The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-11


Enslnesr's nIlstAIse-Many OF the Un-
fortunatsS will Never be Known.
NEW CASTLE, Col, Sept. l0.-Thc
worst wreck In the history of the state
of Colorado occurred at 1925 this morn
ing on the tracks of the Denver & Rio
Grande and the Colorado Midland rail-
ways, one and a half miles west of here.
After twelve hours incessant work by
the wrccking crews in clearing away the
debris and resculng the bodies Of those
who perlshed, 1t Is yet impossible to SEA
cure moro than an estimate of the losi
of life, and not even those known 10 bI
dead have been identified. Many of tho
unfor,unates will never be known, ami
1t is possible that the number killed
will always be in doubt. From the best
information obtalnable now, fully thir-
" persons are believed TO have per-
ished, while 1856 were taken out Of thu
wreck, suffering from serious injuries,
The wreck was caused by head-end
collision between n Denver & Rio
Grands passenger train, running at tho
rate of forty miles an hour, and a spe'
clal Colorado Midland stock train, run
ming at speed Of probably thirty niles
So terrific was the concussion that both
engines, baggage and express cars,
smoker and day coaches and two stock
cars we're totally demolished and the
track torn up for rods in both dIrec-
tIon. To add TO the horror OF the scene.
the wreck caught fire from an explo'
sion OF Pintsch gas tank on the pass
senger train and burned so rapidly that
many passengers pinned beneath tho
debris were burned to death before heir
could reach them.
The most generally accepted theory
as to the cause of the wreck seems I'd
be that Conductor Burbank, of the Mid
land special. anticipating the time OF
the passenger, undertook to steal sta.
tlon and beat the passenger into New
Castle. Burbank escaped unlnjured,
and upon orders from Coroner Clark
has been placed under arrest by the
sheriff. Midland Engineer Ostrander Is
missing. and a thorough search all abou
his engine fails to reveal any vcstlge Of
his remains II is thought that wher
he saw the threatened danger he jump
ed from his engine, and, realizing his
negligence took to the hills. Mr.. and
Mrs II. II. Strouse, who live quarter
OF mile from the scene Of the accident,
report that when the two trains met the
shock was so great as to literally hurl
them out Of bed. Some say the noise
was heard and the shock felt in New
Castle
The dead as recognized are:
William Gordon, engineer passenger
train
F. Keenan,. mail agent. OF Denver.
Robert f. Holland, fireman Denver &
Rio Grande Railway, Snlida.
Mrs Alexander Hartman and two
sons, Of Hersher, III.
James Errick. of Chicago
Charles Leeper, Of Clarion, Pc
William Hines, fireman.
The injured are:
Rev. Alexander Hartman, OF Hers
cher, Ills. both legs broken and badly
burned.
John II. stander. OF Blackfoot, Idaho,
leG broken, face cut and burned aud
bruised
Miss Pearl Cornell OF Alclot, Ore, hip
dlsl0cated.
J. c. Yeager. of Toledo. Ohio, injured
internally.
j. Logman, of Whittier, cala,sllght-
ly wounded.
Mrs Mary Israel. OF st, Paul, Mimi,
slightly Injured internally.
!. Il. Snyder, Of independence, Kas.,
slightly burned.
b II McEnery, OF Victor. Colorado,
face burned
. V. Tltson, OF Cooker. Mo-, cut bad
ly about head.
II II. Brickley Chicago, back injur-
Cl
j @ Young, OF 81, Louis, cut in fore
hnld not serious.
Inomas Nash Of Mohah, Utah, left
arm broken. badly burned In face.
Frank +. Mnnnlx, Of Victor, Colo,
bu0ged and slightly burned.
r. w. Shot, Lccper, Pa" badly bruls-
G
brakeman Nnpp, lcg crushed,
James c, Foley express messenger
bulHpd.
William s. Mlssemcr, express mcssen-
E.. bruised
iho case Of Engineer Ostnndcr ot
Doc freight train, Is still In doubt,
A. roon as the news Of the wreck
i"lnhcd Glcnwood, relief train was
'uat from TINT plnconn1 this afternoon
tlo more seriously wounded were cent
tp No Denver n Rio Grandc companys
hospital at jhllda
General Superintendent sample, of
iNH Dnuycr A. Ria Grnnde happened TO
hn 10 thc vicinity Of the disrrtcr and
'uYn reached the scene, tnkluu charge
NJ lho work ana removing the bodies
Trn bodies were found In tho ruins OF
one err and four IN another The char
irl rcmnlnq Of two women apparently
rInHpud In each Others arms were
found Their heads and lower limbs
We're burned of. IN the dress bosom NJ
each was found n ladies' gold Watch,up.
un one NJ which was Inscribed From
Mother To Mamie"
Ir.0gnmH from ull parts Of tho cOun-
ny lu1uitlnB fUr friends and relatives,
Wn pouring In constantly
Frank r. Mnunlx, u newspaper man
n. llulur Colorado. who W1H In the
nnknr and escaped with some painful
I.1Iw apl burns, Hlil ip.llyl words
I.lI Iu uNprrHa ilio horror NJ tho HHoDut
IN. crash rimI unexpectedly 7ullnn.u
I'I wuH 1Drliuoaa and uunfu ION Thu Dlr
Wa1 'llni Win cIuloH, spllntuH 1nl