Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1920-09-08
7 WELVE DEAD,
1O1 INJURED
IN COL ORADO
TRAIN WRECK
Denver Interurban Wreck
Victims Increase With
Reports From Scene OF
Disastrous Collision
IRenubIIcan A. p. Leased Wirel

DENVER, Sept Rive eye wit
nesses of the collision yesterday be-
tween two Denver and Interurban rail-
road cars and the father of a girl who
was injured in the crash were chosen
as members of a coroner's jury today
to investigate the wreck which al
ready has cost l. lives. Several others
OF the 101 injured are expected to die.
The jury was impaneled by Coroner
Z. T. Jones of Adams county, where
the accident occurred. The members
OF the jury are:
/. y. Crabb, farmer. whose daughter
was injured in the wreck.
William Gee, bookkeeper.
c. Phiester. meat cutter.
Bert Flanders. chemist.
Robert Coursey, farmer.
Harry Coursey, department foreman
in a meat packing plant.
Three witnesses. all of whom placed
the blame on the crew OF the outbound
special car, were examined today and
the hearing then was adjourned till
Thursday afternoon TO permit deposi-
tons to be taken from Conductor +.
W. Schulze and Motorman /. c. Cripps
of the special. Both Schulze and
Cripps are confined TO their homes in
Denver by injuries received when they
jumped from their car Just before the
collision. W. II. Obland. station agent
road at Globeville, near where the
wreck occurred. was the first witness
called by the coroner He said that
Schulze asked him for time table but
he didn't give him any because he
had none. He said a time table would
have shown Schulze that the regular
was due in Globeville at the time the
special was pulling out He said that
he did not know the special was leav-
ing the station until IT had gone.
Albert J.. Stevens motorman of the
regular inbound car. who escaped with
slight injuries when he jumped just
before the collision, was the next wit
ness.
we were coming around the curve
when I saw the other car coming to
ward us about 200 or $50 feet away, -
he testified. Il applied the emergency
brakes and dropped sand and tried to
stop the car before I jumped. The car
was pretty well crowded and when the
accident occurred 1 was about eight
minutes late"
He said his car was travelling about
25 miles an hour around the curve and
the other was probably making about
Is miles an hour.
He declared his orders made no men
tion of any special running but he said
this was customary as the special cars
were expected to look out for the reg
ulars.
He testified he had been employed
on the Colorado and Southern railroad
for IA years and on the Denver and
Tnterurban three years
w. III. Edmonds receiver for the
Denver and Interurban company, was
the other witness examined
The order allowed Special 15S (the
special ear in the wreck) rights over
Extra 703 between Louisville and Mar
shall. 1t did not give the special any
rights over the regular train. 1t was
the duty of the special trains crew to
see that the line was clear before go
ing ahead. The conductor of the spe-
cial train should have had a time card
They had no right on the track until
the regular train they were running
against had arrived"
Special Investigator William c. Reid.
representing the state public utilities
commission, attended the hearing to
secure information to enable the com
mission to fix responsibility for the
wreck.