The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-11
THIRTY WERE KILLED|
Two Trains Net ct Fail Speed Z
Colorado.
PASSENGERS WERE BURNED 10 DEATH
impossible to Identify the Chsrrcd|
Remains Found.
OVER ONE HUNDRED INJURED.|
Worst Wreck In the History Of Thsi
State.
OVER ONE HUNDRED INJURED
THE FREIGHT CREW WAS At FAULT.
Conductors Wanted to steal . stAtions
He II Now Under Arrcst-Descrip-
ton OF the Horrible AGair.

Newcastle. Col. September io.-IrhA
worst wreck In the history of Colorado oc-
cured at 12.25 this morning on the track
OF the Denver aud Rio Grande and the
Colorado Midland railways and onc-half
mile west OF here. After twelve hours In
cessant work bv the wrecking crews In
clearing away tho debris and rescuing the
bodies OF those who pcrished 1t Ia yet in-
possible to secure more than an estimate
OF the loss OF life and not even those known
to be dead have been identified. Many
Of tho unfortunatcs never Will be known
and 1t Is possible that the number killed
Will ALWAYS DO In doubt From the best
information obtainablo now fully thirty
persons are believed 10 have FER
ished while 1856 wero taken cut Of the
wreck suffering from serious injuries.
The wreck was caused by head end
collision between u Denver and Rio Grande
passenger train running forty miles an
hour and special Colorado Midland stock
train running at speed OF probably thirty
miles, So terrific was the conclusion that
both engines, baggage and express cars
smoker and dav coaches and two stock cars
were totally demolished and the track TORI
up for rods IN both directions, To add te
the horror OF the scene the wreckagt
caught Are from an explosion Of a gas tant
| on the passenRcr train and burned so rap
| idly that MANY passengers pinned beneath
! %. debris were burned q le,lih heio,e hell
could reach them.
| TIE most generally accepted theory us 4
tho cause OF the wreck seems TO be tha
Conductor Burbank OF the Midland SPECIAL
| anticipating the time of the passenger
undertook 10 steal station ani beat thu
| passenger into Newcastle. Eurbank es
capcd uniniurcd and upon orders frcn
| Coroner Clark has been placed under ar
rest by The sheriff. Midland Engineer os
| trnndor liz missing and thorough scarc
| all about his engine fails to reveal an;
vcstige Of his remains. 1t Is thought tina
| when he saw the threatened danger hi
| iumped from his engine. and. realizing hil
| negligence took to the hills. sir and MrsE
| Il. II. Strouse. who live quarter Q.
mile from the scene Of the accident, sa I
| that when the two trains met Il . shoe \
| literally hurled Thorn out OF bed. The lish
| of dead and injured so FAR as known II
an follows;
LIST OF DEAD.
william Gordon. engineer passenger
| train.
| william Hines. fireman.
II. j Keenan,. mnil agent of Denver. l
| Robert s. Holland. fireman. Denver aui'
Rio Grand. Salida.
Mrs. Alex Hartmann and two sons ii.
| Hcrscher, III.
| James Errick OF Chicago.
Charles Lceper OF Clarion. Pa.
LIST OF INJURED.
Rev. Alex Hartmann OF Henscher. MI
| both legs broken and badly burned. 4
| John H. Standur Of Black Foot, Idah /;
| leg broken. face cut. burned and bruised. II
Miss Pearl Cornell Of Alciol. Ore, b.
| dislocated IL
| ]. G. Yeager of Toledo. Ohio. injured ii /
| ternally. H
! j. Logman of whittier, Cal, slightlH
wounded II
| Mrs. Mary Israel OF st. Paul, Minrx
| slightly injured H
j. +. Snyder OF Independence. Kar
slightly burned. E
D. II, McAneey Of Victor, Col. fac
| burned. IL
o. v. Tilson OF Cooker. Mo-. cut bad
about head. u
II. II. Brckley. Chicago. back injureE
j. c. Young OF ST. Louis. cut In for'H
head. not serious.
Thomas Nash II Mohbah. Utah. ar,;N
broken. badly burned In face.
Frank r. Mannx, Victor. Col. bruis'H
and slightly burned. X
X. W. shott. Lecper. Pa, bad
bruised H
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