CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1906-03-22
Fifty Killed In Rio Crande
Wreck At Adobe Siding

heap of ashes was identified by the
fact that in it were found the watch
and keys of the dead messenger.
Engineer Hollis, who was in charge
of the engine that was pulling train
No. 16, had apparently attempted to
jump about the time the accident hap
the bank on the right side OF his
wrecked engine.
Operator Responsible.
Operator Frank Lively, in charge of
the Denver & Rio Grande telegraph Of
fee at Swallows, is apparently re-
sponsible directly for the awful ca
tastrophe. He admits that he was
asleep when No. 3 passed Swallows,
and for that reason did not know that
| it had passed. He was called by the
train dispatcher's Office at Pueblo ap-
parently shortly after the train had
passed his station, and asked whether
No. 3 had gone through. He replied
that II had not and was then instruct
ed to stop it and hold it until No. 16
reached Swallows. Putting out his
light to stop the train he waited for
the train to arrive. Soon after he had
put out his signals train came in
from the east, and as it stopped, he
hastened out with his orders for No
g. He was Mortified to find that in
stead of No. 3 it was No. Is. train
which followed No. 3.
He jumped to his key and called up
Florence. hoping that he might catch
No. 16 in time to avert the disaster
by stopping it there. He was too late,
however, and the doomed trains were
beyond the power of man to save. Be-
fore the dispatcher's Office called up
Swallows and asked about No. 8 that
Adobe, while No. 16 had orders to
stop at Beavers.
First Relief Train.
The first relief train to reach the
scene of the wreck was from Florence.
bearing DIR. ]. w. Rambo and DR.. r.
F. Moore The physicians were arous-
ed quickly after the news reached Flor
ence and were hurried to the scene.
to find that the injured had been car
ried to the Pullman's, where they We're
rendered as comfortable as possible.
Canon Relief Train.
The Canon physicians to the num-
ber of six were called and replied
promptly, but ii was 8 o'clock before
the train left the station. DR.. 7. H.
| Craven, Dr. w. T. Little, DR.. c. Her
man Graves. DIR. F. n. Carrier. DR.. R.
F. Holmes and DR.. A. C. Lamb went
with the train. But when they arrived
the injured had been taken to Portland
by the relief train from Pueblo.
Dr. Holmes, DIR. Little. DR.. Carrier,
DR.. Graves and DIR. Lamb walked to
Portland. as DR.. Holmes had been ex-
pecting his sister. Miss Luella Holmes,
home on the train that was wrecked
Miss Holmes. with her chum, Miss
Aulsebrook were on their return from
school at Fort Collins. They We're in
the chair car and were thrown to the
floor by the shock of the collision.
Neither suffered injury and both rem
dered signal service in caring for the
| injured.
| After the other physicians had gone
on DIR. Cravens found three passengers
| in the cars of No. 16 that had suffered
some injury. J. l.. Lawton of Belle
flower. Missouri. was suffering from a
badly sprained back. S. H. Swinney
of Trentoa Missouri, was badly strain
ed and bruised. They had been pass
engers on No. 3 and were riding in the
smoker Lawton lost his shoes. but
was unable to account for the loss. He
had no recollection of the manner of
their removal from his feet Swinney
said that he was sleeping when the
crash came. He awoke TO find himself
wedged tight in his seat He hardly
realized that anything serious had hap
pened till he glanced back and saw
that fire was creeping up the back of
the seat He then began to struggle
to free himself, but did not escape un-
til the flames had singed the back of
his head. He did not know whether
he had gotten out himself or had been
pulled from the wreckage by rescuers.
His shoes We're pulled from his feet.
Agent Page of Whitewater was also
bruised. DR.. Cravens attended their
injuries and brought them to Canon
with the relief train which came back
about 10 o'clock
Oldest Surgeon on Road.
DIR. Craven is the oldest surgeon, in
point of service, in the employ of the
ID. & r. G. He has been with the road
/ for tweuty-eight years.. About fifteen
or sixteen years ago he was called to
almost the same spot by wreck.
A coach load of laborers was being
taken west behind freight train.
Just a short distance west OF where
the wreck occurred Friday morning
an engine crashed into the car in
which the laborers were and of the
forty-five men in the car five were
killed, thirty-five injured and only five
escaped unhurt.