Evening star., 1923-09-29
BREAK INTO WRECK
WHERE 4ODR0WN
Three Bodies Already Taken
From Cars Submerged
Near Casper.
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CASPER Wyo., September %
Three bedies were recovered today
from the wreck of Burlington pas
senger train No. 80, which crashed
through a bridge near here Thursday
night
They were the first to be taken from
the wreck proper and marked the be-
ginning of rescue work which was
expected to continue until the death
toll. now estimated at between twen-
ty-five and forty, is definitely deter
mined.
The body Of E. ]. Klove. brakeman.
of Casper was the first to be re-
moved from the chair car, The bodies
of G. w. Nourse, Gunnison, Col, and
Albert Hill, negro, of Dodge City.
Kan. were found under the baggage
car.
Rapidly recedins matters have made
active rescue work possible and the
construction of dam built out of
sand bags has diverted the current
to the west side of the channel. The
coaches. partly irnbsdded in the sand.
will all be entered and searched late
today. it is believed.
The body of D. E. Schultz of Denver.
baggageman, was recovered after 1t
had been washed clear of the wreck
age and rescuers rugged rope bridge
to it,
Wreck Greatest Disaster.
Professional divers among the VOL
unteers who went to the scene or
the wreck offered to try to break into
the watery tombs formed by the sub
merged coaches. but railroad officials
regarded the plan as too hazardous.
The wreck Is characterised as the
greatest disaster that has occurred
on the Burlington railroad In Wyo-
ming Shortly before the train made
it's death plunge track walker nad
crossed the bridge, and he said later
the structure was sa1e. Inen. sooTi
of water. caused by a cloudburst'
swent down the channel. Its force
weakened the bridge pfling, and when
the trained rolled upon 1T the struc-
ture collapsed.
storm Still Rages.
Central Wyoming still is in the
grip of storms that have occurred
internationally for three days. Floods
have caused damage that cannot yet
be estimated. Both the chicago,
burlington and Quincy and the
Chicago and Northwestern railroads
suffered great losses, due to- wrecked
bridges and roadbeds, with many miles
of track gone completely
Much of the Salt Creek oil field,
forty-five miles from Casper is re-
ported under water. Pipe lines have
broken and a flood of crude Oil Is
adding to the damage.
Trains are being held up in some
sections and in many districts travel
by automobile is impossible. News
paper men who left Denver Friday
morning in automobiles for the scene
of the Cole Creek wreck still are 100
miles from the spot where the acci-
dent occurred.
List of Survivors.
The list of those reported to the Of
ficers here as rescued include -
Lewis, Casper; Gibbling, Casper;
yer; Mrs. c. A. Mullock. Thermopolis;
NJ Morewitz, Chicago; G. e. Evenson,
Casper; Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Beck,
Du Bois, Wyo.: Mrs. w. F. MCGUIRE,
San Shasta, Calf; D. j. Banker.
Brookline. Mass; Mrs. S. Tweed. Lam
der, Wyo.; John Downs, Littleton.
N. Chipley, Denver; William Buckley,
Lincoln, Neb.; Ernest P. Kipp, Den
yer; Genevieve May. Salida, Col; Mr..
and Mrs. w. A: Robinson. Salida. Col;
Mrs; Don gasSnr Sullivan casIsa; Henry nar
yer; Mrs. Riley Brown and two chill
dren, no address; Mrs Eva Boyer,
Glen Rock; John Christie, Parkerton,
wyo.; j. Melatz, Denver; Tod Powell,
Cheyenne, Wyo.; Mr.. and Mrs. H. r.
Bubb, Casper; J. H. Johnson, Dem
yer; Mrs. Nicholas Schmidt. Douglas,
wyo.; Gene Carson, no address: H. NJ.
Gallagher. Denver; John Spurgin. Salt
Creek, Wyo.: Gus G. Phillips, Barber.
Okla.
Among those missing are believed to
be Jay Griswold, Casper; Mrs. Minnie
Owens, Casper; - Martin, Casper;
Nicholas. Schmidt, Douglas, Wyo.;
- Montgomery, no address; -
Gearhart, no address; Ganks no
addraSs