Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-16
Fast Trains Meet Headon
on the Denver &
Rio Grande.
SOME BODIES BURNED
Accident Partly Due to Heavy
SnoWstorm---0rders Not
Delivered.

Pueblo, March 16.-At noon il was
positively known 10 persons were
killed and "a injured in the Denver e.
Rio Grande wreck near Adobe early to-
day. But two of the dead are identi-
fled.
Pueblo, March 16.-In a noon extra
edition, the Pueblo Chieftan announces
SO persons, two engineers, fireman, ex-
press messenger, 35 passengers, were
killed in the Adobe wreck.
Denver, March 16.-At the general
office of the Denver e. Rio Grande the
official statement was made that the
number of persons killed by the coIIi-
sion at Adobe, COL, this morning is not
more than IS, and that not more than
20 were injured.
Met In BIindinG SNOW.
Pueblo. Col. March 1G.-In a blind
ing snowstorm trains No. 1G, the Col
orado & New Mexico express. east
bound, and No. g. the Utah & Califor-
mia express, westbound, on the Denver
& Rio Grande railroad, collided head
on near Portland. Col. 30 miles from
Pueblo, at this morning. II is re-
ported about forty persons were killed,
and many injured.
Many burned.
Seventeen of the injured reached the
city on a relief train and were taken
to a hospital. II is stated perhaps fif-
teen bodies were burned in fire fol
lowing the wreck.
Met Curve.
The trains met on a curve. One of
them was a double-header and the inn
pact caused two engines, smoker and
day coach to turn over. The cars took
fire. They were crowded with passen-
gers.
The weather is bitterly cold, and a
heavy snow is falling, interfering with
the rescue work.
Cannot BE Identified.
Many bodies will never be identified,
having been burned TO a crisp. Part
of the mail was destroyed and all of
the express matter. The identified
dead:
WILLIAM HOLLIS. engineer of
No. 16
T. NJ. PARTLAND, Globe express
messenger No. 16.
WALTER CAUSLET, engineer of
No 3, Pueblo.
HUGH SUDDITH, fireman.
SIcepers Saved.
No 3 was composed of mail car. ex-
press car, two day coaches. two tourist
cars, and two sleepers. All the sleep
ers were saved, and none of the occu-
pants injured. The majority OF the
casualties occurred in the first three
cars, which were burned.
Iowa Man Injured.
Among the injured was Ralph Brit
ton of Brighton, Iowa. the others hurt
being residents of Colorado and Kan
sas. Out of family of IL named Hew-
lit, only two escaped. The others were
burned to crisp.
Number of Dead Grows.
The number of dead is now estima.
ed from so upwards. The injured are
placed at 25. The cause of the wreck
S attributed to failure to deliver or
iers to No. 16, the eastbound so that
No. could pass.
Doctors ON Scene.
Among the physicians who rendered
assistance were DIR. F. A. Cochens of
5alida. who was on No. 16 but escap-
I'd injury. He was assisted by Drs.
3ambo and Moore of Florence, who
'oon arrived at the scene of the dis.
lster Some of the victims pinioned
inder the wreckage were burned alive
before help could reach them
Most ON No. 3.
Most of the injured were on No. 3,
which was heavily loaded. No. 16 car
led comparatively few passengers, and
hese escaped generally with a slight
haking up
One man, whose name could not be
earned, was the only one of 10 who
escaped. He lost father, mother, wife.
hree children, brother, and two other
elatives.
Forty Bodies burned.
This afternoon there were about 40
;harred bodies lying in the wreckage
It the scene of the disaster and at the
hospital in this city there were Is Sc
TereIy injured persons. some OF whom
will probably die But two passengers
ire known to have escaped from smok-