| Ort |
Zeit |
Firma |
Ereignis |
| Salt Lake City (USA) |
01.09.1832 |
Silver, William John |
Geburt von William John Silver in London |
| Morenci (Ariz.) |
1834 |
Phelps Dodge |
Phelps Dodge beginnt mit einer Handelsgesellschaft in New York City. Man verkauft amerikanische Produkte nach England im Tausch von Kupfer, Eisen, Zinn und anderen Metallen, die in den Vereinigten Staaten benötigt werden. Der Name der Gesellschaft ist von den Gründungs-Partnern Anson Phelps, ein Sattler, und seinem Schwiegersohn William Dodge, einem Kurzwarenhändler, abgeleitet. |
| Denver (Colorado) |
22.07.1839 |
Moffat, David |
Geburt von David Moffat in Washingtonville (N.Y.) |
| Colorado (USA) |
vor 1850 |
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Der Kartoffelkäfer lebt nur an den Abhängen des noramerikanischen Felsengebirges (Colorado) und ernährt sich von wilden Solanaceen. - Sobald in Colorado Kartoffeln angebaut werden, frißt er diese und dringt nach Osten vor. |
| Colorado (USA) |
19.10.1848 |
Central Pacific Railroad |
J. C. Frémont beginnt seine vierte Vermessungsexpedition zum Cochetopa Pass, um die Durchführbarkeit einer Eisenbahn durch die Rocky Mountains zu erforschen. Durch die Winterverhältnisse kommen 10 seiner Leute ums Leben. |
| Colorado (USA) |
19.10.1848 |
Frémont, John Charles |
J. C. Frémont beginnt seine vierte Vermessungsexpedition zum Cochetopa Pass, um die Durchführbarkeit einer Eisenbahn durch die Rocky Mountains zu erforschen. Durch die Winterverhältnisse kommen 10 seiner Leute ums Leben. |
| Meridian (Colorado) |
1851 |
Western Union Telegraph Company |
Gründung durch Hiram Sibley (1807–1888) als "The New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company" in Rochester |
| Salt Lake City (USA) |
05.12.1852 |
Silver, William John |
Heirat mit Mary Askie in London (gest. 02.06.1862) |
| Colorado (USA) |
14.12.1853 |
Central Pacific Railroad |
J. C. Frémont macht erneut eine Expedition zum Cochetopa-Pass, um sich mit eigener Anschauung von den Winterbedingungen für den Bau einer Eisenbahn zu machen |
| Colorado (USA) |
14.12.1853 |
Frémont, John Charles |
J. C. Frémont macht erneut eine Expedition zum Cochetopa-Pass, um sich mit eigener Anschauung von den Winterbedingungen für den Bau einer Eisenbahn zu machen |
| Meridian (Colorado) |
1856 |
Western Union Telegraph Company |
Umbenennung aus "The New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company" in "Western Union Telegraph Company", nachdem das Unternehmen einige Mitbewerber übernommen hatte |
| Aurarla (Denver) |
1859 |
Tivoli-Union Brewery (Milwaukee Brewery) |
Der aus Europa stammende Braumeister James Good überquert die Prärie mit der ersen Wagenladung Hopfen für die erste Brauerei in Denver, die "Rocky Mountain Brewing Company", am Westufer des Cherry Creek in Aurarla. Im selben Jahr schließt sich Good mit dem Brauereibesitzer Charles Endlich zusammen |
| Central City (USA) |
1859 |
Pullman, George Mortimer |
Während des Goldrausches in Colorado G. M. Pullman gründet die Firma "Lyon, Pullman & Company" zusammen mit James E. Lyon, die ein Gütergeschäft und eine Erzbrecheranlage in Central City betreibt. Die Beziehung zum nicht geschätzten Lyon wird später abgebrochen, und Pullman nimmt Spafford C. Field als Teilhaber auf. |
| Denver (Colorado) |
1859 |
Tivoli-Union Brewery (Milwaukee Brewery) |
Der aus Europa stammende Braumeister James Good überquert die Prärie mit der ersen Wagenladung Hopfen für die erste Brauerei in Denver, die "Rocky Mountain Brewing Company", am Westufer des Cherry Creek in Aurarla. Im selben Jahr schließt sich Good mit dem Brauereibesitzer Charles Endlich zusammen |
| Georgetown (Colorado) |
Sommer 1859 |
The Georgetown Loop Railroad, Inc. |
Following the great gold rush, the Griffith brothers from Kentucky (George and David), find present Central City crowded and decide to follow the south fork of Clear Creek from the gold discoveries at present Idaho Springs. Within two days, on June 17, George Griffith hits pay dirt. The news travels quickly and a small and growing settlement begins, known as "Georges Town. |
| Salt Lake City (USA) |
16.09.1859 |
Silver Brothers Iron Works |
W. J. Silver kommt nach Utah und arbeitet bei der "Edward Stevenson Company" |
| Salt Lake City (USA) |
16.09.1859 |
Silver, William John |
W. J. Silver kommt nach Utah und arbeitet bei der "Edward Stevenson Company" |
| Denver (Colorado) |
1860 |
Colorado Iron Works Company |
Gründung |
| Meridian (Colorado) |
1861 |
Western Union Telegraph Company |
Fertigstellung der ersten transkontinentalen Telegraphenlinie |
| Salt Lake City (USA) |
02.08.1862 |
Silver, William John |
Heirat in zweiter Ehe mit Hannah Sims in Salt Lake City |
| Salt Lake City (USA) |
28.09.1863 |
Silver, William John |
Heirat in dritter Ehe mit Elizabeth Price (gest. 21.09.1869) in Salt Lake City |
| Aurarla (Denver) |
Mitte 1860er |
Tivoli-Union Brewery (Milwaukee Brewery) |
Nach dem Tod von Charles Endlich wird James Good Alleinbesitzer der "Rocky Mountain Brewing Company" |
| Denver (Colorado) |
Mitte 1860er |
Tivoli-Union Brewery (Milwaukee Brewery) |
