The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-17

eether was near Mile Post 147 The
| trains We're rounding a sharp curve.
| around a high bluff, just q short die
! tance west Of where passenger No l6
and freight No. 60 came together Octo-
Der 10, 1904. in which collision several
people were killed and injured.
| 1t was impossible for the enginemen
| of each train to see the other train un-
| I'll the two trains were within about 200
| yards of each other.
At this point the Santa Fe and Dem
yer & Rio C'rande tracks run close to-
gether. and II was easy for the engine
| men TO suppose that the on coming
| train was on the Santa Fe track
Severe Cold Weather.
Snow began falling before midnight
| The severe cold added to the sufferings
| OF the victims.
According to the first orders the
| trains were supposed 10 meet at Adobe,
one-half mile from the scene of the
wreck. AT Florence No. Ii received or
ders to meet No, 3 at Beaver five miles
east OF Portland
1t Is supposed that No. Is was TO have
received similar orders at Swallows, but
failing to receive these. ran OF to Adobe.
Drs- A It. King, ]. A. Black. DR., J.
j. Mcdonnell and several doctors from
Florence and Canyon City were on hand
soon after the wreck.
Burned III Sight of Help.
During the progress OF the flames ono
man was seen hanging from car win
For Gods sake. cave meY' he cried: /:
but the heat was too Intense for the res
cucrs TO reach him. He slowly roasted
TO death before the rest OF the crowd
around the burning wreck.
Another train bringing dend and in
Jured is expected To arrive here within
short time.
A telephone message from Florence at
8 o'clock said that none of the injured or
dead had been brought to that place; con-
sequentlr, 1T is expected. ali Will be
brought TO Pueblo.
Many Thrilling Rescues.
Many thrilling rescues were reported
during the earlier hours OF the catas-
trophe. one man. whose name could
not be learned, forced his way into a
coach, seized a young girl who had been
pinned under the wreckage of seat
and endeavored to remove her TO a
place OF safety AS he raised her the
girl gave a gasp and died I'm his arms.
The rescuer dropped her and seized a
man who was lying under n roof tim
Der, whom he dragged TO a clearing in
the wreckase, where other hands re-
ceiyed him and carried him to a place
of safety This one man was seen to
take four persons from the wreckage.
Operators Fatal Neglect.
1t is reported here that an operators
failure to deliver a train order was the
cause Of the disaster
The first orders given the two trains
were that they should meet at Adobe
Later, 1t is understood, the dispatcher
wired Operator s. F. Lively. at Swallow,
ten miles east OF the scene OF the wreck.
TO hold westbound train there until east
bound train No. 1G should pass When
No. l6 reached Florence its crew was
notified to run on TO Swallow Mean
time No. 8, failing TO receive It's new or
ders at Swallow. pushed on westward.
Both trains were running rapidly and
their crews could see but q little way
ahead owing TO the binding storm
II is said Operator Lively was asleep
when passenger train No. passed by
Swallow. When asked by the dispatcher
at Pueblo If II had passed he answered
No A warrant Is out for his arrest.