Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-30
SPIKES REMOVED FROM RAILS.
Engine Left Track, Carrying Cars on
To the Piliug Approach t.
The Bridge.
COACHES PLUNGE INTO CREEK.
Thirty Passengers Were Injured, Some
Of Whom May Die, but No One
Was Killed,


pueblo, Colo, oct. SO.--As the result
OF what Is thought to be the york OF
train wreckers. the Santa Te Colorado
Chicago special loaded with passengers
from Denver Colorado Springs and
Pueblo was wrecked on bridge CROSSE
lng the Apishapa river IS miles east
of Pueblo and between Fowler and
Mansanoa, at 1890 O'Clock this morn
ing. The wreck appears to have been
caused By the removing of the
spikes OF three rails on the
approach 10 the bridge. The en-
CINE left the track and turning slight
y to the right carried the train on 10
the pile approach TO the bridge and
Knocked the bridge into the creek The
engine. two baggage cars, chair car and
day coach plunged to the bed of the
creek and lie there in a mass Of wreck
age Nobody was killed but 30 persons
were injured. Only four Of these are
reported TO be seriously hurt,
As soon as the relief trains reached
the scene Of the wreck, physicians be-
gan mnister!ng to those who were in
jured. The majority OF the passengers
suffered from bruises, caused by being
thrown from their seats. A few sus-
tanned cuts about the face and hands
by broken window glass.
j. q. Renon Of Cold Hurbor n. D.,
had his chin cut and teeth Knocked out
Many women suffered severe nervous
shocks. Some were too frightened to
continue their journey eastward today.
An investigation made by the mem
hers Of the crew of the Inflated trains
as well as those OF the two relief trains
proves concluslvely that the flyer was
deliberately wrecked by persons as yet
not known No. 9 generally carries
much treasures, and the plan of the
desperadoes, 1t Is stated, was to rob
the passengers in the excitement at
tendant upon midnight railroad
catastrophe.
Following is a list of the injured:
SERIOUSLY INJURED.
j. T.. Walker. engineer, La Junta.
badly scalded.
Mrs. Mary Anderson. Nortonville,
Kan. head cut and injured internally.
George Brown, Denver injured in
ternally
w. A. Patterson. Denver, bruised.
SLIGHTLY INJURED.
A. Bates, fireman, La Junta.
+. G. Freese, Newton. Kan.
NJ. j. Garvey. Denver.
j. Il. Audubon. Granola. Kan.
Mrs. Hamilton. Colorado Springs.
Mr. Coberg, Middlesboro, Ky.
Mrs, Title Schett, Denver.
Joseph Stevens. Pueblo.
Mrs, Joseph Stevens, Pueblo.
j. g. Benson, Cold Harbor, ~ d.
IT, +. Atkins, Dallas Tex.
Mrs. Mary Laird Cummings, Kan.
Hobart Collum, Carbonate, Kan.
Carl Berg.
r. r, Rlsley. Gibbs, Mo.
Mrs. J. A. Hoffman. Dallas, Tex.
j. r. McGill, Washington, ID. c.
]. J., Reinhardt, greensboro, Ky.
Mrs. j. A. Reinhardt, greensboro, Ky.
Mrs. Matilda Hamilton, Moss City,
Kan.
,. w shoop, UnIonville, Mo.
c. Bennett, Buffalo, ~ Y.
Louis Dulles, Ell Paso, Tex.
Mrs. +, ID. White.
Alice Bowman whitehead, Ill.,
John sandoyal, Trinidad Colo.
The entire train with the exception
or two cars went into the creek. one
Pullman stopped with the front end ex-
tending into the river; The special car
Del Rosa carrying A. s. Kimberley
and party of eastern bankers return
ing from California, did not leave tho
track relief-party headed by DR.
W. L. Dorland left Pueblo for the scene
OF the accident shortly after o'clock
and party also left La Junta about
the same time taking physicians from
Rocky Ford and Mpnzanoin
The injured We're taken TO the hospi-
tal at La Junta and the other passen-
gers resumed their journey The off,
Gals say the track will not be clear
until tomorrow night and trains will
be sent by way of Trinidad
RAN INTO OPEN SWITCH.
Kansas City. Mo. Oct SO.--A special
TO the Star from Hutchinson, Kansas
says
santa Fe westbound passenger train
No ran into an open switch ut Howell
Ford county last night, and crashed
INTO q freight train which was stand
ing on a siding The engineer and fire.
man jumped and saved their lives, but
lnree tramps who were riding on the
bllnd baggage got the full force OF
ihe collision one named Stevens, who
l.eu NJ wichita, was killed, and an
othef was seriously injured. The bag
sagemnn and expressman were painful
" injured and several passengers were
badly shaken up.
WRECK 1NEXPLIcABLE,
Pueblo, Colo, oct. 3O.-The wreck on
me santa Fe at Aplshapa bridge at
80 this morning seems entirely mex
pllcable thus far. The stream, a dry
one was SPAWNED by steel bridge and
tne moment the locomotive Of the east
pound passenger train struck Il the
bridge collapsed The engine, two bag
gage cars and two coaches piled up In
me creek bed, with Engineer John
walker OF this city pinned In his cab
IN cloud OF escaping steam. He was
rescued by quick work and Is severely
put not fatally Injured A Pullman
coach was left with one end hanging
over the chasm but stopped there, and
lhe other SIX cars. all full OF passengers
and including A. s. Klmborley's special
car remained on the track. Thirteen
persons were Injured and taken to the