Show MW l S I COLLIDED ON A TRESTLE denver colo feb 2 colorado midland train westbound for salt lake had 0 narrow escape from instant destruction at G this morning two miles west of buana via ta the locomotive dashed into a freight train standing on a trestle sixty live feet high hurling fhe caboose and one freight car into the creek bottom and instantly killing owen mccarthy rear on the freight engineer peck and hlad fireman were prevented from jumping by the aih trestle and remained on their engine expecting to be dashed to ile alli enough the engine left the rails but remained on the trestle almost balanced on its edge thug saving not only their licca but the M well owen the only roan losing his life was responsible cor the accident ats received orders to flag the coming passenger train but tarried in the caboose warming himself as abo morning was bitterly cold llo bad just started to hag the train when he caw the headlight of a locomotive rounding the curve not feet distant ho retreated toward tho caboose but wua caught and knocked into tho creek being shockingly mangled engineer peck had liia hand on tho throttle and slowed abo train somewhat before the locomotive truck the caboose alad he been running at ordinary speed the whole train would probably have been thrown from tho trestle owen mccarthy livel nt CY ond was well known employed of tha midland |