Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-03-22
Impossible to Tell Exactly, as
Many of the Victims Were
Burned to Ashes.
twenty-five Known to Have Been In.
iured, None, However.
Dangerously.
The Trains Involved Were b
Utah-CaIifOrnia Express and the
CoIorado-New Mexico Express.
The Trains, Running at Full Speed
Mex On u sharp Curve. Owing
to Failure to Deliver
an Order.

Pueblo, Colo, March ia wreck
accompanied with horrors exceeded
only by the Eden disaster, which &C.
Cured August 7, 1904, on the line of
the same railroad, resulted from a
head-on collision of two passenger
trains on the Denver & Rio Grande
railroad four miles east of Florence,
Col, at an early hour Friday morning.
The trains were the Utah-California
express, No. 3, w%est-bound from Den
yer and the Colorado-New Mexico ex-
press No. 16, %east-bound from Lead
vile and Grand Junction. They met
on a sharp curve and were less than
200 yards apart when the engineers dis
covered that a collision was imminent.
A Futile Effort.
1t is known that the engineer of the
west-bound train put forth every pos
stop, but his efforts were fruitless,
and although he succeeded in check
ing the speed of his train, the crash
that followed was beyond his power
to prevent, and he went to his death
with his hand on the throttle, faithful
to his charge. This much is vouched
for by his fireman, who, seeing the
uselessness of remaining in the face
of sure death, jumped and saved him
self. OF the conduct of the entire
crew of the east-bound train it can
only be said that they died at their
post, for no one llves to Cell the story
of their herolsm.
Fire Swept the Wreck.
The disaster was made more hor-
rible by the manner of the death Of
many of the passengers, variously es-
timated from 20 to 35. Fire swept
over the wreck, engulfiing the victims
in a caldron of flame and leaving only
charred and blackened bones to tell
the tale of slaughter.
A list of the injured given out by
officials of the railroad company COM
prises 20 names. None of the injured
are dangerously hurt, and it is be-
lieved will 0 A list of dead
made up from close observation by
responsible persons (the railroad of
ficials refusing to make a list for pub
lication) follows:
The Known Dead.
William Hollis, engineer No. III;
Pueblo.
Walter Cosslett, engineer No. 8;
Pueblo.
H. D. sudduth, fireman No. 16;
Pueblo.
Edward E. Baird, deputy sheriff,
Denver.
Archibald Whitney, prisoner on way
to ~penitentiary at Canyon City, in
charge of Baird; Denver.
Mrs. William Burnside, daughter,
and daughters child, all of Kansas,
town not learned.
A. N. Barklo, Salida, Col.
Mrs. Grace Barklo, Salida, Col.
Eneas Mcfarland, express messenger;
Denver.
Taylor Hewitt, Lebo, Kas.
Mrs. Lillian Hewitt, Lebo, Kas.
Pearl Hewitt, Is years old; Lebo, Kas.
Mrs. Catherine Hewitt and baby boy,
Lebo, Kas.
Ed Cowley, Lebo, Kas.
Fred Jones, Lebo, Kas.
Fred Iemcooley, Denver.
Mrs. Ed Cowley, Lebo, Kas.
Mrs. Winona Hewitt, Lebo, Kas.
The Injured.
Patrick Murphy, Florence, Col; Sc
riously.
P. Peters, baggageman, Denver; ribs
broken; head cut,
James P%roconone, travelling to Flor
ence, Col. from Italy; head hurt ard
otherwise injured.
Ira Elrod, Gypsum, Col; foot
sprained
Miss Mabel Fields, address not given;
travelling to Wolcott, Col; injuries Sc