Show 14 escape death in train slide time none injured seriously in freak accident ALAMOSA COLO in one ot of the rn most ost spectacular railroad accidents in history three railroad cars were hurled burled like tiny toys down a mountainside ta la by a roaring yet all 14 passengers emerged alive none of the dozen passengers and trainmen was injured seriously one w who escaped injury entirely was a I 1 15 month old boy who fell ell asleep on hl his s grandfathers shoulder as he was vas carried to safety A 19 year old nurse suffered frostbitten feet beet as she scrambled minus stockings and shoes up the frozen slope in the yellow light of train mens lan lantern erns sl the train on it the narrow gauge denver and rio grande western line ae between alamosa alamona and durango w was as c 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 lor for d distances of 30 to feet cushioned by the packed snow they did not ov overturn sturn the nurse mary martinez Martl nez of park view N M said we hit a large tree and the car splintered our burc car ir was at a steep angle and I 1 am sure we would have gone on down the slope it if that tree stopped us the wreck occurred at a ifo 0 t altitude 5 50 0 miles southwest of ala alamona alamosa m osa in su sub b zero weather ta trainmen crimen lighted lares flares and lanterns beside the tracks and tossed a rope op e down to the passengers scram scrambling b ling in the he snow miss martinez a nurse at the denver childrens hospital did what s she he could for the injured but had no first aid equipment |