The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-17

The onlookere prevented from ap-
preaching the scene because OF the IN
tense heat could do nothing TO relieve
the mans sufferinee. Finally timber
from the roof Of the car fell upon his
head, killing him.
Havoc In Forward Coach,
The FIRST four coaches of train No.
we're piled up, the greatest damage be-
ing done in the forward coach 1t was
hero that the worst havoc was wrought
hardly n person IN this coach escaping
with his life. a majority of the
bodies caught by the fire were reduced
TO crisp
J. L. Lawrence Bcllflower, Mo, and
:. FL Sweeney, Trenton. NO. were the
only passengers In this coach that are
known 10 have escaped, both sustain
ing but slight injuries
Express Car Telcscoped.
When the collision came, engine 720.
which was pulling train No. 16. was
crushed and being forced back by the
impact, 1t telescoped the express car
and shattered the first coach. The pas
senGers in this coach were all taken out
before the wreckaee caught fire and
the casualties upon this car were but
slight In comparison to the awful
havoc wrought upon the westbound
train.
Messenger Burned to Death,
E. NJ. MCFARLAND. messenger OF the
Globe Express company. who was In
the express car on No l6. was caught
in the wrcckage and burned to death.
So far as can be learned, he was the
only one OF the eastbound train to suf-
fer this fate.
Engines Demolished.
The three engines were practically
demolished. Engine 500 with Engineer
Walter Cosslett In charge was helping
train No. up the grade, and this en-
CINE received the full force of the blow,
being caught between the other two
engines. and was reduced to scrap iron.
Engineer Cosslett had no opportunity
to escape, although his fireman A. e
Smith, saw the headlight on No 10 as
1T rounded the curve and escaped with
his life.
William Hollis and his fireman. Hugh
Sudduth. of the engine pulling the east
bound train were unable 10 save them |
selves.
He Had a Presentiment
For more than year Engineer Wal
ter CoSsett has had a presentiment |
that he would be killed on the road
Owing TO the fact that the lighter
cars were In the front on each train. |
they received the full force of the blow |
and were crushed like eggshells. The |
sleepers were practically uninjured. the |
passengers being only badly shaken |
up,
Second Relief Train.
Shortly before noon another relief |
train came In from the wreck bringing |
the bodies of sixteen of the dead They |
were Immediately taken to an under
taking establishment and the work or |
preparing the bodies for Identification
was begun.
At noon 1t was said that only two OF
the bodies. those of Engineer Cosslett
and Engineer Hollis. had been identi-
fled.
The bodies present q frghtful ap-
pearance and one was so blackened by
the fire that II VIII be very difficult in
deed to Identify them.
How many more bodies still remain
at the scene of the wreck has not been
established up to this hour.
Whole Family Killed.
OF the Hewitt family of eleven only two
crisp
Three OF the ocrew on No 3 were
killed and two on No. Is.
One Of the engineers on No. 3, which
was a double header, was found dead
In his cab with his hand on the throt-
K. NJ. MCFARLAND, a relative of the
detective and an express messenger is
among the dead
Many of the bodies Will never be
identified. having been burned to a
crisp.
Part OF the mail was e., lroyed and
all the express matter.
Relief Work Slow.
Relief trains were at once dispat tched
from Pueblo and Florence but the !
work is necessarily slow, because OF
the smoke and cold, The first train
bearing injured reached Pueblo shortly
after s o'clock.
Story Of the Fireman.
A II Smith. Pueblo fireman to Engi-
aginG loft OF. t.1 !.
headlight of train No. l6. as II rounded
the curve about 200 yards distant He
went TO the engineers side and saw
Engineer Causlett at the emergency
brake. He stopped down and feeling
Causletts feet upon his back, jumped
Not a word passed between the two
men.
Emergency Brake Applied.
Grant Kelker OF Pueblo. engineer on
the second engine OF No. 3, and Harry
Hartman, his fireman, both noticed the
headlight of No. Is as II rounded the
curve, Kelker yelled look out" and
applied the emergency brake Both es-
capped by jumping
Engineer Kelker said that he had
barely recovered himself when the
whole train seemed 70 be afire
Frank Smith. conductor on No 3.
Mike Garrett, conductor on No. l6 and |
Phil Peters, Globe express messenger
on No B. escaped.
All the Sleepers Saved.
Superintendent Rockwell stated that
train No. was composed OF a mail car
express car, two day coaches, two tour
ist and two standard sleepers. All the
sleepers were sa yed, none OF the occu-
pants being injured
r. /. Jones of Denver. colored mail
welgher on No. 16, and who WAS with
Express Messenger Mcfarland es-
capped with injuries about the chest and
head
w. A. Watkins. colored, of Denver.
train porter on No. 16, escaped with |
cuts about the head.
All three engines were practically de-
molished and piled In a heap, and |
within E few minutes after the collision
the wrecking was a mass OF flames
The first three cars of No 16 were |