Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-17
HY a ssociated Press.

i2v Associated Press.
PUEBLO, Colo, March ia wreck
accompanied with horrors exceeded
only by the Eden disaster. which oc-
CURED August Z, 1904, on the line of
the same railroad, resulted from a
head-end collision of two passenger
trains on the Denver & Rio Grande
railroad, four miles east of Florence,
Colo, at an early hour this morn
ing. The trains were the Utah-Cali-
fornia express No. 3, westbound from
Denver, and the Colorado-New Mex
leo express No. Is, eastbound from
Leadville and Grand Junction. They
met on a sharp curve and were less
than 200 yards apart when the en-
gineers discovered that a collision was
imminent. 1t is known that the en-
gneer of the eastbound train put
forth every possible effort to bring
his train to Il standstill, but his ef-
forts were fruitless, and although he
succeeded in checking the speed of his
train the crash that followed was be-
yond his power to prevent, and he
went to his death with his hand on the
throttle, faithful to his charge. This
much is Vouched for by his fireman,
who, seeing the useleSsness of remain
ing i'll the face of sure death, jumped
and saved his life. OF the conduct of
the engine crew of the eastbound
train it can only be stated that they
died at their posts, for no one lives
to tell the story of their heroism.
The disaster was made more horrible
by the manner of the death of many
of the passengers, VariouSly estimated
from twenty to thirty-fve. Fire swept
over the wreck, engulfing the victims
IN a caldron of flames and leaving only
charred and blackened bones to tell
the tale of slaughter.
A list of injured given out by Off
cials of the railroad company COM
prises twenty-five names. None of the
injured is dangerously hurt, and it is
believed all will recover quickly.
A list of dead made up from close
investigation by responsible persons
(the railroad officials refusing to make
list for publication), follows:
Death List
WILLIAM HOLLIS, engineer No.
16, Pueblo.
WALTER CossLETT, engineer No.
8, Pueblo.
H. d. sUDDUTH, fireman No. 1s,
Pueblo.
EDWARD L. BAIRD, deputy
sheriff, Denver.
ARCHIBALD WHITNEY, prisoner,
on way to penitentiary at Canon City
in charge of Baird.
MRS. WILLIAM BURNSIDE,
daughter and daughters child, all of
Kansas; town not learned.
A. N. BARKLO, Salda.
MISS GRACE BARKLO, Salda.
ENEAS MCFARLAND, express mes
senger, Denver.
TAYLOR HEWITT Lebo. Kas.
MRS. LILLIAN HEWITT, Lebo
Kas.
PEARL HEWITT Is years old,
MRS. KATHERINE HEWITT and
baby, Lebo, Kas.
ED COWLEY. Lebo, Kas.
FRED JONES, Lebo. Kas.
MRS. ED COWLEY, Lebo, Kas.
MRS. WINONA HEWITT, Lebo,
Kas.
FRED LIMECOoLEY. Denver.
The Injured
Patrick Murphy, Florence. Colo; Sc
rious injuries.
P. Peters, baggageman, Denver;
ribs broken and head cut.
James Proconone, travelling to Flor
ence Colo, from Italy; head hurt and
otherwise injured.
Ira Elrod, Gypsum, Colo; foot
spraned.
Miss Mabel Fields. address not
given; travelling to .Wolcott Colo.
F. A. Hewitt, Lebo, Kas.; one leg
broken and otherwise injured.
Miss Marie Gooch. Oakland, Cal,
suffering from shock.
Thomas Webb, Yampa, Colo; right
foot sprained,
r. w. Phillips, Kaysville, Utah; foot
bruised.
C. c. House, Champa. N. NJ: both
knee caps broken, right hand and
mouth cut.
L. c. Ransbottom, San Francisco;
neck hurt.
w. r. Page, Yampa, Colo; back in
jured.
l. Kissell, New York; head slightly
injured.
G. Gerber, New York; ear torn.
c. M. Wright New York; head bad
ly injured.
James Page Whitewater, Colo;
F. H. Sweeney Clinton, Mo-; foot
crushed.
G. c. Clark, Portland. Colo; head
cut.
j. C. veale, Denver; neck slightly
j. S. Reef, Leadville; neck injured.
B. /. Jones, Denver; back hurt.
A. L. Knous, Ouray, Colo; neck
hurt.
Story of the Disaster
In binding storm which made it
almost impossible for the trainmen to
zee ahead, the two trains collided head |
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