The indicator. (Pueblo, Colo.) 1894-1911, 1897-08-07
BADRAILROAD WRECK
TWO OF THE CREW KILLED


and causing the death of tile engineer
and the express messenger, besides
bruisinc and slightly injuring nearly
nil the MESSENGERS on The train. The
occupants of the two Pullman sleep
crs escnucd with slight lar.
This casualty occurred without the
| slightest him of warning to the train
crew and was one that could not have
boon forrs,cn hy reasonable diligence
ON the part of the railway employees.
Al thr time Of Tho accident no rain WAS
falling and the roodbrd in the light of
The engines headlight showed no indi-
! cntious of trouble until the wnshout
was reached when il was too late for
the engineer TO stop his train. The
locomotive crnsscl The bridge and
struck The debris that had been washed
over The track hryoud. where. after
ioltiur over III, lies for a short dis
| tnnco, If turned over ON its right side
and landed inside down. crushing the
cnh and carrying the engineer To an
instant death Ills body was after
wards rnund scolded with steam. torn
and emf underneath the cab The fire
nm ,nos thrown forward. landing
ahead of thn wreck in nm unconscious
cnnd,,ion and tho scnpinc steam had
hrrnnd his mock and shoulders before
! ho recovered strength TO nick himself
nm ond RIM Ia a noiut of safety.
me tiIlcL
Johu A Ward III Twcnty-cIghth
stree, Denver engineer.
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no ,,rnc,oI mil and h,rrore cars
M. ro,r cnI Of the car rested upou the
r,iIs and The front ond filmed down
,,'a,1 into tho water which rushed
,i'r,,,on tho hr,l,nn ,yjnlo,ys and hack
on ,,r a,ainst tho side causing a foar
49,, W ~, az tho n,ssonrnrs mirht br
' I,.iv ed hcforc they could he rescued.
.r,,n Pullman sIraninr cars made nm
n,,, ,omoinIcr of thc train and thry
hn,,cd on tho trnc,, hack of the chaii
I
.ri,o,., ,,.,s no y.ornino whistle and
i,,iio,,io,, 81 ,rnuhIn mill ,hn hridrr
,,,,. rno,I,,d md th. train was brought
", .,,,1Jon stn,, .rhr n,sscnrnrs were
III ,s,non a.. in :, d1ze and they wcrc
n,.aucnol nv tho shock of the uriicl,
..rn ono messenger in the chair ear
,,nntod 6vn distinct shocks before all
80, ~, ,.cs, -rh.p arose tbn startled
scre,ming Of the women and the croans
ma shouts of thn injured All the lights
wrrc ont and everything was pitch
III, A. soon as thn fortunate ones
lid realize what had occurred and
n,ot t,cv were safe they began an
t,,.astino,i,n and rnnjdIv tbe injured
,,.aro rnscmnd from thoir positions of
,',,,,ra and c,rrirL hack to the slec,,-
,,,'- an, ,.rorn ,h.ir In iuries wore
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