Nach dem Tod von Charles Endlich wird James Good Alleinbesitzer der "Rocky Mountain Brewing Company" |
| Georgetown (Colorado) |
1864 |
The Georgetown Loop Railroad, Inc. |
Silver is found and Georgetown booms again bringing experienced miners from California and Nevada who realize previous mining attempts in the city and surrounding mountainside had been weak, leading to the formation of the Argentine Mining District. |
| Meridian (Colorado) |
1865 |
Western Union Telegraph Company |
Die "Western Union Telegraph Company" gründet die "Russian American Telegraph" für den Versuch, Amerika und Europa über Alaska und Sibirien nach Moskau zu verbinden |
| Georgetown (Colorado) |
1866 |
The Georgetown Loop Railroad, Inc. |
Georgetown opens accommodations (several small hotels) for tourists. |
| Salt Lake City (USA) |
1866 |
Silver Brothers Iron Works |
William J. Silver gründet sein Eisenwerk in Salt Lake City |
| Salt Lake City (USA) |
1866 |
Silver, William John |
William J. Silver gründet sein Eisenwerk in Salt Lake City |
| Denver (Colorado) |
1867 |
Denver City Tramway Co. |
Gründung der Vorgänger-Unternehmung "Denver Horse Railroad Company" |
| Salt Lake City (USA) |
07.09.1867 |
Silver, William John |
Heirat in vierter Ehe mit Althea Caroline Jones (gest. 26.06.1842) in Salt Lake City |
| Nevada (USA) |
31.10.1867 |
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Beitritt zu den USA |
| Denver (Colorado) |
19.11.1867 |
Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company |
David Moffat und andere Investoren gründen unter dem Bürgermeister von Denver, John Evans, die "Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company" |
| Denver (Colorado) |
19.11.1867 |
Moffat, David |
David Moffat und andere Investoren gründen unter dem Bürgermeister von Denver, John Evans, die "Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company" |
| Georgetown (Colorado) |
1868 |
The Georgetown Loop Railroad, Inc. |
Colorados legislature grants Georgetown, population 1,500, a town charter, establishing a governmental system and designating the town the Clear Creek county seat. |
| Cheyenne (Wyoming) |
18.05.1868 |
Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company |
Grundsteinlegung für den Bahnhof der "Denver Pacific Railway" in Cheyenne (Wyoming) für eine Bahn durch das Tal des South Platte River über Greeley nach Denver |
| Denver (Colorado) |
18.05.1868 |
Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company |
Grundsteinlegung für den Bahnhof der "Denver Pacific Railway" in Cheyenne (Wyoming) für eine Bahn durch das Tal des South Platte River über Greeley nach Denver |
| Reno (Nevada) |
18.06.1868 |
Central Pacific Railroad |
Der erste Personenzug der Central Pacific Railroad durchquert die Sierra Nevada zum Lake's Crossing (später: Reno, Nevada) am östlichen Fuß der Sierra Nevada |
| Salt Lake City (USA) |
20.11.1868 |
Silver Brothers Iron Works |
Silver baut die erste Dampfmaschine in Utah |
| Salt Lake City (USA) |
20.11.1868 |
Silver, William John |
Silver baut die erste Dampfmaschine in Utah |
| Meridian (Colorado) |
1869 |
Western Union Telegraph Company |
Einführung des ersten Börsenfernschreibers |
| Promontory Point (USA) |
10.05.1869 |
Central Pacific Railroad |
Die Gleise der Central Pacific und der Union Pacific treffen sich in Promontory, Utah. |
| Promontory Point (USA) |
10.05.1869 |
Stanford, Leland |
W. T. Garratt gießt den goldenen Nagel, der am 10. Mai beim Zusammentreffen der Central Pacific und der United Pacific in Promontory Point durch Leland Stanford eingeschlagen wird. Er hat die Inschrift "May God continue the unity of our country as the railroad unites the two great Oceans of the world. Presented David Hughes San Francisco". - Der Nagel ist seit 1892 im Stanford University Art Museum in Palo Alto. |
| Promontory Point (USA) |
10.05.1869 |
Union Pacific Railroad |
Die Gleise der Central Pacific und der Union Pacific treffen sich in Promontory, Utah. |
| Promontory Point (USA) |
10.05.1869 |
W. T. Garratt, Dr. |
W. T. Garratt gießt den goldenen Nagel, der am 10. Mai beim Zusammentreffen der Central Pacific und der United Pacific in Promontory Point durch Leland Stanford eingeschlagen wird. Er hat die Inschrift "May God continue the unity of our country as the railroad unites the two great Oceans of the world. Presented David Hughes San Francisco". - Der Nagel ist seit 1892 im Stanford University Art Museum in Palo Alto. |
| Aurarla (Denver) |
1870 |
Tivoli-Union Brewery (Milwaukee Brewery) |
Änderung der Firma aus "Rocky Mountain Brewing Company" in "Tivoli Brewing Company" |
| Denver (Colorado) |
1870 |
Tivoli-Union Brewery (Milwaukee Brewery) |
Änderung der Firma aus "Rocky Mountain Brewing Company" in "Tivoli Brewing Company" |
| Georgetown (Colorado) |
1870 |
The Georgetown Loop Railroad, Inc. |
The establishment of Silver Plume is founded. |
| Salt Lake City (USA) |
12.10.1870 |
Silver, William John |
Heirat in fünfter Ehe mit Mary Louise Pile (gest. 11.05.1912) in Salt Lake City |
| Denver (Colorado) |
1871 |
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company |
