Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-08-10
MANY KILLED IN WRECK.
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Missouri Pacific Flyer Crashes
Through Bridge.
ONE HUNDRED DEAD.
Safe in Express Car Robbed After Train
Had Gone Into Creek-Few
Passengers Escape.

Pueblo, Colo, Aug. S-One of the
most terrible catastrophes in the railroad
history of the Arkansas valley happened
at an early hour last evening, when train
mo. IL of the Missouri Pacific, which
runs over the Denver & Rio Grande
tracks between Pueblo and Denver,
crashed through a trestle near the little
station of Eden, eight miles north Of
Pueblo, carrying the smoking and chair
cars, which were filled with passengers,
into the swirling, surging torrent which
rushed underneath, and, SO far as learned
at this hour, between so and 100 persons
persisted
At Ills the number of bodies recov-
cred approximated thirty, few Of which
have been identified.
Special trains are leaving Pueblo every
thirty minutes and thousands of persons
are patrollinG the banks OF the Fountain
river into which the cars were carried by
the flood, searching for bodies, but the
stream is so swollen that but little prog
Tess can be made.
Railway TrestIe Weakened.
As the engine struck the trestle, which
had been weakened by the rush of wa
tiers, it gave way and the train plunged
down, one OF the cars being entirely lost
al the muddy stream and the other was
carried nearly four miles down the river
and very few OF those in the cars have
escaped.
Owing to the fact that the conductors
dist of names was lost in the confusion
following the accident, only an estimate
of the dead and missing can be had
Railroad officials on the scene, who are
familiar with the details, admit that the
dist will range between so and 100. and
some place iC even higher.
-ho,.+ liz, for. RI yEraa l. IL
of persons began swarming to the scene
of the wreck and the greatest excitement
prevailed IN this city, where all kinds of
rumors were circulated and it was with
difficulty any authentic report could be
Aid Rushed to Scene A
Upon the news reaching Pueblo a spe-
cial train bearing all the available sur
geons and the Rio Grande and Missouri
Pacific officials left for the scene About
II o'clock a second train. CARRYING
Stretchers, collins and a number of Of
ficials was sent out from the Union sta
ton.
About 40 o'clock this morning the re-
def train returned to the city, bringing
those who had escaped with their lives.
numbering twenty-six, all SO far as now
known who have not fallen victims of
the disaster.
List of the Rescued.
Following is list of those saved, as
far as can be ascertained:
c. c.. Meerson, Fort Scott, Kan
E. 2. Wilson, Coffeyyille, Kan.
Arthur r. Brown Maiden. Mass.
H. III. Dorm, Cleveland, O.
Miss Jessie Denscom, Salt Lake City
III. j. Crabbe, Salt Lake City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dinazzi aud daughter, Tex
arkana, Tex.
sLrs. Drascie. Goodrichviile. Tenn.
Miss Edzerlais Jonesville, Ga.
Edwin Anderson, Pueblo.
| O. S. Gabraith, Durango
Mrs. and Miss Bell, Denver
man Mayfeld.
Partial List of Dead
The following dead, victims of the
wreck, have been identified:
DIR. ". H. MOCK.
MISS ELLA WOOD.
w. H. LAMOON
MRS. w. H. LAMOON
MISS MINNIE SELBY, a music teacher.
LOWELL DURHAM. a clerk.
A e. HOES Pueblo.
MRS. JAMES SMITH, wife of the con.
MISSES DAVIS. HADENBURG and
HOLLAND of Pueblo are now also placed
In the dead column. .tH
Plunge Into Torrent.
Dry creek, which is one mile north Of
Eden, is so feet wide, 10 feet deep and
has steep banks. Water was flowing over
the trestle as the train started across.
The engine got almost over, but slipped
back and the baggage car, smoker and
chair cars plunged into the torrent. The
engine fell on it's right side. The chair
car was carried half mile down Foun-
tain creek. The baggage and smoker
were washed down the stream and have
not been found. The diner and sleeper
did not go down.
Dry creek empties into the Fountain,
less than a half mile below the wreck.
There was no water in Dry creek two
hours after the accideE,. The bodies Of
two women and q girl, probably Is years
old, which were the first to be recovered,
were found half mile below the wreck.
These two were among the occupants of
the chair car The bodies when found
were covered with mud and have not
been identified.
I25 Persons May Have Died.
Chief of Police Shoup of Pueblo and
twenty-five police are on the ground,
for bodies. 1t is thought that 125 bodies
Were lost. Undertaken Collier is at the
scene and the bodies are being placed in
boxes and brought to this city.
The body of the engineer was found
300 feet down the stream.
The chair car was found q mile from
the scene of the accident. half filled with
sand, under which a number of bodies
were buried. The express car was found
safe open and the contents gone.
Scene Is Horrible.
Latest estimates of the loss of life put
the total at 100 or more. 1t Is believed