Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-03-23

was falling, interfering with the rescue
work.
The bodies of identified
dead are:
WILLIAM HILLS. engineer No. IS.
II. III, MPARTLAND, Globe Express
messenger on No. 10.
WALTER CAUSLET, engineer on
NO. 5, of Pueblo.
HUGH SUDDITH, fireman.
Long List of injured.
Among the injured are:
II. II. Webb, Yampa. Colo.
Bert Meyers, Pottsville, Mo,
w. l.. Hewitt, Lebo, Kan.
Claude, Robinson, Denver.
II. Goldberg, Denver.
w. r.. Page, Tampa, Colo.
Ralph Britton, Brighton, Ia.
Mabel Fields, Wolcott. Colo
Arthur e. Hewitt, Lebo, Kan.
N. w. Phillips, Coyville, Kan.
G. G. House, ChaYna, N. NJ.
j. Percano, Florence, Colo.
Jack Scott, Montrose, Colo.
Ed Brannen, Leadville.
John Scott, Denver
a. CARRIER, New York.
J.. c., Ranscottom, San Francisco.
Dave. McCullam, Chicago, a porter.
Sarah Galligan, Cleveland, Ohio.
Myron Phillips. Salt Lake City.
w. +. Paul, Portland, oregon.
Thomas Webb, Chama, n. NJ.
Burned to Crisp.
Out of a family of eleven named Hew-
lit, only two escaped. The others were
burned TO q crisp.
During the progress of the fire one
man was seen hanging from a car VIM
dow.
For Gods sake save me- he cried,
but the heat was too intense for the
rescuers to reach him. He was slowly
roasted to death.
1~t,ro1A,f tJa nrauy ON No . uynra ly3fIaI
and two on No. 16.
With Hand on Throttle.
one of the engineers on No. 8 was
found dead in his cab, his hand on the
throttle. Express Messenger e. NJ. Nc
PartIand was a relative of the detective
of that name who has been active in
the Governor Steunenberg assasSina-
ton case.
Many bodies will never be identified.
having been burned to n crisp. Part
of the mail was destroyed and all of
the express matter.
Relief rains were at once dispatched,
to the-scene from Pueblo and Florence,
but the work is necessarily slow be-
cause OF the smoke from the burning
wreck and the cold weather.
The, cause of the wreck is attributed
to a failure to deliver orders to No. l6,
~eastbound, so that No. 8 could pass.
Among the physicians who rendered
assistance were DR.. F. N. Cochens of
Salida. who was on No. Is but escaped
injury. He was assisted by Drs. Ram
bo and Moore of Florence who soon ar
rived at the scene of the disaster.
Some victims were ninioned under the
wreckagea and were burned alive before
help could reach them. Most of the in
tured were on No. 8, which was heavily
loaded. No. 16 carried comparatively
few passengers and these escaped gen.
oil ..tfth N ulinhr c1n1inO nm
One Saved of Family Of Ten.
One man whose name could not be
learned was the only n of a family
of ten who escaped. He lost his faith
er, mother, wife, three children, brother
and two other relatives.
Number three was composed of a
mail CDR, express car, W day coaches,
two tourist and W standard sleep
er..
All the sleepers were saved and none
of the occupants was injured.
All Three engines were practically
demolished and piled in a heap. With
I'm a. few minutes after the collision the
wreck was IL mass of flames.
The.frst three cars of No. 3 were piled
up. tNt before the wreckage took fire
q majority of the passengers were re-
moved. So far as known Express Mes
senger Mcfarland was the only one
caught in the wreckage.
Gar run OF passengers.
According to a statement of q pas
senger in the front of a coach OF No. 3
there were only eight or ten vacant
seats in the car.
When the rains came together they
were rounding a sharp curve around a
high buff. II was impossible for the
engineers of either train To see the 9th
er. train until the trains were within
200 yards of each other. AT this point
the Santa Fe and Rio Grande tracks
run close together and Ii was easy for
the epginemen to suppose the oncom-
ing tLain was on the Santa Fe track.
According to first orders the trains
were supposed to meet at Adobe, half
a mile from the scene of the wreck.
AtrIlorence No. 16 received orders to
meet No. 3 at Beaver, 5 miles east of
Portland. 1t is supposed Nc. 3 was
given similar orders at Swallows but
falling to receive them rim on to Adobe.
Forty charred Bodies.
This afternoon there were about for
ty charred bodies lying In the wreck
age at the scene OF the disaster, and
at the hospital in this city there are
fifteen severely injured persons. some
of whom will probably die. But two
persons are known to have escaped
from the smoker on No. 3, every seat
of which was occupied and there sew
eral persons standing in the aisle.
When the first relief train arrived
there WAS but little in the burned cars
TO INDICATE there had been a precious
f~retghtage OF human lives. excepting
the piles OF scorchcd flesh and smolder-
ing bones.