Die Bahn bestellt bei Baldwin deren erste Lokomotiven mit 3 feet Spurweite. Die Reisezuglokomotiven haben die Achsfolge 1'B, Treibraddurchmesser: 40 inch und Zylinder 9 x 16 inch, Dienstgewicht: 25.000 pounds; diese Bauart wird aufgegeben, da sie zu klein ist und schlechte Laufeigenschaften hat. Die Güterzugloks mit Achsfolge 1'C, Treibraddurchmesser 36 inch, Zylinder 11 x 16 inch. |
| Meridian (Colorado) |
1871 |
Western Union Telegraph Company |
Die Western Union führt ihren Service zur Geldüberweisung ein, der auf ihrem umfassenden Telegraphennetz basiert |
| Denver (Colorado) |
28.07.1871 |
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company |
Verlegung der ersten Gleise bei Denver |
| Georgetown (Colorado) |
10.1871 |
The Georgetown Loop Railroad, Inc. |
Representatives from Georgetown meet with officials of the Colorado Central Railroad to discuss a better way to transport the millions of dollars of ore coming out of the region. |
| Colorado Springs (USA) |
21.10.1871 |
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company |
Die Gleise der "Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company" erreichen Colorado Springs |
| Denver (Colorado) |
21.10.1871 |
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company |
Die Gleise der "Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company" erreichen Colorado Springs |
| Denver (Colorado) |
27.10.1871 |
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company |
Eintragung der Bahn durch General William Jackson Palmer (1836-1909) und einem Rat von vier Direktoren |
| Denver (Colorado) |
17.12.1871 |
Denver City Tramway Co. |
Eröffnung einer Pferdebahnlinie in West Denver von den Seventh und Larimer Streets zu den Five Points |
| Denver (Colorado) |
1872 |
Denver City Tramway Co. |
Umbenennung der "Denver Horse Railroad Company" in "Denver City Railway Company" |
| Park City (Utah) |
19.01.1872 |
Ontario Silver Mining Company |
Die Ganglagerstätte wird zufällig durch Herman Budden, Rector Steen (Pike), John Kain und Gus McDowell entdeckt |
| Park City (Utah) |
24.08.1872 |
Ontario Silver Mining Company |
Die Grube wird von George Hearst (*03.09.1820 +28.02.1891) durch R. C. Chambers von den Entdeckern der Mine für $27.000 erworben |
| Georgetown (Colorado) |
12.1872 |
The Georgetown Loop Railroad, Inc. |
The first railroad line up Clear Creek Canyon reaches Black Hawk. The construction, funded by bonds from Clear Creek and Gilpin Counties, was organized by William A.H. Loveland, a Fifty-niner and proponent of the Colorado Central railroad. |
| Denver (Colorado) |
1874 |
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company |
Die Strecke erreicht von Pueblo nach Cañon City |
| Laramie (USA) |
Jan. 1874 - März 1875 |
Laramie Rolling Mills |
Bau des Schienenwalzwerks |
| Old Irontown (USA) |
1874 |
Great Western Iron Co. |
Bau des Hochofens |
| Ogden (Utah) |
1875 |
Ogden Iron Manufacturing Co. |
Bau des Feinwalzwerks ("merchant mill") |
| Laramie (USA) |
04.1875 |
Laramie Rolling Mills |
Inbetriebnahme des Schienenwalzwerks |
| Colorado (USA) |
01.08.1876 |
H. Heidtmann |
Beitritt zu den USA |
| Denver (Colorado) |
1877 |
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company |
Baldwin baut die Lokomotive "Alamosa" der Consolidation-Bauart mit einem Dienstgewicht von ca. 60.000 Pfund, mit
Zylindern 15 x 20 Zoll, wird für die Garland-Erweiterung der "Denver- und Rio Grande-Eisenbahn", die
die Rocky Mountains mit einer Höchststeigung von 211 Fuß pro Meile (= 40 o/oo) und minimalen Kurven von dreißig
Grad überquert. |
| Georgetown (Colorado) |
1877 |
The Georgetown Loop Railroad, Inc. |
The railroad reaches Idaho Springs in June, thanks to financier Jay Gould who controlled the Union Pacific (UP) and supplied the necessary funds to complete both the route to Idaho Springs and the later route to Georgetown, completed in August 1877. The railroad makes access to Georgetown and therefore the Rocky Mountains, open for tourists. |
| Denver (Colorado) |
1878 |
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company |
W. D. Forbes wird durch Gouverneur Palmer von Colorado zum Chefingenieur der Gunnison Division der "Denver and Rio Grande Railroad" mit Hauptsitz in Gunnison, Colorado, ernannt |
| Gunnison (Colorado) |
1878 |
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company |
W. D. Forbes wird durch Gouverneur Palmer von Colorado zum Chefingenieur der Gunnison Division der "Denver and Rio Grande Railroad" mit Hauptsitz in Gunnison, Colorado, ernannt |
| Utah |
1878 |
Ottawa Iron Works, Wm. M. Ferry, jr. |
William Mortague Ferry zieht nach City Park, Utah, wo er sich für den Bergbau interessiert. Er wird der Eigentümer der Quincy Mine |
| Yuma (Arizona) |
29.03.1878 |
Hopkins, Mark |
Tod von Mark Hopkins in einem Zug der Bahngesellschaft in Yuma (Arizona). - Er wird auf dem Alten Friedhof in Sacramento beigesetzt. |
| Aurarla (Denver) |
1879 |
Tivoli-Union Brewery (Milwaukee Brewery) |
Die "Milwaukee Brewing Company" an den 10th und Larimie Streets geht in Betrieb |
| Denver (Colorado) |
1879 |
