The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-29
Union Pacific's Denver and
Cheyenne Flyer.
Crashes Into a Boulder Valley
Train at Brighton.
BAGGAGE MAN KILLED
Fourteen Persons Injured In
Guiding Seven Passengers.
w. G. Tompkins of Kansas City
Among Them.

Denver. Dec. 29.-The Cheyenne flyer
on the Union Pacific railroad crashed
into the Boulder Valley train at Brigh-
ton. Colo, at 6 o'clock this morning. One
man was killed and a persons We're
injured, as far as known, as follows.
Killed:
KILLED:
WINFIELD RANDLENTAN, express
messenger, Denver; body burned to a
crisp.
H s. Hooker. Olin, Ia, head badly
Mrs. Margaret Young, Mansfield. No;
forehead cut
5 6. Hurst. banker, Brighton; badly
F V. Davis. travelling salesman. Den
Yer; head badly cut, back injured, ribs
broken.
W G. Tompkins, travelling salesman
for Bradley. Anderson < Co, Kansas
City; head badly cut, back injured
c. n Payne, Laramie, Wyo-; head
badly cut. right hand mashed
Mrs. McCanna. Laramie, bruised.
TRAINNIEN AND SECTION MEN
INJURED:
Fred Laws brakeman, Denver; right
Michael Regan. section foreman,
Denver; bead badly cut.
Thomas McCfOvern, section foreman,
Denver head badly cut
John Kennedy, Denver; badly cut ana
bruised
John Darlington, Denver: head cut.
Frank Sloan, Denver; cut and bruised.
Jerry Flannery. Denver; back hurt
The Boulder Valley train left Denver
a little late this morning and as usual
stopped at Brighton. which is the juno
tiOn for the Boulder Valley line from
the main line to Cheyenne
1t was here that Banker Hurst of
Brighton got on the train just before
the collision The Cheyenne Flyer.
Union Pacific train No g. also left Den
Yer late and in coming into Brighton
in the early morning dusk, ran into the
rear end of the Boulder train, telesCOp-
ing two or three cars and derailing the
passenger locomotive. The section
gangs from the Denver yards and half
g dozen passengers occupied the Boul-
der train Two cars on the Flyer were
burned
Mrs. Young was in the chair car with
six children None of the children was
hurt.
Superintendent Deuel. went out on a
special train from Denver with doctors.
They also took a lot of stretchers and
other supplies. They found all the
wounded at the Brighton hotel being
cared for by the citizens. The Brighton
Hose company was pouring water on
the blazing baggage car and had dis
covered the remains of the dead bag
gage man
superintendent Deuel. says he can not
understand why the Boulder train was
not on the sidetrack. 1t had twenty
minutes to clear the Cheyenne Flyer.
loaded freight cars and q heavy ca
bOose- Engine No. S15. the big machine
hauling the Flyer lies out on the prairie
q total wreck. an evidence of how hard
the crash was
The wounded were brought to Denver
and taken to hospitals.
Conductor McAllister of the Boulder
Valley train was crazed by the acci-
dent He attempted to jump into the
burning wreckage and had to be forci-
bly, restrained
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Fred Laws, brakeman on the Boulder
Valley train. He was making a coupling
near the head OF the train when the
collision occurred He was thrown down
and a wheel ran upon his leg pinning
him down. His cries for help were not
heard and he drew knife from his
under the car. His recovery IS doubt
ful.