The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-11
TRIED TO STEAL A STATION.
4 FOOLHARDY CONDUCTOR CAUSES
A FEARFUL WRECK.

A FEARFUL WRECK.
A Hend-end Collision Between "a Fast
Flyer and IL stock speciaI-Oyving
to the WrecISngc and the Fire That
Followed the Crash II is Impossi-
BILE TO Tell How Many Lives Were
LoSt-Thc Coroner Puts the Con-.
ductor Who Caused the Wreck Jn-
der Arrest.
New Castle. Col, Sept. 10--The worst
wreck In the history of Colorado occurred
at 1925 this morning on the Denver and
Rio Grande and the Colorado Midland
railways, one and half miles west oe
here.
After twelve hours work 1t IS impossi-
BILE to more than estimate the loss of life
and not even those known to be dead have
been identified. Many of the unfortunates
will never be known, and 1t is possible
that the number killed will always be in
doubt. From the best information fully
thirty persons are believed to have per-
ished, while 1S5 were taken out of the
wreck suffering from serious injuries.
The wreck was caused by a head-end
CDlAisiVt DtAWtth u 4IthNtA 1AAh iNit
passenger train. running at the rate OF
forty miles an hour. and special Colo
RADIO Midland stock train, running at thir-
ty miles. So terrific was the concussion
that both engines, baggage and express
cars, smoker and day coaches and two
stock cars were totally demolished and
tho track torn up for rods in both direc-
tions.
To add to the horror of the scene, the
wreck caught fire from an explosion OF a
Plntsch gas tank on the passenger train.
and burned 50 rapidly that many passen-
gers pinned beneath the debris were burn-
ed to death before held could reach them.
The most generally accepted theory as to
| the cause of the wreck seems to be that
Conductor Burbank of the Midland special,
anticipating the time of the passenger,
undertook to "steal a station and beat
them in Newcastle
| Burbank escaped uninjured and upon or
ders from Coroner Clark has been placed
under arrest by the sheriff. Midland En-
| gineer Ostrand is missing and a thor
ough search about his engine fails to re-
veal any yestige Of his remains. 1t is
thought that when he saw the threatened
danger he jumped.
The dead as recognized are:
F. ]. KEENAN,, mail agent of Denver.
| ROBT. s. HOLLAND, fireman, on d.
and r. @. railroad.
MRS. ALEXANDER HARTMAN, and
two sons, of Herscher Ills
JAS. ERRICK. Chicago.
| CHAS. LEEPER, Clarion, Pa.
VIM. GORDON. engineer passenger
| train
wAG. HINES, fireman.
The injured:
| REV. ALEX HARTMAN Herseher,
| ILL.,, both legs broken and badly burned.
| JOHN II. STANDER, Blackfoot Ia, leg
| broken, face cut and burned and bruised.
| MISS PEARL CORNELL, Alciet. Ore.
| hip dlslocated.
j. G. YEAGER, Toledo. o.. injured in
ternally
]. LoGMAN. whittier. Cal. slightly
MRS MARY ISRAEL st. Paul, Mimi,
slightly injured internally.
! J. f. SNYDER. Independence, Kas.s
slightly burned.
d. II. McANENEY. Victor. col. face
| burned,
about head.
REV. J. g. YOUNG, st. Louis. cut in
forehead, not seriously
| THOMAS NASH, Mohabab. Utah, lefe
arm broken, badly burned in face.
FRANK p. MANN. Victor, Col.s
bruised.
r.. A. sHoLK. Leiper, Par badly
| bruised.
BRAKEMAN KNAPP, leg crushed.
JAMES c. FOLEY, express messengeH
| bruised.
WILLIAM s. NIsSLER, bruised.
1 ha 0f ngfr -. - -
freight train is still in doubt.
| Charred fragments of limbs and the
| bodies of a number of people have been
| taken out of the ruins, but 1t is not likely
| that any more bodies will be positively
| identified, and 1t seems certain that the
! number killed will remain In doubt.
| AS soon as the news of the wreck reach-
| ed Glenwood a relief train was sent from
| that place, and this afternoon the more
| seriously wounded were removed TO the
| Denver and Rio Grande Company's hos
| pital at Salida.
Ten bodies were found in the ruins of
one car and four in another. The charred
| remains of two women were found. Their
| heads and lower limbs were burned off,
| In the dress of some of each was found
lady's gold watch, upon one of which
| was inscribed From Mother to Mamie"
kilograms from all parts Of the country
| inquiring for friends and relatives are
| pouring In constantly.
1t is now believed that sixteen persons
were killed in the Santa Fe wreck at
Lang. The charred remains Of three more
bodies were found to-day Two of the
| bodies, q man and a woman, were burned
| beyond recognition Little remains of the
third body but a shirt bosom marked wv
y. e." a Knights of Pythias pin and a
| green stud.
Engineer Frlsbee who was injured. died
| to-day.
CAMPHOR TREE FOR FLORIDA.