The sun., 1891-07-13
STEAMED TO DEATH IN A CAR.
30TH DOORS LOCKED AND THE VIC
TINS UNABLE TO ESCAPE.

An Enkine Dashes into Car and Fills
with ste.m-E'ght People Killed an,
others Seriously rnjures-Trnups no,
the Dead and Dyinr-An Accident Which
Has Filled Aspen. Col. with Sorrow.
ASPEN. COL. July IA railroad acciden
occurrei at Aspen Junction, eighteen milei
west OF Asren, on the Midland road at II
O'Clock on Saturday night. A special train o.
q baggage car and one passenger coach was
returning to ASPEN from Glenwood Springs
The passenger coach contained about thirty
passengers. mostly Aspen people The train
was backing from the water tank to the switch
10 the Aspen track. when a road engine was
run out OF the railroad round house. and the
rear end Of the passenger train hit the check
vRive on the side OF the boiler. which exhausted
the stenn In the broken cnd Of the passen-
ger cor scaldine thirteen pnssengers-flve
men, seven women. and one child. The car
was thrown from the track.
The passengers arrived In Aspen In the bag
gage car at 1880 A. NJ. Everything possible
was done to relieve the sufrerings OF the un-
fortunate passengers. Those who have died
thus far are:
Mr.. and Mrs A. b. Rogers OF woodey. Col |:
Miss Annie Phelan OF Cardiff COL. aged II
years: Mrs. W. ]. WILDLY Of Glenwood Col I;
Mrs. John G. Baldwin OF Glenwood. Col;
FRANK Ellis, Aspen. COL. paDy.
The wounded who still live. with hopes OF
recovery. are: Frank Ellis Mr.. and Mrs. Jo-
seph Leonard and sister. Mary Ann O'Donnell,
aud Frank Ioacli
Both doors of the passenger car were
locked. preventing eGress or ingresa The
scene that followed the collision beggars de.
eoriptior. The Boiler OF the engine was forced
through the rear Of the coach. into which the
steam escaped. scaldirg tho bodies and filling
the lungs Of the imprisoned passengers. who.
In their distress. fright and agony. beat their
hands and heads against the thick plnte glass
windows in their mud endsavor to escape
Then tho coach caught fire. There were only
about thirty people in the car. owing to the
fact that Soils Brothers circus exhibited at As
pen last night and tho usual rush OF excursion
1sta to the Springs on what Is known as the
Saturday night laundry ,ratn." foil of from
800 to 80. otherwise this disaster would have
eclipsed those Of Ashtabuia and RavennR.
To add to the horror. after the people OF the
place began to tull ths imprisoned dead
and wounded victims from the burning coach
and lay their bodice on the side OF the hill.
fram3s commenced 10 rob both dead.
dying. and wounded This was not no.
ticei for some time. Us every available
man exoopt the tramps were engaged in
fighting tho flames and rescuing the sufferers
from the wreck. Three hands that had been
completely sculded oiY of tho unfortunatss in
the car were found in the debris after the fire
was put out The bodies OF the two men who
lost their lives were burned beyond recogni-
ton s.-'
Shepard, the engineer OF the ill-fated train.
who saw tho engine come out OF the round
house. it is alleged. was drunk at the time. He
has since disappeared.
Ono OF tho waiters In the railroad restaurant
At Aspen Junction was arrested on charge
OF robbing the dead. The gold watch and
bnckskin wallet containing s120. belonging to
A. B. Rogers were found upon his person.
There is strong talk of ynchinR him. and |
guard under sheriff Calvin OF this place has
been sont to bring him here for safe keeping. |
It Is asserted that two tramps. who have been
.ircus followers. busted themselves robbing |
the dead and wounded after they were re-
moved from the car to the greensward on the |
side OF the hill.
The sceident occurred about midnight. but |
nothing was known OF it outside OF the imme- |
diate neighborhood Of the junction until |
train was sent to As pen for physicians at 1:30 |
O'Clock this morniug. Every physician in tho
city was summoned. and Immediately every
care and attention that could be given to re-
lieve the sufferers was rendered.