Tivoli-Union Brewery (Milwaukee Brewery) |
Die "Milwaukee Brewing Company" an den 10th und Larimie Streets geht in Betrieb |
| Georgetown (Colorado) |
1879 |
The Georgetown Loop Railroad, Inc. |
Georgetown becomes the "Silver Queen of Colorado for only a short time that year when news of large silver strikes spread across the region from Leadville, one of the greatest strikes to date. Gould strives to have the Colorado Central be the first rail to reach Leadville. The track to reach Leadville from Georgetown is an obstacle due to narrowing of the valley west of the city and an area where the average grade is over 6 percent (too steep for most trains). UP chief engineer, Jacob Blickenderfer, creates a plan of a system of curves and bridges, reducing the average grade to 3 percent. The plan includes three hairpin turns, four bridges and a 30-degree horseshoe curve from Georgetown to Silver Plume. |
| Denver (Colorado) |
1880 |
Woodson, Frederick. Augustus |
F. A. Woodson zieht vom südelichen Illinois nach Colorado und verbringt den Rest seines Lebens in Denver |
| Salt Lake City (USA) |
19.03.1880 |
Silver, William John |
Heirat in sechster Ehe mit Ann Brooks in Salt Lake City |
| Denver (Colorado) |
20.05.1880 |
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company |
Die Strecke der "Denver and Rio Grande Railroad" erreicht durch den Royal Gorge die Stadt Salida und wird im selben Jahr bis Leadville verlängert |
| Denver (Colorado) |
1881 |
Moffat, David |
Gründung der "Denver and New Orleans Railroad" durch Denvers Bürgermeister John Evans, David Moffat und anderen, um eine Verbindung von Denver nach New Orleans am Golf von Mexiko zu schaffen. |
| Georgetown (Colorado) |
1881 |
The Georgetown Loop Railroad, Inc. |
The Georgetown, Breckenridge and Leadville Railroad is organized as a subsidiary of the UP. |
| Morenci (Ariz.) |
1881 |
Phelps Dodge |
Die Gesellschaft tritt in das Bergbau-Geschäft ein, als sie einen Anteil der "Detroit Copper Mining Co." in Morenci, Ariz., erwirbt. |
| Granite (Colorado) |
27.05.1881 |
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A Times special says a serious accident occurred on the Denver & Rio Grande railroad this morning near Granite. A collision between a freight and construction train resulted in the death of one man, the probably fatal injury of four and four others seriously injured. Conductor Brooks and the engineer of the freight are to blame, having disobeyed orders. The engineer fled. Pat McMahone, of Leadville, is dead; Wm. Wright of St. Adams, is dying; Wm. Harrigan, of McGregor, is not expected to live, and John Williams, of Chicago, will probably recover. |
| Denver (Colorado) |
06.08.1881 |
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company |
Die Strecke der "Denver and Rio Grande Railroad" über die kontinentale Wasserscheide auf 10.845 feet (3.306 m) am Marshall Pass erreicht Gunnison |
| Gunnison (Colorado) |
06.08.1881 |
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company |
Die Strecke der "Denver and Rio Grande Railroad" über die kontinentale Wasserscheide auf 10.845 feet (3.306 m) am Marshall Pass erreicht Gunnison |
| Denver (Colorado) |
08.09.1882 |
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company |
Die Strecke der "Denver and Rio Grande Railroad" von Gunnison wird fertiggestellt |
| Gunnison (Colorado) |
08.09.1882 |
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company |
Die Strecke der "Denver and Rio Grande Railroad" von Gunnison wird fertiggestellt |
| Denver (Colorado) |
1883 |
Denver City Tramway Co. |
Die "Denver City Railway Company" wechselt den Eigentümer. Die Schienen werden verstärkt |
| Georgetown (Colorado) |
1883 |
The Georgetown Loop Railroad, Inc. |
With the track laid, work on the high bridge begins and is completed in January 1884. |
| Ray (Ariz.) |
1883 |
Ray Consolidated Copper Co. |
Die "Ray Copper Company" schließt das Bergwerk auf. |
| Georgetown (Colorado) |
1884 |
The Georgetown Loop Railroad, Inc. |
The first trains arrive in Silver Plume. Another line (the Denver & Rio Grande (D&RG)) is completed into Leadville from the south and Goulds interest in pushing the Georgetown line over the mountains waned. The Georgetown, Breckenridge and Leadville Railroad line ends permanently in Silver Plume. |
| Greeley (Co.) |
29.08.1884 |
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On the morning of the 29th as the Anglo-American circus train on the way from Fort Collins to Greeley, reached a point about ten miles west of Greeley, a sleeping car containing over sixty men, mostly canvas and stock men, was discovered in flames, the result of a gasoline explosion. The car was much like a common caboose, with a door at each end and one window. One door was blocked by trunks and luggage, and the fire was at the other end thus leaving only the small window as a means of exit. It was the custom of the managers to carry in this car so crowded with human life, two barrels of gasoline which were used in lighting the circus grounds. It is supposed that this caught fire from a torch with which the car was lighted.
