The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-03-20

does not require assistance. This
helper was crushed together like so
m uch paper, and the monster ma
chimes ran through, locking them
selves together as if in q death
struggle. The baggage car of No.
3 broke in two, and the three
coaches squeezed together. The bag
gage and mail car and coach of No.
16 buckled, but none of the cars
were telescoped, as was first report
ed.
Hardly had the trainmen and
passengers reached a realization that
all was not right when to their hor.
ror sheet of FIRE ran through the
cars on both sides of the engines,
and In a. twinkling the cracking
sound of breaking timbers startled
them to action. In the forward
coach of the westbound train every
seat was occupied by passengers,
most Of whom were homeseekers on
their way to the Northwest. A
number of foreigners were among
them, and 10 their terror they gave
up life without making any attempt
to reach safety outside the, burning
car. ParAyzed with fear and with
prayers upon their lips, the sank
to the foor, of the car and were
roasted alive.
The cooler ones Of the car seeing
their danger, rushed for the wind
ows and doors and, with the aid of
the passengers in the rear of the
train and those members Of the
train crew who were unhurt, mar
aged to reach the open air. Many
Of them were injured more or less
seriously by the rough handling
they received or from flying glass
and timbers.
Although many were willing to
! undertake the risk, efforts to rescue
those who remained In the burning
cars would have been, suicidal, as
the heat. wss unbearable. When
the occupa nts of the two standard
and two tourist sleepers of the West
bound train saw that nothing could
be done to check the flames, they
aided the trainmen in pushing back
the eleepers and these cars were not
damaged in the least. The sleepers
on the eastbound train were also
pushed back, and soon after they
were placed out of the reach of the
leapingl flames. The wrecked carr
were soon reduced to a macs o
smouldering ruinP.
Communication was opened will
the Pueblo officers of the railroad
from Portland, mile or SO away
and relief train with physician
:. was dispated to the wreck at once
as quickly as possible the injured
J were placed in The sleepers and tn
engine of the relieftrain started hacl
i to Pueblo with them, also the pas
/ sengers of the eastbound train VIII
; had been saved.
Another relief train came from
, florence and the engine was coupled
to the sleepers of No. 16, and a
many of the bodies of the dead a
could be removed from the wreck
J age at that time were placed aboard
f This done, the searchers began pick
ing up bonee, pieces Of burne.
3 clothing and personal property Q
f the victims of the disaster, unit
, several boxes had been filled. Thes
, remains were placed aboard the un
damaged sleepers Of No. 16 an'
J taken to Portland, and subsequent
: ly brought to Pueblo.
, It Is reliably reported that bu
, one body is sufficiently intact t.
make recognition possible, all th
r others having been incinerated.
In the front end of the ruins o
| the smoker of No. 3 were found tn
charred hands of man, crosses
3 and held together by pair OF hand
t cuffs. That was all that was lef
| to chow that convict who was be
9I'S anon w p1ioou WoS OUIucu IL
> the wreck. Near the CHASTITY hand
3 were found two revolvers, the prop
3 erty of Deputy Sheriff e. E. Baird
1of Denver, who was also killed. Hi
Q prisoner was an actor known a
. Archibald Whitney, who had bee
. sentenced to the penitentiary 70
: forgery. In the bones of his fling
, ers was held with the grasp {
death the metal piece from the win
9 dow casing. The prisoner had al
/. tempted to climb out of the burn
j ing car, and might have escaped
: horrible death but for the hand
r cuHs.
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