The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-24
A Bad Wreck on the Santa Fe
Near Colorado Springs.
THE CARS ARE BURNED UP.
Two PeasOns Killed and Tweniy-three
Are Wounded.
Among the Wounded Are Two Salt Lake
People, Samuel Samuels and c. G.
Watson-DetaiIs of the
Disaster.

of this place at 80 this morning Santa
Fe train No. s, the through California
express, which leaves Denver at 11:05
each evening with four cars, left the
track and plunged down fifty loot en-
bankmenu splintering the cars to frag-
ments and injuring a large number Of
people, two of whom will die. The train
was running at nearly forty miles per
hour when the wreck occurred. and the
great wonder is that everybody in the
cars was not instantly killed. Fire broke
out in the wreck almost Immediately and
added terrors to the scene. The two most
seriously injured are two Denver boys
named Van Leon dying in hospital in
this city.
The first that any one on board the
train knew of trouble was when the cars
began humping along the track. Only
the baggage car which was next to the
engine remained on the track. The ex-
press car turned over on its side and
rolled down the embankment standing
on its head at the foot of the slope COM
pletely upside down. The smoking car
followed and Immediately took fire. The
flames spread to the next car which was
the day coach.
The front end of the day coach was
upon top OF the embankment and the
other end at the bottom. This car caught
fire from the other and both We're COM
pletely destroyed. The Pullman turned
on its side on the other side of the en-
bankment. The accident is ascribed by
some to a spreading of the rails. while by
Others 1t is charged to faulty wheels.
The character OF the accidentpoints to the
spreading OF rails. The Santa Fe immedi-
ately sent out a relief train with physi
clans and a wrecking crew on board.
Engineer Weis OF Denver was in charge
of the train. He and Fireman Lillas of
La Junta were both uninjured. When
the train was stopped it was right in the
end of bridge No. 1O2, which crosses a
gully fully fifty feet deep. The tender of
the engine got off the track but the
engine itself remained on.
Congressman Lafe Pence and wife were
on the train but were uniniured. DR.. o.
\. Spencer, of this city, the Santa Fe
surgeon, is now attending the injured,
large portion of whom We're taken to the
Almo hospital.
When the wreck train returned to this
city about 1880 this morning horrible
sight was presented as the train men car
ried the people out of the train on
stretchers. Some of them were taken to
the st. Francis hospital, east of the city
and some 10 the homes OF people, while
others were distributed around to the
various hotels. A corrected list of in
jured is as follows:
WILL VAN LEON, of Denvee, severe in
jury to head and BRAIN; not expected to
live.
BERTHE VAN LEON, OF Denver. serious
internal injuries; not expected to live.
MYRTLE VAN LEON, of Denver, head
badly bruised and right arm severely
burned.
PAUL VAN LEON. of Denver; head cut.
ALLEN T. LAWRENCE, postal inspector
Of Denver; slight scalp wound.
E. L. STOREY of Denver, conductor Of
the Pullman car, right arm broken and
severely bruised.
GEORGE II. CONE of Denver, sprained
left shoulder and side.
Mrs. @. H. CONE of Denver. internally
injured.
d. BRUsEE of Denver, badly cut about
head and neck.
NM VAN Tiger of Denver, right side
of head badly bruised, right arm and
shoulder sprained.
c. A. WATSON of Denver, representing
the Irrigation Age, right hip and thigh
bruised, slight internal injuries, neck
wrenched.
DAN McWAITE Of Denver, postal clerk,
badly bruised on lower right leg, bruised
hip and cut on head.
E. d. MCDONALD of Denver, deep cut
over eye and one back of head.
CHARLES LINGO of Denver, badly
bruised.
Mrs. CHARLES LINGO of Denver, in
ternally injured.
COLONEL w. H. YANSfEE of Denver,
par5 owner of the famous Golden Fleece
mine at Rico, right arm slightly injured.
W. t. KERBART of Denver, badly hurt
in right leg and groin.
JOHN ScALLo of Ada, Kansas; holes
cut in legs by glass.
S. SAMUELs of Salt Lake, feet and wrists
cut by glass.
w. e. BARNES of the Colorado Ex-
change National bank Of Colorado
Springs, severely cut about head.
IL. COOPER OF Pueblo, wrist and head
cut and bruised.
CHARLES D1NMoN OF New York, bruised
on right side.
MRS. DnNMoN OF New York, right side
and shoulder bruised.
These are the injured in this city. Some
of the injured are still at Hustled. Doc
tors have been sent to Hustled and are at
tending to the injured there.
w. E. Carnes, cashier of the Exchange
National bank of Colorado springs, one
OF the passengers on the train, said: s'We
were riding along at the usual rate of
speed, when suddenly the car made
lurch to one side, then to the other side
and turned over, rolling down the en-
Dankment. Il Immediately caught fire.
from the stove. / was slightly stunned
but walked along the car and met McDon-
AID We tore the door from its hinges
and were none too soon, for some children
who were near the stove were crying they,
were burning up. l an not badly injured
only a slight scalp wound, and as you see.
a11. attending to business as usual.
Al the passengers in the wrecked train
gave the train crew much credit for the