Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-03-17
FRIGHTFUL COLLISION.
Denver and Rio tirande Rassenge
Trains Crash In Colorado.
DEATH LIST Is LARGE
fhrough the Blunder Of Some Indi
vidnsi q Dreadful Disaster De-
ears While q i,iinding snow
storm Ragged.

Pueblo. Colo. March is. II No. fs
southbound. and No. ., northbound
passenger trains on the Denver and
Rio GrRnde coilided heSs-on sar Port.
Land. Colo. shortly after midnight Fri
day morning. and II was reported that
at lesst fifty persons were killed and
large number injured. Relief trains
were ordered from Pueblo and Flor.
ence. The coaches caught hre and
most Of the victims we're roasted 70
death. Tho trains met on a curve and
crashed together. One OF them was o
doubleheader. and the impact caused
the two engines and smoker and day
coach OF one OF them to turn over.
The c-rs were crowded with passen
gers. Both cars took fire.
II Is bitterly cold and heavy snow
was in progress, interfering with res.
cue work.
A later report from Florence gave
the list OF dead az forty. Seventeen OF
the injured reached this city and were
taken TO So. Mary's hospital. Parties
coming on relief trains gave number OF
burned az fifteen.
The westbound Denver and Rio
Grande train No. was the Utah and
California express, which left Denver
at O'Clock Thursday evening. No. Is.
eastbound. was the Colorado and New
Mexico express from Santa Fe and
from Durango. Grand Junction. Lead
Vile, Sslida and other Colorado points.
Some OF the victims were pinioned
ander the wreckage and burned alive
before help could reach them Most
OF the injnred were on No. 3. which
was heavily loaded. No. Is carried
comparatively few passengers. who
generally escaped with q slight shak.
ing up. One man Is the only one OF
q family Of ten who escaped. He lost
his father. mother. wife and threa
children. brother and two other rela'
tives.
A. ~. smith. fireman TO Engineer
Auslett. stated that Just before tht
collision he saw the headlight OF Train
No. ie as IL rounded the curve ahou.
200 yards distant. lie went 10 the en-
gineers side and saw Engineer Caus
lett at the emergency brake He
stopped down. and. feeling Causletts
feet upon his back. jumped. Not q
word passed between the two men.
Grant Kelker Of Pueblo. the engi
neer on the second engine OF No. ,
and Harry Hartman. his fireman. both
noticed the headlight OF No. is as Il
rounded the curve. Kelker yelled
Look OUT" and applied the emergen
cy brakes. Both escaped by jumping
According 20 the first orders the
trains were supposed to meet at Adobe
one-half n mile from the scene OF the
wreck AT Florence No. Is received
orders 20 meet No. 3 at Beaver. fye
miles east OF Portland II is supposed
No. , was to have been given similar
orders at Swallows. but falling Ia ~
celye them ran on TO Adobe
Many wild rumors were In circula' !
tion. some placing the number of killed |
at $50, even eciipsiRg the terrible
wreck at Eden. when more than loo
fatalities resulted. Hundreds OF per |
sons hurriedly IAade ready TO go "a
the scene and a great crowd Assem-
bled at the union depot by daylight
About 1880 O'Clock seventeen burned
and mangled bodies were carried
through the gates from relief train