Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-17

eastbound train who had been saVed. An
other relief train came from Florence and
the engine was coupled to the sleepers Of
No. 16 and as many Of the bodies of the
dead as could be removed from the wreck
at that time placed aboard. This done. the
searchers began picking up bones pieces
OF burnt clothing and personal property of
victims of the disaster, until several boxes
had been filled. These remains were placed
aboard the unchanged sleepers OF No. 16
and taken to Portland and subsequently
brought to Pueblo.
Many Bodies Incinerated.
| 1t is reliably reported that but one body
is sufficiently intact to make recognition
possible. all the others having been burned
to ashes or inclnerated. Identification of
the victims who succumbed to the merciless
flames is only possible, it is believed,
through a comparison Of lists Of rescued
and missing.
No accurate 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 of the
wreck began at daylight, with the aid of
two wreckers, one oil each side of the
| wreckage 1t is announced that the track
will be entirely clear and trains running by
| tomorrow noon. One OF the first things
the wreckers were called upon to do was
| to lift the tender of one of the engines
| from of the Santa Fe track, which runs
close by the Rio Grande, where II had beer
tossed by the cars crowding against It.
| The peculiar feature Of the wreck was the
| fact that none Of the sleepers left the railf
and the cars and engines which were
burned were standing on the ties II not OF
the track.
six of One Family Dead.
The monetary damage to railroad prop
erty is estimated at 100000. In addition
| to this all the baggage on No. 16 was de-
stroyed, as we'll as the mail. One of the
1 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, grandchild and the wives
of the sons are missing The two sons
e. A. Hewitt and w. L. Hewitt, are among
the injured in the hospital here, each OF
them having leg fractures in addition 70
other injuries A. T. Hewitt said tonight.
"our party consisted Of my father, Tay-
Tor Hewitt; my mother. Lillian Hewitt;
my sister. Pearl, aged is years; my brother,
w L. Hewitt; my sister-in-law, winona'
aged 81: my wife, Catherine. aged II; our
IAmonths-old baby, Claude; Mr.. and Mrs
Edward Conley and Fred Jones. We were
going to Joseph, Ore, to work in a saw
mill for my grandfather. II. NJ. Kicker.
A dream that l had several months ago
in which our family was all killed, kept
coming into my mind l saw just as
plainly as 1 later saw the real wreck
everything that took place after the col
lslon-saw people trying to drag them
selves out OF the cars, saw strong men
plead to be killed; l saw my own wife
and baby consumed by fire before my eyes
and as 1 struggled vainly TO rescue them
| awakened In terror and with cold beads
OF perspiration crawling slowly down my
face
81 went forward to my party. My wife
was sleeping soundly. Our little baby was
just half asleep Catherine awakened and
said: Good night, sweetheart ] leaned
over and kissed her and she smiled.
81 sat down again and closed my eyes
but In a few minutes was aroused by a
crash When l tried to move I found my
leg was broken. heard my wife calling