East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-02-09
MEXICAN OUTLAWS
BURN. TUNNEL AND
AMERICANS PERISH
Bandit Leader is Held Responsible
for Horor-Effots are Made to
Recover Bodies.
BELIEVED ALL. ARE DEAD
Train Had Been Missing Since We'd
nestIay-Tunnel Still Blazing and
Rcscuing Party Makes Little Head
way in Gaining Entrance 80 MeM-
cans Among those Who are Lost.

JUAREZ, Mex, Feb 9.--Thc SIX
Americans and 40 or SO Mexicans
whose fate has been mystery since
the destruction OF the Cumbre tunnel
last wednesday, were suffocated. This
information was received here Friday
evening at the headquarters of the
Mexican Northwestern railway. The
tragedy is laid at the doors OF Maxillo
Castillo. the bandit leader.
A special train carrying 20 Ameri-
cans led by w. ]. Farragut of the Mex
ican Northwestern railroad, SO COZ.
fins and a rescue outfit, left here for
the scene.
CUMBRE, Chihuahua, Mexico. Feb. 3
Nothing but charred bones and but
tons were found by the rescuing party
which. with the aid of oxygen helmets
and pulmoters, succeeded in pene-
trating the Cumbre tunnel from the
south portal as far AZ the locomotive
and first two cars OF the passenger
train These are supposed to be the
remains OF the engineer and fire
man OF the passenger train. They
were probably killed when their en-
gine crashed into the burning freight
train, which had been pushed into tho
tunnel by Castillo's bandits several
hours before.
i, is now believed that every one
of the so or more passengers and the
crew aboard the train when 1t washed
into the tunnel last "Wednesday night
are dead.
Rescue Work Delayed.
Whether the train was hurried in
10 the tunnel to escape being captur-
ed by Castillo's bandits or sent head
long 10 it's destruction by the bandits
may never be known.
Entrance from the north portal viii
not be possible until today at the ear.
hest and probably not until tomorrow
AZ the heavy timbering is still burn
ing fiercely. The rescuing part!
which went in at the south end found
it's way greatly impeded by the iror
framework of burning cars and by
masses of earth and rock that have
fallen from the roof OF the tunnel
Earth and rock Is still falling. making
the exploration extremely dangerous
and there .is constant fear that othel
lives may be added to those alread!
lost by cave-ins when rescuers at
tempted TO penetrate the tunnel.
Mourncrs Flock to Tunnel.
The scenes around the entrance Il
the tunnel are heart-rending. Score
Of Mexican women and children. rel
,tives Of men who lost their lives in tn
tunnel, are crowded around both por
tails. Some have gone into camp, stoi
cally awaiting the time when the,
can assist the rescuers.
A complete list Of ten American
who lost their lives in Cumbre tunne
follows:
Mrs Lee Carruth and fie children
family OF an engineer employed a
MADEIRA.
M. ]. GilmaEtin. division superin
tendent of the Mexican Northwestern
Railroad. formerly Of Buffalo, N. Y
where he was connected with the But
faio & Susquehanna Railroad as as
sistRnt superintendent.
Bernard Schofield, assistant divisio
superintendent Mexico Northwestern
Railroad, recently from Brazil, Ind. II
was making his first trip over TIL
line.
John f Webster. conductor of tn
passenger train, an old employe of tn
road
IL. J McCutcheon, engineer of tn
passenger train.
]. I. Morris. roadmaster Juarez d
vision Mexico Northwestern.
Lee Williams. manager Of the CON
missary department of the Nader
Company limited, at Medera. recent
from Philadelphia.
II. F, Maederis manager Of the el
press service Of the Mexico Norti
western railroad, formerly auditor I
the wells-Fargo Express company
Mexico.
Thomas Kelly. passenger conducto
who boarded the train at Pearson
10 to the end Of the division at MI
dera. Burgess, given name ar
occupation unknown. said to be
brother Of Mrs. John Brooke. Of
Paso