Show distal courtion coul tion dr colo reb 25 about 2 tills ru orning near colton nebraska Nebra lka trains bambers 4 a n 1 18 on the main if no of tile un ion pacific railroad collided aith terrible force the engines telescoping each other and the cars piling n top of the immediately took fire burning a large number of carsin eluding the baggage express two pullman and one emigrant deeper on number 4 the beat from the fire masgo intense that all the telegraph V I 1 reb running slon gsida the trall mere melted and for the 1 I in rd how mass aich t cloty minutes before were two heavily loaded I 1 trains hower they all escaped with but finglet bruises ex ce epting engines r rowel 1 who was instantly killed while trying to check the speed of big engine in order to save the lives of ilia passengers gers the pas bongers villo viere not injured misted those ullo caught in tile wreck to escape and boon had them all out and at the hatel hem they were reported doing well none were sori bously in jared the company soon had wrecking wreck inc trains on the ground an d tile trac kWas cleared by 8 k in tha morning J hp is re spon for the collision Is not yet known hero the wrecked passenger left sidney I 1 a t 1220 and was running nearly fifty miles per hour when it strut a frol gilt train that was just t he side tra at colton ih cars which were gasoline an of oil had not got the 1 I a track arlien the go verland r iyer struck them and they immediately burst in to flames the engine gurnei a coln pleto file to noler going on one bide ant tho engine on the ot fier the messenger charles D Ilo viard barely escaped managed at risk of ji is life to save many thousand dollars for the pacific express corn pany among tile trea buros were thirteen silver brifils bric ils fite of which were melted by belt superintendent dickinson Dickin Ron car and one sleeper were not uz among the injured lire august johnson fireman leg broken IN 11 sloane iowa burnt smith head injured mrs douglass california leg an of hand burnt frank lawrence north platte cut on the head G M caram and a mr brov us portland oregon and sprained jh n low Ja lesburg cut the head and wrist sprained arra benton reeds james ville X Y back hurt IV D Know leat illinois mm bayar ld lar into and lucy blackenburg Ilac kenburg and some others whose names could dot be learned were more ilir I 1 egg lured the wreck Is now cleared and the trains are running over it |