The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-09-15
ON THE SAME TRACK.
Passenger and Freight Trains Come
Together in Colorado.
The Accident Occurs Near New Castle
Thirty Persons Killed and
over N Hundred Injured
Terrible scenes.

New Castle, Col, Sept. 1.-THE worst
wreck in the history Of the state OF
Colorado occurred at 1925 Friday
morning on the track Of the Denver d.
Rio Grande and the Colorado Midland
railways, 10 miles west of here. After
~ hours incessant work by the wreck
ing crews in clearing away the debris
and rescuing the bodies of those who
persisted, it is yet impossible TO secure
more than an estimate of the loss or
life, and not even those known 10 be
dead have been identified. Many of the
unfortunates will never be known, and
it is possible that the number killed Will
always be in doubt. From the best in
formation obtainable now fully 30 per-
sons are believed to have persisted,
while 1875 are taken out of the wreck
suffering from serious injuries.
Cause of the Wreck.
The wreck was caused by head-end
collision between Denver 81 Rio
Grande passenger train running at the
rate of 40 miles an hour and special
Colorado Midland stock train running
at a speed of probably 30 miles. So ter
rife was the conclusion that both en-
gines, baggage and express cars. smoker
and day coaches and two stock cars
were totally demolished and the track
torn up for rods in both directions. To
add to the horror of the scene, the
wreck caught fire from an explosion of
gas tank on the passenger train, and
burned so rapidly that many passen-
gers, pinned beneath the debris, were
burned to death before help could reach
them.
The Victims.
The list of dead and injured so far
as known is as follows:
DEAD-F. j. Keenan,. mail agent, OF
Denver; Robert s. Holland, fireman ID. &
r. q. railway, Salina: Mrs. Alexander Hart
man and two sons, of Herscher Ill. James
Frick, OF Chicago: Charles Leeper, Of
Clarion. Pa. Charred fragments of limbs
and bodies of a number of persons have
been taken out of the ruins, but ii is not
likely that any more bodies will be positive
| ly identified and 1t seems certain that the
number killed will remain in doubt.
TNJURED-Rev. Alexander Hartman, OF
Herscher, Ill. both legs broken and badly
burned; William Gordon, engineer pasSen-
ger train. injured internally; John II.
Stander, Of Blackfoot, Idaho, leg broken,
face cut and burned and bruised; Miss
Pearl Cornell, Of Alciet, Ore, hip diso-
d.
internally; j. Logman, Of Whittier. Cal,
slightly wounded; Mrs. Mary Israel. of st.
Paul, Mimi, slightly injured internally;
]. +. Snyder. of independence. Kan, slight
~ burned ID. II. McAneney, Of Victor, Col,
face burned; o. V. Titson, of Cooker, Mo-,
cut badly about head: r. II. Brickley, Chi
cago, back injured; ]. c. Young, of st.
Louis, cut in forehead not serious; Thomas
Nash, Of Mohab, Utah, left arm broken.
badly burned in face; Frank =. Mannix.
Victor Col, bruised and slightly burned:
William Hines, fireman, crushed and
burned will die; r. w Shot, Leeper, Pa,
badly bruised; Brakeman Knapp, leg
crushed: James c. Foley, express messen-
ger, bruised; William . MiSsemer express
messenger. bruised.
AS soon as the news OF the wreck
reached Glenwood relief train was
sent from that place and the more seri-
cusly wounded were sent TO the Den
yer d Rio Grande company's hospital
at Salida. General Superintendent Sam
Die, of the Denver q Rio Grande, hap
pened to be in the vicinity of the disas-
ter and soon reached the scene, TAX
ing charge of the work and removing
the bodies. Ten bodies were found in
the ruins of one car and four in an
other. The charred remains of two
women, apparently clasped in each
others arms, were found. Their heads
and lower limbs were burned off. In
the dress bosom of each was found
n ladies' gold watch, upon one of which
was inscribed From mother to Mamie"
kilograms from all parts of the conn
try inquiring for friends and relatives
| are pouring in constantly.