The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-11
DREAD DISASTERS ON LAND AND SEA.
Thirty People Killed in Twenty Missing of Steam
Colorado Railway er's Crew-An Arctic
Wreck Wreck

NEWCASTLE, Col. Sept. 1O.-The
Of Colorado occurred at 1925 this
morning on the track of the Denver &
Rio Grande and the Colorado Midland
railways, one and half miles west
of here After twelve hours incessant
work by the wrecking crews, in clear
ing away the debris and rescuing the
bodies of those who persisted, it is yet
impossible to secure more than an es-
innate of the loss of life, and not even
those known to be dead have been
identified. Many of the unfortunates
will never be known, and it is poss- BILE
that the number killed will always be
in doubt From the best information
obtainable now, fully thirty persons
are believed to have persisted, while
1876 are taken out of the wreck suf-
fering from serious injuries.
The wreck was caused by head-end
collision between a Denver & Rio
Grande passenger train, running at the
rate of forty miles an hour, and
special Colorado Midland stock train
running at a speed of probably thirty
miles. So terrific was the conclusion
that both engines, baggage and ex-
press cars, smoker and day coaches
and two stock cars were totally de-
molished and the track torn up for
rods in both directors. To add to the
horror of the scene, go wreck caught
fire from an explosion Of gas tank
on the passenger train, and burned so
rapidly that many passengers, pinned
beneath the debris, were burned to
death before help could reach them.
The most generally accepted theory
as to the cause of tie wreck seems to
be that Conductor Burbank, of the
Midland special, anticipating the time
of the passenger, Undertook to 'steal
a station" and beat she passenger into
Newcastle. Burbank escaped unin-
jured, and upon orders from Coroner
| Clark, has been placed under arrest by
the sheriff. Midland Engineer Ostran-
der is missing and s thorough search
all about his engine tails to reveal any
vestige of his remains. 1t is thought
that when he saw the danger he
jumped from his engine and, realizing
his negligence, took to the hills. Mr..
and Mrs E. H. Strouse, who live a
quarter Of mile frosn the scene of the
accident, report thai when the two
trains met the shoes was so great as
to literally hurl thera out of bed. Some
say the noise was heard and the shock
! felt in Newcastle.
The list of dead and injured so far
known is as followsf
The dead as recognizes are: F. ]. Keenan,.
mail agent, of Denver4 Robert S. Holland,
foreman Denver R3 Grande railway,
Saida; Mrs. Alex. Hartman and two sons, OF
! Herscher ILL.,: James Errick, of Chicago;
| Charles Leeper. of Cla@on, Pa
The injured are: Rev. Alex. Hartman,
Herscher, ILL.,, both legssbroken; VIM Gordon,
engineer passenger train. injured internally;
| John H. Stander, of Dlackfoot, Idaho, leg
broken; Miss Pearl coraeiL Of Aieiet. Or; hip
ternalIy; J, Logman, Whittier, Cal, slightly
wounded; Mrs Mary Israel st. Paul Mimi,
slightly injured internally; j. S. Snyder, In
dependence, Kan.,I slightly burned; d h
| McAneney Victor, Co.'S face burned; 0. V.
Titson. Cooker, Mo-. cat badly about head;
R. H. Brckley, Chicago. back injured; j. G.
Young St. Louis, cut IN forehead, not SER
| ious Thomas Nash Mohab, Utah., left arm
broken badly burned In face: Frank r Man
nix, Victor Col, bruised and slightly burned;
William Hines, fireman, crushed and burned,
will die: R. w. Shoot. Leeper, Pa, badly
bruised; Brakeman Knapp, leg crushed; James
c. Foley, express, bruised; VIM. S. Mlssemer,
express messenger, bruised