The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-03-16
FEW or DEAD IDENTIFIED YET

The Identified dead so far are:
WILLIAM EOLLIS. OF Pueblo en-
ginser OF No. ls
F. NJ. MvPARLAND. Of Denver. Globe
express messenger. OF No. IS. relative O.
Detective Mcfarland.
WILLIAM COSSLETT engineer. OF
Nc Z. East Pueblo
a. Z SMITH. fireman os No. 3, Pueblo
The injured ere.
T T. Webb. Tampa. slight
Bert Meyers PottsyIlle. No.
W l. Hewitt Sevo, Kan
W r. Page. Yamps. seriously hurt.
Ralph Britton, Brighton Iowa
Mabel Fields. WoIcott, seriously in
iured-
Arthur E Hewitt Sevo. kan. serious
n W Phillips, CoyvuIe. III. slight
- g House, Chsma. y NJ slight
J. Percano. Florence. slight
Jack Scott. Montrose, slight.
Ed Brannon. Leadviile. slight
Clsude Robinson. Denver. serious.
h Goldberg. Denver. slight
Hugh Sudouth. fireman.
J. l. LawtOn, Bellhower. No.
5 H. Sweeney. Tenton. Mo.
Watched Flames Kill Man.
MCFARLAND vas caught under TIE
wreckaKe and burned TO death while on
lockers stood helplesSly BY Some tried
10 stop the flames by throwing snow on
the poor man. but he finally succumbed.
The majority OF the dead were passen-
gers in the forward coach OF No 3 How
mzny met their fste Will never be
known This car. together with ten
others. Was entirely consumed by FIRE
which started within two minutes after
the engines came together
The news OF the wreck did NOT reach
Denver until late in the morning. but the
railway officials were soon uo and mov-
inc in efforts 10 give what aid was
possible
Rio Grande officials. doctors. and as
sistants left Denver for The scene or
the wreck At 40 O'Clock. the SAINTS. Fe
passenger train due 70 leave Denver At
$50 O'Clock being held thirty minutes
for the party.
Relief Trains From Everywhere.
Relief trains we're early on their u-av
from Florence and Pueblo and prsns-,
lions were Immediately set on foot for
a larger wreckins and relief train 10 be
sent from Denver on the Rio Grande
road AT an cary hour this morning
General Manager Ridgewsy was last
night at Aiamoss. where he had zone TO
aid in clearing his road OF the snow
biockadss which have tied up portions
OF the Rio Gran5e "a she last few ,iays
in that section News or The shocking
accident was t4lephoned 10 him and he
st once left for the scene on a special.
train. which had orders not 10 wait for
anything.
From the details a. hand the wreck
is the worst that has happened IN the
v hole country since The accident al
Eden. north OF Pueblo. nearly two years
ago. when IzS persons were drowned BY
a passenger train plUnglng into food
ed stream, the bridge over which had
been weakened by the food
Preferred to Die.
dozen injured were rushed 10 Pueblo
on relief train.
The scenes al the wreck. after the cars
negan TO burn. were too horrible almost
20 describe. One man. badly hurt. was
pinned under an iron rod He begged the
other passengers TO help him. They
worked until the flames reached the
spot
Then the man said;
II am too badly hurt TO want - live.
save yourselves and let me die"
A man and wife were trying 70 get out
of one Of the car windows when an iron
rod caught them. They were burned
alive together with their little child.
which was near them
Another man begged TO be taken from
the wrecksge. When the rescuers took