Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-09
VII remember 1t until his dying day.

he WIN remember It until his dying day.
TT had been raining all evening" he
SAID. and we had q hard time to keen
steam up In order to run on schedule time
little while before we reached the bridge
that crosses Dry creek began firing up
Just as was putting In the second shovel
ful OF coal the engine gave q sudden lurch
upward. lost my balance and was thrown
from the train onto the bank OF the creek
l must have struck partly on my head. as
l was dazed and did not know what hap
pened for several minutes When 1 came
to saw the Pullman cars standing near
me. but could not see the engine or the
rest of the train. went up and down the
stream looking for my engineer, Charles
Hindman.
Il did not notice whether water was run
ming over the trestle as We approached the
bridge, but when 1 was thrown out the
water was much higher than the tracks.
AFTER long time met some men who
told me Hindman was dead and that his
body was found near Eden.
No Thought Of ANY Danger.
1--WE did not expect anything at ALL We
were going along at a good speed at the
time. and never dreamed that anything
was wrong We thought that if there
was any kind Of flood near Eden the
operator there would know, and that he
would flag U.S. We passed there. but saw
no signals Of any kind. and never for an
instant felt any danger. 1t Is only mile
from Eden to the bridge that went down."
r. Brunnazzf, superintendent of the dim
Ing car service Of the Denver and Rio
Grande, one of the survivors. had marrow
escape:
"I was sitting in the front en- dof the
forward sleeper Wyuta," he said, near
the door. The train had slowed up on ac-
count of the bad condition of the tracks
and l think we were going about hfteen
miles an hour, when all at once l felt
sudden jolt. then terrific crash. and our
car turned almost on its front end.
People Whirled to Death.
II rushed to the platform and saw be-
fore me nothing but a black. raging tor
rent, with three coaches whirling down the
stream. have never experienced anything
like the awful sensation that came over me
when 1 saw the cars, packed with human
beings, floating down the raging flood. The
water was rushing against the banks with
terrible velocity. and no human being. 1t
seemed to me, could ever Withstand that
awful current.
"Strangely enough, there was hardly any
screaming. listened to and heard the cries.
but 1t was all over in a minute. and the
coaches whirled away down the stream
with their loads of human beings. Appar-
emily the people were swallowed up in the
flood, the water surging into the coaches
and drowning them instantly. There was
not a sound. I heard no calls for help.
IT reached the bank and joined with
those who were trying to rescue the lost. l
worked the best could, but hope / shall
never see another thing like this again II
was terrible, terrible
Peculiar pathos attaches to the death of
Miss Stella Mcdonald Of Pueblo, and DR..
James B. McGregor Of Ballard. Wash, VINO
were together. Their engagement was an.
planned for the near future. MISS McDon-
aid had been connected with the Pueblo
schools for several years
Passenger Tells Graphic Story OF
Escape.
The most remarkable escape from death
that the railroad officials have yet learned
in connection with the wreck was that OF
J. NJ KILN, a well-known hardware mer-
chant, who was one Of the occupants OF the
chair car. He Is now In hospital here
Mr.. KILN was severely cut about the
head hands and arms, but no bones were
broken, and he will be entirely recovered
within few days If no serious compilca-
ticns ensue. His escape was due entirely,
he believes, to his ability as swimmer,
his great strength and his presence OF m'no,
which led him to hold his breath while he
was submerged with the other passengers
in water.
when the first crash came we were !id-
ing along as smoothly as one could go.
said Mr.. KILN. 1T was just as though the
train had struck against stone wall the
lights went out, the fixtures and everything
fell down. all the passengers were thrown
forward and there were the most awful
cries for help and the grinding OF tirnbers.
I saw the man next to me was down. and
helped him up, but just then another crash
came and the train seemed to sink about
five feet. lost sight of everybody and
could not think of anything but to save
myself. I remember we'll the sensations
that I had at that time. I knew l was in
terrible danger, and my first thought was
that 1 must get out of the car. At the Sec
ond crash l was about up 10 my waist in
water All the time the grinding and
crushing of timbers was going en-.
I'm another crash I was thrown about
third of the length of the car. right UP
against the front door. / grabbed the top
of the door and the car went over in the
water three times. My first instinct when
the water went up over my head was to