Duchesne Record | 1910-09-30 | Page 2 | Cloudburst Causes Wreck

CLOUDBURST CAUSES WRECK Sixteen Killed When Train Plunged Into Raging Torrent Denver Colo Sixteen Sixteen persons lost their lives and eleven others sustained sustain sustain- ed d more or less severe injuries in the wreck two miles east cast of Clayton Kan early Friday morning of pf westbound west west- bound Rock Island passenger train The wreck occurred at a n fill 1000 feet of which had bad been washed out by cloudburst The train was running practically on time and was proceeding proceed ing on a straight stretch of track Evidently the first intimation that the engineer had of any danger came I when he realized that the forward portion of the train was running In i water which had spread put over the tracks near the fill Reversing his bis engine the speed of the train was waa checked but not enough to prevent the engine baggage car and smoker going over into depression