Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-10


Shsste, Iowa, right hand Out; II. 3.
Sheets, Leiner, "a, slightly hurt;
james q. Foley, express messenger,
Denver, bruiseI; WIN. 3. Meisemer,
express messenger, Denver, bruised;
| w. Il. Hawthorne. conductor, bruised;
| p. ii. MICA neny, Victor, Colo, burne
about head, back bruised; FIR nix p,
ManDix, Victor, Colo. ,eIightIy bruised.
The accident occurred at the worst
| possible point. Two minutes running
time either way would hsve averted
the wreck, rs each engineer could
have seen the approach OF the other
train. The trains coiiided on curve
| or bend round mountain and there
+, was no opportunity to avoid the vrook
| or even to slpcken the spsed. The sur
vlvipg trsinnen say the trains were
not running fsst, but the facts eeem to
be that both the passenger and freight
were goink at iull speed, the passenger
| abJut 20 miles an hour anu the freight
ten or Twelve.
| NEWCASTLE, Col, Sept. 10.-The
Rio GIauue junction road, on which
the wreck occurred, 10 a Joint track
| operated by the Denver q Rio Grande
and Coiorato Midland oompa MICS. 1t
Is q single, stpndard eusge track,
seventy.seven miles long, running
from Newcastle to Grand Junction,
| connecting the two roads with the
Rio 9raUde Western. Tho road TO-
| lows the Grand river and nearly all
the way there are high bluffs on ono
SIDE OF the track AID the stream on
| the other, 1t being from fifteen to
twenty ieet below the surface OF the
| track.
Tho Rio Grande PASSENGER train was
| due at Newcastle at ll:u5 p. IN. anu
| should have reached tue point one
and q half miles beyond Newcastle
where the accident occurred by lilo.
The traiu must, therefore. have been
| at least one hour late, AZ the accident
| occvfred at 1915 a. m.
One report rs To the cause of the &C.
| cident il that Conductor Burbank OF
| the Colorado Midland stock train
| made mistake OF ten minutes in
| figuring on the time when the Rio
drande passenger train would pass
| Newcastle AMI that therefore he was
chiefly responsible for the disaater.
EnRiueer Ostrander OF the stock train
could either confirm or deny tnis re-
port II he were alive, but lie Is believed
TO be dead under the debris.
w. Il, Hawthorne, conductor of the
| passenger train, WAS In the smoking
car at the time OF the collision and
was thrown about ana severely bruised.
He ssys that the gas cyiinder under
one OF the wrecked cars exploited anu
| every thing appeared to be Ia flames
within o short time. he Gays he dJee
not think that more than Two or three
passengers in the smoker were burned
to death, but will not say there were
not more than this oumber.
Tao passengers in the day coach
Jared the worsi. Out OF 80 people In
that Coach only six are now known to
have escaped. All was oonfusio Ii
and some may have escaped unuo.
| ticed.
As In all similar accidents, tbs en-.
ginemen were first to lose their lives.
Engineer Ostrsnder went down with
his hand on the lever. Robert Hol.
land, fireman OF the passenger Was 80
badly hurt that he died at O'CLOCK.
Engineer Gordon OF the PASSENGER
may live, although he Ia badly hurl
and at frst was thought to be fatally
iojured. He suffered great pain from
a ru pture In addition to his otuer In
juries. He WAS thrown over barb
wire Tense by the shock OF the COLI
sion.
Hines, the Midland fireman, was so
badly hurt that tho doctors who ex-
am ned him at 8 O'Clock sol he would
not recover. He was shockingly
burned but bore his pain bravely.
Two txpress messengers on the Rio
Grande train saved their lives, but
their escape was a thrilling one. They
were James Q. Foley anu WIN. 3.
Massemer, both of Denver. They had
piled up the through baggage In one
end OF the car anu were busy with
the egg cases in the other end when
tue shock came. They were pitched
hsaulong about the car and when II
toppled over they were stunned and
bruised by the loose baggage. 1t was
several minutes before they wero able
to aid themselves. Then tho car
commenced to I'LL with smoke and
death by burning or sufiocation
their position and began q battle with
ON AK to libsrate themselves. Finally,
as the car burnt Into flames they cav
daylight through the hole they We're
cutting, and by the aid OF some men on
the eutside they were able TO pull
themselves throueh-bruisei and bleed
ing, but still safe.
II is difficult to get particulars about
the dead d injured, 30 great Ia the
confusion. In addition to the above
named, 1t is now known that Alex
Hartman OF Harsher, Ill.,, has both
legs broken and cannot live. He
wife and two children were the first
OF the dead 10 be removed from the
wreck.
Miss Pearl Cornell OF Oregon, had
her leg broken. This lady was return.
lug from visit to friends east and wac
In collision at Glens Falls, Idaho,
while on her way east.
It. f. Daniels, the passenger brake
man who was uphurt, came back TO
this place and notified tue railroad
oiticisls Of the accident. A special
train was sent out with doctors and
nurses ne soon as possible.
Al $40 am. another special relief
train was sent from Glenwood Springs,
where news OF the wreck caused great
excitement.
Neighboring ranch houses were
used Tor the reception OF the injured
and oil did what they could to help.
Supt. Choate and officers OF the Rio
GraDde have done everything possible
TO relieve the suffering.
The track will not be clear before
tomorrow night, and passengers will
have to be transierred around tho