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Salida, CO Footbridge Collapses, May 1904

FIVE PEOPLE FALL TO DEATH.

FOOTBRIDGE AT SALIDA, COLORADO, BREAKS AND OCCUPANTS PLUNGE INTO RIVER.  read more »

Victor, CO Mine Cage Accident, Jan 1904

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DROP DOWN DEEP SHAFT TO DEATH.

FIFTEEN MEN ARE KILLED IN THE STRATTON INDEPENDENT MINE.

CABLE PARTS RELEASING CAGE IN WHICH THEY WERE BEING HOISTED.  read more »

Rouse, CO Mine Car Accident, Jan 1904

COAL CARS RAN WILD.

THREE SLAV MINERS INSTANTLY KILLED AND TWO OTHERS BADLY INJURED.  read more »

Leadville, CO Fire, May 1882

LEADVILLE'S LOSS.  read more »

Husted Station, CO Train Wreck, Dec 1892

DOWN AN EMBANKMENT.

A BAD WRECK ON THE SANTA FE NEAR COLORADO SPRINGS.

THE CARS ARE BURNED UP.

TWO PERSONS KILLED AND TWENTY-THREE ARE WOUNDED.  read more »

Akron, CO Train Collision, Mar 1906

DISASTER TO NOS. 1 AND 14.

MET IN THE WELL KNOWN CUT TWO MILES WEST OF AKRON, COLORADO.

AND FATAL RESULTS FOLLOW.  read more »

Eldorado Springs, CO Trolley Crash, July 1910

TROLLEY CRASHES INTO AUTO; FOUR INJURED.

AGED MAN IN PARTY SUFFERS FROM BROKEN RIBS AND HIS DEATH IS EXPECTED.  read more »

Maitland, CO Mine Explosion, Feb 1906

SIXTEEN DIE IN MINE.

POCKET OF GAS, IGNITED BY A LAMP, EXPLODES.

ELEVEN BODIES RECOVERED.  read more »

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