Pueblo chieftain., 1921-08-25

According TO passengers anu hiN
rz out into the night intently watch
he train was running along about
twenty miles an hour, at Gale siding
eighteen miles east OF nero.
"trmstronE. tho engineer, was peer
rg out into then ight intently watch
ns the track" said ". T Linkins.
fireman OF tho train. who Is resting
,ere in serious condition. great
sheets OF rain were pouring down ana
we were going pretty SLOW felt the
nSiuo lurch when the trcstle beneath
her saEsed: Armstrong jcrked the
throttle open in an attempt TO pun the
train off the bridge before tho crash
came. Tho engine made the opposite
cank but there itiopplod and rolled
pvcr and over down the cmoankmont,
Armstrong was crushed but when We
'ound him his hand was still tight on
Tho throttle"
According to the tales told here by
.uryiyors. terror reigred in the passen-
ger coaches when the cars PLUNGED into
The usually dry Gale wash.
Four cars followed the engine in the
rlun-c down the bank. The first coach.
which ~as the smoker, crashed over
on its end. spiilir- the passengcV tnto
the lower end. whcr. the men fcught.
cursed and struggled in tho rushins
waters Of the swollen river. striving
to escape.
The car Topped again and landed on
i,s side and top. Shouts and cries OF
the pas.sngers were s,illed now. groans
and rnosns were all that were heard.
Those that were able crawled out Of
the windows. and the majority of them
r.rc cut and bleeding from flying glass
and from being shaken like dice in u
box
The Intermittent flashes Of lightning
revealed tho other coaches crushed and
broken lying In or near the water
The.. were not smoking cars and
women and children probably prcdom-
mated in numbers Shrtcks OF those
injured and caught in the vrsckaSc-
screams Of relatives hunting their lost
ones. the hiss Of opsping steam from
tn. wrecked locomotive. the rumble OF
the ,hurAsr and the roar OF tho swol-
len river. all but dared those that were
able to move about, But not for long.
some one spread the alarm and soon
aid was coming from Grand Junction.
Special doctors and nurses were hur-
ried to tho scene to render first aid
Tho hospitals hers arc fillcd tonight
Nth tho injured r W. Hewitt Of
Grand Junction probably owes his life
70 two youths who were dead-hcsdinE
their way TO Berkeley, Cal. to attend
college there this fall. They were
stanley Clark and Norman Muneon.
both n years old They were riding the
tender When the train crashed thru
the trcstie they were asleep; they were
thrown clear and Immediately sean
10 aid IN rescue. They pulled II Nitt
from tho debris and thon put out a
fire TN the mail car and gathered ur
al tho registered mail in uisht and
turned Il over to Hewitt.
Donald Rsdfern Is years old. ~ lyinS
IN n horpitnt hero In serious condi-
tior sutfcrnE from deep scalp wound.
wrist cuts and int rnsl injuries. His
father was Frank Redfern. who was
Liiied his skull crushed and his body
battered Tic was I'M tho toilet COM
nnr,men, when tho crash came
Fifteen Of tho thirty-iour injured that
were brought here arc IN st Mary r
borpitai. many ot them in critical
condition
IN. baggage car landed in the RIVER
INTO which the dry wash emptied. The
end OF tho car VAS demolished ana
dozens Of trunks were lost In the rush-
irr vatsrE. Hardly passenger but
what reported that he had lost some :
thing: many lost suitcases. sripH ana
money. Ono man told doctor that
he had lost 800 in currency In the
river
Hugo Olson. president Of large
eastern carh register firm who escsp~d
with a bad shaking up and numerous
br,iiseH. said 1T was tho worst espe
rieuce Of ms life. II all came 30 sud
de4ly tha, ali werc taken unavares
Robert At OF Denver said that When