The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-05

rw1e City. Kan, Or IA trgstsai
~--sck. ATTENDED ~ serious loss e lie. Az
nas9e more terr1Ds. ~ the ssf-rsE-esr O
a frantic Passenger occurred az o e]erS
THIS g-terr9aa or re Sara re roa6 NO
miles rurTh ~ here Seven ssa1 o-26hss
base been recovered from re rrerg. az,
& n seare1 that ether victims srs eSr1sa
IN the ssb-ix.
TIE WRECKED train was eas.sount pas
se-zgsr 10. 2 ta@ sane that RAJ iH-s.ios
experience ssfa hAnsits tn Sew Iexseo On
Frs1Sv niTat izse The wressx vas caused
By fh~ explosion - he boiler o. tas sSeo-
motive. The engineer ssoals have sto22e1
fGs water 81 Ox4we Cry. Dot being s@kiae
tire a~ tried % Pm 20 tns r*xt saax-
Though & In r9r positively knowE. ne En-
ginser ans fireman having both met dsasn
IN he wFsek e - sz1r-slsss fhst tbs neg
isct wsz the ssgss % the Stsss.sr.
TIE traia azs gore bat two niles oeTon1
this place. assont 20 tire Peterson eoal
chufss. wrssr fhe 40 ferg'He EXPLOSIONS
were he@Ts TIE locomotive wsx co-a-
q.srsiy shattered. T@s express. baggage
and passenger coaches came crashing az
CO ire wrecked engine. ans TIRE fof ward
coaches were piled 1p ia . heap o. ~ress-
age. Tire eosea IS RI the rear were al &C.
rale8. 81; shs passengers riding IN the
cara escaped serious Injury.
The xTSek wzs marked by scenes q the
wl.Gext confusion among the passengers.
TIE nerves % mary were At n hfgs ossen
az a -eeais % zssefr sEDerterce with the
rad agents - View Mckee. sns when
the crash cane the srst impression 81
aeariy al was fnat tie train had been at
taxed again by rcs5ers.
One Passenger. Eslihau Becker. % Los
Angeles, en- roais 20 Chicago. seemed 20
loas ais reason when the crash came he
drew pistol from lis pocket. and IN the
presence 81 car futI Of terrified passsn-
rs-S. took his csn hfe. sensing a bullet
into his brain BeekleF had been drinking
heavily. EIs was about * years Of age.
owing 70 'hs extreme confusion. little
move the bodies % The dead until the sun
rose. seven bodies we're finally recovered.
TIE killed asd injured we're.
kiiec-~ El~sFe Becker. Los Angeles:
Engineer StTuTrp. Topeks. Fireman Hollis
ter, Topeka. william Nesaams. tramp.
riding on baggage car. CnilAeothe. Ia:
three tramps. names unknown. ali Of
whom were rising on the baggage car.
fn5IFe&-ass. Emma Maxwell. editor %
the Evening Telegram. Colorado Springs.
Col. hands and arms cut and bruised.
Coleman, tramp. cit and badly bruised
~aS seriously injured.
The force ~ the explosion broke the
locomotive entirely "a tao and the fron.
trucks crashed into q coal chute thirty
feet from the track. The explosion blew
q hole In the ground four feet deep The
mali car. wniea followed TIE tender,
plunGed Into the hole and rolled over on
Its side. The baggage car. next behind.
Sas torn from sts trucks and also rolled
over on is side. Third from the loeomo-
tive was the express car. which iesescoped
the baggage car and also rolled over on
iis side. The smoking car q chal. car
and tourist sleeper. which were behind
the express ear, were also deraIIed ard
overturned. snd though their occupants
were badly shaken Up. none was seriously
hari- The Pullman coaches in the rear
OF the train remained upright. though
they were badly shaken up, "a the train
was running aooa; forty miles an hour
wesn the accident occurred
AZ o'clock this afternoon a track was
hull around The wreck and traGzc was re-
AIMED. A, late hour tonight no other
bodies had been taken from the wreck