Show speed cause of D R G W wreck leadville colo excessive speed on an curves was held responsible monday for tho the derailment ot of the scenic limited of tha denver rio grande western railroad near waco colo sunday morning with a loss losa of twenty seven lives and fifty injured president 3 3 pyeatt of the road declared in a statement issued here monday the conclusion of our investigation develops that the derailment of train no 2 on an eleven degree curve one halt half mile west of waco colo september 6 5 was caused by excessive speed the statement said the train was running twenty five minutes late and from the best information available and the position of the wrecked equipment nt at a speed of between forty and forty five miles an hour when it reached the point of derailment |