Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1919 — TRAIN HIT BY SNOW SLIDE [ARTICLE]

TRAIN HIT BY SNOW SLIDE

Meager Details Received of Passenger Wreck in Colorado. Denver, Colo., March 7. —Denver & Rio Grande passenger train No. 315, west-bound, was struck by a snowslide near Sapiners, Colo. According to meager telephone information the locomotive was swept Into the Gunnison river. The loss of life, if any, is unknown. Relief trains have been sent from Gunnison. The train was passing through Black Canyon when the slide occurred.