The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-11
DREAD DISASTERS ON LAND AND SEA.
Thirty People Killed in a
Colorado Railway
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 q 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 perished, 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
that the number killed will always be
in doubt From the best information
obtainable now, fully thirty persons
are believed to have perished, 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-
mo1ished and the track torn up for
rods in both directions. To add to the
horror of the scenv, the 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 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 the passenger into
Newcastle. Burbank escaped unln-
jured, and upon orders from Coroner
Clark, has been placed under arrest by
the sheriff Midland Engineer Ostran-
der is missing and a thorough search
all about his engine fails 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. II. Strouse, who live
quarter Of a mile from the scene of the
accident, report tHdt WHeH the lWo
trains met the shock was so great as
to literally hurl them out of bed. Same
say the noise was heard and the shock
felt in Newcastle.
The list of dead and injured so far
known is as follows:
The dead as recognized are: f. ]. Keenan,
mail agent, of Denver: Robert S. Holland
foreman Denver & Rio Grande railway,
Salida; Mrs. Alex. Hartman and two sons of
Herscher, ILL.,; James Errick, of Chicago;
Charles LeeDer, of Clarion, Pa.
The injured are: Rev. Alex Hartman
Herscher, ILL.,. both legs broken; Wm. Gordon,
engineer passenger train, injured internally
John H. Stander, of Blackfoot, Idaho. leg
broken; Miss Pearl Cornell, of Alciet, Or, hip
dislocated j. c. YeageE Toledo injured IN,
wounded: Mrs. Mary dsrael, st. Paul, Mimi,
slightly injured internally; J. S. Snyder, In
dependence Kan, slightly burned; D. a.
MeAneney, victor. Col, face burned; Q. v.
Titson. Cooker, Mo-, scut badly about head;
R. H. Brickley 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 T. Man
nix. Victor, Col, bruised and slightly burned )
William Hines, fireman. crushed and burned
will die: R. W. Shoet Leeper, Pa, badly
bruised; Brakeman Knapp, leg crushed; James
G. Foley. express, bruised; VIM. S. Mlssemer,
express messenger, bruised.