Show THIRTY FIVE MEET DEATH WHilE OPERATOR SLEEPS AT HIS POST Passengers Crushed and Burned to th Death in Terrible Wreck Denver Rio Grande Near Pueblo Colo Cob u i r l li OR ORDER eithER ER FOR NEW MEETING PLACE NOT DELIVERED Fast Passenger Trains Collide on Head-on When Running Full Speed and Fire Which Follows Incinerates ri r- r i ates ales Pinioned Victims v L r H t f T f C Colo lu Mardi March 1 n G-An An opera opera- tr ho had hall worked 1 for two seventy J colI o hours without rests rest Is Ig re re- It is alleged alle for the on Oil the thc Denver DelIver Illo Hlo Gran Grande railroad at 2 20 O this I morning In fn which many man of jt the thc ers the number being beIng- variously estimated from twenty one to tu thirty live wore cru crushed or burn- burn I cd to death The operator was arrested Knight ht k lie has confessed that he Veil tell asleep While While- he lie slept dispatchers dispatchers' orders which would have havo prevented IHO the thc wreck were were- not delivered t tv J ono Ji Known nO 11 lend Dead Twenty one men women antI and j dren ato aru aie positively known to be dead droll A collection of t charred bones thrown promiscuously Into a big bo box will vIt for for- forever Uv ever l. l hide hide- the J of or perhaps 1 01 czi or twenty more marc In one of the thc k- k burned cars s an was foreign emigrants I Jn ceJ now homes in III the northwest Only a n few row bits of blackened bone remain as mute witnesses that these foreigners had lived 11 and anti diet died The The wreck is attributed to the failure tall fall fallu u ure Ulc o of or the telegraph aph operator at Swallow Swa- Swa Joto low Jow to deliver an or order which chang chanS' changed ed eti the of the thc two trains rho utah tah and California express No lo 3 3 west bound loft left Pueblo over an hour and a half hair late and was given orders to 0 meet the thc Colorado an and New cw rf Mexico No lo 16 east bound at ni Pint Pint- Flor- Flor order ordel was wao as changed chang and the west bound train Ullin was as directed to topas toJI JI pas lK tho the east bound train at It Beavers about twelve miles cast east of Florence Florence- Order Wasn't U JIL I Delivered T 1 ol d should l hoi I ra nd c j. j t ml n S I I J Jl l' l r I c thc thc- c O th rc S. S F F. Jt J 7 t U t. t 2 ll P. P n Ul Or cJ I. I P f Ip NJ m. uh 1 V I a. a Q r. r l i 1 f l nl If f r-o r Z had ln passed ed lip I 1 o. o Then Ko NO IS ti R n v nc west west- js t i ind train ln came cam along Lively gave 4 tho iho orders to the engineer of oC No o 1 TG i. who said These are arc No 0 38 orders Notifies Dispatcher I Lively LI Immediately notified the tho dispatcher dis- dis t of his failure allure to deliver deli 3 orders hut but it was then too late lato to prevent 1 the wreck y I Lively ely I Is 2 25 years cas old an and had been beenS In fn ii the of nf it the several S S. S years cars C US lIe He said sa leI to today that he ho had hall hadS S worked Tuc Tuesday da Wednesday lav Thursday Thurs Thurs- day ly 1 and Thursday Thursa night without rest rolt lie wild said S r I J 1 was waK dead for rest test I went wont to sleep and 11 did 1 not flOt give No o. o 3 1 its IlK ord ers I am sin responsible for the wreck I 1 will not run away I Railroad deny however howo I that l Lively was overworked Nl Among inong tho the dead only the thc 4 In lug Ing hn have been l Identified up UI to this time Identified Dead li li- WILLIAM ILLIAM II I I. HOLLIS of Salida enS en- en S train trail No 16 S Y C. engineer engine No o. o 3 Pueblo E. E M. M D. D Globe ex- ex S No 1 G. G messenger r S THOMAS NI of ot l Lead Lead- S ns WILLIAM l I of or orT the atter anti anil T nn n her daughter baby A. A N. N S. S S MISS G l ti ly Injured S 1111 list II I or 01 r badly Injured 5 ElJ Edward 1 13 1 Baird Dail deputy of or Denver Donver Archibald Ar Whitney Bairds Baird's prig prig- S oner 5 Fr Fred d S