Evening journal., 1890-01-27
a COLORADO HURRICANE.
Passenger Cars Lifted Bodilg
from the Track.
NARROW ESCAPE OF OCCUPANTS.

The Train Took Fire and the Passengers
Were Rescued with Diascuity sIen re-
ported Blown from a Precipice--w wind.
Fire and snow in tho West.
DENVER. Jan 27.-Two coaches and
sleeping car Of the Rio Grande express
were blown from the track near Monument
Station during the hurricane Saturday
night. They Immediately caught fire, and
fot few moments it looked as though the
twenty imprisoned passengers would be
burned TO death. BY heroic efforts, how
ever, the tranmen succeeded il extinguish-
ing the flames before any one was burned
Among the passengers injured by the acct
dentis Assistant General Freight Agent 1im-
merrnan, OF the Rio Grande road
sixteen Seriously Injured.
When the train left the track the passen-
gers were hurled in every direction, aud
sixteen Of them received quite serious IN.
juries, The following is list OF the in
jured-
hArues Mrs Frankie Butte city, face and head
cut
oassor, G. Denver. seriously injured about the
mouth ard face
Ciark Miss Anua d. Denver. face badly cut
and body bruised
Doyle, 7. j., Denver, badly bruised about the
head and face
Fife, r., Pueblo. hand and arm cut and shoulder
bruised
Green, John, colored cook right arm almost
cooked By steam
Halliday, H.. eolored porter. arm fractured
and hand cut open.
Hutchinson, J., Aspen. state mine Inspector.
face imdly cut aud arm fractured.
kan0ns A., Denver. leg crushed
King r " Lincoln, Neb., hand acerated and
arm bruised.
Mcintyre. +. W. ourny. face cut aud leg
sprained
phnkett A. l.. Colorado Springs, injuries TO
head aud brenst
Rich, sam. Denver. severe contusions about the
head and Injuries 70 back
Iresspeil, A., Of Denver supposed to bel.
face almost crushed TO a Jelly
Wood II B. Denver. cut aud bruised
zimmerman. general freight agent. severely
bruised about the head aud chesti not danger.
ousy.
Roasted 60 Death.
Another wreck was on the Pacific near
Berthoud, Colo, in which Engineer John
hrench and Fireman John Richmond were
roasted TO death. They we're pulling a
freight train, and tho storm was 50 binding
they did not see that tho sand had drifted a
foot deep IN the cut The locomotive jumped
tho truck, burying the engineer aud Are
man. A telegraph line repairer was found
unconscious under one Of the cars, but will
recover. The conductor, in attempting to
reach the closest station to telegraph for
help, bad to crawl part Of the distance On
his hands and knees and hold on to the rails.
Even then he could hardly face the tempest
q wind that swept over the mountains,
threatening 70 dash him down to death
| Blown from a Prccipice.
II is reported that on Pixies Peak several
railroad grading men were killed by being
blown over precipice. This report is not
confirmed, however.
Many buildings Destroyed.
A terrible storm has ragged in eastern
! Colorado for several days Denver's streets
have been almost deserted from morning
till night, and reports from the divide
country show il TO be the worst storm IN
years Trains on the Santa Fe, Rio Grande
and Fort Worth railroad were moved only
by gangs Of section men clearing awny the
sand which fills the cuts from the rails The
path Of the heaviest storm was down the
mountains through Monument Colorado
Springs and Maintou A telephone message
from Monument said that many buildings
/
ing from their houses and taking refuge Ia
the brush. The gale reached a hurricane
an Manitou. Buildings are reported wrecked
and sidewalks lifted bodily and hurled
through the air
Fire Adds TO the Terror.
To add to the terror Of the situation. fire
has broken out IN the mountains between
that point and Pixies Peak, aud is spreading
over the hills with fearful rapidity. The
fire is only two miles from the town and
slight change in the wind would soon drive
it into town. and nothing could save the
beautiful mountain resort with les mani~
moth hotels and elegant cottages Heavy
explosions about o'clock along the noun
tains in the vicinity of graders camps on
| the Pixies Peak railroad lead to the belief
that the fire has reached the powder maga-
zine. There are hundreds OF mon ia the
mountains and grave fears are entertained
/ fur their safety. Fires are also reported on
the mountains east Of Pixies Peak
Miles Of Country Devastated.
/ North Of Denver the storm has devastated
the country for miles, and at Louisville, the
center Of the storm, many dwellings were
wrecked At Fort Collins the new college
building was demolished, and all trains were
compelled 70 stop in sheltered places 90 avoid
the storm.
The snow Bound Actors.
Reports from Idaho state that the worst
snow storm Of the season has been raging
since o'clock Friday afternoon all through
the territory. The Utah and Northern rail
road is completely blocked again, and all
rolling stock and motive power has been
ordered side tracked until the storm Is over.
The Central Pacific is also in a worse condi-
tion than ever. The fast mail, side tracked
at Shady Run for the past ten days, carry
ing the Howard AthenBum company, is still
stuck fast and is not likely to get out for
several days Nothing can be learned as to
the company's health or condition, but thoy
must be in a very unpleasant shape.
A Bloody Pistol Duel.
| WHEELING, w. Va, Jan. 27.-The shoot
ing affray at Trap Hill, Raleigh county, in
which G. II. Trump was killed and two