
Immediately sent hurry call for all sur
geons and nurses in the city to follow n''n
on relief trains, and taking an engine ana
car ran quickly to the scene Of the wreck
One relief train followed another from the
city in quick succession, and every avail
able physician responded to the can. &C
companied by number OF nurses.
Equipment of Hospital Train.
In the meantime measures were taken
| for the equipment of hospital train and
| that left Pueblo later in the night. In ad-
| dition to the surgeons and nurses car
| load of collins was sent out.
| Passengers on the sleepers were in the
| meantime attempting to assist the victims,
| but no trace could be found Of the cars
| which had been precipitated into the
| stream.
| The water was so deep that the engine
| and tender We're entirely submerged, and
| the rain was falling in such torrents that
! there was danger of part of the track being
| washed out.
twenty-five Dead Bodies Recovered.
At 10 am. twenty-five dead bodies had
| been brought to Pueblo, nearly all unidenti-
| fed. Bodies are being brought in hourly,
but the swollen features and the mangled
| conditions of the remains render recogni-
| ton almost impossible.
| Bodies Of Some Of the Victims.
| Another train has arrived here from the
| scene of the wreck near Pinion. 1t has
aboard the bodies Of some Of the victims.
Twenty bodies had been taken from the
| wreck when the train left Eden. They
| were so covered with mud that only few
| could be Identified. The following have been
positively identified:
| Maj w. H. Whitman, from some point In
Kansas. He was identified by one Of the
| rescued passengers.
| ]. F. Rees, express messenger.
| Charles Hindman, engineer.
J. II. Smith, conductor.