Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-17

arc improving rapidly and most OF them
will he able to leave In few days.
The road bed at the scene OF the
wreck Is gradually being cleared and
trains will be running on schedule time
tonight II the belief of the railroad
officials materialize.
As yet the railroad officials have not
publicly placed the blame for the dis
aster, and until they do, the public
must await developments,
CORONER VISITS SCENE.
Coroner w. c. Stevenson OF Fremont
county yesterday empaneled a jury OF
six men, and they visited the scene OF
the wreck. They gathered all available
facts and will meet at Canon City at
30 o'clock Monday afternoon for the
purpose Of fixing the responsibility foi
tho wreck.
The Jury is made up OF the following
persons. Walter Richard, Michael
Blythe, G. w. Van patten. w. r. En-
merst, A. l., Hatch and w. w. Hug
CERT.
INVESTIGATION ORDERED
The railway company has ordered an
investigation into the cause OF the
wreck who IS responsible and the ma
ture OF their culpability. Everyone con-
nected with the running of the III
fated train will be questioned. This
investigation VIII be conducted by Off
cials and will be thorough, requiring
several days time perhaps, TO conclude
Il.
TWO OPERATORS.
1t now transpires there were two reg
ular operators at Swallows station, the
point at which No, 3, the west bound
train, should have received running. or
ders. =. r Lively was the day man
and William Van Deusen was employed
O. night. Both men were experienced
in their line Of work and had been In
the employ of tho road for some time.
without notifying their superors, Van
Deusen, according TO semi-olliclal infor-
nation, made an arrangement with
Lively 10 work for him on Thursday
night and did not himself report for
duty. Where he went or where ne was
at the time Of the collision has not
been learned. Lively assumed the du-
ties OF Van Densen and was at the sta
ton and received the orders concern
ing the west-bound train, He had
been asleep, 1t is reliably reported, and
the ticking Of the telegraph instrument
awoke him. The order was transmitted
and Lively checked It back, He did not
know that No. had already passed
Swallows and received the order entire-
" unconscious that the train was al
ready rushing toward the station be-
yond.
HoRRoR-sTRGCKEN
In a few moments headlight Of a.
train coming from Pueblo was seen APP
preaching swallows. Lively stepped out
to deliver the order controlling No. 8.
when. to his horror he discovered that
the on-comng train was No, Is, run
ming behind No. 3. The full realization
OF his negligence then burst upon him
and he ran frantiCally into the station,
grasped the key and called Florence:
Too late, however. for No. IL. had
pulled out Of Florences station east
bound, and there remained no recourse
that could be resorter to to stop the
trains. now speeding on TO destruction.
Roth Lively and Van Deusen have been
discharged Railroad men say that this
result would have followed the know
legde OF their laXity reaching their SUI
periors whether wreck had resulted
or not
APPROVED LIST OF DEAD.
pueblo Colo. March l7--Cialm
a I
q Rio Graude Railroad today approved
list OF the dead from the collision
near Adobe, Colo, yesterday morning.
MIR. Mitchell thinks II Is as nearly ac-
Clrate as can be made at this time.
The list follows:
William Hollis, engineer, Pueblo.
Waiter Cosslctt engineer, Pueblo.
u. Fl Suddeth, fireman, Pueblo.
ed. Il. Baird, deputy sheriff. Denver.
r. G. whitney, convict. Denver.
T.. NJ. MCFARLAND. messenger Denver.
A. ". Balrtlo, Salida.
Miss Grace Bairtlo. Saliia.
Taylor Hewitt Lebo, Kan.
Mrs. Lillian Hewitt Iebo, Kan.
Mrs. Vinona Hewitt, Lebo. Kan.
Pearl Hewitt, Is years old, Lebo, Kan.
Mrs, Katherine Hewitt, and boy baby
Claudius, months old, Lebo, Kan.
Ed. Cowley, Emporia, Kan.
Grace Cowley and baby Emporia,
Kan,
Fred Jones, Lebo. Kan.
Fred Limecooey, Denver.
Mrs, Belle Webb, Keystone, Wyo,
Ray Field aged 10. Keystone, Wyo.
Thomas Brennan, Leadville. Colo.
a. c. RIDGEwAY's STATEMENT,
New York, March 17.--Presldent JET
Terry Of the ID. X II. u. railroad today
received the following statement from
A. c. Ridgeway, general manager OF
the company:
DIR. OConner. our chief surgeon, re-
ports to me OF Is bodies being recover
ed from the wreck. He thinks there Is
a possibility OF the number Of fatalities
reaching 20. six We're injured serious
w. Others injured slightly. All of tho
Injured viii get well, No. g. leaving
Pueblo had orders to meet No, 16 at
Adobe. The dispatcher had OK from
Florence and Swallows, the operator at
Swallows stating that No, had not
gone by. He had been asleep, beyond
question, and did not hear No. go by,
and %. KID his order and is the sole
author OF the collision This was tho
aay operator, and he was doing duty for
the night man. as the night man had
gone to Pueblo TO cash pay checks with
nut asking permission from Pueblo Of
fee. our standing rule Ia that day op-
orators are not to relieve night opera
tors and work overtime unless permits
sion is asked and granted by the chief
dispatcher
NoN-SUIT GRANTED.