The herald., 1897-08-04
EHE LIST OF DEATH IS SHORT
BUT BROKEN HEADS AND LEGS
ARE MANY
The Chief Cause Seems to Be the
Washing Out Of Bridges by
Heavy Local Rains
Associated Press Special Wire.

DENVER, COL, Aug. IA nyer on the
Kansas Pacific railroad, due at Denver
at t4:O5 a. n., plunged into the Comanche
five miles east of Byers, Col, and about
forty miles east of Denver this morn
ing. There have been heavy rains and
the bridge was washed out. The engine,
mail and baggage cars and two coaches
plunged into the abyss. Engineer John
A. Ward of Denver and Baggageman w.
B. Harrington of Kansas City were
killed, and Fireman Oscar Ingram was
badly injured.
The injured are: Oscar Ingram, fire.
man, bruised about head and dazed; W.
H. Rankin. driver, badly cut about head,
arm broken; J. E. Reid, back injured;
Mrs. Fred Nash, Laramie, Wyo., back
sprained; Mrs G. E. Cravitt, Blue
Springs, Neb., right ankle broken; Mrs
L. Hubbard, Abiline, Kas., back hurt;
w. H. B. Thompson, Chicago, arm
sprained and bruised; L. Eckert, Seattle
Wash, head cut Miss Minnie Edelmonn
bruised; c. e. Goddard Leavenworth.
Kae., back hurt. Both Pullman cars re-
manned on the track, but the chair car
tipped up on end in the washout. All
the injured passengers will recover.
All the seriously injured were taken
to st. Joseph's hospital in this city
Rankin and Reid are mail clerks. They
were shot up through the roof of the mail
car, which was split asunder when the
crash came, and, cut and bleeding, made
their way to the bank.
T. Eckert of Topeka was in the chair
car asleep when the accident occurred
When the car plunged headlong into the
creek he was thrown into an upright
position and from this down onto his
face in the aisle. AS he fell he struck his
forehead on the chair in front of him.
making an ugly cash under his left eye
and on his temple. His chair was
thrown forward against the chair in
front, pinning the arm of Miss Edelmonn
between the two. Mr. Eckert says that
a crowbar had to be used to separate the
two seats far enough to enable the
woman to extricate her arm. She was
in the water up to her neck. AS soon as
she was rescued from her perilous posi-
tion the other passengers were taken out
through the upper door and landed safe
ly on the ground Eckert was en- rout :
to Seattle. Superintendent Duell says
the cause of the accident was the wash
ing away of forty feet of the bridge over
the creek near Strasburg.
HIT A HORSE
FLAGSTAFF, Arz., Aug 3.-The Sec
ond section of freight train No. so was
wrecked at a cut just east of town this
evening. Engineer Hammond was
thrown from the engine and badly cut
on the head. Fireman Hugh McNeill
was badly scalded and Brakeman Robt
had a leg broken. The accident was
caused by running over a horse.
A FREIGHT WRECK
ALBANY, Ore, Aug. 3.-As the south
bound freight train on the Southern Pa
cific railroad approached small trestle
between Marion and Jefferson this
morning blaze was seen arising from
the timbers The train was rounding
a sharp curve and the engine was upon
the bridge before the train could be
stopped. The trestle gave way and the
engine and eight cars were piled, up on
the broken, burning timbers. The front
wheels of the engine remained on the
track and it was not overturned. Fire
man Fred PEBBLES jumped, and received
badly sprained legs. Brakeman Thomas
Bullard received scalp wound. Engi-
neer Kinney remained With the engine
and was not hurt. The companys sur
geon went to the scene of the wreck on
the relief train, but found, the men not
severely hurt. The cars, which We're
loaded with lumber, woodenware and
coke, caught fire and five cars and their
contents were destroyed.
A CIRCUS DITCHED
YREKA, Aug 3.-The second section
of the w. T. Mains circus train was
wrecked at this place this evening by
the spreading of the rails. Three cars
were derailed, ditching the wagons with
which the care were loaded, many of
which were completely wrecked The
calliope and large band wagon were
among them. Fortunately none of the
cages containing wild animals were on
this train. A wrecking train has been
ordered from Dunsmuir.
BADLY DELAYED
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Aug. 3.-The
Cheyenne and Northern train today was
seven hours late. The cause of the delay
was big washout at Islay, twenty-five
miles-north Of this city. Six hundred feet
of the main track and the siding at that
station were completely washed away.
The station house was also moved a dis
tance of 100 yards. The damage was re-
paired sufficiently today to allow the
running of trains on the usual time.
The Sable river is very'high and,wag
on bridges and fences are being washed
away. The damage to meadows will be
very great. The quantity Of water in
the vicinity Of Chugwater and in the
course Of the Sable is greater than has
been known for years.
STOPPED BY TRAMPS
OMAHA, Neb., Aug. ga special to
the Bee from Aberdeen, S. D.,~says:
Over 100 tramps and harvesters took
possession of a freight train on the
Northwestern last night. The train was
sidetracked and the sheriff and police
called upon for assistance. After an
hours delay the tramps were dislodged
and the train proceeded Sheriff Ritter
was called to Groton last night to arrest
toughs who were terrorizing the town.
After big fight they were all jailed.
This county is overrun with tramps
Prices for Beets
CHINO, Aug. S.l-A committee of the