S Mrs II A. A E. E E Hewitt Lebo Kana I v Dab Baby Hewitt I Lebo Kans Ians Leho Lebo Kans Kan W. W r j j. j H Hewitt J F. F Paul Portland 1 Ore Oro V. David porter of or Chi Chi- cago coo N. N N. N Ph Phillips Co lIt B Goldberg De Denver Deliver 11 Cl bruised Harry BatTy Junc- Junc Grand Mrs Ils John thou lion I P P. Peters ha g Denver and am head cut broken n 1 viIi 1 hound for I I JUlIy James JanH I I head ll und ono FIM Cole Colo foot foul o 5 Ira Elwood Gypsum smashed Wolcott S for 01 Mabel Field bound badly Injured Lebo Kan leg IcS broKen broK- broK S A. A E E. Hewitt en en in and aUth other oilier right rightS 5 Cob Colo Yampa 1 S Thomas Webb fool foot sprained Utah foot Coot S I R. R AV V. Phillips bruised N. N M. M I I. I foot S C C. C C C. C House Chama Cham cut cuU eU t.- t. Colo CotO back IH K It W. W t Page Pago Injured slightly lI I. I KIsei KI New Nc ew York unknown rc residence a A. A Herber Herbet br bruised York City heat head S New NC C C. C C M. M L Wright S Injured Geor George iL c Bradshaw Chicago ngo tot t smashed o leftt left loft S sr HI l J lf Wyo Y S. S W W. fields Joi luc n. clork Denver jen C r mull t 5 5 Jot 11 llo S e. e mail ctrl clerk I i Den Den- cn- cn od mal 5 Edward F bruited J r var Denver seriously Clinton Injured pueblo A A. A II H. Smith III M Mo Io o. o Bert Ilert ert Myers s M 3 i. i. i toi 1 i Oil B Blo lo tt Mo s H Ii j O t n n Trillion I J J. J I 1 Lawton Lavton AlO I H H. 1 I. Jones Denver r l' l W. W A. A Walking Denver Deliver i Philip Peters express s nie messenger No o. o 3 3 F John Scott Denver J. J L. L C. C San Sati Francisco IiIi Sarah Cleveland On Hoodoo Cur i The wreck occurred occurred In a n blinding snow storm on what is known as the Hoodoo curve cune called so because of Its Ili gruesome g history It It being the scene of a terrible collision ii in October iDOl 1004 The curve at this thI point Is in the form of the letter S. S ant an and 1 because of f the high h hills on cither side trains can cannot cannot 1 not see Ice each other until they are arc almost al almost al- al most together tos Both passenger trains were bowling alon along at almost 35 3 miles an hour In lii Inan hIan an effort to make male up lost Omo tu to prevent pre tIe tIe- vent ent further delay on Oil account of the tho snow ow which covered the tho tracks lot for miles to a depth of a foot font or II more Number 3 was vas drawn by ly two monster m mountain engines Ines while No 16 comIn coming com corn log ing down clown th the mountain was hauled by one engine cn ll e Both iloth trains were heavy consisting of hag baggage a- a express tourist and antI mall cars cats day coaches standard sleepers The fist first day coach In train No 0 3 was sas of light lI-ht construction construction con Culi- and It was In this car that the majority of fatalities occurred Unaware of Danger Thc Tho engine Ine crows crews of both trains wet were totally unaware of their danger dalls-cr and 1111 did tild not see each ach others other's approach until within le less s than 00 yards apart All Etli brakes were applied an and 1 the en engineers en- en remained at their thelt posts two of r theta them of oC No 16 and c Caus- Caus lotto lotte of No Xo 3 3 being Instantly It killed III etl I When hen their theil bodies hollie were taken from from J the tho wrecked engines m-ines their thell han hands t- t wen wen- still clasping the emergency lever Ic Fireman Smith of or No 3 jumped jump jump- ed as th tho hi trains came cam together tog and WIh Ji J fa w baube e irim n r as instant instant- l 1 I ei er II- II rik KeI tn rl III i i l. j lh is II r Hf I il tJ Wi I Jo J m IJ 9 li lit t J i rifle liters climb climb- lJ- lJ J InK oJ ng On ot of r on un thol nC thoi und I Tl mas M of broken Iron and steel The baS baS' baggage sc anti mall mail curs cars of oC No o. o 3 did tIki nol not receive the full force of or the shock