The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-09-07
KILLED OFF like SHEEP
An Awful Railway Disaster On The Rio
Gfande In Colorado.
Five Men Instantly Killed and Thirty
seven Wounded-The Dead
and Wounded Piled
In Heaps.

DENVER, Colo. Sept. 6.-Tbe most
serious accident which has happened on
the Riu Grande railway for years occurred
four miles east Of Florence at S O'Clock
this morning. Sections Of No. and 3 of
freight train No. 81 left Pueblo at 3 O'Clock
Tor the west. The first section had At
tached passenger coach loaded with AZ
laborers bound for Tennessee pass and the
southwestern extensions OF the road. Tbs
hrst section had either stopped in the cut
near Florence or had greatly reduced In
speed, when the second section, the euei-
neer OF which was prevented from seeing
the head section by sharp turn In the
cut, dashed into the coach, tearing II inn.
thousand pieces and throwing the dsbris
the wounded and dead on to the Santa 70
track, a few feet away. Twelve loaded
freight cars ahead Of the coach were de-
rallied and completely wrecked. None OF
trainmen were injured.
Those who escaped from the car unin-
jurcd, together with some Of the citisens
OF Florence, were soon at work taking thu
injured and dead from the wreck. As the
coach was lying by itself and not under
any other cars il was with but little diffi-
Guilty that the men were taken out and
conveyed 10 the depot, which was turnsd
into temporary hospital. or the AZ me.
known to have been sleeping in the car,
five were killed instantly and 81 wounded.
Physicians from Canyon City and Pueblo
arrived in very short time on special
trains and gave the wounded all the At
tention possible. The injured were taken
10 the company's hospital at Salida tn
night and two of the men are noiexpec,.d
TO live until morning. The dead are:
{. l.. WINTERS. Idaho Springs, Cole.
JONATHAN Folks. Pueblo.
A. MEYER, Pueblo.
JAMES DoNESAS. Pueblo.
{. B. WILLIAMS. Leadville.
Those most seriously injured are.
JAMES FAUST. fractured thigh.
). PoRENri, both hips fractured.
En- BRowS. hips dislocated.
JoHN WELSH, head badly cut.
T.. l.. FASH. severe internal injuries.
JoHN PALMER, both legs broken and In
ternal injuries.
ERNEST SCOTT. internal injuries asA
head hurt.
uBoLDo MAscHuTr, scalp wound and
shoulder hurt.
JoHs DELuoA. left hip broken and head
injured.
Ed MARTIN, leg broken and thigh dislo-
Gated.
MICHAL BURKE. spine hurt.
| DAVID AsHBERRY, internal hemorrbaee.
The others are thought but slightly
bruised. There was quite a number Of
Italians IN the party who were recently
shipped from the East. aud, as they were
unable To speak the English language.
the Italian consul, Mr.. Roncaglia, left
here last evening for Salida to be of any
assistance To his countrymen possible. I,
is not yet determined who is responsible
for the accident, and an Investigation will
he made at once. The damage TO the
company's property will be in the neigh
borhood Of $1,000.
CANON CRY, Colo, Sept. GA special
To the Times says: A terrible accident
occurred on the Denver & Rio Grand rail-
road at i:50 o'clock this morning near
Abode. Train No. Gl was running in two
sections. The first section had two day
coaches loaded with laborers aud had be-
come deraIled some four miles below
Florence. The second section dashed
into them with terrific force, completely
smashing the two coaches and iniuriup
from thirty-hve 10 forty men and killina
a number outright. The bodies of Ave
have already been recovered and twelve
men are still missing. The wounded ars
now being cared for at the depots. Hlor
ence, Gal Creek and Canon City physio
ians are in attendance.