The explosion awoke everybody in the train. The engineer, hearing the explosion and seeing the bunk car aflame, whistled for brakes and the train was stopped as soon as possible. The engine being next the bunk car, the first thing the engineer did, after the train was stopped, was to cut loose from the burning car and pull off down the track. Then, seeing that unless the bunk car was separated from the others in the rear the whole train would burn, the engineer, with the assistance of other train men, managed to cut the cars loose and the burning car was towed down the track and permitted to burn up, as there were no hopes of saving it. |
| Denver (Colorado) |
1885 |
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company |
David Moffat wird in den Vorstand der "Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad" gewählt (1887 Präsident) |
| Denver (Colorado) |
1885 |
Denver City Tramway Co. |
Gründung der "Denver Electric and Cable Railway Company". Sie erhält auch das Recht, eine Pferdebahn zu betreiben, obwohl das ausschließliche Recht bei der "Denver City Railway Company" lag. |
| Denver (Colorado) |
1885 |
Moffat, David |
David Moffat wird in den Vorstand der "Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad" gewählt (1887 Präsident) |
| Georgetown (Colorado) |
04.02.1885 |
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A serious accident occurred on the Colorado Central in the afternoon shortly after 2 o'clock, by which eighteen persons were more or less injured. The passenger train, No. 282, which left Georgetown at 2 o'clock, encountered a strong gale at a point about one-fourth of a mile this side of that town, and was overturned and thrown down an embankment about four feet high. There were two passenger coaches, an express car and the locomotive and tender in the train, and the entire train was blown from the track and turned over so that the passenger coaches lay on their roofs with their wheels in the air. The conductor's name is ANDY INGLING and the engineer's JOHN KEEP, who had charge of the train. They concluded that it would be better not to run during the continuance of the storm, and therefore stopped the train. It was at that time that the wind struck the cars broadside and overthrew them. There were twenty passengers on the train and eighteen of them were more or less injured. |
| Colorado Springs (USA) |
17.02.1887 |
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About two miles above the wreck of the passenger train at a siding called Pike View another wreck occurred. A freight train consisting of nearly fifty cars had entered the siding at about four o'clock in the morning to wait for the Leadville Durango and Silverton express to pass. The train was so long that several of the rear cars were unable to get on the siding. The wind at that point was blowing at a fearful rate and the box cars which were nearly all empty swayed to and fro. Suddenly one of them was lifted a little by the wind and in an incredibly short period of time twenty-five cars including the caboose were laid on their sides on the ground. The siding being on the right hand side of the main track the cars fell away from the main track with the exception of the caboose and a coal car which could not get upon the siding. Eighteen empty coal cars which were not blown off were brought back to the city as soon as the main track had been opened. The engine which had been pulling the train remained on the track. The only person receiving any injuries on the train was Conductor Graham, who had his hip slightly injured. The conductor was not in the caboose but was on one of the cars that was blown over. He went to Denver on the first train in the afternoon. |
| Colorado Springs (USA) |
17.02.1887 |
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The Leadville, Durango and Silverton express, which arrives at Colorado Springs at 3:50 a.m., was a little over an hour late in the morning. It consisted of nine coaches, three of which were baggage and express cars. Two engines were attached to the train to pull it over the divide. When the train reached Pueblo the wind was blowing at a fearful rate and between that point and Colorado Springs the train ran only at a moderate rate of speed.
When it reached the Colorado Springs depot the wind was still blowing harder if anything than at Pueblo. The Durango and Silverton express car which was in charge of Messenger Foley, besides containing a small quantity of express matter had all the mail pouches which had been taken on below Pueblo. These pouches were closed.
The car was attached to the tender of the engine. After leaving the depot here the train proceeded very slowly, being able to make but comparatively little headway against the strong wind which was then prevailing. Just after it had crossed the bridge about two miles north of the depot, and as it was going around a small curve a strong gust of wind lifted the express car next to the engine off of the track. As soon as the car began to go the force of the wind under it raised the other cars near it, so in almost an instant's time the three express cars, one of the passenger coaches and the engine and tender nearest the train were blown completely over. The accident occurred opposite a grain field and the dust blew in clouds across the track.
The cars had no sooner gone over than the Silverton express car took fire and in a brief period of time was totally destroyed with all its contents. |
| Denver (Colorado) |
25.08.1887 |
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An accident occurred on an east-bound Union Pacific express at Sand Creek bridge, 10 miles east of Denver, last night, resulting in the death of Engineer MASTERTON and the serious wounding of two or three trainmen. The Union Pacific and Burlington bridges across this Sand Creek, almost parallel, and within a few feet of each other. When the engineer of the Union Pacific train, which leaves here about 30 minutes ahead of the Burlington train, was withing a few feet of the bridge he was horrified to see that the flood of the early part of the evening had washed the middle section away. The fireman jumped into the steam and stuck in the sand, whence he was taken out half an hour later in an unconscious condition. He may die. Engineer MASTERTON grabbed the lever and reversed his engine just as it plunged into the water with a baggage car, which fell on top of his body, burying it in the sand. His engine was completely submerged in the sand. Baggageman BREEDLOVE was badly injured by falling trunks.