and were only partially wrecked hut but the day coaches were wn lele telescoped coped for Cot twenty feet each tIme the pas en ers being crushed and ground round to death All 11 o of the cars on No Xo 16 i ro re telescoped 1 ot the sleepers but not enough h to kill an any on one Wreckage Takes Tu lH lire Fire l he Within two minutes after the tho collision the tho wreckage caught ht flee fire starting In 01 the first day coach of No Nc t. t 3 The Thc breaking of the tile Illuminating added ad ed fuel gas s tanks under un this car cam to the tIme flame One of or the peculiar features of the I wreck is that not one car in IlL train No o. o 3 left len the track or 01 overturned Th v burned IB w th they stood upright bt and the heat was BO to intense that rescue rc cue Time lime work worl was nil all but impossible after aCter timm those of the tram tramm crew and passengers who virn wore were Injured essayed essay ed to drag out some person from time the burning wreckage e ag-e only to to fall full anti and th m the sight of a human being slow slow- lv Iv roasted to death followed One Ono young woman whose name could not 1 be learned beg bogged begged e 1 pitifully for help When a man seized her by bytho bythe the tho hands tho the peeled 1 led off oft Sin tell Poll back Into the car Cur urn tin a a. vicious flame name of or burning gas snuffed out her life Another passenger Jam asked 1 tot for ol as Rt IlI Ills feet re caught Il He lie could coull not nol be bo dragged from the wreck wreck- age With the flames creeping closer anti and closet closer he saidI said 01 1 I 1 am urn badly hurt boys bOYM anti and you cant can't help tnt mo Save Have yourselves 2 A second later he lie 11 JU lost t consciousness conscious ness and In tWo to minutes he lie was WaH literally liter ally being incinerated Still another pathetic and heartrending heartrending heart heart- rending Incident was WaI that of or a man woman roman and antI child who gave up nit theme their lives after anci vainly s ru struggling to work themselves free of or the broken burnIng burning burning burn burn- ing timbers Umbers anti and twisted Iron roO rod Gus Tank EXplOdes The Thu scenes Immediately following the tho wreck were of great confusion all lights light being extinguished anti and tho hp he cries of or the Injured echoing ove over the 1110 appalling mass of or wreckage e. e It was wnm only a moment I I ii w vI- vI fore before there ther VW wow as an J- J of or gu gus gas from florn one ono of Ute tanks hurled In time the wreckage ILlI and before more titan thun a u few ow could be bo rr rescued from under the mass of twisted Iron and Lild steel and splintered wood of at the tIme telescoped cass cars they V were rc burned by bytho bytho fleece fierce an as anto asto tho time thames names which were wei-e so to burn some ot or the rescuers painfullY pain pain- fully Although tho time first four foul coaches of train No 0 3 I were piled 1 up 1111 tho the greatest damage was vas done lone to the time nr tim first t coach conch which at tho Uw lime time of the tho collision col col- I was waN filled with passengers elM with I the greater number of or the killed a anti and I severely Injured wore In this car Only throe three or oi four CaUl p Inthis in inthis this car art are known to have escaped uninjured Several saw one man extricate ex cx- from the wreckage and run wildly down own the track through the snow appearing as though ho he hoh h l lost his reason front from tho the terrible shock Later ho ito was found wan wandering wander wander- In lug ing in the direction of Adobe A lohe and train tl taht-im taht to Pui-blo Pui with the time bearing time the injured nud 1 iruin C cu Ground two wo were at at f once d. d d patched to Florence once and Portland for th the tho news reached aid nn and as soon as Pueblo a U relief train wa W va II made up UI that aITI