The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-12
THEY FIXED BLAME
coRoxER's JURY CHARGES THU
FAULT TO rREiGHT CREW.


Conservative Estimate F1uccs tne
Dead az nearly Thirty.
Newcastle, Colo, September li--Coroncr
Clark says that only ten bodies have 10
far been taken from the Denver and Rio
Grande train. wrecked near this place.
These, with Kensan, Holland. Hines and
Goivion, make fourteen IN all. but there Is
no doubt that these are fewer than hall
these who pcrished The most coneerva-
tive estimate places the number Of dead
at from twenty-five TO thirty-five.
Tho remains OF what arc supposed to DO
bodies of ten persons are confined in two
caskots with wothsng 20 identify tticm.
and 1t is expected they will be buried
here.
The first n,nm to arrive at the wreck was
II, H. Strouee, who resides about 900 feet
from the track Mr. Strouso was awaken
cd by tho collision He hurried TO the
scene and assisted in rescuins the passen-
| gers In the smoker and day coach. When
| he reached the scene, within few min
| utcs after the collision, four Of tho cars
were abiaze aird the heat was 80 terrible
| that II was impossible for any ono to .et
| near them. In a very few minutes, he
| thinks, at lcaet fifteen or twenty wero
| crcmated.
J. q. Young, one OF the survivors, says
no was In the smoker al the rear end and
| when tho collision camc the front end cf
| the car and part Of the roof was thrown
on him. pinnipx hin, down in his seat. lie
eucceedrd IN freeing himself aud escaped
through n window. There were from ~
10 25 In the smoker and he does not think
more than eight got out alive. all tho
rom atrdcr being cremated. Az the day
coach was immediately behind the smoker
he thinks there were from 80 to 80 In IL
aud 10 tho best of his Knowledge only TWO
| :gcccuded In making their escape. ny
| saws all who were IN the chair got out
| safely before the firo reachcu W. as "i1
those An the two Hulltnuns. .
| Fred & Rockwell, stock agent OF tnc
Bdrlirgton road who was passenger W
tho wrecked train, told his experience az
NJ Il had just left tho, sleeper II COMPANY N,
with a gentleman and passed through tne
day coach into the next car. we W.
barely seated ourselves when we were
hurled vielcpt,y from our seats ny INC
shock OF the collision. We got gu, saieiy
A moment later terrific explosion rem,
| The air and after II came burst o.
name. After getting my bearings was
horraned 10 discover that the smokini
car had ridden over the dag coach, cutt,lt
ith wav almost 10 the seats, eneneihe .n'
rar in n manner 10 shut off oil hope OF es
cape. II was IN this day coach wnrrn IN;
, fprribic harvest OF death took place.
. procured ~ ax nnd with others MN
! aged TO chop through window ana go
out two women and men WHO wers puniN
hurt Another man was s,rugalirg 70 se
, his foot lose He was self po@sossed aiif
ia could MOI free hts foot and was corn
poiled to stand helplessly by ANA see mn
consumed by the flames. The nvc thh,
were rescued were the only one phl'
{ could possiby have escaped from the eur
7, yvas crowded with men, women ans
children. should say that fuzzy thirty
I adults were crenated there ,,,>,oo
Conductor Hawthorn OF the ,nllnts 9.
train dos not place tho loss oil h'e OF ~
, many na generally supposed
f;lonco,d. Colo September ii.-coronar
4 c,crlS intends TO make thorough inveati'
CATION ), he railroad accident on this
!. Junction road near Newcastle and fix thu
! responsibility for the t,trible loss of lif'
resvlttng thercfrom. This Jury viii begr
q TO take testimony as soon as the attend
! nnoe OF tho surv vors OF tho crew can bs
= F,ngino,r Ostra, der OF the Midland stccl
troin hap not been found, dead or aiive
: r. d. Bnrnnnks, conductor OF the MIDLAND
train wno IN under arrest declares MS ~
ders gave him sufficient time 10 rear1
Newcastle ahead OF the RIO GRANGE uhih
! Denver, Colo. September liza epecia
70 the Times from Newcastle says: Tn
body OF Robert ostrander. engineer Of M
4 Colorado Midland srair which ccities
U | with the Rio Graf de passenger yestrrda,
morning, was found today IN the depr.
C 81 thc wreck. The head and one arm wcr
Z burned Off.
Denver, Colo September liza specia
I to the Rocky Mountain News frcm New
g castle. Colo. seys. Frank Burbank, con
q ductor. and Engineer ostrander, deccascd
= Of the Colorado Midland railway, ar
charged by tho coroners jury with beln
reKporsble for the frtghtful wreck o
. Thursday. The inquest was held thi
. morning. The jury decided that the con
y ductor and engineer attempted 10 arrly
q at the Newcastle sidinE upon the tim
x allotted ty orders Of the trair dispatchs
y 10 the Rio ,;rando westtouDd passsllgel
I, Conductor Burbank war released upon ~
y own recugnizamce this morning and afte
y the verdict was not Toarrestod. The deaf
" Of Alexander Hartman OF Hersher, III
= and the fibding OF tho body OF Engnee
O. osirander incrcasea the number OF kno"
dead 10 csyen. The coroner's researche
:, | among the iuins hare convinced him fhs
y from six 10 ten moro persons met dea!
Is In the awful accident This material
Is reduces the original estimate.
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