Show 14 escape death in train slide sione flone injured seriously in freak accident ALAMOSA COLO in one of the most spectacular railroad accidents in history three railroad cars were hurled like tiny toys down a moun ta inside by a roaring de yet all 14 passengers emerged alive none of othe the dozen passengers and trainmen was injured seriously one who escaped injury entirely was a 15 month old boy who fell asleep on his grandfather grandfathers s shoulder as he was carried to safety A 19 year old nurse suffered frost bitten feet as she scrambled minus stockings and shoes up the frozen slope in the yellow light of train men s lanterns the tram train on the narrow gauge denver and rio grande western I 1 ne between alamosa alamona and durango was climbing toward cumbres chumbres pass when the slide struck the torrent of snow feet wide smashed into the last three cars they were swept down the slope for distances of 30 to feet cush boned by the packed snow they did not overturn the nurse mary martinez of park view N M said we hit a large tree and the car splintered our car was at a steep angle and I 1 am sure we would have gone on down the slope if that tree hadn haan t stopped us the wreck occurred at a 9 foot altitude 50 miles southwest of alamosa alamona in sub zero weather trainmen lighted flares and lan ian terns beside the tracks and tossed a rope down to the passengers scrambling to in the snow miss martinez a nurse at the denver children s hospital did what she could tor for the injured but had no first aid equipment |