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Show Speed Cause of D. & R. G. W. Wreck. Leadville, Colo., Excessive speed on curves was held responsible Monday Mon-day for the derailment of the Scenic Limited of the Denver & Rio Grande Western railroad near Waco, Colo., Sunday morning with a loss of twenty-seven twenty-seven lives and fifty injured. President Pres-ident J. S. Pyeatt of the road declared in a statement issued here Monday. "The conclusion of our investigation develops that the derailment of train No. 2 on an eleven degree curve one-half one-half mile west of Waco Colo., September Sep-tember 5, was caused by excessive speed," the statement said. "The train was running twenty-five minutes late and from the best information available and the position of the wrecked equipment, at a speed of between be-tween forty and forty-five miles an hour when it reached the point of derailment." |