Cañon City record., 1906-03-15

desert with. this night. fifteen mind.c
more 10 wait for the caStbouid Stpc..
train before they dared open tie swi ca.
Maize Sampson killed the time by nj.
back TO the c1boose To talk crlu.,.c
with the conductor Ii WAS III tri
for him 10 put away fifteen mnu,.
discussing the rights of man with I'g-
self: and with an angel Of II tii'cil.,..
to watch the cab. why not: The -
standing ON the siding WAS ohcwin-. be-
cud as sweet rs an old COW. with may
be 40 pounds of steam to the right %
the dial maybe 1JO-I say maybe. he
cause no one but Dearoo ever knew
when the sheep train: whistlci.
Sheep-nothing but sheep. Car aftc,
car after ear. rattlinG down from IL
short line behind two spanking BIZ
engines. They whistlcd. honr>c as p.
rates. for the Butte siding. and. riSn-
the hill nile west of 1t. bore down tie
grade throwin: Dannah coal from botlt
stacks like hydraulic gravel.
No one knew or ever will know how
ii happened. They eat hauled men OF
the carpet a week about that switch
The crew OF the Moulion special testi.
N'tl lut va lllt ~lpth AiAAil
fed. Maize Sampson testified. his con,
ductor and both brakcmcn testified
the roadmaster and the section boss
each testified. and their men testified
but however or what II WAS. whether
the Moulton special fractured the
tongue. or whether the pony Of the lead
engine flew the guard. or whether III,
switch had been opened. or whether. IN
closing. the slip rail had somehow fail.
ell To follow the rod. the double hcatled
stocker went into that Butte switch,
into that Butte siding. into the peace
able old 2G4 and the - local. like :.
lyddiic shell. crashing rearing ripping
scattering two whole trains into blood
and scrap. Destruction. madness
throcs. death. silence: then pyre of
dirty smoke. wall OF sickening hleats
and a scream Of Kissing steam over
leo sheep caught i'm the sudden sham.
bles
There was frightened crawling out OF
the shattered caboose-. hurrying ur
OF the stunned crews and bewilder.
ing count OF heads. Both engine crews
of the stock train had jumped as their
train split the switch The train crews
were badly shaken The head brake
man Of the sheep train lay torn in the
barbcd wire fencing the right of way.
but only one man was missing. the fire.
man OF -. Dclaroo
Second Sc jumped west switch pass.
ing track and went into train -. en-
ginc rel. Bad spill Dclaroo. fireman
the o6i. missing" wired Sugar Buttes
fr AIa.ff.fnn n 70 Lot
Seighbor got up there by 10 o'clock
with both roadmasters and the wreck
ing outfit. 1t was dark as a canyon on
the desert that night Renedict Nor
gan's men tore splintcrcd car timber
from the debris and on the knolls back
NJ the siding lighted heaping bonfires
that threw light all night ON the
dread pile smoking on the desert. They
dug by the flame OF the fires nj the
ghastly heap till midnight. Then the
moon rose. an extra crew arrived from
the Bend. and they got the derrick at
work Yet with all the toll when day
broke the confusion looked worse con.
founded. The main line was so hope
lessly blocked that at daylight special
with ties and steel was run in to lay
temporary track around the wreck.
What do think of ity' muttered
Ncighbor. when the local operator ask
etl him for a report for Callahan. II
think there's two engines for the scrap
in sight-and the a64. IL we can ever
find anything OF hcr--and about mil
lion sheep to pay for Neighbor paus-
ed to give an order and survey the
frigbtful scene