The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-17

slippery condition OF the rails. Only the
locomotives. baggage and day coachos
were wrecked. tho sleeping cars escaping
almost unscathcd. as in the Eden disas-
fer on the same road in 1904. when part
{ OF a train ran into flooded canon
through a washcd-out bridge.
Many OF the dead were homeseekers,s
bound for the Northwest. Tho three
crushed locomotives set fire to the splin-5
tered coaches. and 1t was hours before ali,
,lie bodies were recovered. the flames
being 80 hot that rescuers could not ap-
proact tho debris until the fuel burned
put.
Wild, Stormy Night.
II wns a wild. stormy night In the noun.
tain canons when the two heavy trains
met. Binding snow darkened the rocky
( Yorges and speed WAS not high.
Suddenly headlights flashed out, and ii
WAS realized by the engineers that some
thing was wrong, According to Fireman
]. II. Smith. Of the westbound train. En-
yineer Walter Cos1ett applied the emer-
Eency brake. bnt the slippery rails all
lowed the momentum of the heavy train
TO carry It ON to the fatal crash.
The impact was scarcely noticeable.
but the trains crushed and ground into
each other. The helper engine OF the
westbound train acted rs q cushion s,rl,fH,s
Imizins the force and weight OF the heavy
mountain engines. The helper was,
crushed together like 30 much paper and
tho other locomotives ran through the
mesh of iron and plowed each other to
pieces.
Fireman Smith was tile only one OF
the engine crews to escape. The baggage
car OF the westbound train broke In two
and three coaches were squeezed together.
The baggage car. the mail car and a
coach OF the castbound train buckled,
but none OF the cars telcscopcd.
Roasted Alive.
Hardly had the noise Of the wreck
ceased when sheet Of fire run through
the shattered cars Of both trains. In the
forward coach of the westbound tram
every seat WAS occupied by passengers,
most OF whom were home-seekers. a
number of foreigners were among them.
and in their terror they gave up lie
without making any attempt to reach
safety outside the burning car. They.
sank to the floor OF the car and We're
roasted alive.
SThe cooler people IN the car. seeing
their danger. rushed for the23SSysindows
and doors and with the aid of the pass
3Enngers In the rear OF the tratit and sthoses
n,embers of the train crew who We're sun-s!
{ hurt nlanaged to reach the open air.
MANY were injured 4 by the rough hand
ing they received or by flying glass.
When the occupants Of the two sleeping
4 cars saw that nothing could be done to.
check the flames, they aided the train-
men in pushing back the undamaged
ears. !,
Communication was opened with the
Pueblo offIcetof the railroad from Port
land. a mile from the wreck and "a relief
train. with physicians, was dispatched 70
The accident. The injured were placed IN
the sleeping cars and brought to Pueblo
with the passengers OF the eastbound
train who were unhurt. Another relief
train came from Florence to take away
the ,ninjured portion Of the castbound,
train,
List Of Dead.
A list of the dead, made up from close
investigation by responsible persons fol-
i lows: AZ af9 5.,s Aisi ,
5iss WILLIAM t11oLI.Is, engineer
WAITER COssLETT, engineer.
II. d. SUDDUTH,' fireman.
EDWARD Il. BAIRD, deputy sheriff,
{ Denver. s; l
ARCHIBALD WHITNEY, prisoner in
charge OF Baird. # 9 @
MRS. WILLIAM BURNSIDE daugh-
ter and dauglter's child, all of Kansas.
N. N. sBARKIto. salida, Col. us 5se5 l.i a.s
MISS GRACE BARKLO, Salida, Col:
ENOs M'PARLANs, express ncsscn-
& ger. IS 8f5
& TAYLOR llE,W11,r. .I.ebo Kan.
" Mrs. Hewitt, Lebo, Kan. i f sls
PEARL HDW1TT, Lebo, Kan.
MRS CATHERINE HEWITT, and
Il BABY BOY, I1ebo, an II 's!8 5s.; III
lSD. COWLEY.s Lebo, Kan
# MRS. Id SCONYI.EsY, I.ebo. Kan, #
FKED. JONES, Leho, ia Kan. ss Ri
FRED. L5MEC'OOIEY, Denver
HRS. NINoNA44I z D HEWITT H J, Iebo. Kan.
Failed to Deliver Order. 4:
The u ai and Cal ifornia express, vest
hound left Pueblo an hour and a half
late with orders to meet the Colorado and
New Mexico express, cas- tbollnd i at Flor
snce This ordeul was changed and ethe
vest bound truin was d dlrected to pass the
aasthound train at EenYer, about twelce
miles east of Florence. The order should
* ave been delivered to tho train Grew
H at s. wallow, but, for some reason tile
III operate hero mel eglecte n to deliVers iin
iS order. IN the meantime tho oar tbountl
train, had received lis orders and ex-,
reccetad Il 3 meet the Westbound train at
s Reayer, No nther orders interviewed to
4,rnvent the wreck, Ia a ~
S.} IT ID impossible Ia determine the exact
s = tlnbcr of, dead on account OF he illctntl
erntion of many bod les ss he number q {;
%8syictps burned & iss said To he mt least.
IhrtS.f I've, The railroaf y f'icers asserted
sks x sont intia ad on ii Second GI'aEe,l