The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-06-28
nExICo ANR COLORAn0.

The Great Railway Accident IN lhe siate
Repablle-DeiailS or the CalanIly-
Further AeeOunt Of lhe Indian rFoubl
IN Colorado.
ST. LOUIS, June T,-Followiug are de
tails received in specials from the city o
Mexico relative to the disaster on TIL
Morlss Railway, by which a train wa
hurled into the San Antonia river near thl
town of Maliois: "For sometime pas
this section Of the country has been swsp
BY fierce storms, swelling the creeks init
torrents and laying waste many tsrtill
fields. The bridge spanning the river d
the point mentioned, although know to bI
unsafe, was still in use when the fAted
train, bearing q battalion Of soldiers, at
tempted ia passage, The result was Z
crash as the undermined supports gave
way and the engine and cars were hurled
headlonE down the Ghasm.
scGItely had the magnitude oi the tTsgs'
dy become apparent when new horror
was added, In freight van comprising
q portion Of the train was o consignment
OF alcohol. This took fire and the subse'
quent explosion contributed much 10 the
loss oi life, The few who escaped unin,
ured at once applied themselves to the
rsecue OF their less fortunate comrades,
but It wsa some hours before the exact
extent OF the tragedy grew apparent. Il
Is now known, however, that thirteen Off
Gers Rnd one hundred and ninety.swo pri-
Yates were either killed outright by the
fall or roasted to death, while tifty others
sustained hurts OF more or less serious
character, The train was entirely con.
sumed. ...
When the Information OF the sad event
reached this city the excitement was un'
bounded, and crowds thronged all
news centres anxiously awaiting partiCu.
lars. Never In the history OF the Republic
has 80 frightful casualty been Chrcni
Cled, aud its occurrence, 1t 10 feared, may
still further prejudice the popular mind
against railway enterprises, However,
Los Gringes, as the natives term all out
side barbariane, can come in for no share
OF blame In this transaction. The Moreles
road 10 q narrow gauge line built by the
Government subVention and Ia entirely
the work Of Mexican engineers. II was
first opened to the public on the 18Th inst.
III huulllOu W lus lUsb VI lllb nlI6huy pre-
sented, 1t appears that the engineer and
fireman Of the illomsned train were
scaldsd to death.
Dispatches from Denver coFoboSats pre-.
vious accounts OF the trouble with the
Indians in Colorado, There were eighteen
stoCkmen engsged In the fight at Grand
Valley. On the arst day j. N. Eskrdge,
James Hall and David 4 ILLS were cut of
and surrounded by the Indians, whom
they fought hand to hand, although out.
numbered ten to one. Willis was killed
Hall was seriously wounded and ESkridgs
had bis hat Fiddled with bullets. His
scalp was covered with wounds, caused
by the grazing OF bullets, and he received
q wound in the ankle which will have to
be amputated. Eight OF the eighteen
whites were missing on the evening of the
first day. One OF them, Jordan, was
wounded. The other seven we're probably
killed, although they may have eCCaped 10
the Mormon tort, 10 Grand Valley. The
missing are Jack Gollawsy, H. H. Melvin,
Thomas Oily, s. O, Taylor, the two Tartar
brothers and an unknown man. D. G.
Taylor started for Raco. The Indians have
received reiniorcemenGs and have several
hundred warriors In the aeld.