An old German woman, living near by, heard the cries of the frightened people, and rushed out with a lantern and stopped the approaching express on the Burlington route within a few feet of the bridge, probably saving other lives, as the bridge of this road was also in a dangerous condition. |
| Georgetown (Colorado) |
1888-1903 |
The Georgetown Loop Railroad, Inc. |
From the 1880s and into the early 1900s the community and the Georgetown Loop become a center for tourism as tourists venture West to encounter the wild, rugged and romantic. Tourism in the West develops around railroad excursions. With seven trains a day running out of Denver at the height of its popularity, the Georgetown Loop is Colorados scenic "must see and is a deal at only $3 round-trip. Guidebooks, pamphlets and postcards help to send the images of the steep canyons and mountain peaks accessible by train across the nation. |
| Fountain (Colorado) |
14.05.1888 |
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The little town of Fountain, thirteen miles southeast of Colorado Springs, was the scene Monday morning of one of the most horrible catastrophes in the history of the state.
Five people are now dead, others are dying, and fifteen or twenty are injured.
About 2 o'clock Monday morning a caboose and four freight cars became detached from freight train No. 31 on the Santa Fe passenger train No. 7 had just stopped. There was not time to avert the danger, and the freight cars came crushing with terrible velocity upon the passenger engine. By a miracle, almost, none of those on the passenger train were seriously injured, although they had a severe jolting up.
One of the freight cars contained an oil tank, some say naptha, which burst and took fire, spreading to the other cars and depot. A man whose name is FRANK SHIPMAN and supposed to have been on the caboose was found burnt to a crisp in the wreck. The other calamities occurred later, when the flames reached one of the freight cars, containing 17,000 pounds of dynamite. It was not known until about five minutes before the explosion that there was any giant powder in this car, and the warning given to belated passengers and citizens in those brief moments saved a great loss of life, though it is terrible as it is.
Fountain was shaken as by an earthquake and there is not a house in town that has not received more or less damage. Buildings were hurled to the ground, maining[sic] inmates, while those in the streets were seeking shelter and fleeing from the debris of steel rains, railroad ties, carwheels and pieces of lumber that filled the air as though a cyclone had the little city in its trail.
Relief trains were sent from Pueblo and Colorado Springs, and every attention possible given the many who had been injured.
The damage to property in Fountain, is estimated at $50,000 and the Santa Fe will probably sustain a loss from all sources of about $100,000. |
| Manitou Springs (USA) |
1889 |
Manitou and Pike’s Peak Railway |
Gründung durch Zalmon G. Simmons, Erfinder und Gründer der "Simmons Beautyrest Mattress Company" |
| Bailey (Colorado) |
17.05.1889 |
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A freight engine doing switching near Bailey Station, thirty-five miles from Denver, Col., came into collision with a boulder upon the track and was ditched. Fireman CHARLES LAPPMAN was caught underneath a red hot fire box. He lay in this position with his head only out from under the machinery for an hour, suffering untold agony, no one being able to render assistance. Just before he died he called a brakeman and dictated his will, leaving $15,000 to his two brothers in San Francisco. He gave instructions regarding his funeral and who he desired to conduct the services, then offered prayer and died. The body was brought to Denver to be shipped to San Francisco. Several other train men were injured, but not seriously. |
| Montana (USA) |
08.11.1889 |
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Beitritt zu den USA |
| Denver (Colorado) |
01.01.1890 |
Nash-Smith Tea and Coffee Co. |
Eröffnung einer Filiale von "Nash-Smith Co." in Denver, Colorado, Nos. 1445 and 1447 Wazee Street |
| Manitou Springs (USA) |
1890 |
Manitou and Pike’s Peak Railway |
Die Baldwin Locomotive Works bauen die erste Zahnradlokomotive nach dem Abt'schen System für die Bergbahn. - In diesem Jahr und 1893 werden vier Lokomotiven für diese Bahn mit maximal 250 o/oo Steigung gebaut. Es sind Vierzylinder-Verbundmaschinen |
| Manitou Springs (USA) |
1890 |
Manitou and Pike’s Peak Railway |
Teil-Inbetriebnahme bis zum Halfway House Hotel |
| Berthoud (USA) |
25.01.1890 |
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During the high wind which prevailed with such fury on Saturday, freight train No. 325 due in this city at 4:35 p. m., was wrecked in a cut a cut a short distance south of Berthoud and Engineer JOHN FRENCH and Fireman JOHN RICHMOND were killed. The Denver News of Monday the 27 gives the following graphic account of the disaster.
The accident which occurred on the Union Pacific railroad about 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon near Berthoud, Colo., was much worse than was reported and resulted in the death of Engineer FRENCH and Fireman RICHMOND, who were on the engine of the ill-fated train. The accident was the result of the terrific wind storm. Freight train No. 325 left Denver Saturday morning. JOHN FRENCH was the engineer and JOHN RICHMOND was the fireman. The train consisted of eight cars and a caboose, and was running about fifteen miles an hour as it approached Berthoud. The wind was blowing a furious gale and the air was filled with clouds of dust. As the engine rounded a curve and entered a slight cut which was almost filled with sand, the engine seemed to mount the pile of dirt and the next moment plunged in the embankment and turned over, followed by five empty freight cars. |
| Fountain (Colorado) |
07.05.1890 |
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A special to the Times says the north bound freight train was side tracked at the Denver & Rio Grande yards last night near the town, and the Trinidad and Durango express for the south, due at 2:51 a.m. to pass, the freight crew left the switch open and the express engine, baggage car, smoker and one coach were thrown from a 14 foot embankment. The engineer of the passenger saw the open switch, but was unable to stop the train, it being down grade.
