Show ENGINE CREWS CRE VIS VI'S TIMELY ACTION AVERTS DEATH Passenger Coach Climbs On Locomotive Impact t Is So 0 Terrific Debris Litt Litters rs Pavement as Crew v Works Only the presence of or mind ot of Engineer Engineer En En- er W. W E. E Parry and Fireman S. S E. E Wilson prevented a a. fatality when Denver Denver Denver Den Den- ver Rio Grande Grando switch engine No of which they are aTe tho the ere crew collided with an empty passenger coach being pushed by switch engine No of or tho the same railroad yesterday a at 6 p. p m. m The accident occurred oh on on Sixth West cst street between South Temple and First South street at the Intersection of ot thu the Western Pacific main track and the tho Denver Rio Grande freight track The crew of engine was W V L L. Reynolds engineer and J. J A. A Mellon fireman The force torce of ot the wa was so great that the p passenger coach Jumped tho locomotive The tank of ot No was torn from tho main portion of or the tho en engine engino and two cars of the train being drawn dran were derailed Tho The tracks suffered suffer d much damage damas as well The wrecking crew experienced expert expert- difficulty In removing the paz pas passenger senSor car from tho the top of th the smashed ed locomotive ye Engineer Parry jumped from the cab when he be saw the accident could not bo avoided while Fireman Parry arry leaped to the running running- board on the fireman side of ot the cabin Had h he attempted to jump clear of ot tho the engino engine en en- gine gino he would have been pinned be bt neath tho the wrecked tank tank According to witnesses No drawing a train of or more than thirty box cars and empty coal cars from th tho O. O S. S I 1 north yards with the ir Denv r Rio Grando Grande freight yards as us itA destination was traveling tra south the other engine was pushing V empty passenger coaches we along tho the Western Pacific track bound for tho the passenger depot Freight Load Was Owing to the heavy load Joad and the slight downgrade the crew of ot thu tho freight sounded a a. warning whistle according according ac ac- cording to reports and proceeded south The passenger coaches were ver being driven from Crom the rear by tho the switch engine and witnesses declare that the who occupied the first passenger coach signaled th the crew to proceed It is said he did not see the oncoming freight until jo zo JO late ate The engine and the two other passenger coaches were ere not damaged An auxiliary y engine took the tho remainder of oC the freight away awny from the scene of ot the wreck 0 Witnesses of ot the collision declare it was Impossible for tor tho the freight to stop step owing to Its Us heavy heay load Neighbors 8 See More than a thousand residents of ot of the neighborhood w watched the wreckIng wreck wreck- Ing Ing- ere crew remove the debris Too The work was made more difficult owing to the position of ot the wrecked coach A broken cable on n the derrick added to tho the troubles of or the wor ers Officials of ot th the railroad could not be located last night to determine what who t action would be taken It is expected an Investigation will be conducted to today today today to- to day by authorities when the blame may be placed for the accident Traffic on the tho main line lino of ot th the tho I Western Pacific was not delayed bythe by bythe bythe the collision |