Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-13
ID EDITION.
THE EIGHTH VICTIM.
Official Report Of the Aspen Junction
Disaster.
STATION OF THE MONITOR FLEET.
Coroner Levy's Proposed Inquest
Over Smiler.
STATION OF TIE MONITOR FLEET.
LONDON TIMES AND THE FAIR
THE ASPEN JUNCTION WRECK.

Death of the Eighth Victim Of the Disaster
Today.
AsPEs. Col. July Is.-Mrs. Frank Ellis the
eighth victim of the Midland railroad disaster
at Aspen Junction, died at 1882 this morning.
Leonard and wife cannot live. Thomas and
Mary O'Donnell are now considered at the
point OF death. Miss O'Donnell has not
a particle of skin on her hips. Mr..
O'Donnells principal injuries arc from
inhaling scalding steam, he not being so badly
burned about the feet as the others. II is also
now reported that none of the injured can
survive, the loss of cuticle and the shock to
their nervous systems being too great.
Mr.. Ellis is a teamster for Frost Bros. and
does not yet know that his wife IL dead and &C.
casionally asks if sho grieves too much over
the loss Of their baby. His injuries are severe
the skin being almost entirely scalded from his
face and shoulders. and he received a severe
cut in the head.
Frank Leake is hostIer for H. r.
Woodward. He is now reported as the least
injured of the party, although he is in very
precarious condition.
Tho bodies of Miss Phelan. Miss Will
loushby and MIR. and Mrs. Rogers now
lie at Turkeys morgue, while those of Mrs.
Ellis and baby and Mrs. Baldwin are at the
Ellis residence. Mrs. Baldwin and Mrs. Will
loughby's remains will be taken to Glenwood
today for burial.
A party of Midland officials have Just reached
here from the scene of the accident. having
gone there this morning from Col.
orado Springs. The party consisted Of
supt. W. j. Lawrence, Chief Engineer
B. H. Bryant, Master Mechanic A. G..
Humphrey, Claim Agent j. Quinlan and Train
master r. c. Bowdish. They have made a
preliminary investigation of the accident and
its cause. Their report Of the affair differs
materially from that first given out. 1t is as
follows:
l. THE OFFICIAL REPORT.
A freight train was standing on the side track
alongside the main track ready to be pulled
out by Engineer Shepard with an engine which
was coming out of the round house. The
switchman had thrown the switch for the light
engine. when he noticed the excursion train
backing down from the tank.
He Immediately signaicd both trains to STOP
which they did. He then signaled the light
engine to back up, and the brakeman on the
rear end Of the passenger, which had been
backing up also, took the order. The result
was a '-cornering" of the coach and the engine
at the switch, the window of the compartment
coach taking off the check valve, az before
stated.
The light engine Immediately stopped and
the opening in the boiler made by the loss of
the valve being directly opposite an open win
dow in the compartment of the COACH which
contained all the passengers except the three
colored men, belched forth its awful death-deal-
ing vapor.
All the other windows and doors of the car
were closed. hence the compartment took on
the nature OF a sts pa chest.
The pressure of tine steam in the close COM
partment was SO great that when a door was
finally knocked open from without, the pressure
of the liberated steam threw the rescuer
violently on his back. The nature of the
accident is such that il liz a wonder that any of
the occupants of the Inflated coach are living.
Joe Leonards flesh was so thoroughly par
boiled that when he attempted to knock OF: q
window with his hand his flesh stuck to the
glass