The engine was badly damaged and fireman Sipes was killed. Engineer Dan Meek escaped by a miracle, receiving only a few bruises. There were very few passengers in the smoker's coach, as nearly all were in two sleepers which did not leave the track. Those in the cars that left the track escaped without injury, other than a shaking up. The tender, baggage and smoking cars were turned over and the day coach was thrown on its side and one sleeper derailed, but non of the passengers experienced any bruises.
Fireman Sipes was 31 years old and married. His body was taken to Pueblo. |
| Idaho (USA) |
03.07.1890 |
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Beitritt zu den USA |
| Wyoming (USA) |
10.07.1890 |
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Beitritt zu den USA |
| Barela (USA) |
18.08.1890 |
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A telegram received at noon from Barela, twelve miles south of Trinidad (CO), saying that a wreck had occurred and asking for surgeons. A special train was made up at once, and all the surgeons that could be obtained went for the scene of the accident. The wrecked train left this city early this morning to repair a bridge that had been washed out just below Barela, on the Union Pacific. It is not known just how the accident occurred, but it is supposed the engineer failed to stop the train in time and all were ditched. Seven were killed and fourteen wounded. Further particulars cannot be obtained until the return of the special.
Later reports from the scene of the wreck say that only one man was killed and eighteen badly injured. |
| Park City (Utah) |
28.02.1891 |
Ontario Silver Mining Company |
Bis zum Tod von George Hearst hatte ihm die Grube mehr als $12.000.000 Dividende bezahlt |
| Manitou Springs (USA) |
30.07.1891 |
Manitou and Pike’s Peak Railway |
Inbetriebnahme der Gesamtstrecke |
| Pinaveta (Arizona) |
03.1896 |
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A serious wreck occurred on the Atlantic and Pacific in the morning about 7:15 at Pinevelas [sic], sixty-five miles west of Flagstaff. The San Francisco express, due here at 8:59, was thrown from the track while running at the rate of forty-five miles an hour. The day coach, Pullman tourist, sleeper, baggage and express cars were thrown down an embankment upon their sides.
Almost every person on board received a severe shaking up, while some were seriously injured:
Mrs. Mary Kistler, of Kingman, Ky., a consumptive, received such a severe shock that it is thought she will die. Among those injured are: L. Heather, of St. Louis, scalp wound; C. Puliman Porter, leg fractured; Mrs. Isabella Fusselman, Allentown, Pa., bruised; Mr. D. Mogge, San Francisco, Mrs. John Thompson, Salem, Ill., and James Williams, Albuquerque, badly cut about the head; J. M. Lyons, fireman, and J. M. Killen, engineer, slightly injured.
The wreck was caused by a broken rail. Chief Surgeon Castor was on board and did all in his power to alleviate the sufferings of the injured. The passengers were all badly shaken up, and the greater number were bruised and scratched, but not one was seriously injured. |
| Creede (USA) |
1892 |
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company |
David Moffat entwickelt Pläne für eine Bahnstrecke entlang des Rio Grande River von Wagon Wheel Gap, Colorado, nach Creede. An den Ufern des Rio Grande bei Creede, zu dieser Zeit das Zentrum des Silberabbaus, besitzt Moffat mehrere claims. Die "Denver & Rio Grande Railroad" zeigt kein Interesse an dieser Strecke, deswegen baut Moffat hier auf eigene Kosten. Nachdem er mit der Bahn Gewinne macht, verkauft er sie an die "Denver & Rio Grande Railroad". |
| Creede (USA) |
1892 |
Moffat, David |
David Moffat entwickelt Pläne für eine Bahnstrecke entlang des Rio Grande River von Wagon Wheel Gap, Colorado, nach Creede. An den Ufern des Rio Grande bei Creede, zu dieser Zeit das Zentrum des Silberabbaus, besitzt Moffat mehrere claims. Die "Denver & Rio Grande Railroad" zeigt kein Interesse an dieser Strecke, deswegen baut Moffat hier auf eigene Kosten. Nachdem er mit der Bahn Gewinne macht, verkauft er sie an die "Denver & Rio Grande Railroad". |
| Denver (Colorado) |
1892 |
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company |
David Moffat entwickelt Pläne für eine Bahnstrecke entlang des Rio Grande River von Wagon Wheel Gap, Colorado, nach Creede. An den Ufern des Rio Grande bei Creede, zu dieser Zeit das Zentrum des Silberabbaus, besitzt Moffat mehrere claims. Die "Denver & Rio Grande Railroad" zeigt kein Interesse an dieser Strecke, deswegen baut Moffat hier auf eigene Kosten. Nachdem er mit der Bahn Gewinne macht, verkauft er sie an die "Denver & Rio Grande Railroad". |
| Denver (Colorado) |
1892 |
Moffat, David |
David Moffat entwickelt Pläne für eine Bahnstrecke entlang des Rio Grande River von Wagon Wheel Gap, Colorado, nach Creede. An den Ufern des Rio Grande bei Creede, zu dieser Zeit das Zentrum des Silberabbaus, besitzt Moffat mehrere claims. Die "Denver & Rio Grande Railroad" zeigt kein Interesse an dieser Strecke, deswegen baut Moffat hier auf eigene Kosten. Nachdem er mit der Bahn Gewinne macht, verkauft er sie an die "Denver & Rio Grande Railroad". |
| Hagerman (Colorado) |
16.05.1892 |
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There are meagre reports of a freight on the midland between Leadville and Hagerman last night. It seems that two cars that were being loaded with lumber started down grade. A freight train was just climbing the hill, and the engineer and crew saw the runaway cars and jumped to save themselves. A number of the cars were badly wrecked. The officials here have no particulars, but it is stated by those who saw the wreck that the damage is over $1000. |
| Eden (Colorado) |
09.10.1892 |
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The Santa Fe local freight train No. 46, engine No. 443, running between Pueblo and Colorado Springs, was wrecked near Eden at 12:20 o'clock Sunday morning. Three men were killed, or are supposed to be dead. As their bodies are under the wreckage.
