The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-20

ter and daughters child. all or Kan
sas
A n. BARKLo. OF Salida. Col
MISS Grace BARKLo, Salido, Col
ENOS McPHARLANS. express mes
senger.
TAYLOR HEWITT. Lebo. Kas.
MRS WILLIAM HEWITT. Lebo.
KAs.
PEARL HEWITT. Lebo. Kas-
MRS CATHERINE HEWITT and
baby boz. Lebo, Kas.
ED. COwLEY. Lebo. kas.
MRS Ed CowLEY, Leeo. Kas.
FRED JONES, Lebo. kas-
FRED LEMECOOLEY. Denver. Col
MRS WINONA HEWITT. Lebo.
Kas
CAUSE OF THE DISASTER
One Of the pathetic tragedies CT the
disaster was the wiping out Of all but
two Of the family of Taylor Hewitt.
OF Lebo, Kansas. Father. mother.
daughter. grandchild and the wives
OF the sons are missing. The TWO sons.
f A Hewitt and w. l. Hewitt arc
among the injured in the hospital
here, each Of them having leg frac-
lures, in addition 10 other injuries E
A Hewitt said that he had 4 dream
several months ago in which his fam
lily was all killed. He said he saw
just as plainly as he later saw the
real wreck. everything that took pace
after the collision.
Some of the victims were pinloned
under the wreckas- and burned alive
before help could reach them. Most
of the injured were on No. 3. which
WIS heavily loaded. Number f6 carried
comparatively few passengers. Inc
these escaped generally with A sigh.
shaking M.
RELIEF TRAINS FROM PUEBLO
AND FLORENCE.
Relief trains were at once despatch
ed 10 the scene from Pueblo and Flor
encg. but the work was necessarily
slow. because Of the smoke from tho
burning wreck and because of h
cold weather. The first train BEARING
injured reached Pueblo shortly after
6 O'Clock.
During the progress OF the. fire. n
man vas seen hanging from u ear
window. For Gods sake. save me,
The Utah and California express,
westbound, left Pueblo an hour and 4
half late, with orders to meet me
Colorado and New Mexico express.
~eas:hound, at Florence. This order was
changed and the westbound train was
directed to pass the eastbound train at
Beaver, about II miles east OF Tor
ence. The order should have been de-
liyered to the train crew at Swallow,
but for ssme reason the operator there
neglected t0 deliver the order. IN the
meantime the eastbound train had re-
crived its orders and expected TO mee-
the w%estbound train at Beaver. NO
other orders interviewed TO prevent
the wreck
II is impossible TO determine the ex-
act number Of dead on account or the
incineration OF many bodies Tnp
number Of victims burned Is said 10
be at least 20. The railroad officers
asserted during the day that only 10
persons were killed.
Work of clearing away the debris
of the wreck began at daylight, with
the aid of W. wreckers. IL Is an
nounced that the track will be entirely
clear and the trains running by tomor-
row noon
Inc monetary udildss W aiAAoen
property is 5000, 600. In addition To
this much baggage and mail were de-
stroyed.
| NEARLY WHOLE FAMILY KILLED
he cried, but the heat was too intense
for rescuers to reach him. Ee slowly
roasted to death before the ey s CT the
crowd around the burning wrecss.
MANY THRILLING R-SCUES.
Many thrilling rescues wer' 'clort-
, ed. One man whose mar G"u!l not
he learned, forced his "1g ITO q
coach that had received the br Mt Of
the shock and seeing a young g who
had been pinned under a e a e. cav
ored to lift her to a place Of slfety
AS he raised her the girl died in his
rms.
The rescuer dropped his burden and
seized a man who was lying under 4
roof timber. He dragged the man TO a
clearing in the w~reckage, where others
carried him TO n place of safety. This
one rescuer saved four persons lives
A correspondent who returned from
the wreck says hat the car in which
he believes Is persons were killed was
completely consumed. He also states
that q dry goods box had been placed
alongside the rack and the bones OK
the bodies which were entirely burned
up were placed in it This box was
brought to this city TJy the oroneg