Semi-weekly herald., 1911-11-09
Twelve Injured
in Bad Wreck
on D. & X. &.
From Mondays Daily.


Yesterday afternoon, just as the in
coming eastern reached mile post 444,
one mile and half on this side of
Falfa, the baggage care and the two
passenger coaches were derailed, in
juring twelve of the twenty-five per-
sons the train was carrying at the
time.
Engineer j. f. Clarke was running
slow, the pseed not exceeding nine
miles an hour round the big curve
above mentioned. Conductor j. =. Nc
Holland was seated in The middle
coach near the door, and Harry Fry,
who is running for the present as
brakeman, was sitting just beneath
the emergency cord nearer the center
of the coach. Both men saw the rear
trucks of the baggage car leave the
track, and both acted at once Quick
as flash of lightning Mr.. Fry leap
Ell to his feet, pulling the cord above
his head as he did so, and yelling to
the people inside to hold tight and
not be frightened.
Conductor McHolland sprang for
the doorway, reaching the platform as
the car swayed, following the bag
gage car, which broke loose from the
engine, and as it gently settled on its
side down the bank, he slid from the
platform to the ground. The bag
gage car, after it left the track slid
less than two coach lengths before it
stepped, so quickly were the brakes
applied, and the train halted. AS it
swayed, to the left, the two coaches
had stopped entirely, and just follow
ed the baggage car, falling on the left
side, and on the inside of the curve.
Just at that point the bank is about
four feet deep. Had it been few
hundred yards farther on, the situa-
tion would have been much more Sc
rious, since there is an embankment
of about sixty feet on either side.
The cause of the accident is thought
to be soft track.
By the time that Conductor McHol-
land had reached the end of the car
and had opened the door ready to get
the passengers out, Mr.. Fry had mat
ters somewhat organized inside and
called out. "It's all right in here,
Mac. Nobody hurt very bad. Look
after the other carp In fifteen min
utes everybody was out of the cars,
and the first aid crew were busy tying
up heads and doing the best they
could under the circumstances to care
for those who needed attention the
worst
B. w. Ritter and G. 7. Vandegrift
both suffered severe scalp wounds and
were cut and bruised about the body
by broken glass. They were both sit
ting on the lower side of the car, and
when it turned over, suit cases, guns,
belonging to the party returning from
duck hunt, and the hunters them
selves, landed on top of them.
Mr.. Ritter's head is cut just over
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tunately escaped both temple and eye
ball. He lost great deal of blood
but is doing fine under the circum-
stances. Mr.. Vandegrift's wound need
ed eight stitches when it was sewed
up, and for time there was a slight
conclusion but we are glad to state
that is now past.
DR.. Grant Morris was bruised about
the body and face cut up. Last night
his arm seemed wrenched but he is all
right today.
Thomas Clark of Denver, the dep
uty United States marshal, was Sc
verely cut about the head and was
bruised and shaken up considerably.
Mrs. C. F. Werner's elbow and arm
was cut by broken glass, since it
was thrust through the window; her
hip and side were also badly bruised.
S. NJ. Campbell was hurt in the head
and chest, the latter being strained