Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-08-20
WRECK in COLORADO
nine PEOPLE KILLED And 90
SERIOUSLY INJURED.
Head On Collision Occurs Near Colorado
Springs Between Passenger Trains
So Many Trains the Crew Got Mixed
in Their Orders-Accident Happened
on Curve Around Hill.

Colorado Springs, Colo, Aug. 10
Nine killed and 81 injured is the net
loss and injury to human life in
head-on collision on the Denver q Rio
Grande Saturday morning near Hustled,
10 miles north of Colorado Springs. No.
8, northbound, double header, struck
No. l, southbound, within stones
throw of Hustled.
No. had come to stop, but on ac-
count of a curve at that point the
engineer on No. 8 did not see his
train s peril until too late, and tele-
scoped the engine and combination
baggage car and smoker of No. l.
The crew of No. 8 mistook an extra
train that was on the siding for No.
l and pulled out contrary to orders.
| No. l had no chance to make the sid
ing.
The first section of No. l passed
about 20 minutes before, and seeing
an extra engine on the sidetrack the
conductor of No. s, it is said, concluded
that the second section of No. 1 had
pulled into the clear.
Consequently, he ordered his train to
go ahead. 1t had gained considerable
momentum by the time it reached the
spot where the wreck occurred. The
northbound train was climbing a hill
and was unable to see the other train
because of the obstruction at the curve.
The conductor on No. l, who had been
e hn
down the hill, saw the approach of No,
and pulled the cord, bringing his train
to stop. Before he could get to the
front, however, and warn No. 8 the
crash came.
Dead and Injured.
The dead: James Roespoka, Chicago
C. M. Larkin, Colorado Springs; G. S
Brown, Jerico Springs, Mo-; j. A. Cos
sage, fireman on No. 8, Colorado
Springs; T. f. Murphy, travelling cal
agent, Denver; a. A. Davidson, Nc
Pherson, Kan; Attorney f. G. Weder
lex, st. Louis; f. w. Bellies, Colorado
Springs; Peter Nelson, Monroe, Neb.
James j. Parker, Chicago.
The injured: w. w. Taylor, Pueblo
leg broken; John w. Roberts, New
Cambria, Mo-, head cut; C. E. White
sides, Jericho Springs, Mo-, ches
crushed; NJ. o. Kemper, Denver, lie
and arm broken; Andrew Jacobson
Oldeni, N. D., internal injuries; Pete
Fratrichon, Colorado Springs, hea
cut; L. L. Shaver, Denver, slight il
juries; w. E. Sacks, Denver, arr
, broken; Charles Campbell, Denver, lie
! : broken; Oscar Lessig, engineer, badl
hurt; D. W. Hogan, Manchester, Obi
badly injured; E. Jekish, Virgin
Falls, H., leg broken; J. N. KEN
strom, Victor, Col, head cut; J.
Frank, Mcpherson, Kan, leg broker
S. J. Lacock, st. Louis, head cut;
: M. Holder, Eau Claire, Wis, Il
e broken; Mrs. S. K. Setman, Harrisbur
9 Pa, back broken.
IT Peter Nelson, Monroe, Neb., dyin
L c. M. MeCree, Dallas, Texas, Il
le broken; o. T. Skinner, Topeka, Ka
If ribs broken; E. c. Cannehil, D
1t Moines, Iowa, arm broken; H. G. Shi
b. man, Chicago, rib and leg broke
Steven Makeson, Pueblo, Col, slig
p injuries; F. Baker, Portland, Ore,
v ternal injuries; J. W. Leardron, Aspt
Ii, Neb., bruised; Fay Steck, Kansas CT
ez slight injuries; Miss White, ChicaI
h body badly brushed and cut; EN-
n, Bitule, Denver, slight injuries; A.
er Anderson, Edgewater, Col, an
nd broken; badly injured, C. D. Bray q
nd son Ralph, Denver; Mrs. Kate wis
Williamsport, Pa, arm broken.