The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1897-10-08
The Wrecked Train.
AND ABOUT THIRTY
INJURED.
A Broken Axle Is Supposed to Have
Been the Cause Of
the Wreck.
Mrs. J. Robinssa. OF 6aPGaee CresA
Wa. the only Delta Cesnsy eea-
senSer Seriously Iniarea.

Mrs. FRANK McINrYRE, OF Silverton,
instantly killed.
FRED w. SEYLER, 1908 Cormany ave-
nue., Cincinnati. leg crushed. died on the
train while being taken to the hospital
at Salida.
SeriSusIy Injure<l.
Mrs. j. Robinson, OF Delta. injuries
about the head.
Slightly Injuved.
Miss Ada Champion. Delta, cut about
the head.
Frank Redmon. Delta. chest and arm
injured.
Ed. Van De Venter. Delta. hip and
back injured.
Mrs. Mary johnson, Telluride. injury
to right shoulder.
Mrs. George W. Compton, 2l30 Osce-
ola avenue, Highlands. painful injuries
to back.
Miss Laura Gates, 1870 Glenarm
street, Denver. cut on head.
Mrs. James Kirk, Montrosc. slightly
bruised.
Mrs. F. Saunders, Salida, cut about
the face and shoulder.
]. H. Shay. Telluride, left leg and right
shoulder injured and cut about the head.
Miss Lulu Chase, Denver, cut over
right eye.
F. II. Posey, Denver. right arm bruised
and head cut.
John Moling. Telluride, slight bruises.
c. ii. Bernederfer, Telluride. face cut,
injuries to right side.
A. L. Barnes, Denver. head and back
injured.
l. NJ. Steel. Ouray, scratched about
the face.
G. P. Struthers. Telluride. confusion
on left shoulder.
j. Midivinter, Telluride. bruised side.
George Burgoyne. Telluride. confusion
on right shoulder.
II. Williamson, conductor OF train. cut
about face and head.
j. T. Parlin, Parlin, slightly bruised.
A. d. Howard, Boonville. No.. hand
cut and side bruised.
8. d. Carleton. Alamosa, right hand
cut. ,>
B. F. David. scalp wound.
John Mcdowell. Ouray. scalp wound.
Thomas F. Walsh. Oursy, face and
wrists cut.
DR.. George ". Compton. Denver.
slightly bruised.
Theodore Wilkinson, Ouray. cut about
head.
David G. Miller, Denver. ankle in
jured and slightly bruised.
Frank Adams, Denver, slight cut on
head
James O'Connor, paymaster r. G.,
confused hip.
The excursion train which left here
last Saturday for the Denver carnival
was wrecked near Cotipaxi siding at
]. .55 Sunday morning. At Salida the
train had been made into two sections.
the first section consisted Of baggage
car, three tourist sleepers, two day
coaches, two Pullman sleepers and the
pay car. The first coach left the track
first and the four cars following were
pulled over with it. The head coach
broke loose from the forward end Of the
train, when it went over the embank-
mcnt, and nobody was injured In tho
forward cars. The five cars went sliding
and rolling down the embankment to-
wards the Arkansas river for a distance
Of about fifteen feet, and but for the
couplings on them they would have
gone into the river. As IL was they
rested on their sides on the embank
meDt.
Tho wrecked train was running at .
speed OF ten miles an hour when the ac-
cident occurred, as it was about to take
the Cotopaxi siding.
Fred w. Seyler. the young Cincinnati
an who was killed. was riding on brake
wheel at the time and was thrown be-
tween two coaches, crushing both legs.
Young Seyley WAS at one time . resi-
dent Of Hotchkiss this county.
Mrs. +. B. Mcintyre. who was in
stantly killed, was the wife OF q Cripple
Creek lawyer and was on her way from
Silverton to join him.
Mrs. j. Robinson, Of this county, who
was seriously hurt, made her home at
Kohler's ranch on Surface creek. At
last reports she was improving and the
physicians thought she would recover.