Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-08-19

Two Iowans were injured in the
wreck near Colorado Springs-E. C.
Tannehill of Des Moines had his arm
broken, and John Reinhart of Carson
had leg broken.
Colorado Springs, Colo, Aug. 16.-
Nine persons are dead and others are
expected to die, between forty and
Fifty are injured, three engines are in
the ditch, two baggage cars, including
the contents ARE smashed to kindling
wood, and several passenger coaches
are badly damaged as the result Of
head-on collision between eastbound
passenger train No. and westbound
passenger No. / on the Denver G. Rio
Grande near Hustled, thirteen miles
north of this city, Saturday night.
The wreck was due to misunder-
standing of orders, 1t Is said. AS No.
3 drew into Hustled at about forty
miles an hour the crew of the engine
saw light engine standing on the
switch north of the station. Mistak.
ing the engine for the second section
of No. 1, the crew did not stop and
went through the station as fast as
the two engines could draw the thir-
teen heavily laden coaches.
AS soon as the train got out of the
station, the engineer of the first en-
CINE of No. saw another train COM
ing slowly down the incline. He
slammed on the air brakes and the
emergency brakes and then shouted
to the other members of the two
crews to jump. Before they had time
to jump No had rammed No. so
hard that all three engines lay in
the ditch.
A relief train bearing physicians.
surgeons and nurses was hurried to
the rescue from this city; wreck.
ing crew was sent up from Pueblo.
The dead and injured were brought
to this city on the special and on No.
1.
Heroic work in helping the injured
was done by party of women tour
lists.
The dead: James Roseporka. Chi.
cago; c. M. Larkin, Colorado Springs;
C. S. Brown, Jerico Springs, Mo-; ].
A. Gossage, fireman on engine No. 8,
Colorado Springs; T. E. Murphy, trav-
cling car agent, Denver; A. A. Dav-
ison, Mcpherson, Kas.; Attorney F.
G. Frederick, St. Louis; F. w. Beless,
Colorado Springs. James ]. Parker,
Chicago; Peter Nelson, Monroe. Neb..
An engineer was killed while beat
ing his way to Denver, riding In the
lead engine of the double-header. A
portion of body is reported to have
been found at the scene of the wreck,
but this is not confirmed.
The injured: Andrew Jacobson, Old
ham, s. D., internal injuries; Elmer
Jokisch, Virginia Falls, H., leg brok-
en-; ]. l. Frank, Mcpherson, Kans., leg
and head cut; F. ]. Sedlacik, st. Louis,
head cut, legs broken; Mrs. T. M.
Randolph, Okmulgee, Okla, internal
injuries; Fay Steck, Kansas City,,
slightly injured; John w. Roberts,
Cambria, Mo-, head cut, legs broken;
E. c. Whitsidd, Jerico Springs, Mo-,
back injured; Henry c. Shipman,
1872 Kimball avenue, Chicago, ribs
and leg broken; ]. w. Leafgren, Ak
tell, Neb., legs cut; o. c. Skinner, To
peka, Kans., ribs broken; E. G. Tame
hill, Des Moines, arm broken; John
Reinhart, Carson, Ia, leg broken; Mrs.
d. X. Seaton, Harrisburg. ILL.,, taken
to the Acacia hotel, is suffering from
a broken back. Her death is expected;
G.. H. McCreary of Dallas, Tex, Sc
verely injured; Eugene H. Harlacher,
Eau Claire, Wis. slightly bruised; d.
c. Hogan, Glouster, O., cut on back
of head, slightly injured; Emil Kauth-
er, 215 John street, Chicago, severely
injured; Mrs. d. X. Heton, Harris
burg, ILL.,, sprained back, Slightly in
jured; w. L. Ball, Decatur, ILL.,, sprain-
ed ankle.