Show WHEELS OF DEATH A I fatal lec accident ident on the denver rio grande FORTY PEOPLE nole KILLED ISO MUM list of the dead and or these hoit lost uarl A I scene of wg woe and chilling borror horror 0 CANYON CITY colo sapt 6 A terrible accident occurred currel oc on the danver Donver and rio grando grande railroad at this morning near adobe train no 10 waa runn in two sections the first fention bad had two day lay coaches loaded with laborera laborers and rod had bad been derailed pome some four milea miles below florence the second section dashed into them with torri terrific fig force completely smashing the two coa eb chea aches in injuring juring from thirty five to forty men an and 1 I killing a number outright the bodies of 0 live have already been recovered and twelve are still missing mie Eing the wounded are now belne being cared tor for at the depot at florence coal creek and can on city physicians aie ate in attendance sept 6 the most serious accident which hai jim I 1 lap penel on the kio rio grande railway for years ed tour four miles east of florence at 5 t i this morning sections no I 1 and 2 of freight no 61 left etc pueblo at 3 for the west the first section had bad attached a passenger coach mach loaded with 47 laborera laborers bound for tennessee and rome western ox ex eions of the road the first election section had either stopped in to the cut near florence or had greatly reduced their speed when ho the second section the engineer of which was prevented from seeing the bead by A sharp turn in the cut dashed into the coach tearing it into a thousand pieces and throwing the debris wounded and dead onto the santa fee track a few feet away twelve loaded freight cars care ahead abed of the coach were derailed and completely wrecked none of the trainmen were injured those who escaped from the car uninjured together with some tit of the ci tizana of florence were soon at work taking taken the injured and ded dead from tha the wreck As A ine coach wai was lying hy by itself end cod not under tinder any other cars care it was with but little difficulty that the men were taken out and conveyed to the depot which wat was turned into a temporary hospital of 01 the 47 men known to have been ale sleeping e in the cat car five were killed instantly and 37 wounded physicians from canyon cit city y and pueblo arrived in a very short abort time 0 on n special trains and gave the wounded all agthe abe attention possible the injured were taken to the companas comp anys hospital at salida calida tonight to night and two of are not expected to live un until til morning the dead are 11 II L winters idaho Sp spring ringi colo jonathan falks pueblo A II 11 me meyer yer pueblo james dobovan Doa Doo ovan pueblo C B williams wilin lia in leadville T thosa bol aa most seriously injured are tames james faust fractured rc lured thigh ajr jv both hipa fractured ed brown hips dislocated john welsh head badly cut L E L fash severe internal injuries john palmer both legs broken M and internal In jaries earnest scott internal injuries and head bead hurt uboldo Ma Ala scalp wound and shoulder hurt burt john delduca left hip bip broken and bead injured ed ELI marline martine leg broken and thigh dislocated michael burke apine hurt divid david ashbery internal hemorrhages r I 1 bages the others other are f thought bought to ba be bat slightly bruised there were quit a number of italians in the party who were recently shipped here from the east and as they are unable to speak the Eng liall language the italian consul mr air roncaglia left hero here this evening for calida to be of any as latance ni stanca to Us his countrymen possible it is not yet determined who is responsible for the accident and investigation vesti gation will be made at once the damage to tho the companas comp anys property will be in the neighborhood neighbor hoid or of 1000 |