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Show PASSENGER TRAIN STRIKES FREIGHT Rio. Grande train No. 3 ran Into the roar of. secood 05 Tuesday niorn-.lng niorn-.lng at 7:45 o'clock at Spriugvtlle. Tlie crow of-thw freight was trymc to get Into the clear for.No, S, bnt encroached encroach-ed upon the titno of the passenger, and sent out a flagman to protect. But the flagman took to the inside of the curve, which was on the fireman's side of the oncoming pausenger, and as the, fireman . was shoveling coal and the engineer could not eee the signal from whore bo sat, he could not stop tho train la time to prevent the collision. However, he did put on the air when he realized the danger, and the force threw gome of the passengers pas-sengers from" ' the seats. The crash came a moment later, but was softened soften-ed by the fact that speed had been somewhat slackeuod and the air was I on full force. Engineer Rugg and Conductor Fitzgerald Fitz-gerald wcro In charge of No. 3, which was late, owing to a delay near Canon I City. Conductor Marshall and Engineer Engi-neer English were In charge of tho freight train. All Investigation will bo started Wednesday morning by Superintendent Burkhead to ascertain the cause and the blame for the wreck. Bruited and Shaken. Fortunately, no passenger was seriously ser-iously Injured, although many had their clothing ruined by spilled food In the dining car and other causes, and many were more or less bruised and shaken up. Among those who received receiv-ed slight injuries was Mrs. E. V. Smith of No. 4 Progress apartments, this city, who suffered from a sprained sprain-ed neck, but was 'renting easy Tuesday Tues-day evening. . Others reported with slight injuries injur-ies were Mrs. F. W. Cord ray of Port Coata, Mrs. George V. Berry of Napa, Miss F. B, Smith of Santa Ana, Cal.: H. R. Rhone of Grand Junction, Fred I, . Kohn of New York. H. PatoskI of Cleveland, Mrs. F. E. Sullivan of Fort Collins, and Conductor Fitzgerald. None of the Injuries were serious and all continued their Journeys. The engine lifted the oaboose of tho freight train off tho track and shattered its rear. The engine was stripped of its front gear, hut was not damaged to an extent that prevented It from hauling the train Into this city after a delay of an hour and a half. Taken In lis entirety, It was a miraculous mir-aculous escape for all concerned, and if the engineer of the passenger had not put on his air a fearful wreck would have resulted. |