The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-31

II UEBLO. Colo. oct. Boy an act
Of trainwreckers. eastbound Santa
Fe passenger train No. 6. known
as the "Colorado-C Chicago Flyer" in
which was one car filled with eastern
bankers homeward bound from Cali
fornia. was derailed at 1870 O'Clock this
morning at Apishapa creek tlirty-fve
miles east Of this city and, breaking
down the steel bridge, the engine and
four cars following plunged TO the bed
Of the creek, where they were piled in
a mass Of wreckage. Thirty or more
trainmen and passengers were injured,
and that none were killed outright is
regarded as almost miraculous
Injured.
Engineer John r. Walker. La Junta.
Ecalded and bruised, may die: Fireman
a. Bates. bruised, Mrs. Mary AndeT-
son. NortOnville, Kan, injured inter
nally, George Brown Denver. injured
internally. w. A. PuttiSOn, Denver, lip
cut. teeth knocked out and bruised; A.
G.. Freeze, Newton, Kan, bruised and
shaken up; NJ. J. Garvey, Denver,
bruised and shaken up; Mrs. Hamilton,
Colorado Springs. bruised. suffering
from nervous shock: Harold KOlberg,
Lille SchOtt. Denver. head aEd neck
injured; Joseph Stevens, Pueblo,
bruised; Mrs. Joseph Stevens Pueblo,
bruised. j. c.. Benson, Cold HarbOr. y.
d.. face cut and teeth knocked out; +.
i. Atkins, Dallas. Tex, head injured;
Mrs. Mary Laird, Cummings, Kan,
bruised and cut. Robert COllum. Car
bondale. Kan. bruised and cut. Carl
Berg, bruised; +. r.. Risley, Gibbs, Mo-,
bruised, nervous shock. Mrs. J. A.
Hoffman, Dallas. Tex. bruised, nervous
shock; ]. T.. McGill. Washington. ID. c..
bruised, j. L. Reinhardt Greensboro,
Ky. bruised; Mrs. J. A. Reinhardt.
Greensboro, KY, bruised; Mrs. Mathil-
da. Moss City. Kan: p. w. ShoOp.
Unionville. Mo. bruised. cuts; c.. Ben
nett. Buffalo, y. Y, bruised; Louis
Dulles. FL Paso, Tex bruised, Mrs F.
d White, bruised, nervous shock; AEce
Bowman. Whitehead. Ills. bruised
shock; John Sandoval, Trinidad. Colo.
bruised. cut: J. NJ. AubolUm. Granola,
Kan. back injured: Mrs J. NJ. AubO-
lum, Granola, Kan, bruised.
Going at High Speed.
The wrecked train was made up at
Denver last evening. and at Pueblo the
special car Del Rosa. in charge of A. s.
Kimberley. and carrying eighteen east
Cru bankers. was attached to IL. The
tidln was Downing along at speed Or
fifty miles an hour as it approached
Apishapa creek. between Manganola
and Fowler AT the west end of the
bridge the rails spread. derailinR the
engine. and when It struck the bridge
one span 100 feet long. went down. The
engine. two baggage cars and a chair
car and a coach rolled over on their
sides TO the creek bed. a distance Of
only about fifteen feet Fortunately
but little water was running i'm the
creek at the time. one Pullman stopped
with the forward end projecting over
the embankment The bankers car was
the only one in the train that was not
derail6d. The engine rolled over and
Engineer Walker was pinned under his
cab. and he was Immediately enveloped
in a dense cloud of steam. Some time
elapsed before ne was rescued by other
members Of the train crew, with the as
sistance Of some Of the passengers.
Bridge Collapsed.
Engineer Walker said that the first
intimation he had Of anything wrong
was when the drivers suddenly began
humping the ties. He hastily closed
the throttle and reversed the lever.
The engine and cars ploughed over the