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Show SIX PEOPLE ME . HURT J WRECK ' S( -i:IC MMiTi:i til' DHNVr.lt AMI KtO IIIIAXKH JUMPS TKACK. Train ilng Wc-l Out of Sprlngvlllc flipping Off !N.rljr.niP Miles A Hour All Steel Hqulpmcnt 1 r-hni. r-hni. Itc-iM.ii.lblc l'or Saving Mr. of Man) of tlw Pnwiwr-. Six perns wer Injured liut none etlouslr la M.mdav nftcmoon when Tho west boond rVenle Limited on he Denver and lllo Orande. while ninnlng nt fort, -five miles an hoar, lumped the tra.k eeren miles est of Spring-lib Spring-lib The fs.t that the train was ..imposed of rteel ears probably saved man from death or serious Injur). The impact was so great when the train rtruek the ground that two Man-dnrd Man-dnrd Pullmans were lorn from their tru. ks and were thrown to one s4cls, completely blocking the eosl bound track The cars leaned at an angle tf fort) -fire degrees and onl) iiiWK nppltentlon of the nlrbrakes kept Hie ears from turning over. Those Injured were Miss IMW) I'apes of Wichita. Kan., snouioer im-y im-y wrenched and mmeles of neck strained. MN Iti.lh Paes of Wichita, Wichi-ta, knocked unconsetous nnd suffering from shock. J. It. Hammond of Wo-terl.ur). Wo-terl.ur). N V. head cat by 'lying glass; It. Thomns of Chicago. Pullman Pull-man Mirter. shoulder wrenched; J. It. Hampton of Denver, dining car cook, cut by fl)lng glass; Henry Thomas of Denver, cut by broken dishes. Unpinned On Tangent. The nccldent happened on the tangent tan-gent of n oiirve while the train was making up lime. The engine, baggage bag-gage enr, dny conch nnd two tourist cars made the curve and It Is not determined de-termined whether the third tourist enr or the first standard sleeper was the first to Jump the track. The third hAirlst tar was found with Its rear trucks off the track. The first and second standard sleepers Jumped the track nnd the trucks caught between the ties nnd slid bnek under lioth enrs, permitting them to tip over nt an angle of forty-five degrees. The licit-turns licit-turns of both cars were stripped of gas tnnks, wnter tanks, electrical equipment nnd rods. The cars started start-ed to turn over on tho east bound track, but the front end of each of the enrs plowed Into the gravel nnd did not turn over on their sides. Few pnnes of glass were left In cither of the ears. Two Cars Itcinaln On Track. The dining ear nnd two other sleepers sleep-ers followed the first three from the track, but ns the train had slowed down somewhat by this time their trucks humped over the ties, but did not "strip back" under them. The observation car nnd a sleeping ear remained re-mained on the track. The roadbed was torn up for it distance of three hundred feet nnd the cars were thrown In such a position that east Ixmnd traffic wns dcla)cd many hours. All of the passengers on the train were severely shaken up. while many of the passengers suffered from shock. The cause of the train leaving the track Is not determined, but It was asserted b Msengers that the trainmen train-men nnd wrecking crew stated the rails had spread under the train. ApM'ioii DcM-rlhcs Wreck. The wreck occurred on a straight piece of track where new steer ami new ties have been In for several tiscks." said A II. Apperson. general I'Mpcrlntendent. "The equipment of the train was new and all steel. It Is one of those accidents for which there Is no explanation and we think that In nil probability something dropped clown from one of the curs causing the derailment. Nn one wns seriously hurt und with two enrs tipping over as they did the all steel equipment of the train proved Its value." |
