Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-03-19

senger was caught under the wreck.
age and burned to death while peo.
pie stood helpless by Efforts were
| made to qnench the flames with show
before they approached him but they
failed. Snow was piled on him to pro
tect him from the intense heat but
nothing availed. He died suffering
fearfully Another man pinned by an
iron rod. whom the rescurers tried
10 save before the flames rcashed him
said; Leave me to die. save your
selves, I'm too badly hurt to want 10
live"
A man and ais wife tried to es-
cape through a window The wreck
t,- held them both. They burned
alive together while the little child
chung 10 them The rescuers caught
hold of its arm and tried to drag
1t out, but the flesh came from the
bones.
Practically every person killed was
crematcd.
Many wild rumors are in circula-
tion at noon as to the number killed.
some placing il as high as 15O but 1t
cannot possibly reach 100 II Is a
morning of horror. Practically all
the passengers who We're killed out
right went down in the forward coach.
From the wreck standpoint the smash.
mp is the worst that has ever been
recorded In the history of rairoading
in Colorado. The three big engines
were reduced to so much iron and
steel and only the sleeper on both
trains escaped destruction. The lden.
tified dead are:
WILLIAM HOLLIS, Engineer of
train No. 16.
WALTER cAUsLETT. Engineer of
No. 3.
f. NJ. MCFARLAND, Express Mes
senger. burned to death
THOMAS BRANNON of LeadyiIle
burned to death
JOHN BRANNON of Leadville.
burned to death.
MABEL FIELDS of Wolcott. Colo.
c. C. HOUSE of Chama. N. NJ.
j. BERCANO of Florence, Colo
BART MYERS, PottBvHle. Mo.
w. Land, lie Bau. Kans.
ARTHUR f. HEWITT. lie Bau,
Kans.
N. NJ. PHILLIPS. Correyvllle, III.
L. C. RANSCoTToN. San Fran
cisco.
SARAH GALLIGAN. Cleveland. O.
MYRON PHILLIPS, Salt Lake.
w. F. PAUL, Portland, Ore.
DAVID McCULLOM. Chicago.
Among the injured are:
l.. f. Rose. Mail Clerk 10,
Edward f. Wood. Mail Clerk
Claude Robinson of Denver. Sf
II. Goldberg, Denver.
r. II. Jones, Denver.
W,gA- Watkins. Denver.
T. II. wvuD w,'eva"Sll lIlaya..Inan an..-..--..!
WR. Page, Yampa.
One of the peculiar phases of the
wreck was that not one of the cars
on train No. 3, where all the fatali-
ties occurred, left the track They
remained upright and burned.
The special wreclling trains are now
here and everything is being done to
clear the wreckage and take good
care of the injured.
When the wrecker reached the
scene at $50 the fire was so fierce
from the burning coaches that oper-
atoms were seriously delayed The
sleeping cars on the Limited were all
saved. The occupants were unhurt.
Railroad officials from Pueblo esti.aat.
ed that the dead numbered fifty and
The injured %.
AT the point where the wreck oc.
CURED fifteen persons were killed in
collision in 1900. The Santa Fe
and the Rio Grande tracks run close
together here. The crew of each
train supposed the other train was on
the adjoining track.
+ Among nine members of the Hew-
u family, from Lebo, Kans., only two
scaped unscathed.
rhe following comprise the lists of
- and injured so far as results
been obtained from the wreck
figation continues with the pur-
u.s. ascertaining how many others
are sing.
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IA neptentiai EY, on the way to the
Vol BIRD canon City1 charge
&C. Mte p,i'N Salida.
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eau nga Denver. e. Ni'ess meg
OF rAypR HEw. ~
to EitS LuJTAN Leno, has.
Kas. ''i-i-iAN y 1EWITT, Lebo
'Itor Lebo I HE"lI ~ years old.
ct ator ei. 0aSr trHERINla HEWITT ara
'ns' ""p2 Eebo, KasN
'0,o' bio, rpEnk pE kEs, Lebo.xas.
NC ', pATR FcooLEYpenver. .
, un MRs URPHY, iorence
J. II. Kas. ia HEWITT. l1ebo.