New-York tribune., 1906-03-17
THE DEAD THIRTY-FIVE.
FLAMES DETOUR MANY.
Trains Crash in Binding Storm
Pullman Passengers Escape.

Pueblo Col March fs-rwoscore lives vsrs
lost early to-day in collision between two
passenger trains near Adobe. Col on the Dem
yer & Rio Grande Railroad and more than a
score OF the victims we're fncinerated by a r.,
which destroyed the wrecked coaches More
than score were injured. but al probably VIII
recover
me wreck vas due 70 undslivered orders
heavy mountain grades. a binding snowstorrn.
sharp curve and the slippery condition OF ths
rails. Only the locomotives. baggage and day
coaches were wrecked. the sleeping cars escap-
ing almost uniniured
Many OF the dead were horneseekers bound
for the Northwest Thres crushed locomotives
SET hre 70 the spIintered coaches and II Wa
hours before all the bodies were recovered tn
flames being so hot that rescuers could not ap-
proach the debris until the fuel burned cut
Inc heavy trains met ar slow speed whifs
ohnolhs snow darkened the rocky gorges When
the opposing headlights flashed out IL was real
lzeo oy the engineers that something was wrone.
According 20 the fireman Of the vestbound
traln' MS engineer applied the emergency
oEdAes' out the slippery rails allowed the mo-
inentuIn or the heavy train 70 carry IT. on
The impact was scarcely noticeable b,,- -.
trains crashed and ground into each other. Tn.
helpeo engine OF the westbound train acted as
CUSHION minimizing the force and weight of tha
heaVy mountain engines This heIpe~ va
crushed Ike so much paper. and the larger loco
motives ran through the mesh OF iron and
ploughed each other to pieces.
The fireman Of the westbound trail, 49,. -
only one OF the engine crews to escana r..
baggage car OF the westbound train brolsa IN
C"o' and three coaches were saueezsd toretba-
The baggage car, the mail car and q. coach -
the eastbound train huckIsd but none OF tba
cars telescoped
HoMEsEEKERs PANIC VICTIMS
Hardly had the noise OF the vrAck csass+t
when a sheet Of FIRE ran through the sharters-
cars In the forward coach Of the westbounr
train every seat was occupied bv nassengers
most Of whom homeseekers A nu-nber
OF foreigners were among them. and In thes.
terror they sank to the floor OF the car and wers
roasted alive The cooler ones in the car. see
ing their danger, rushed for the windows an,f
doors, and with the aid OF the passengers in the
rear OF the train and those members OF the
train crew who were unhurt. managed to reach
the open air Many were injured by the rough
handling they received or by flying glass
When the occupants Of the two sleeping cars
saw that nothing could be done to check tho
flames they aided the trainnnen in pushin; back
the undamaged cars.
Communication opened with the Puehlc
office OF the railroad from Portland q mile
away, and relief train was az once dispatched
to the wreck. The tnjured were placed tr slee,-
ing cars and brought tdsPusblo with the passenS-
gers OF the eastbound train. who were urhurr
Another relief train came from Florence TO take
| away the uninjured portion OF che sastbound
train
THE IDENTIFIED DEAD.
a list Of dad made up from close investsxa-
ton by responsible persons follows:
BAIRD. Edward E. deputy sheriff. Denver
BARKLO. A. ". saHda Col
BARKLO. Miss Grace. salida, Col
child. all Of Kansas. @H1 1l1Sa'S
COWLEY. Ed, Lebo Kan.
cowLEY. Mrs Ed. Lsbo Kan
CossIETT Walter. engineer.
HEWITT. Mrs. Katherine. and baby boy Lsso Kan
HEWITT. Pearl. ebo. Kan
HEWITT. Taylor Lsbo. kan
HEWITT. Mrs. William. Lebo, Kan
HEWITT. Mrs. winona Leoo. Kan
HOLLIS William. engineer.
JONES. Fred. Lebo. Kan
LEMREOILE. Fred Denver.
M'PARLAND. Enas express messenger
sUDDUTH. H D.. fireman
WHITNEY. Archibald. prisoner IN chargs OF Baird
The Utah and California express. westbound,
left Pueblo hour and a half late. with orders
to meet the Colorado and New-0Iexico express
eastbound, at Florence. This order was changed
and the westbound train was directed to mass
the eastbound train at Beaver, about twelve
miles east OF Florence. The order should have
for some reason the operator there neglected to
deliver the order In the mean time the east
bound train had received its orders and expected
to meet the westboUnd train at Beaver No
other orders interviewed to prevent the wreck
1t is impossible TO determine the exact num-
Der OF dead account OF the tncineration OF
many bodies. The work OF clearing away tbs
wreck began at daylight 1t is announced thar
the track will be entirely clear and trains run
ming by tomorrow noon One OF the first things
the wreckers did was to lift the tender OF one OF
the engines from the Santa Fe track where IL
had been tossed.
DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT 100000.
The damage to railroad property is estimated
at 100000 In addition to this. much basgaes
and mail were destroyed.
One Of the pathetic tragedies OF the disaster
was the wiping out OF all but two OF the family
OF Taylor Hewitt. OF Lebo, Kan Father
mother. daughter. grandchld and the wives or
the sons are missing. The two sons. E A
Hewitt and W. L Hewitt are among the tn-
jured IN the hospital here. each OF them havine
leg fractures in addition 10 other injuries r
A. Hewitt said that he had a dream several
months ago in which his family was all Ixire5
He said he saw just as plainly as he later SAN,
the real wreck everything that took place arrer
the collision
When the trains came together thew vAr.
rounding a sharp curve. beneath a high bIu4e
just a short distance west OF where passenger
No 16 and freight No. 63 came together a, a.
tober -. 1904, when seven persons wera ktl1a1
and many injured. IL was inapossibla for ~
engineers OF either train TO see the orhar .r,i,,
until the two trains were within about ryv, b,l,
dred yards OF each other AT this point the