The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-17

tCOnftUuea KfOm k-N8G 0mEsJ cape. all three big machines being mashed to a tangled mass.
 The baggage car of No. broke in two and the three coaches squeezed to- gether. The baggage and mail car and coach of No. Is buckled, but none Of the cars were telescoped. as was first reported.
 Flames Break Out.
 Hardly had the trainmen and pas sengers reached a realization that all was not right when the other horror. q sheet of fire ran through the cars on both sides of the engines and in a twinkling the cracking sound of breaking timbers started them to ac- tIon. Tn the forward coach of the westbound train every seat was occu- pied by passengers, most of whom were homeseekers on their way to the northwest. A number of foreigners were among them and in their terror they gave up life without making any attempt to reach safety outside the burning car.
 Paralyzed with fear and with pray CTS upon their lips. they sank to tho floor of the ear ard were roasted alive. The cooler ones in the car, seeing their danger. rushed to the windows and doors and with the aid of the passen- gers in the rear of the train
  were unhurt. managed to reach the open air. Many of them were injured more or less seriously by the rough handling they received from flying glass and timbers
 Although many were willing to take the risk, efforts to rescue those who remained in the burning cars would have been suicidal. as the heat was unbearable. The wrecked cars were soon reduced to a mass of smouldering ruins.
 Communication was opened with the Pueblo office of the railroad from Portland. a mile or so away, and re- lief train with physicians was dis patched to the wreck at once. As quickly as possible the injured were placed in the undamaged sleepers and tls engine of tho relief train started back 70 Pueblo with them and also the passengers of the eastbound train who had been saved.
 Another relief train came from Flor ence and the engine was coupled to the sleepers of No. 16 and as many of moved from the wreck at that time were placed aboard. This done, the searchers began picking up bones, pieces of burnt clothing and personal property of the victims of the disaster until several boxes had been filled :.
 
 undamaged sleepers of No. 16 and taken to Portland and subsequently, brought to Pueblo
 Only One Body Identified.
 It is reliably reported that but one body is sufficiently intact to make re- cognition possible, all the others hav- ing been burned to ashes. Identifica- the merciless flames is only possible, fl is believed. through a comparison oi lists of rescued and missing. No ac- curate estimate of the number of dead was possible by reason of the fact that so many of the bodies were practically destroyed.
 Work of clearing away the debris oi the wreck began at daylight with the aid of the two wreckers. one on eacf side of the wreckage. It is announced that the track will be entirely clear and trains running by tomorrow noon
 One of the pathetic tragedies of the disaster was the wipIEg out of all but two of the family of Taylow Hewitt of Lebo, Kansas Father, mother daughter, grand child and the wives of the sons are missing. The two sons F, A. and w. L. Hewlett, are among the injured in the hospital here F. A. Hewitt said tonight
 Our party consisted of my father. Taylor Hewitt; my mother Lillian Hewitt; my sister, Pearl. aged fifteen my brother, W. l.. Hewitt; my sister in-law, Winona, aged thirty-one; my wife. Catherine. aged seventeen; our four months old baby; Mir. and Mrs Edward Conley and Fred Jones' We were going to Joseph Oregon A dream that I had several months ago in which our family were all killed kept coming into my mind I saw just as I later saw the real wreck. every thing that took place after the col lision. saw people trying to drag themselves out of the cars, saw strong men plead to be killed: I saw my own wife and baby consumed by fire before my eyes and as I struggled vainly to rescue them, I awakened in terror
 T went forward to my party. My wife was sleeping soundly. Our lit- tie baby was half asleep. Catherine awakened and said: Good night