Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1906-03-21
WRECK ON
THE DENVER & RIO
CRANDE RAILROAD
Failure To Deliver Orders Results
In IS Persons Killed And
D Injured

PUEBLO, March 16--A wreck, ne.
companicd with horrors exceeded only
by those Of the Eden disaster, which
occurred August Z, 1904, on the line
Of the same railroad, resulted from
head on collision between two passcn-
ger trains on the Denver and Rio
Grandc railroad, four miles east of
Florence, Colo, at an early hour this
morning.
Met on a Curve.
The trains were the Utah and Cali.
fornia express No. 3, wcstbound from
Denver, and the Colorado and New
Mexico express No. 10. oastbound
from Lcadvillc and Grand Junction.
They met Mt sharp curve and were
less than 200 yards apart when the
engineers discovered that collision
was imminent.
Faithful Unto Death.
II is known that the engineer of the
wcs,bound train put forth every Of
fort 10 bring his train 10 standstill.
but his efforts were fruitlcss. and al
though he succeeded in checking the
speed of the train. the crash that fol
lowed was beyond his power TO prevent,
/ and he went 10 his death with his hand
on the throttle, faithful to his
charge.
This IL vouched for by his fireman,
who seeing the usclcssnoss Of remain
ing 10 face sure death, leapcd and saw
cd his life. OF the conduct OF the
engine crew on the easthound train,
il can only bc stated that they died
M their posts and no one lives to tell
the story of their hcroism.
Flames Engulfed Passengers.
The disaster was made more hor
riblc by the manner of the death of
many of the passengers. vnriously es'i
mated 90 bc from 90 to 20. Fire
swept over the wreck. cngulfng the
victims in caldron of flames, leaving
ONLY the charrcd and blackcncd bonol
10 tell the tale of slaughter. The lis
Of in iurcd comprises 90. None tina
were injured are dangerously hurt.
List OF the Victims.
The list Of dead is made mp iron
7 close investigation by responsible
persons. the railroad officials refusin
TO make n list for publication;
WILLIAM HOLLI, engineer OF M
I 10, Pueblo.
n WILLIAM sOssLET, engineer q
!, No. :, Pueblo.
4 HID. sUDDUTH, fireman OF No. II
: Pueblo.
n EDWARD +. BAIRD, deputy sheriff
n Denver.
G ARCHIBALD WHITNEY, n priso'
or on the way 20 the penitentiary
is Canon City, In charge OF Baird.
g MRS. WILLIAM BURNSIDE, m
h daughter, and daughters child. all
;. Kansas, town not learned.
A. N. BARKLO, Salida, Colo.
70 MISS GRACE BARKLO, Said
h. Colo
IN ENEAs MCFARLAND, express me
u scngcr, Denver.
n TAYLOR HEWITT. Lebo, Kansas
Ed. COwLEY. Lcbo. Kansas.
.. MRS. CATHERINE HEWITT nj
n baby, Lcho, Kansas.
mr. FRED JONES. Lobo. Kansas.
20 MRS. wINONA HEWITT, Lei
So Kansas.
~ FRED LIMECOOLEY, Denver
in Criminal Carelessness.
l., Tho cause Of the wreck IL attribI
IN ed 70 the failure NJ an employee to
no liver an order which changed the me-
m ing place Of the two trains. No.
had orders TO meet No. 10 at Florcn'
NO This order was changed, and the we
on bound train was directed TO pass I
M. eastbound train ut Beaver. twel
bc miles east Of Florence. The ord
~, should have been delivered TO the tr'
crew NJ Swallow, but for some reas
still unexplained, the operator thu
neglected TO do 40. In the MEANT
the eastbound train received it's ord
rec and expected TO meet the wcstbou
~. Mt Beaver.
mt Operator II Suspended.
ri. Conservative estimates place
es, loss OF life at 20. The Rio Graz
officials insist that the exact NUM-