The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-08
40 DEAD IN WRECK
CAUSED BY REBELS
All Passengers of Train Burned
to Death in the Cum
bre Tunnel.
RELIEF PARTY on WAY
Scene Of Disaster Is in Northern
Chihuahua, go Miles
From III PasO.

FL PAso. Feb. ,.----rha, the forty odd
passengers on the Mexico Northwestern
train buried in Cumbre tunnel were
themselves burned to death IN the tunnel
and not made prisoners by Mexican ban
dts was established this afternoon.
In the belief of officials Of the road Ad-
vices were received to the effect that III"
bandits did not capture the train. as ~
first reported. but that 1t dashed into the
burning tunnel without warning and was
wrecked and burned, presumably with ali
its passengers.
The attack on the first train which was
wrecked In the tunnel was made by
Maxine Castillos bandits. who afterward
set fire to the tunnel.
This was partially confirmed this after
noon. when Supt. &. y. Clark of the Ma
dera division OF the road. accompanied
by +. &. Herr and Dr. -. &. West. pene-
trated "A short way INTO the burned tunnel
from the north end and found the dead
body of Brakeman John Fernandez inside
the tunnel, horribly burned.
This morning early 1t the south of the
tunnel these men met Mexican who told
them that he had been north OF tn.
tunnel when the train dashed into il or
Wednesday. and that II had not been
held up II! bandits. as reported. On the
strength of this statement and the later
finding OF the body OF the rear brakeman
the officials wired to =. c. Thede in I'll
Paso that they believed all the members
of the train crew and the passengers
had been killed. and asked that collins
| be sent at once from Pearson
Mr. Clark and his party are accom-
panied BY a telcgrapher with feld tele
| graph Quilt, and they sent their wire
| from the north mouth OF the tunnel They
reached ia. south mouth OF the tunnel
this morning and found that 1t was SO
choled with the wr.ckage OF tho
still burning freight train that they could
| not get in. When the Mexican toia them
| that the freight had been sent in by
| the bandits and set ON IRE and that the
| passenger train, approaching from tn"
! north. HAD later crashed in without warn
| Ing the officials crossed tho noun
! tain to investigate, They reached the
| north END this afternoon late. and their
| nrst investigation revealed the dead body
| of the rear brakeman.
| The seu-rI! manager Of the MADEIRA
| Lumber Company ir ~ Paso prepared
| rescue party comprising forty AmercaH
employees ~ the Coiulany and rushed
| them from Juagcz tonight TO the scene
| of the disaster 10 clear the wreckage and
| remove what bodies could he found.
| tndertakers and nfty collins wer. sent on
| the same train.
! Fire fighting apparatus was ordered to
| the Cumbre tunnel from Pearson. where
| the company has mills. II IL Intended To
| b. on the ground and ready for use before
the Fl Paso men arrive. Pipe lines are
To be hastily laid the managers said.
| aud the hose will play streams of water
| upon the flames in the tunnel.
| With the fire extinguished the work
| Of clearing the wreckage and removing
/ bodies will begin. The distance 20 tho
| tunnel II 221i miles from III Paso The
| rescue train is expected to arrive on the
! scene early sunday morning.