arrived on orm th the tho scene at itt 5 d I oil II Pu f THIRTY FIVE MEET DEATH WHILE OPERATOR SLEEPS Cou Jn lUf Pago a l' l I. I h bearing surgeons and amid first aids for or orthe the injured most of oC whom hind had he been en carried to lo the sleeping cars and amid made as c ble as po possible The rhe wrecking wreck wi-eck- in jug ing train alf arrived tI before 7 j a cm a. a in rn but bul lh the lie wrecked cat cars were nero burning so fiercely Ilet-cely that hint it ft was more moi-e than an au hour before time the actual work Of of clearing of-clearing the lie carrying c. out the thc charmed charred char char- red m-ed anil timid blackened and bodies could pro pi- Fireman 11 Tells Story A 4 graphic story ot of the tho collision was os told tonight hl h by Fireman Harry HalTY Hartman Hart Hart- man who was ivas on un n engine Xo No o j 30 drawing time the east bound train The night was biller cold colel said It was si-as as dark ark as pitch Iho tue snow sno was ivas falling failing fast and timid a high wind made matters s much worse We e c were mere coming coining down grade at nt a n good gooth vale rale of speed 1 I had hail just IutIn put hut in Iii a fire and amid was sitting in the lie cab cah thinking I could take lalie things easy for fOI a when hes he's er m my engineer engin In eel eer you ou know said Look out what's hats that ha I I saw AA him him tin till owin owing himself out of time till cab I stepped o cr to his side Ride to o see cc what hiat Avas as thin the matter I 1 saw sav a light hight ahead of 01 U itS us but hut I had hind no Idea Iden for Ol an instant that it Ita was a on the time Rio IUn Grande qt tracks tm I thought it was wasa a Santa Samita aI H F Fe train I r remember cr looking at nl the ground round once or om- twice and amid wondering whether or mio not r I should jump Then Thon I looked ed out again an and amid SAW Fa Fathe the time light not ten feet feel awa away I was too scared scam to jump I 1 the time engines coming coining to lo anti and that's all 11 1 From CabI Cab I lOr f was thrown ti from th lie cab like shot hot out omit of or a cannon h When hemi n I picked myself m up imp I was too loo dazed for COl a molo mo- mo lo to lea J e what hal hat had hael happened When hen 1 found that lint I was not nol hurt unit with the exception of a n few anI and a bruised shoulder er I r looked cd around to lo see ee what had happened The Tin coaches were e cathy alt on fire filC and t time the thames names were weme spreading through the thc train irain like e lightning I did hid what WhAl I could lo tu save 11 some of those who were iVele impi but hut I guess I did not nol do much hH of One On Purt Party t Killed P Perhaps P Ph h saddest h d l f nr in with Ith th time the wreck was the tho practical lIa ical I extinction o of the ii H family l am und anti a party from froni Lebo Kans Ians consisting con con- 1 sitting lIn of eleven en persons per en route route- to lo toJ J Joseph O Ore The mem members of or this party were vere Mr h and anti Mrs irs I. I Taylor Hewitt their sons E E. A A. A Hewitt and andr W. W L L. Hewitt and anti their theft daughter Pearl 15 Hi years old Mrs A A. U E Hewitt Mrs s. IS W. W L L. Hewitt anti and her baby Mr Ir and amul Mrs s. Ed lU ward Conle and Fred Fied Jones Jone The They were wro all killed 1 except A. A I K i and amid W v. v L L. Hewitt Th The railroad raili-oad officials estimate the dead dea tonight at al from five twenty lo tu o of whom be 10 thirty some may never Identified ill o owing lo to the fact that hat the bodies are c so baJI badly burned Patrick Murphy urphy a wealthy oil nil man manof of Florence was taken out of lie tho wreck for or df dead and amid repotted as such SUCIL Ho Iii JIra a was was' as' as dropped l In iii the snow and amid hours homs l later revived lvell H HC Tie Is badly injured ama and ma may not nol survive cur |