Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-05-23
PARTICULARS OF
YESTERDAYS WRECK

Mike Hurley engineer. cut and bruis
ed on the head,
Joseph May. brother of Mrs. Kueb
les, bruised on the front Of the right
hip.
Such are the extent OF the injuries
of the parties brought in on the spe
cial last night from the scene OF the
wreck yesterday
Notwithstanding the news he'd been
kept very quiet that special train
was coming In last evening with the
parties injured in the wreck. large
crowd was on hand at the depot when
the special pulled in at 7:l5. A few
parties heard there was to be such a
! special. and as they went to the depot
they were noticed by others who fol.
| lowed. and they too went The two
ambulances were ordered out and
their appearance was the signal for II
! great throng OF people to go. The
/ amhulances We're on hand some little
time before the unin arrived. Every
one WIS asking somebody else how
many were hurt and who they were
and was anybody killed Tralnmen
mingled with the crowd. but they ap-
| parently knew no more about the met
| ter than the great crowd seeking en-
| liEhtenmert
Who ordered the ambulances?
Either the railroad company or DR..
Turrell. the railway physician. II was
not clear which
Jack Hurley, thinking possibly that
d h.. l,,t1a f.,h hnI all . ha
Injured. and wishing to he prepared
for his brother, ordered an extra hack
just before the train arrived.
The special consisted of an engine
| and two cRbooses.
Interested parties boarded the cars
before the train had stopped, and Mrs
| Kuebler's cries We're plainly audible.
| She was in the rear car and
attended by woman who had
come with her from Chama Her pain
was 50 great that before she was re-
moved an effort was made to quiet
her with opiates, but with little effect.
When at last she was carried out on
a siretcher cries OF pain escaped her
at every movement OF the men who
carried her The crowd made way aud
| she was placed in the ambulance aud
taken to Mercy hospital.
Mr. Hurley was able to walk with
| the aid of friend on each side of
him and he was placed In the am.
bulance and taken to Mercy hospital.
10 May, Mrs. Kuebler's brother. lay
, on a cot In the front coach He had
| one of his legs lifted down by friend,
| when he sat up. He remained sitting
for quite awhile talking about the
wreck He was not badly hurt. his
| injury being only bruise on the
| front part of the hip. which Will keep
him from walking for few days He
| was carried out and placed In buggy
| and taken 10 the hospital.
Mr. May was not able to tell much
about the accident. probably owing to
the suddenness OF II, together with the
fact that he was asleep at the time
| the cars left the track. He did not
| know how seriously his sister was
| hurt, and did not think anyone was
| killed. He was the only one that any
information could be got from. He
said that he and his sister were riding
! In the chair car and that he was
asleep when the accident happened.
that the engine. baggage car and mail
| car tipped over on one side OF the
| track and the common coach and chair
| car went over on the other side. He
did not know what caused the acci-
| dent He was told ii was about seven
miles east of Chama.
|
reach Durango till after 3 O'Clock this
morning. and from passengers the fun
| details of The wreck were learned A
| bridge about 30 feet long and ~ or 10
| feet high had Just been crossed and
the engine and tender left the track
and turned completely over. the dome
! of the engine being blown out The
| baggage car and mail car stopped
crosswlse on the track and the com
mon coach bumped against them and
gave a lurch, one side of the car rails
| Ing up and then settling back and
| then leaving the track altogether. II
was followed by the chair car In a
like manner These two cars turned
over on their sides and on the upper
| side of the embankment. The pas
sengers, having an instants warning,
were holding onto seats and preparing
as best they could for the worst The
stock OF papers and supplies OF the
news agent caught fire from the stove
! and the coach was soon Allied with
| smoke. which would have resulted In
| suffocation had the passengers not
been able to get out soon. AS soon
as the cars went off some one remem'
bered that freight train was only a
short distance behind, and as the pas
senger had Just turned a curve. there
would undoubtedly have been anoth
er wreck on top OF this had not some
one had the presence OF mind to run
back up the track and flag the freight
There was great deal of confusion
az first, as everyone expected that q
number would be killed and man,
more seriously injured But when cv
cry passenger was accounted for. ant
IL was found to be no worse. there
was a general sigh OF relief.
A gang OF section men happened Il
be near and their handcar was takeI
and run to Chama and work trail