The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-03-22
FEARFUL LOSS OF LIFE
As Result Of undeltvured Orders
Heavy Grades and Bl;aaing saow
STERN. scor. Of Liv-s hre Lest oa
Denver A. Rio Grande.

DsnveT q kAo 12ance-
Pueblo. Col. Special Thirty -tive
lives were crushed aut carly FRIDAY
in 4 head-end collision Of tao Isa-@en-
ger trains near Adobe. Col. 80 the
Denver i Rio Grande Railroad. AMI
O score Of victims lncarcsrats>! lsss-
yond Identification bs Ar that 5~s-
troyed the wrecked cnaele-. More
than 4 score were injured. hat al HiH
probably recover. The wreck wa> 'iue
to undeliyercd orders. heavy noun
tain grades. = snow st"rus. = sharp
curve and the slippery condition of
the rails.
Only the locomotives, baggage and
day coaches were wrecked. the sleep
ing ears escaping almost nnseathed,
as in the Eden disaster on the sans
| road in 1904, when part of Il train
ran into flooded canyon through
q washed-out bridge.
| Many OF the dead were home seek
ers bound for the Northwest. The
three crushed locomtiyes set fire 10
the spintered coaches and ii was hours
before all the bodies were recovered,
the flames being 80 hot that rcscm-
ers could not approach the debris un-
til the fuel burned out.
1t was a wild. stormy night IN the
mountainy canyons. when the twC
heavy trains met. Binding snow
darkened the rocky gor-es and speed
was not high.
ENGINEERS WERE HELPLESS
Suddenly headlights flashed out
and it was realized by the engineer
that something was wrong. Accord
ing to Fireman J. ii. Smith, Of thu
west bound train. Engineer Waite
Cosbett applied the emergency brake
but the slippery rails allowed the mo
mentum of the heavy train TO carr.
it on TO the fatal crash.
The impact was scarcely noticeable
but the trains crushed and ground II
to each other. The helper engine o
the west-bound train acted as a cush
ion. minimizing the force and weigh
r of the heavy mountain engines. Thl
helper was crushed together like S
: much paper and the other locomotive
ran through the mesh o. iron an
plowed each other to pieces.
Fireman Smith was the only one
~ hn
, gage car of the west-bound ira
a | squeezed together. The baggage ca
the mail car and a coach OF ,he cas-
o bound train buckled, but none OF Il
n ears teleseoped.
: FOREIGNERS ROASTED ALlN
n Hardyly had the noise Of the wre'
! ceased when a sheet of fire ran thr
+ the shattered ears of both trains.
: the forward coach Of the west-boui
: train every seat was occupied
% passengers. most of whom were HON
seekers. A number Of foreigners we
amore them and in their terror tn
: gave up life without making any :
q tempt to reach safety outside I
: burning car. They sank to the floor
the car and were roasted alive. T
cooler ones in the car, seeing tn
danger rushed for the windows a
doors and with the aid of the p;
t. sengers in the rear Of the tram a
is those members of the train crew W
l. were unhurt managed to reach the
en- air. Many were injured by
/ rough handling they received or
/ flying glass.
IN When the occupants OF the t
le sleeping cars saw that nothing col
;. be done to check the flames, they a
ed the trainment in pushing back
L undamaged cars.
ch Communication was opened with
m Pueblo office Of the railroad fr
q. Portland, mile from the wreck
IN a relief train with physicians was
IS patched to the accident. The lnJu
rk were placed in the sleeping cars
ed brought to Pueblo with the passeng
Of the east-bound train, who were
hurt. Another relief train came II
Florence to take away the uninJu
| DOTIlOn OI IEC edot-DchtAN f'AAtA-
as A list of dead made up from el
at investigation by responsible pers
+. follows:
,ar William Hollis engineer.
ON Walter Cosslett, engineer.
h. III. D. Sudduth, fireman.
as Edward E. Baird, deputy she
he Denver.
b;s Archibald Whitney, prisoner
,iu charge of Baird.
Mrs. William Burnside. daug
and daughters child, all of kansa
A. \. Barelo, Salida, Colo.
Miss Grace Barklo, Sallda, Colo
an Enos M'Parlans, express mes
rye ger.
of Mrs. VIM. Hewitt, Lebo, Kansa
Pearl Hewitt, Lebo, Kansas.
ol Mrs. Catherine Hewitt, and
IOO boy, Lebo, Kansas.
ded Edward Cowley, Lebo. Kansas.
at Fred Jones, Lebo, Kansas.
Fred Lemecooley, Denver.
Mrs. Wana Hewitt, Lebo,
60,