New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-30

THE FATE OF CIRCUS MEN IN COLORADO

THE FATE Vi ClhCOc MIN ~
xrxr MIN BURNED To pEATH-sFVEN MIN IN i"'
HOSPITAL AT GREELEY-lHE flRh pOh ~ vac
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DENVER. COL, Aug. 29.-A dispatch from "ie'-
,ev Col. to The Noes says: The ourhinE W "
;y,s car nine miles north of Greeley last night
xras attended with indescrbabe horrors i"'
hurued car was next to the engine !"
train of seventeen cars containing Or'oh A"-
American circus which left Fort CoIlns aoou' nv
night last night for Golden, over the ureei'9' az
lake and Pacific Railroad The tram was he"''"4
W,rdsor y small station near Greeley, and was
mining at the rate of about twenty-five Hi0' 'i
hour when Engineer COlleprist discovered tue car
=. ~ On fro and at once reversed his engine anu
threv- omen the valve. There were sixty men III no
car arranged in three tiers of hunks on el'hel Suo
The forward side door was closed ana thc nie" VIZ
sleepinq in hunks against it. The rear sue uooi
was also closed and the men who aw0ke ulScoNeI'u
that the lower uuoccupied berth next TO II, contain
r.bbisb was on fire filling the car with smoke
and emitting off escape in that direction Inc Only
means Of egress was through small WINDOW W
tween the car and the engine. John me husoi
ION. Of Wisconsin, and Elmer Mllet, VI lo""'
oro,yded through this opening and tried to pass ID
water from the engine tank O"Ing
+be sntfocating gases, it was uinic"'
h,,ised in n shocking manner and pitched out Oh
80 window The screams of those unaDle 10 ge'
+brouch the blockade to the aperture were telrHy
-, Tho wild glare of the flames and the slght Oh
The burping victims outside who lay wrlthihs III
agony on the cactus beds, caused the VIII oe"s'S
in the adjoining car to become Haluo
with terror making the scene appalling Inc
nelformers. who occupied the rear cars gazeu WIN
white faces on the awful spectacle, In the MUS.
of the confusion two or three heroic souls appeared
equal 10 the occasion. They bravey cut 'hei
way to their companions to ma theh alIe"uN
IN the agony of death Albert Lape, IN charge OF
the animals and his friend Kent walked Over
cactus in their bare feet pouring buckets OF on ON
+be bli.tered unfortunates and wrapping them III
blouLcts An old Pacific Coast soldier named Nc
Donald formerly of Forepaugh'- show, was ter
tibly burned his flesh hanging IN shreds
trrAUT-RFNpING CRIBS OF HE DYING.
Tho beart.renoing cries of the men on the prairie,
thc .,rothcred appeals of the dying within the ear
thc roaring flames. and the bowling OF tine
animals made the situation terrible beyond
dc.,iiptinu. The Odor of roasting he7h ,@u'i
the dI.tant cry of the coyotes added
g. the general horror me {oce, o. ,o ut. &
' ,r..id"nt Of fhc state Medical Association.
MANY col tine rescued, m beng pui'd iui"ugu '"'
small windows of tine car, had thtu lhh7 pI"h'l,
and Joints dslocatcd AZ day llght Nat ear CURRY"
ID.
County { commissioner, buried thrtomaius M ,"'Nn
toycn feet wide and ten feet long M ln' N''-
lpy cemetery. The Rev. Mn Rccd' ll'au} l''i'h
minister conducted the funeral services inc Tor
oncr nnpnncllcd jury but a. was unable To- learn
the cause of the fro or any H!-
portaut facts as the manng'rh Win
The remainder Of the company, lett tmmr-
dlatcly for Golden To I'LL an afternoon engagement
TIm DEAD AID INJURED.
Ii is impossible TO get complete list If the dead,
as many we're engaged hut day OF two and their
names are unknown. The names of the dead as far
ns learned are rs follows: Alexander Mcleod,
Marinette. Wis; Thomas keely. York Clf\,a
and others known "SlNcLtAorn AMY
"Frenchy." Prank George and "Nmiimo,
and one unknown. -
The following is a list of the sufferers now at H.
Lukcs Hospital in this city;
PapprN ALBERT aged seventeen, OF Logan, Nan,
arms and face badly burned
FArnANK- J.. f.. age twenty-five, arms legs ana race
badly burned. 81. 81, -
bad bruised or face and 'tgs.
KNG tEA~K. Meuomlnee, Mlch, badly bruised aholt
the hands and f,eL ,,, ~
MrGi.y> MICHAEL. agt twenty eight, Of Hot"n' Mich
fac and hands badly hurNrl. d..
O'uoN>rII Il tGu. age hit' six OF New-OrC3Hs 'ad
nu.ued about the face arms, hands and pack' Will
probably die. -
Zr1YEu,N Y j.. age Ugh cen, o. - Lluls' Mich
ar-... legs lace aud back teariu ly burned
a number of the rescued agree tlat IN the ears
were two barrels Of gasoline. which exploded.
eltner from sparks from the engine or from the
wasted torch with which the men were accustomed
70 hCut themselves 10 br'I