The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-04
A FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT,
TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED,
AND MANY INJURED.
1t Occurred on the Denver & Rio
Grande Near Peub1o = Accident
Caused BY the Breaking of a
Journal on a Coach-Several Cars
Overturned.

Pueblo, Col. Oct. 3,-One person killed
outright, one So injured that he Gted
soon after the accident, ard Others
slightly injured is the result of a wreck
On the Dsnyer Rio Grande railroad al
Cotc3axi, 72 miles west of Pueblo at
o'clock this mJTntt3E, caused by the
breaking Of q journal on one of the
cCactles. The train, the first section,
narrow gauge fr-rla over Marshall Pass,
was slowing down to take thA siding at
Cotupaxi, while running at 10 miles an
hour, a. journal On tha rear trucks of
the first Gay coach broke. The car
pitched over on its side and draggs "a
with Ii all tiae cars behind, another
cCucIl, two sieeDerS and the ccCrI3anys
pay car. Three tourist cars. the baggage
car and engine, all sIlaad of the first
coach, remained on the tracks. The
cars were all crowded Win excursion
lists, bound to tha Festival of Mountain
and Plain at Denver. There was lJI-le
excitement and not much wreckage, as
the train was running slowly. Tl1e
railroad company furnishes the follow
ing h.sit of casualties:
THE DEAD AND INJURED.
Mrs. T. 3. Mcintyre, Slvertc1, Colo.
F. W. SeyIar, 20 years of age, of 2909
Carmony avenue. Cinc&nnGlsitt, o.. legs
crushed, died ON tE1a way to the hos
petal.
The injured.-Laura Gates, Denver,
scalp wound; Mrs. J. Kirk, MCatrose,
side bruised; A. D. Howard. Bocuiev.Gtis,
Mo, hand cut ard side bruised; S D.
CaTletI-il, AlamoSa, right hard cut; 3.
F. David, Denver, confused knee, scalp
wound and sprained thumb. John Nc
DoWeil, Ouray scalp wound; E. f. II.
Vaudevenuer, Dalta, Commissions ON hand
s,5p and back; F. H. Posay, Denver, cut
hard, bruised knee; Ada Champion,
Delta, scalp wound; Miss Lula Chase
Denver, scalp wound; Charles f. Be
mendurfer, Denver. sprainad back; Mrs.
Robinson, Delta, head and back injured.
serious, SEN. to Saltda hOs2ital f. Z.
Adams, Telluride. head cut; Mary Jtila-
sen, Telnuri6la face cut ard shoulder
bruised; A. /. Barnes, Denver, cortUsad
mead and back; F. NJ. Steele, Ouray.
face scrdtodl5d; c. P. Struthers. T6llu-
ride, confusion on left shoulder; ]. Mid
winter, Telluride, bruised eide; George
Burgoy,ne, Telluride, confusion risfait
shoulder; Mrs. G. w. Compton, High
lands, Denver. back injured; Mrs. f.
Saunders, Sallda, lin cut; H WG1tarn-
sem, Denver, conductor, head cut and
face scratched; Frank Retsnan. Delta,
chest and arm injured: James O'Coltd0ic,
paymaster, Denver, confused zip; j. T.
Parlan, Partan. sl-giE- bruises
THROWN THROUGH A WINDOW
Mrs. Mcintyre was in lower Berth
four. in the forward sleez'er. and was
found after the wreck lying dead on the
ground opposite her berth widow. She
was badly crushed. Mr.. Sydem was
standing on the platform between the
two coaches when the wreck occurred.
He was badly crushed but w2s oonsct-
GUS TO the last and dictated several
kilograms to his relates. Of tire injured,
Mrs Robinson alone Is seriously hurt
and her Death is feared. Sl1s is a. the
railroad hospital at Salida. The list of
psose hurt IS complete from her case to
those Nt7o received only a scratch.
Immediately after the accident a reliaf
train wt.h surgeons was sant out from
Salida and all we're promptly given at
tlanegcn. Railroad officials nave been
overwhelmed with inquiries all dayand
have freely given all the Information
at their disposal. WIecl1ng crews were
sent frccm Pueblo and the track was
cleared at a. m.