The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-09-11
nORRIDLE WRECK
UP IN COLORADO.
Passenger and a Freight Train
Collide on a Curve.
THE NUMBER DEAD.
II Is Estimated at From TWen.
ty.flve to Forty.
MOST OF THEM CREMATED.
The Cars Taks FiFs and the Victims
nurnsd % Death BEFORE Thsy
couid Ne Rsscusd--oanss 'of
wreck Es Not stated.

New Castle. Col. Sept iO.-The most
disastrous railroad accident that ever
happened In Colorado occurred At 1875
o'clock this morning one mile and
half west Of this town. A Denver and
Rio orande passenger train. west
bound. collided with a Colorado Md
land stock train going east. wFeckins
both engines and several cars Of both
trains. shortly after the collision Gre
broke out In the ruins. The mall. bag
rage. express cars. smoker. day coach
and tours, sleeper burned. A number
Of passengers. not killed outright. were
pinned In the wreck aud could not be
sxtricated and perlshed In the flames
There were about 900 passengers
Il is estimated that % persons were
Killed and as many more bruised.
sealded and burned. Of whom six are
likely to die Of their injuries.
The accident occEred at the worst
possible point. on curve or bend
round a mountain. and there was no
opportunity to avoid the wreck or even
slacken the speed.
william l.. Hawthorne. conductor Of
the passenger train. was In the smok-
ing car a, the time OF the collision
and was thrown down and considerably
bruised. He said the cylinder under
one Of the wrecked cars exploded and
everything seemed TO be In flames In
short time; says he does not think
more than two or three passengers
IN the smoker were burned to death.
The passengers IN the day coach Jared
worse. Out Of - people only six are
known to have escaped.
Engineer ostrander went down with
his hand on the lever.
Robt Holland. fireman on the pas
senseuger. was 30 badly hurt that he
died In few hours
Engineer Gordon ot the passenger
may live. although badly injured.
Hines. a Midland fireman. was shock.
inGly burned and viii die.
JAMES Keenan,. postal clerk. vas ter
ribly scalded. win die.
Alex Hartman Of Hersher. nls.. has
both legs broken. cannot live Ills wife
and two children were the arst Of the
dead 10 be removed from the wreckagc
Mlss Pearl Cornell Of oregon. had a
lex broken.
T. =. Daniels. the passenger brake
man. who was unhurt. came back to
this place and notified the railroad Of.
neials Of the aee'isat
!, Is dlficult to SO particulars about
the dead and injured. 10 grca, Is the
confusion,
A special train was sen, out with
physicians and nurses a. soon as posi-
BE.
Another relief train was sent from
0lenWoOd Springs, where the news Of
the wreck caused great excitement
Nelghboring ranch houses were used
Tor the reception Of the injured and
all did what they could to help. su
perin,snden, choaie and officers OF thl
Rio Grande have done everything pos
tlble 10 relieve the suffering
some excitement was ocoasioned By
two Italians attempting TO break opel
trunks taken from the baggage car
Marshal Pearson shot one and the 9th
tr, Nick Flick. was arrested and he wa
1aben to jail.
The express car and contents wcr
entirely consumed by Gre
Frank p Mannix. editor q the Vic
toria Record. was In the smoker AM
managed to pull himself out unhur
and with the help Of Brakeman Daniel
pulled three people from the wrecl
lie thinks fully 20 persons were allie
or burned to death
. A YET Il has not been possible 20 q
a fnll llll ol the dead and Injured. 10
lowing h q partial Nat of Of the dead
Mn. Alez Hartman and two ehlidrt