Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-13
A SCENE OF HORROR
Terrible Death of Passengers
 on a Colorado Railroad.
BOILED IN A STREAM OF STEAM.
Of seventy-fvs Persons in the Coach Only
 Three Escaped Unipjured. .zsss

Most of the Dead Were Women-Ths Vic-
 tims' Cries of Agony Were Heartrend-
 ing-How the Accident Happened
 Caused by an Engineers Daring-A
 WIfe's Pitoous Appeal tO Live.
 ASPEN, Col, July 13-A horrible catas- trophe occurred at Aspen. Junction on the Colorado Midland Road at midnight, that has filled many once happy homes in this beautiful valley with desolation and death.
 A collision occurred between Q Midland locomotive and the hind coach of the Sat urday night excursion train running be- tween Aspen ard Glenwood Springs. The coach load of people returning from the Springs, where a few pleasant hours had been spent, were suddenly plunged into all the horrors of frightful railroad &C., cident, which resulted in killing two per- sons outright, inficting fatal injuries upon five more and severely scalding and burning six others.
 Engineer Switzer of the excursion train had run his train up to the water tank at the Junction for water. When b. cking down to get on the main track, a light engine shot out from the coal chutes, which are located in such 6 way as to conceal the engine tracks from view of the tracks leading to the water tank. The engineer on the light engine thinking he could get out before the ex- cursion train took the main track, made the attempt, but struck tho rear coach of the excursion train at the switch.
 The force of the collision tore the check valve from the engine and poured scalding steam and water into the wrecked coach load of passengers. Then ensued scene of terror impossible to describe The passengers were at the mercy of the roaring, screeching monster at their side Through the broken valve torrents of scalding steam and water poured out upon the helpless victims.
 Of the 25 passengers in the car three colored men, who were in the forward compartment, were the only ones unin- jured Conductor Miller, with the train crew and the uninjured passengers, inn mediately began the work of rescue. A two-year-old daughter of Mir. Frank FL lis, of Aspen, was taken out dead. Miss Annie Phelan, of Cardiff, died 10 minutes after being rescued. Mir. and Mrs. Joe Leonard, Mir. and Mrs. Frank Ellis, Thomas O'Donnell, Miss Mary O'Donnell and James Leach, all of Aspen; MT. and Mrs. A. B. Rogers, of Woody; Mrs. J. c. Baldwin, and Mrs. w. L. Wiloughby, of Glenwood, were .fearfully burned and scalded-
 The injured and dead were placed in the baggage car and brought to this city, where all the physicians in the city were in attendance and every possible aid was given to the injured. The victims cries of agony were heartrending, and their | scalded faces and arms and bodies sight to bring tears of pity.
 In spite of all efforts to save their lives, Mrs Frank Ellis, Mrs. Baldwin and Mrs. | Willoughby died within two hours of the wreck, Mrs. Rogers died at o'clock this morning and hor husband at 10 o'clock. Mrs Baldwin and Mrs. Willoughby were the most frightfully burned. The latter begged piteouslY to be kept alive unti her husband could reach her. Of those still living, Miss Mary O'Donnell will die