The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1913-09-18
ENGINEER
SCALDED
TO DEATH
IN WRECK

GU ~ oooiy NC oicu an uOuE i8ltr
when his engine drawing No. 16, bound
from Leadville to Denver. was derail-
ed by a rockslide ten miles west OF
Salida, at 10:45 o'clock last night. The
wreck was the more serious OF two
which occurred during the evening.
the other one being that OF freight
train. several cars OF which were
sidewiped and knocked into the river
two miles west OF the Hanging Bridge.
The two wrecks tied up traffic for
twelve hours last night and this morn
ing. trains No. 3 and is being held in
the local yards until eight O'Clock this
morning. when the tracks we're clear
ed at the scene of the two wrecks to
enable them to pass.
That the wreck OF No. 1s was due to
rock slide. which from the condition
Of the engine and baggage car appar-
entity struck them with terrific force
just as they were passing the point
where the accident occurred. is the
opinion of W. v cleghorn. travelling
salesman for the Morey Mercantile
company, who was In a Pullman on
the wrecked train and assisted in re-
moving Engineer Glen from his over
turned engine. Mr.. Cleghorn, who Is
we'll known here. tells graphic story
OF his experience.
I'VE were speeding along at about
thirty miles an hour when the accident
occurred" he said. The jar when
we struck the rocksllde or the rock
slide struck us. the latter being the
case. believe. was no more than that
experienced when the emergency
brakes are applied suddenly. The
shock was barely susceptible.
1T was dark as n pocket and rain
ing heavily when we hurried outside
and went to see what had happened.
We found the engine in the river and
the baggage car swung half on and
half on the rails. the appearance OF
the engine indicating Il had been
struck by the rockslide with terrific
force.
Engineer Glen was a heart-sicken-
ing sight when We pulled him out from
his wrecked engine. He had been
pinned down with no chance OF escape
while the hot steam from bursted
pipes literally cooked his flesh to
shreds. Both eyes had been burned
out and. when we removed his gloves.
as carefully as Ike knew how. great
patches OF roasted flesh came with
them. The unfortunate man was con-
scious until almost the end. but II
there ever was the necessity OF kill
ing u man 20 put him out Of suffering
II was last night with the poor fellow
who met his death at the post of duty.
Some one had a bottle OF whiskey and
we tried to get the engineer to drink
some OF It but he replied that he could
not swallow. The steam he had tn
hailed had cooked the muscles OF his
throat and rendered them useless.
Fortunately none OF the passengers
was hurt with the exception of one
who had n bruise on his forehead
where he had bumped against the
back OF the seat in front OF him when
the shock came
. Mr.. Cleghorn arrived on No. i6
about $3.50 O'Clock little the worse for
the experience he had gone through.
To start clearing one wreck and
then to be summoned on hurry-up
call 10 leave and hasten to more
important one. is not often the work
of wrecking crew but such was the
experience OF the salida wrecking
gang which was at work clearing the
track in the Gorge when word was
received that the engine. baggage car
and day coach OF No. 16 had gone into
the ditch the other side of salida.
Work was dropped at the freight