Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-11

/ James c. Foley, express messenger:
| bruised.
VIM. S. Missioner, express messenger:
bruised
| The case Of Engineer Ostrander, of
the freight train, is still in doubt
Charred fragments of limbs and bod
les of number of persons have been
taken out of the ruins, but it is not
| likely that any more bodies will be Z
| positively identified, and it seems GER
tain that the number killed will remain
| in doubt. The coroner found a shaw.
ing mug with the name wv. Nichol
son" upon it.
AS soon as the news of the wreck
| reached Glenwood a relief train was
sent from that place, and this after
noon the moro seriously wounded were
sent to the Denver & Rio Grande Com
pany's hospital at Salida.
General Superintendent Sample, OF
the Denver & Rio Grande. happened
to be in the vicinity of the disaster
and soon reached the scene, taking
charge Of the work and removing the
| bodies. Ten bodies were found in the
ruins of one car and four in another,
| 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
, ladies gold watch, upon one of which
| was isscribed From Mother TO
| Mamie"
kilograms from all parts OF the
| country inquiring for friends and rela-
| tives are pouring in constantly.
Frank P. Mannix, a newspaper man
! Of Victoria, Col, who was in the
| smoker and escaped with some pain
full bruises and burns, said to-day:
| words fail TO express the horror
| Of the scenes. The crash came I'M
expectedly. Suddenly all was dark
| ness and confusion. The air was filled
with cinders, splinters and heated
| gases. Then flames darted up on
| either side. The scene was simply in
/ describable.
The flames were in sense a Cod
send, for with their aid the windows
| were located, even though passengers
had to jump through fire."
I The accident occurred at the worst
( possible point. Two more minutes OF
! running time and they would have
| avoided the wreck as each engineer
4 could have seen the approach of the
I other train. The trains collided on
curve or bend around a mountain,
| and there was no opportunity TO avoid
/ the wreck or even slacken their speed.
| The Rio Grande Junction road, on
| which the wreck occurred Ia a joint
| track operataed by the Denver & Rio
| Grande and Colorado Mineral roads.
| 1t is a standard gauge track II miles
| long, running from New Castle to-
\ Grand Junction, connecting the two
I roads with the Rio Grande Western
| Along the road west OF the Grand
| River, and nearly all the way, are
| high bluffs on one side of the track,
! and the stream on the other, ii being
| five TO ten feet below the surface OF
I the track
| The passengers in the day coach
| Jared the worst. Out OF 20 people in
| that coach only six are now known
| to have escaped. All was confusion
! and some may have escaped unnoticed.
| As in all similar accidents, the en-
1 ginemen are the first 10 lose their
| lives. Engineer Ostrander went down
| with his hands on the lever. Robert
| Holland. fireman On the passenger.
| was so badly hurt that he died al
| O'Clock
| Hines. the Midland fireman, was
shockingly burned. but bore his pain
braveIy. James keenan,, the postal
/ clerk. was terribly scalded.
Two express messengers on the Rio
| Grande train saved their lives, but
I their escape was thrilling They were
/ James c. Foley and William s. Mes
/ segar, both Of Denver. They had piled
up the through baggage in one end OF
4 the car. and were busy with the egg
4 cases in the other end when the shock
I came.
In addition to the above named. II Il
known that Alexander Hartman, OF
Hersher, Ills, cannot live. Both his
I legrs were broken, and he was other
4 wise hurt His wife and two children
/ were the fret OF the dead 10 be re-
/ moved from the wreckags-
Miss Pearl Cornell. Of Oregon. suffer-
/ ed broken leg. She was returning
from a visit To friends east. and was
in collision at Glen Falls, Idaho,
while on her way east.
/ The track will not be cleared before
Tomorrow night. At least two cars OF
stock were wrecked and the road
strewn with dead animals
Some excitement was occasicned by
two Italians attempting to break open
trunks taken from the baggage car.
Marshal Pe3rson shot at one ana
thinks he " him. The other. Nick
Flick, vas avfested and taken TO JAIL
the exprea md IT. content4 o.