Show cloudburst CAUSES WRECK sixteen killed when train plunged into raging torrent denver colo sixteen persons lost their lives and eleven others sustained more or less severe injuries in the wreck two miles east of clayton kan early friday morning of westbound rock island passenger train the wreck occurred at a fill 1000 feet of which had been washed out by cloudburst the train was running practically on time and was proceeding on a straight stretch ot of track evidently the first intimation that the engineer had of any danger came when he realized that the forward portion of the train was running in water which had spread out over the tracks near the fill reversing his engine the speed of the train was checked but not enough to prevent the engine baggage bahig age car and smoker going over into depression |