Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-15
TEN DEAD
AND FIFTY
ARE HURT
Trains of Denver & Rio
Grande Collide
MANY OF THOSE INJURED ARE
EXPECTED TO DIE
WRECK DUE TO MIsUN0ERsTAND-
ING OF ORDERS
All Fatalities and Serious Wounds
Occur in Smoking Car, Which
Is Reduced to Kindling
Wood
LBy Associated Press. ]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Aug. H.
I 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, includ-
ing the contents, are smashed and sew
eral passenger coaches are damaged
seriously as the result of a head-on col
lision between eastbound passenger
train No. and westbound passenger
No. l on the Denver & Rio Grande near
Hustled, thirteen miles north of this
city, at 1920 a. m. today. The wreck
was due to a misunderstanding of or
ders.
The Dead
JAMES ROESPOKA, Chicago.
c. NJ LARKIN, Colorado Springs.
c. S. BROWN, Jerrico Spring. Aa
j. A. GOSSAGE, fireman on LEAD err
gine, No. 8. Colorado Springs.
A. A. DAWSON, Mcpherson, /
F. d. FREDERICK, attorne
Louis.
F. w. BELLSE, Colorado Springs.
JAMES ]. PARKER, Chicago.
PETER NELSON, Monroe, Neb.
An engineer was deadheading his
way to Denver, riding in the lead en-
gine of the dQuble-header. A portion
of the body is reported to have been
found late tonight.
The Injured
f. Baker, Portland ore. internally.
Earl j. Kemper, Denver cut arm and
leg broken.
ternally.
Peter Fratrichon, Colorado Springs;
head cut, internal hurts.
Elmer Jokisch, Virginia Falls. H.;
leg broken.
John Kendstorm, Victor, Colo; face
cut and legs broken.
X. l. Frank, Mcpherson, Kan; leg
and head cut.
Mrs. d. X. Seaton, Harrisburg. ILL.,,
taken to the Arcacia hotel, suffering
from a broken back. Her death is eX-
pected.
F. ]. sedlace, st. Louis; head cut and
legs broken.
L. L. Shaver, express messenger,
Denver; slightly hurt
Mrs. T. NJ Randolph, Okmulgee,
Okla; internal injuries
w. e. Sacks, Denver; arm broken.
Charles Campbell, legs broken.
Fay Steick, Kansas City; slightly in
jured.
w. w. Taylor, bridge builder, Pue-
bio; leg broken.
John w. Roberts, New Cambria, Mo-;
head badly cut and leg broken.
C. e. Whiteside, Jerrico Springs.
Mo. back and chest injured.
Henry c. Shipman, Chicago; broken
ribs and legs broken
Stephen Makeson, Pueblo, inspector;
slight injuries
j. w. Leafgren, Axtell, Neb., mail
carrier body bruised.
O. &. Skinner, Topeka; ribs broken.
Il. c. Tannerill. Des Moines; head
battered and left arm broken.
John Reinhart, Carson, Iowa; legs
broken and face cut.
AS No. drew into Hustled at rate
of about forty miles an hour the crew
of the engine saw light engine stand
ing on the switch north of the station.
Mistakes Engine for Train
Mistaking the engine for the second
section of No. l. the crew did not stop,
and went through the station as fast
as two engines could draw the thirteen
heavily laden cars. AS soon as the
train got out of the station the engineer
of the first engine of No. s saw an
other train coming slowly down the In
cline.
He slammed on the emergency brakes
and then shouted to 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
went into the ditch. Fireman j. A.
Gossage of train No. was killed as he
was firing his engine and never knew
what struck him.
The members of the other crew es-
caped serious 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 a madman. He had to be held
down by friends.
Smoker Is Fatal Car
Smoker No 572 attached to train No.
was the car in which the people were
killed. All those injured severely were
in the same car There is not enough
left of the car beyond the frame to tell
that it was formerly a smoking car.
The baggage cars on both trains, the
smokers and the next cars were all
wrecked The three engines in the
ditch are total wrecks.
A relief train bearing physicians, sur
geons and nurses was hurried to the
rescue from this city. A wrecking crew
was sent up from Pueblo. The cead
and injured were brought to Pueblo on
the special and No, 1. the two trains
arriving shortly after noon. Heroic
work in helping the injured was done
by women tourists under the direction
of II. A. Cameron and c. r. Dove of
Boston, who were going to Denver
after a trip to Yellowstone park The
members of the party turned over to
the injured two Pullman cars. Within
few minutes after the collision the
two cars had been turned into a hos