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Show "One Man Killed. Iadiile, Colo., Dec. IS. Early this morning a fearful accident occurred oc-curred on the .Denver JL Itio Grande about two miles on this side of Ten-nescec Ten-nescec Pass. Passenger train No. 2 was preceded by an engine for helping up the steep grade, and collided col-lided with a hand-car, killing one o'. tbo men. Charles Iawjn. The body was immediately placed -on the train and brought to 1-ikIvi Uc, where it was held over for ihe coroner's coro-ner's iuquet. Particulars are very meagre, as it was ail done ra quickly, quick-ly, and each man ha 1 to loo s out after bis own life. There we six men on the car, an J all jurapii and were saved, extept this on i. WaltT Hughes, one of the men irhoes-ciped, irhoes-ciped, was seen by theAVtcsp.-torter. He said: "I am the flagman of t b i section force and it is nij duty to goaheaj of the workinz (orcn and look out for train'. Well, 1 had cu me before the hd car quite a dUU ucp, clear up to tho list cur vi. At that joint ami as far &s I ewild , tiieruwere uo trains pproaeliin. I. then stopped till tin- hand ru. caiia up and got uu the rear eud. I was looking steadily aheae', when I happened to turn round. I taw the light engiiic ccmlii fpm our nai amfauout ten yards irom us. I yelled to the other fellows to jump for their lives and 1 rolled down the embankment. I ua considerably consider-ably bruised up and v lien I crjra to my senses I found all the tuea except Charles iLawso n. I do not believe the engineer gave u any warning at all, snl if ne had I do not believe the accident would have occurred." Tlie engineer claims that lie diu whistle. |