The Meeker herald., 1895-09-21
A Stage Accident.

stage Wednesday evening, which car
better be told in the words of one Of the
passengers-W. s. Richard, Of Bloom
dale. Ohio. Says Mr.. Richard:
"As your readers are always inter
ested In news directly related to your
people, and being one Of the number on
the stage coach that overturned some
four miles below Meeker "Wednesday
night, will give YOU short account Of
the accident. There were seventeen
passengers aboard besides the driver;
the coach was drawn by six spirited
horses and on making curve after
passing small elevation the coach sud
denly tipped over. dumping passengers
and baggage into one common mass.
The excitement for few moments was
intense, but coOlness of head soon pre-
pinned down by the heavy coach, re-
lieved as soon as possible. Those in-
jured we're: Hammand Peters, of North
Baltimore, Ohio. Jerry Loman. Of
Bloomdaie, OHIO, J. J. Ullery, and F.
X. Stacy, of the same place, and the
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The driver at once took one of his
horses and started for Meeker for as
sistance, and soon sent physician, DR..
Bruner, and teams, which took pas
sengers and baggage to town, giving
them every care that could be wished
at the Meeker hotel The driver, whose
name we failed to get, except the name
of Billy, did all he could for the pas
sengers.
"The accident occurred between 8
and 8 O'Clock p. m. and the night was
pitch dark. The proprietOrs of the stage
line spared no pains in the relief Of the
passengers
The party is composed of club OF
gentlemen who have been going into
Northern Michigan and Northern
Minnesota for years on hunting trips,
but concluded to try Rio Blanco county
this year. We fear that between the
stage accident and the unfavOrable
weather which set in this morning their
initial hunt in the West will not be
satisfactory one.
The tip'over occurred but a few hun
dred feet from the northern end of the
new bridge and was largely due to the
top-heavy load, there being ten pas
sengers on the top of the coach.
Billy Orville. one Of the best and safe
est drivers in Colorado, was handling
the lines, but no blame attaches to him
for the accident.
Ditfiising Usefnl information.
Says last fridays Aspen Times "a.
c. Moulton, of Meeker, reached the city
Wednesday night and was circulating
among the merchants yesterday after
noon securing figures on which to base
estimates for handling the oat crop OF
the northwestern part OF the state dur
ing the coming year. He is manager
of the Meeker branch of ]. W. Hugus
& Co.'S immense string of mercantile
establishments and has heretofore done
large business with Aspen oat deal
ers. Concerning affairs around Meeker
he said:
1--WE have never had such crops and
such fine cattle as this year. In every
way the residents of our portion Of the
state are doing quite we'll. All the
farmers are accommodating something
now and the prospects for the Nee ker
country were never 30 bright. We all
believe that the railroad projected from
New Castle to Meeker will be con-
structed and that it will give us more
direct means of getting out our crops
and our coal. OF the latter article We
have one whole mountain of vein
forty feet thick and the quality is far
superior to the Rock Springs coal for
domestic purposes. At one time it was
thought the Rock Springs coal exceeded
In quality for general domestic pur-
poses all others in the Rocky Mountain
region, but it will stand no comparison
with ours. We have miles of it.
"'The road survey is 6fty-five miles
and it is conceded by all who have been
over the country through which 1t will
run that 1t will be a dividend payer from
the date of opening. When it is COM
pleted Meeker, already populated BY q
progressive, intelligent. educated class,
will grow. not perhaps to the dimen-
sions of city. but 1t will be good
sized town. We have great confidence
in our country and are patriotic regard
ing 1t.
".While Meeker is considerable dis
tance from Hahn's Peak, / have talked
with great many men-good prospec-
tors-who have been in there and at the
seat of the present excitement. Regard.
ing the boom there, I know little. But
I am satisfied the finding Of bodies of
rich silver ore is no fake. The ore in
place has not been discovered, however,
and how far and how near to the pres
ent workings the mother lode will be
unearthed is probleinatical. The gen
eral impression is that,it will be found
BY some Of the numerous Aspen miners
now in the country.
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