Pueblo chieftain., 1921-03-16

an effort to locate him.
An order book and small typewriter
WAS found in the ruins. the order book
bearing the partly burned words, st
JOS" These arc believed to have been
the property of Downey or Bodenhaus-
er. with the most probability leaning
to Dovney.
A son OF Ars. Csmstock called from
Denver, and Is hurrying to walsen-
berg.
The porter of the Corona. ].
Tompkins. lives at Denver. He
states. according to reports. that
Ihc was asleep in an upper berth
and was awakened half stran-
gled by the smoke and flames, fell
out of his berth and attempted to
awaken the passengers. The smoke
was SO dense then that he started
coughing and could make no other
sound. He staggered from the car
and to the platform.
| The remains of the bodies. small.
lcharred bits OF flesh and bones, are
at the undertaking establishment OF
George Benefial at walsenberg. be-
Ing held for inquest Wednesday after
noon at 2:t5 o'clock
Three doctors have viewed the re-
lmains OF the catastrophe and state
that the report that a small child was
among the dead was unfouuded. as all
tho bones were those OF mature per-
sons. They state that 1t is apparent.
from the condition Of the remains. thar
In the terror of the time, persons not
yet unconscious trampied half burned
bodies, assisting In tho demolition.
Tho heat, IL is said, was intense. Sill
Ivcr coins that had been the property
lof the fire trapped passengers OF the
Corona, were found melted into Jumps
of metal
Exact Identity will bo impossible
The charred remnants OF the oassen-
gers werc gathered into bread bas-
ket and conveyed to walscnburG.
Identity rests upon the process OF
elimination. tho names OF the rassea-
gers being known. and TINT OF the re-
ported lone survivor. Hoca.
At 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, tho
track WAS reported clear. Work OF
tho wrccking crew was held up until
the arrival of Coroner Darnell permit
ted the removal of weckagc. after the
remains OF the passengers who per
lished In the flames had been removed.
The track is double at that point, and
travel was not delayed after the fire
had burned out
II II was impossible for train No. 1is
to pass the Corona Tuesday morning,
according to members of the train
crew. The car was standing In a deep
cut Tho wind whipped the flames
directly across the path OF the north
bound train. No. ll6 was duo at Pu-
cblo at 2:55 o'clock. Delay until the
sleeping car had burned down sufn-
GENTLY to permit passing In the cut
made tho train two hours late into
this city. according to reports Tues
day night.
No. lis. made up of engine No. 7ss,
a mail car. a baggage car. two day
coaches and the two slcepers, con-
tinucd on its way to walsenburs and
AlAmosa after cutting off the flaming
Corona 1t was running on time UP
until the fire was discovered.
l.IT Iii Na
Vista. formerly we'll known resi-
dent of Pueblo. escaped the train fire
Tuesday morning.
Tho station master at the Union sta
ton stated Tuesday afternoon that
Mrs. McKallip, aged widow of J. c.
Mckallip, "A former gateman at the
Union station and Justice o. the peace
in Pueblo for many years, was be-
lievcd to have been In the sleeper
Corona, the car that burned at Roof,
between Pueblo and walsenburg ear
ly Tuesday morning. Friends of Mrs.
Mrs. Clara Oln, at the Case Verde
apartments, n friend of Mrs Mcksllp,
declared that shc had left the apart
ments late Monday night to catch the
midnight train for Monte Vista No
word had been received from her, Mrs.
olin told the Chieftain and her friends
in Pueblo were much worried.
Il Mrs. Oiin said that Mrs. McNaliip
was n resident Of the Soldiers and
Sailors Home at Monte Vista. A call
by the Chieftain to tho commandant
OF tho home Tuesday night ascertain
ed that Mrs. Mckailip was safe. She
reached tho home Tuesday morning.
The commandant stated that she had
been spectator of the catastrophe.
but had bccn n passenger OF the day
coach at tho front of No. ll5, and
therefore escaped injury.
II Her friends wcro deeply relieved to
learn of her safety and declared that
their anxiety had been increased be-
cause they know that it was her habit
to tako a sleeper berth for the jour
ney.
Her husband, J. G. Mekailip, WAS
well known in Pueblo during his life.
He was a member of the q. a. r., and
as the widow of a soldier OF tho Union
army. Mrs Mekallip Is cared for a,
heen Waiting In Pueblo for two Mooks,