The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-08-20
FEARFUL WRECK on Denver
and RIO cRAnDE RAILROAD

Nine Dead and Sixty
liston at Hu0'
Colorado
COLORADO Opsings.-NiDa deaA aDAi
s1xty<vo injured vas The carnage sD|
- midnight ~ Q result Of ths hsaA-
- collision % the Dsaver 4 Rio
0faaAe st Husts1. twelve miles nortA
of COLORADO Spriags Saturday Dorn-
taG.
rive hsaAssl souls have hooked tato
etssatty anA aias have sot looked
beek. 1tiu othsrs ars battling for
~ vttA tAe ODDS against tAsa- That
~ 6oa&A liet vii b svsilsA half
Sessa more y probable. judging fFo0
~ iaJurtes sussaiDed by that many.
~ 0aDbseo q tAo croW ID
SAasOo q tfaia No. . north
oesnA rsaA their orders 70 watt
q uustsl for No. sseooA
ssettoa sosthboaad. asd tAsa ssptsA
- saSias % ths sidstrack. Its cad
was oeecsrsd by . thick undsrgrovth.
~. nistakiAs It for the sugias oe
tsaia No. I. thsy went ahead.
Traia No. vas rounding the curve
lsss tAaa 800 yards away. Its co.,
lsstoe sav No. approaching. He
a0pljel tAs airbrakes and No. was
sesopsA. No. 3. obaivious to the fate
tAas awaited II. doubls-hsadsd. Just
~ tios 70 apply Tie airbrakss bseors
h ssaaAsd into No. I.
TAs impact vas terrific. Three g.
aat ioeonotivss came together. built
. p1raail and thea toppled over.
TAe tsaAss ol Nc. &c second engins
eseee1 ~ way into The oombtnatioa
bAe0A0s eas aAA smoker ol No. l. pat
ttaG 4 . - anA tnj1rtns only two
Deeosas.
T1s so0hsaatioa smoker and baG-
0a0o ear q No. . was split In twain.
~ hu0aA cargo was hurled through
vioAovs. Dlaioasd under seats. shot
through wi11ovs. pinioos1 u1Asr
$500, shse through the roof. Dea&A
- destruction were svsrywhsss.
la tAat car tAs carnage was great
sse.. TAsss were two coaches. N OBJ
ssevas3oa car. . chair car and two
oleepeeo behind the combinatioo smok-
q ~ baGgase car On No. 3. They
carried upwards Of 37s passsassrs.
DsAiAA Tie first coach On train No.
I we're two observation cars. the train
carrying IN all 1877 passengers.
Nearly three score were injured. A.
many had miraculous escapes and the
brown and red Of the hillsidss ran
rivulsts Of blood.
Bodies were hurled through closed
windows, across the railroad right-of-
way and into enclosed pastures; 9th.
ers fell down the embankment and
the groaas Of the dying and the
sAFieks of the injured rang In the ears
q the more fortunate.
Il al happened In the twinkling Of
- sys.
Passengers saw their seat compan-
Ions carried inIo eternity - . candle
70 enuffed out, while they themselves
were left blinking and only half-con-
scious Of what had taken place.
Il was . wreck without reason.
One little girl, name unknown, was
thrown - from . catapult through An
open window up in the air ten feet
q more and alighted ct the bottom
ol the ombankment, none the worse
Tor her experience.
A man. d. w. johnson Of Denver,
eosinoer Of No. I. was pulled from un-
der the body Of J. A. Gossage. fire
man On the other train. with only his
leet hip and back injured. Gossage was
killed outright.
There Are forty-four men and eigh.
tssn women in the list Of injured. Not
one woman was fatally hurt.
0ome little children escaped with
out scratch. One boy. half-grown. re-
celvod some bruises ON his leg. His
father, who sat beside him, had his
leg broken.
There were other strange features
and many Condolences.
Fireman 0ossags met death almost
In his mont yard. His wife and four
wes0 TIE first to arrive On the scene.
Mrs. 0ossays swoonsd In the arms OF
sympathstic passengers.
and gisseully shouted "PaDa!" Thsy
I'D not know their father was beyond
the range of tiny Voices!
The oes0es were hoartrsndfng.
With 80 men, women and childreo
% the escape list there was . state
Of panic aboard The relief train,
Df. Hsory W. Hoagland and Dr. g.
=. 0toagh we're among the first ply
sicia0o T. reach the scene. Miss Mar
Eafs< Kredsl. . trained nurse, hap
psaed 10 Vst aboard ut Palmer Lake
aad she was kept busy during the
short ride to the Springs.
The dead and dying had the right
aS NnY Of Colorado SnrinRa sfea4tn