Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-09-15
AWFUL CRASH.
iIeae-End Collision the Denver Il Rio
Grand" Kosd-As Least Forty People
Were Killed. burned and Wounded.

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NL"'ASILE. Col. sept. H. ne mosi
INastr"uN railroad wreck that has ever
happened an colorado occurred at 1913
FRIDAY morning mile and hall west
81 TINS town. Dcnvcnver a Rio Grande
passenger tram No. !, wcstbound. col
idcd with Colorado Midland st"ch
tram gong cast. wrccking both en-
glheS ana several cars IN 0oth trains.
shortly after the collision hrc broN.
out IN the ruins. The mail baggag,
ana express cars smoker day coacf
ana a tourist sleeper were burned.
number of passengers VINO were moi
kuI'd outright but who were PINNED n
the Wrccka%e ana could not bc eXtri
'atcd. persisted IN the iamcN There
were about 700 passenger 1t - estr
i"attd that - persons were Killed anc
a. many more bruised, Scaldcd anc
burned. oi whom over SIX are likely to
"r OF tholr INJURIES.
ne trains c"Illded on a curve or
bend round mountain. and there wa
n" opportunity To avoid the wreck OF
even L" Slac>cn their speed. The sur
wing trainh'h say th' trans were
not running last Out IN" lactN seem &c
h' iha' ooth the passenger ana freight
were going NJ iuIi 9Pt'd ABOUT 70
mics 'h h"uT i"r thc pdsN'h ger an" 1t
or - i"r inc ir''ght
one report as L" the cause ~ Ia" acci'
h'ht Is 10 inc eject that Conductor Bur-
"anN' OF thc '"i"ra"" Mldlahh suoc"
tram iii'uc Il nhlN'li'' 81 Ten minutes
III @uT'h| ON ''' t'inc "h'h inc Ia"
'r"i'"' PaSS'hS'' Tram PHHN'd New
'"N'''' anu 'l"' ''''t I"r' ne was chlShN
responsible Tor the disaster Engineer
,r"i"'r' Oh inc st"'h tram '"nld
'''ii'r con hri' or uenS ,hln report II
~ ""N 'iiNC' "u' II - "'iieN'u ne -
uhu'r inc u'"rlN-
ne PdNN'h% gers IN INC gay coach lar
=" '',' ""'H'. ''' oI Z'P'"Plo IN 'lat
''''''.i' "ii'| IN are no" known L" nave
'>'a t,'u' MI was confusion ana some
ma nav pc" "n"o'l'''|
- III "'' S'i'i'idr Hcclu'h u. tht en-
E'"' nv" arr hIS' 10 ioN' lh'lr ilNeS
-"E '''' 'N'i ''''''' "'"' """" VIII
ms "'"''N -" '''' ever
i'""'Fl ii"l'"n"' fireman on Inc pas
np'r, WIS ;" u'u!N hurt tha' ne dled
at " clock Engineer Gordon of the
passenger may i've. although he - bad
~ INJURED, ana AT hrH' was thought I"
DC tatailN hurt. lie suffered great pain
from rupture IN ADDITION To ms other
INJURIES. he was thrown over barb
wire renee by me force OF the collision
liihcA' 'h' Nl"Iahd hreman' was so
badiy hurt that the doctors who exam
lhed MN AT I'VE o'clock SAID that he
couI" not recover. lie was NhocklngIy
burned put pore ms pam bravcly.
'"Il'n N'ehan' the postal clerk Will
n"' '!Vt uh''I noon the doctors say
''o - truly Scalo'u'
We express messengers on the hHo
I'"''ue Tram saved tn'lr HVeS' but
''e'r escape was a thrilling one. They
we're 'HIilrS ORGY ana William :.
-"TNHaRar, ""th OF denver
II - "'''l'"'' 10 Set particulars about
inc "ea" ana INJURED $" great - the
con fusion In addition L" the above
name" II - now know that Alex.
,i"r t'i'an' OF li'rShrr' III mas hoth
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