Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-30
One Dead, Four Probably Fatally Injured
and Thirty Others Manned.
BROKEN RAIL CAUSES CATASTROPHE
MI, George Powell Of Omaha Has Leg
Broken in Accident.
FATAL TRAIN CROWDED TO UTTERMoST
Second Coach Turns End over End
and Third Car, in which
Francis NJ. English is Killed,
smashes Through II.

COLORADO SPRINGS. June 2s.--At 10
o'clock this morning an excursion train on
the Colorado Midland railway coming down
Ute Pass from Cripple Creek, struck a
Broken rail and seven cars were wrecked.
Francis NJ. English. a prominent musician
of this city, was instantly killed and thirty
other passengers more or less injured,
three or four probably fatally.
The dead:
FRANCIS M. ENGLISH. Colorado
Springs.
The injured:
Mary o'Rourke. aged 10, Victor left arm
torn OF. face cut and internally injured;
may die.
DR.. Estelle Lewis, Cripple Greek; eight
ribs on right side broken, left wrist frac-
tured. bruised and internally injured; may
die
James W. Greene. Cripple Creek; leg
broken and face bruised.
Frank Guyer, Cripple Greek, collar bone
broken.
Mary Kintezell. Goldheld, lip cut and
face bruised.
Mrs. Wander weiden. Cripple Creek; face
badly bruised.
william Wander welden, her son; leg
sprained.
= Wander weiden. baby daughter;
Charles Carlson. Buffalo Springs, face
cut badly.
d. H. Smith. Cripple Creek; all teeth
knocked out; mouth and thumb cut.
Mrs Simon ORourke, neck sprained.
- o'Rourke, her son; face cut and
bruised.
A. e. Parker Cripple Creek; leg
sprained, head cut.
- Parker, head badly cut.
J. r. Weimar. Colorado Springs; head
cut.
Henry Pickers, Woodland Park; back
Uprained
Omaha Woman Has Limb Broken.
Mrs. George Powell, Omaha: leg broken.
@. Turnage Cripple Creek; badly shaken
up and bruised.
L. %. Disquie. Cripple Creek; knee badly
hurt
R. W. Hadden. Goldheid. bad scalp
wound.
F. Baker. Cripple Creek; lip cut and
scalp wound.
O. B. Cotton. Cripple Creek; cuts and
bruises.
II. B. Tucker, Denver; cuts, bruises and
severe shock
B. H. oids. Cripple Creek; cuts and
bruises.
II. NJ. Parker, Victor; cuts and bruises
Mrs. White. Cripple Greek; cuts and
bruises. ..
Rose Redfern. Cripple Creek cuts and
bruises.
H. Hellenbine. Victor; cuts and bruises.
O. A. Grant, Victor; cuts and bruises.
B. NJ. Chamberlain, Divide; cuts and
bruises.
Rachael Martx. GOldheld. cuts and
bruises.
Mrs. NJ. Kintzell. Goldneld, cuts and
bruises about head.
\ Oscar Peterson. Cripple Creek; back
sprained.
John H. Concannon, GoldheId; cuts.
j. shiray. Cripple Creek; badly shaken
mp.
Train Crowded with Passengers.
The wreck occurred at an abandoned
station known as Culber's Siding. one mile
east of Cascade in Ute Pass and twelve
miles from Colorado Springs.
passenger rate war that has been IN
effect for several months between the rail-
roads running from this city to Cripple
Greek had been called of, the rates to con-
tinue until July l. and as a result the
train was crowded to its uttermost.
The cars that left the track and went
over the embankment north OF the track
contained s71 passengers.
AhS SNSohu Ou NhS lTalus a udy COhCn,
was crushed to klndling wood. being
turned completely over on It's end so that
the rear end OF the coach was forward.
The third coach plunged clear through
the second. and It was in the forward end
of this car that Mr. English was killed
His neck was caught between two seats and
ne was strangled TO death before the peo-
pie could reach him. He WAS coming to
Colorado Springs from Cascade to play the
organ at st. Stephens Episcopal church
OF which he was organlst.
relief train went to the scene from tAis
CITY at once and returned at 1880, bringing
the dead and injured.
The injured were taken to ST. Francis
hospital. where all are doing as we'll as
can be expected. The little oRourke girl
Is expected 10 die at any time and Miss
Estelle Lewis, dentist of Cripple Creek
Is In a very critical condition.