The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-08-09

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reached the scene of the wreck the miss
ing had not been located and the passen-
gers and train hands who accompanied
him organized searching parties to fol-
low the course of the river. The three
cars were found close to the shore in the
Fountain creek. of which Dry creek Is
tributary and which in turn flows into
the Arkansas river
Most of the dead were II. the cars bur-
young women were washed upon the bank
of the river three-quarters of a mile be-
low the scene of the wreck.
]. M. Killen, a Pueblo hardware mer-
chant, was swept down stream, but he
crawled out from the wreck a mile be
low the scene of the accident. He was
so badly injured and s exhausted from
his struggles in the water that he was
unable to talk coherently.
ARRIVAL OF RELIEF.
When Superintendent Bowren of the
Pueblo division was notified from Pinior
station by passengers who had escaped
and who had walked through the bnnd ne
rain to the nearest telegraph station, nt
immedia ely sent hurry call for all sur
geons and nurses In the city to follow
glne and car, ran quickly to the scene OF
the wreck.
One train followed another from the
city in quick succession and every avail
able physician responded u the call, ac-
companied by a large supply of medicine
md a number of nurses. In the mean
ime measures were taken for the equip
ment of a hospital train and that lei>
Pueblo later IL .:.e night In addition to
The surgeons and nurses a number OF
collins were sent out.
Passengers en- the Pulmans were in the
meantime attempting to assist the vic
Tins, 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 were entirely immersed. and
the rain falling in such a t-rrent that
there was danger OF part of the track be
rg washed out.
Fireman Mayfeld said that as the en-
g'ne struck the trestle 1t seemed 10 rea'
up and fall upon its side, falling to the
right or engineers side. The fireman
jumped and escaped
CLoUDBURsT ABOUT 7:So P. ".
The cloudburst occurred between 7:Sc
| and o'clock. but heaviest water from the
hills evidently did not reach the track
until after No. 4 passed the bridge. The
/ track was not washed ont between Pueblo
and the bridge One small culvert par,..
washed out about a mile and half east
of the bridge. There were 20 passengers
In the sleepers and dining car.
FIVE HUNDRED REsCUERS.
| A force # nearly 500 well-organized mer
/ are now at work under the direction of
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promised. Many persons reported as lost
/ earlier have since been located and many
of them had narrow escapes. me or
| them being severely hurt. The escape OF
the fireman. Dave Mayfleld. was almost
! miraculous. crawling out OF the cab In
which his companion. the engineer. had
perished. He searched vainly for the lat
ser. finally abandoning the search lie
walked the distance to the station and
was br ught to the hospital in a serious
! condition.
| visit to the morgues presented a hor-
rible picture. Relatives and friends were
anxiously seeking friends and loved ones
supposed to be among the blackened
dirty and almost unacceptable bodies.
piled in rows in different rooms of the un-
lertalSing establishments,
The work apparently was beng con-
Quoted with as much system as was pos
sible. bodies being cared for as fast as
| recognized and many of them being taken
away Immediately and several sent 10
| heir homes in other cities.
The streets of this city present Pie
ture such as probably never was wit
messed before. Women and men are t.
be seen rushing frantically from one
place to another wringing their hands In
anguish and imploring those supposed e
be in possession of informati II to tell
Them the fate of their relatives and
niends and every few moments wall
can be heard as they have found what
they sought for. yet hoped not to find
he horrible reality that their fears wer,
confirmed
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