The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-15
MisundGstandingOf Orders Said to Be the Cause of
 the Smashup
PASSENGER TRAIN HITS
 ANOTHER AT HIGH SPEED
Some of Train Crew Jumped and Saved Themselves But One Fireman Is Among the Dead and Many
 Are Seriously Injured.

Colorado Springs, Col, August 14-Nine persons are dead and others are expected to die, between 40 and 50 are injured three engines 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 pas- senger No. on the Denver and Rio Grande near Husted, 13 miles north of this city at 1925 a. m. today. The wreck was due to a misunderstanding of orders. 1t Is said
 The dead:
 James Rozporka. Chicago
 C. M. Lark->4>>C Colorado Springs.
 C. s. Brown, Jericho Springs, Mo
 J. A. Gossage,. fireman on engine No. $, Colorado Springs.
 T. D. Murphy, travelling car agent, Den yer.
 A. A. Davison, McPherson, Kan
 F. G. Frederick. attorney, St Louis.
 F. W. Beiess, Colorado Springs.
 James J. Parker, Chicago
 The injured:
 Andrew Jacobsen, Oldham, S. D., in- ternal injuries
 Elmer Jokisch, Virginia Falls. H.. leg broken.
 Laji Frank. McPherson, Kan. leg and head cut.
 F. J. sedliack, St. Louis. head cut, legs broken.
 Mrs. T M. Randolph oemulgee, Okla. internal injuries.
 Fay v. steck. Kansas City, slightly injured.
 John w. Roberts, Cambria, Mo-. head cut, legs broken.
 F, C. Whiteside, Jericho Springs, Mo-. back injured. Henry c. shipn1an. 1572 Kimban avenue, ] Chicago, ribs and leg broken. J. w. Leafgren, Axtell. Neb. legs cut. o. c. Skinner, Topeka. Kan, ribs broken
 F. c. rannehil. DesMoines, Ia.. arm broken.
 John Rheinhart Carson, Ia., leg broken.
 As No. drew into Husted at about 40 miles an hour the crew of the engine saw light engine standing on the switch north of the station.
 Mistaking 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 13 heay- fly loaded coaches. As soon as the train got out of the station the engineer of the first engine of No. saw another train coming slowly down the Incline.
 He slammed on the airbrakes 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. 1 so hard that all three engines lay in the ditch.
 Fireman J. A. Gossage of train No. 8 was killed as he was firing his engine, and never knew what struck him. The members of the other crew escaped seri- ous injuries by jumping The engineer on the first engine of No. 8 Is reported to have been working extra, and since the wreck has been acting like mad man. He has to be held down by friends.
 A relief train bearing physicians, sur geons and nurses was hurried to the rescue from this city and a wrecking crew was sent up from Pueblo
 The dead and injured were brought to this city
 Heroic work in helping the injured was the direction of H. A. Cameron of Bos- ton and c. R. Dow, also of Boston
 The members of the party turned over to the injured two Pullmans they were occupying. Within few minutes after the collision the two cars had been turned into a hospital.