The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-08-11
THE DEATH LIST WILL REACH
ALMOST Al HUNDRED.
TWENTY-sIx PERSONS SAVED,
Missouri Pacific Flyer Goes Through
Bridge Near Eden, Colorado, Up
on the Denver & Rio Grande
Railway.

last night and seyenty-flve to one hun
bred lives were lost. a cloudburst
late in the afternoon swelled the
stream and the rush of the water
swept the bridge away instantly. The
express train followed before the
washout was discovered. Three
coaches and the baggage car followed
the engine into the torrent. A great
crewd was in the front coach, all of
whom were bound for Pueblo.
Bry creek is a tributary Of the
Fountain river, and that section of
the country was visited with the
worst rain and electric storms ever
experienced in Colorado.
Pinon, Colo, Aug S.--A partial list
of the known dead follows:
II. MOCK,
RLLA WOOD,
w. H. LAMoON,
MRS. LAMOoN,
MINNIE SELBY,
LOWELL BURMAN,
/ ENGINEER HINMAf1,
JAMES SMITH, Denver.
MINNIE DAVIS, Pueblo.
ELSIE ROLAND, Linsbough, Kan.
MISS HADENBURG, Salina, Kan.
y w. F. MUM, Pueblo.
MRS. JOHN MOLIVER, Pueblo.
GENEvIEVE MOLIVER, Pueblo.
MARY MOLIVER, Pueblo.
IDA LEONARD. Pueblo.
MARY WELSH. Chicago.
MARY PRICE, LaSalle, Ill.
j. M. Killen, Pueblo.
Gilbert, Pueblo.
Fireman Mayfield, Pueblo.
49, Fisher.
G. c. Merson, Fort Scott, Kan.
r. G. Wilson, Coffeyville, Kan.
Peter r. Braun, Maiden, Mass.
II. H. Dorm, Cleveland, o.
Miss Jessie Dorson, Salt Lake. )
HI. G. Crabbe, Salt Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dinazzi and daughter
OF Texarkana, Ark.
Mrs. Erascie, Goodrichville, Tenn.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed zerlais, Jonesvilie,
Ca.
/ Edward AAA&rson, Pueblo. $50 =
< @. S. Galbraitn, Durango.
Mrs. and Miss Bell, Denver.
]. 0. Vincent, ding car conductor,
and crew Of six men. Ia
Pueblo, Aug. S.-Upon the news
reaching Pueblo, a special train bear
ing all the available surgeons of the
Rio Grande and Missouri Pacific left
for the scene. About IL o'clock a
second train, carrying stretchers, cof-
fms and number of officials, was
sent out from the union station.
About las o'clock this morning the
relief train returned to the city bring.
ing those who had escaped with their
lives, numbering twenty-six, all SO far
as known VINO have not fallen victims
to the disaster.
water was flowing over the trestle
as the train started across. The en-.
CINE 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 a mile
down Fountain Creek. The baggage
car and smoker were washed down
the stream and have not been found.
The diner and sleeper did not 60
down.
Chief of police of Pueblo and twen-
ty-five police are on the ground with
200 people assisting in the search for
bodies. It is thought that 125 bod
les were lost
Dry Greek empties into the Foun.
tain less than hat mile below the
wreck. There was no water in Dry
Creek two hours after the accident.
The bodies of two women and girl,
probably fifteen years old, were found
half a 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.
the body of the engineer was found
zee feet down the stream.
The chair car was found a mile
frem the scene of the accident, half
flRed with sand, under which mum.
Der Of bodies were buried. The ex-
press car was found near the scene
Of the wreck, with the safe open and
the contents gone.
Pueblo, Aug. SIT is reported that
between thirty and fifty people have
been drowned in the wreck near Pin,
ien,many of them Pueblo residents. A
call for volunteers was made on Pu-
eblo and every available man has
been sent to the scene. Details are
hard to obtain at this hour.