The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-23


Hut Two of n Family of Eleven
INiIIcd-Awfui scenes aud Heroic
work.
Denver. Col, March IA wreck.
accompanied by awful horrors, &C.
Cured at 2:3O a. m, Friday, four miles
east of Florence, Col, and 2S miles
from this city a binding snow-s,orm
was raging. at the time. Tho collision
was headun between two Denver & Rio
Grande fast passenger trains the
Utah California express No. 3, wast-
bound from Denver and the Colorado
New Mexico express No. lG, east
bound from Lcadvile and Grand June
ton. They met on a sharp curve AID
were less than 200 yards apart when
the engineers discovered that a COLT
sion was imminent
Futile Effort.
II Is known that the engineer OF the
wcstbound train put forth every pos.
sible effort to bring his train to a
stop. but his efforts were fruitlcss,
and although he succeeded In check,
ing the speed of his train, the crash
that followed was beyond his power
to prevent. and he went to his death
with his hand on the throttle. faithful
to his charge This much is vouched
for by his fireman, who, seeing the
usClcssness OF remaining In the face
OF sure death, jumped and saved him.
gR1 n he, 81 tt,.,
crew of the east.bound train It can
only be said that they died at their
post, for no one lves to tell the story
OF their herolsm.
Fire swept the Wreck.
The disaster was made more hor.
rible by the manner Of the death OF
many OF the passengers, variously cs.
timatcd from 20 to 80. Fire swept
over the wreck, enguflng the victims
In caldron OF flame and leaving only
charred and blackened bones to tell
the tale Of slaughter
Thrilling and Awful Scenes
During the progress Of the fire one
man was seen hanging from a window.
For Gods sake. save me-" he cried,
but the heat was TOO intense for the
rescuers to reach him. He slowly burned
to death before the eyes of the crowd
around the flaming wreck
A man forced his way into coach
that had received the brunt of the
shock, aud. seeing young girl pinned
under a seat, endeayored to lift her TO
n place Of safety As he raised her tho
girl gave gasp aud died In his arms.
The reseuer dropped his burden and
seized a man who was lying under a
mass of debris. He dragged the man
to a clearing in the wreckage. where
other hands carried him to n place Of
safety.
This one man was seen to rescue four
different persons from the wreckagc.
Out of family OF II. named Hewitt.
only two escaped The others were
burned to a crisp.
Many Foreigners On Board.
A number Of foreigners were among
them, and In their terror they gave up
life without making any attempt to
reach safety outside Of the burning car.
Paralyzed with fear and with prayers
upon their lips they sank to the floor
of the car and were roasted alive.
The Known Dead.
William Hollis, engineer No 10;
Pueblo.
Walter Cosslett, engineer No. 3;
Pueblo.
II. d. sudduth, fireman No. 10;
Pueblo.
Edward E. Baird, deputy sheriff,
Denver.
Archibald Whitney prisoner on way
to penitentary at Canyon City, in
charge of Baird; Denver.
Mrs. William Burnside, daughter,
and daughters child, all of Kansas,
town net learned
A. n Barklo, Salda, Col.
Mrs. Grace Barklo, Sallda, Col.
Eneas Mcfarland, express messenger;
Denver,
Taylor Hewitt, Lebo, Kas.
Mrs. Lillian Hewitt, Lebo, Kas.
Pearl Hewitt, Is years old, Lebo, Kas.
Mrs. Catherine Hewitt and baby boy.
Lebo. Kas,
Ed Cowley, Lebo, Kas
Fred Jones. Lebc, Kas.
Fred Lemcooley, Denver.
Mrs. Ed Cowley, Lebo, Kas.
Mrs. Winona Hewitt, Lebo Kas.
Admits Responsibility.
Pueblo, Col, March It's p. Live
ly, Denver & Rio Grande night opera.
tor at Swallows, admits his responsi.
bility for the collision. He was re-
leyed from duty and will stand sus
pended until the matter is thoroughly
Investigated by the officials. Lively
said;
Il was dead for rest. went to
sleep and did not give No. 16 its or.
ders. ] am responsible for the wreck.
l will not run away. God knows