The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-05-04
RaurcRdfng fn q Gale.
A TRAIN TIPPED FROM THE TRAch hi i"'
WIND IN COLORADO.
(Denvcr tCoI.l Tribune, April 2o'I

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fDenvcr fcoI.J Tribune, April 2o'I
yostcrd,v a reporter for the 1rtoune
met Mr.. w. Il. M~eyenesch, a well-kno"m
typo, who was among the passengers oT
! the Denver and south-Park train Dio"n Oh
the track near Come last week. On asking
| for the particulars OF the affair he respoho-
ed a. follows: ,.uoo-
at was what you might call a lucky ac-
cident- lucky for the reason that IL nap
peped lust when 1t did and as II did, De
cause no one was hurt TO amount 10 any
thing. The wind was first noticed as Deine
high when the train reached Buena VISA.
II kept on Increasing in fury, ana when
the train reached Gerands, in the south
| Park, there was a regular hurricane blow
ing. ] got on the tain at Gerands. FROM
there to Como Is only a short run through
the park, but il was three hours before we
got through. The wind was blowing IN
squalls. At times IL would slack up, ana
the train would Jump ahead as II some,
thing bad pushed IL. Again the winu
would strike us, and the train would trem-
BILE and almost stop. 1t was just as u
some giant hand had taken hold OF II ID
was pulling il back. The wind mad a
dull. hollow sound as IL beat against the
cars. but above that you could hear
the shrill whistling through the TEL
epraph-wires. IL was q very odd sensa-
tion. Every one could feel the resistance TO
the train. The engineer said he felt all
the time as though he were pulling n dozen
trains at once. For fifteen minutes before
the accident Conductor Patton was very
nervous. We asked him ii there was any
danger of the train blowing over. He said
he thought not. but he was afraid II would
force n wheel of or break il. He stood In
the smoker with his hand on the bell-rope,
ready il anything happened. 1he brake
man was sent back into the coach with IN
structions to do the same. The passengers
in the smoker were all young fellows. we
were chatting about what we would do II
the tram blew OVER. Mr.. Egbert was IN
the rear coach. He asked the chief en-
gineer what he should do II the tram blew
over. The engineer said nc should stand
by the closet, 80 that nothing would fall on
him, and he took that position. Mr.. Egg
bert warned him that the stove would
catch him. and he had just moved IRON the
place when the train went over.
THE smoker went first. IL tipped in
the easiest wav imaginable. The conductor
yelled. Here we go!' Every n caught
hold OF the seats, and the car just naturally
Law down on its side. The strain twisted
the draw-bar off between the smoker and
the ~baegage-car The engineer reversed
his engine and stopped within two car
lengths. BY that time the mail-car and
coach were both over. As soon as we lit i
looked around, and saw every n hanging
TO the seats. / looked for the fire, and saw
that the rear stove had emptied into the
closet opposite. Then / climbed out the
window. | went to the door, and by the
time I got there the conductor had got it
open, The fire was put out ut once We
then went TO the coach TO see il any
was injured, and found that the only
damage was that a little 10y had got his lip
tut on a broken pane OF glass. The coach
had struck on q tie and broken intwo. We
hen started forward. The first man who
tried TO cross TO the b~aggage-car was knock
I'd down by the wind. We got across as
best we could. When we reached the bag !
sage-car we thought some n had been
killed, as there was blood running from a
lie under one Of the windows. We soon
earned that il came from the b~aggage-Inas-
er's nose. lie had been sitting with his
cooked up on the stove OF the upper
idc Of the car, and when 1t went over his
lose lit on the w%indow-sill on the other
idle.
"As soon rs we found that no one was
lurt we got the two ladies and the chill
lren who were in the coach over 10 the EN-
and it ran down to Como with them.
took three men 10 get one lady from the
,0ach TO the engine. When they were
.onc we got back into the cars and enjoyed
ourselves. The peanut-boy's box furnished
he refreshments for the happy occasion.
md when the engine got back there was
left in it but his basket and a Life
i Jesse James. They were afraid to bring
q coach or q boX-car for us, so they
brought down two engines and a ~flat-car.
We rode up to Como and lay there for
wenty-siX hours before going on. II was
ucky that Mr.. Egbert was on board, rs he
aw the danger OF the situation and stopped
verifying on the road at once. II the ac-
ident had happened 900 feet back OF where
t did the train would have gone down Il
embankment. We had got over il
nd come to a nice level place Just in the
lick Of time,r