, 1881-03-12
SAiASff-Dr IN COLORAD0.
6ptefdt Dttpdteh to THs Ethteuoo Tr5b,,u .

Lax IuxTA, Colo, HNrc!, }i,-'fho Nh.
Mexico trntn Ut tic Atchison, Topeka =
Snntn I'd railroad Company, 'whjrl lot,
ka,.sas City Mt 10 o'clock Wednesday uiph,
met with q sesia"s aceideNt fonr mijrs smith,
west Of La Juhta, Colo. There were ohon,
seyenty.}ire passengers on tho train. ,nI
among tka1n your correspondent, When thts
accident ocensIed. Last evening a,ott
o'clock 4 severe B,iow-storn, accounaulad
By ono Of thu tcrcest wlnl.s,orus tbat err,
visited tll's SECTION, cnmo up. Thu train
could move along but slow!y. ayd
could not make more than IN,
miles MI hour. 1t reached LII Junta fiji,
morning seven hours late. After ,ht
passengers Ind caten breakfast tho traIr
moved OIL towards Now Mexico Mt the SAM
slow spead, the wind being still! yery htab
About fifteen minutes later there was a sul
den jar, md the cars went down IN c,nbant
ment about tlse feet high, landtng ho,tow
siIe up. leaving passengers, baggnge aud al
in n promiscuous lleap. 1twns first bclltyet
that at least half OF tia passengers weu
killed, but, after taking survey OF the sur
roundings 1t WIS found that. although
number were Woi,sdcd, uune were badly
or hnd sustained any very serious tuiu,y
Your correspondent did moi, receive scratch
alld wns one OF tho first to lend helptnt
hand to the disabled. Tile accident wa'
caused by broken rnil. The ensfne, a!lt
mafl mid baggage cnrs passed over safely
lnt tho s1nolstng.car, p,tssenger-coaeh, aps
| sleeper wcro hurled down tho elubauklneu,
alld landed about thirty feet from tho road
| bed, turning a complete somerset Ms tue,
| struck the ground. The large humber oI
1 hal n mil
| and tlleIr good luck was due to the fact tiat
| tic train ran very slowly when thu nc.
ciAont occurred. 1t wns also fortu.
but little fire In the stoves, as the uassenger
would l'aye stood In danger Of belug roasted
alive, there being no way of speedy exit from
thu cars. Considerable climbing lad to be
do,.e to reach tho doors, which were on the
top. The conductor Of tho sleeper. Mr.. c. D,
| Davis, deserves credit for his cooness and
bravery in at once extlnguishing tile fFe,
though suffering from bruised leg. The
porter, Snlldy Edwards, was hurled through
tho rear door and landed OIL q so,lw.
pile Oh his lead, but WIS not hult
thanks to the thickness Ut hts skull
Both laborcd hard to make tllclr passcngers
comfortable while waiting In the wrecked
car for tho rcl[ef-train which Ind been dis.
pntclled from, La Jutlta. After cue hour'i
confinement the rolief-trofn arrived, and tla
wounded were taken back to La tuna and
provided with NIL comforts at the fallsoad
hotel at this point. Thu most seriously IT.
tured passenger Is ..Mr. William alold, 4 ma'
son from St. Louis, Mo-, who WIS on Its va,
to New Mexico to work OH the yuad. LII was
seriously injured Internally al,d received a
very severe cut OIL his heal four
or five inches long. Tho prospects are
however, that he vii! recover. Alr. T. J.
Hickman, Sheriff Of Bent County, Colorado
was lii tile smok[ng-car, and had his i'eaf
badly cut, aud Is also Injured Internally, bu
Is ablc to walk about. Capt. Ellingwortl, d
| Topeku, was hurt Internally. Mir. Ed Stiass
burg and wife, Of Topeka, were both injnres
III thu head. Mr.. e. Boyde.t, Of SedaIia, l1at
his head injured. and was bruised In ya7lou
parts u tha body. Mr.. N. Bruckst OF GU
cago, was badly cnt In tho hand and a3a
alid Ills arm was also seriously bruised
Nearly. everybody OIL tue traln wa
ulure or less cut and bruised, except you
correspondent and Afr. +, Il. Dlnke. one
tho owners Ut the White Oak Golucn Efq
Dir. Samuel Marshnll, OF tho trm Ut Marshal
d llsttNe, Ut MElWAullce, nlld his ua9kltt:9I
were MISC on the tral,l, hut escaped WI!
slight strntches. We EXPECT q train here tlll
evening to tako us to tic end OF our journey
BISMARCK.