They are the engineer, fireman and the head brakeman. Eight cars and the engine and piled in one mass at the side of the track, and coal and freight of every description are scattered broadcast.
The men killed are JOSEPH MILLER, engineer; C. C. McCUNE, fireman, and ARCHIE BUCHANAN, head brakeman.
The wreck was first discovered by the trainmen of the Rio Grande passenger train which passes this place at 12:15. The two roads at this point run almost parallel with each other. The wreck was immediately reported to Colorado Springs and the superintendent and dispatcher at Pueblo proceeded to the scene.
The conductor and the brakeman who was unhurt went, one in each direction, to flag approaching trains, and their comrades were left in the ruins that others might be protected.
It was found that the wreck was cause by the engine striking a cow. The wrecking of the engine, tender and cars was complete and the track was torn up.
The three men were evidently killed instantly, and their bodies were badly crushed. |
| Denver (Colorado) |
Nov. 1895 |
Griffin Wheel Foundry Company |
Inbetriebnahme eines Werks der "Griffin Wheel Company" in Overland bei Denver (Colorado) |
| Utah (USA) |
04.01.1896 |
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Beitritt zu den USA |
| Byers (Colorado) |
03.08.1897 |
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The fast flyer on the Kansas Pacific railway was wrecked this morning, about forty miles east of Denver.
Two trainmen were killed outright and five passengers are said to be fatally injured, and many others badly hurt.
The wreck was caused by a washout. The heavy rain of the night flooded the streams and carried out a portion of a small bridge which spans Comanche creek between Byers and Strasburg. The train was on time and was running along at the usual speed when approaching the point of the accident. Without warning the engine plunged into the abyse [sic], followed by the mail and baggage car and two coaches.
The engine was completely under the water in almost the middle of the stream, and Engineer WARD was under it. OSCAR E. INGRAM, the fireman, escaped death, but he is reported to be badly hurt. |
| Castle Rock (Colorado) |
12.12.1897 |
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At half past seven tonight a wreck occurred at a point two miles north of Castle Rock on the Rio Grande, in which 33 men were injured, one or two perhaps fatally. The wreck was the result of a collision between a south bound freight engine and a runaway chair car which started from Castle Rock, having broken the connections with the rest of the train. The car was not part of a passenger train, but contained about 50 of the men who have been employed in this vicinity lately laying rails on the Rio Grande. In its two mile dash it had acquired great headway and when it collided with the engine of the south bound train the engine forced itself half way through the car, smashing the frame of the car and the seats. Only a few are seriously injured. Physicians are attending the injured men, who have been taken to Salida.
The firemen and engineer of the colliding engine escaped injury by jumping. The men on the runaway car did not try to set the brakes on their car, because they did not know it was running away. They thought their train was being drawn by their engine. Most of the injuries are flesh wounds and bruises. |
| Georgetown (Colorado) |
1899 |
The Georgetown Loop Railroad, Inc. |
The Colorado and Southern Railroad build a tourist center at the west end of Silver Plume. |
| Florence (Colorado) |
23.09.1899 |
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Six passengers were killed and five injured, one perhaps fatally, in a collision on the Denver & Rio Grande railroad at Reno, a siding near Florence, Colo., at 4:08 o'clock this evening. The trains in collision were the Phillips-Judson excursion from Boston, and an east-bound narrow gauge freight.
At the headquarters of the Denver & Rio Grande railroad it is said the fast freight had orders to take the sidetrack at Reno, but for some reason not yet understood, it passed the siding.
All the trainmen jumped off and escaped injury.
The engineers turned off the steam and put on brakes, but the trains collided with terrific force. The engines and cars were badly wrecked.
The excursion train consisted of two coaches and three Pullman tourist sleepers, two of which telescoped. The freight consisted of fifty cars loaded with lumber and ore. Wreckage is strewn along the tracks for half a mile. |
| Georgetown (Colorado) |
1900-1902 |
The Georgetown Loop Railroad, Inc. |
The advent of the automobile in the early 1900s brings mountain tourists to Colorado but dramatically reduces excursion train trip revenues for the railroad, and the Georgetown Loop runs two trains per day from May through September only. |
| Aurarla (Denver) |
1901 |
Tivoli-Union Brewery (Milwaukee Brewery) |
Die "Tivolli Brewing Company" schließt sich mit der "Union Brewing Company" (Eigentümer: William Burghardt, einem Freund von James Good) zusammen und übernimmt die Braustätte der "Milwaukee Brewing Co." |
| Denver (Colorado) |
1901 |
Tivoli-Union Brewery (Milwaukee Brewery) |
Die "Tivolli Brewing Company" schließt sich mit der "Union Brewing Company" (Eigentümer: William Burghardt, einem Freund von James Good) zusammen und übernimmt die Braustätte der "Milwaukee Brewing Co." |
| Webster (Colorado) |
21.09.1901 |
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Nine cars and a locomotive were practically demolished and thirteen men were injured, three of them seriously, in a wreck on the South Park line of the Colorado & Southern railway Saturday night. The accident occurred at Webster, a station seven miles this side of Kenosha summit, at 11:45 o'clock, and the injured men were yesterday brought to St. Luke's hospital, this city. The seriously injured are:
WEBSTER BALLINGER, engineer, lives at 2101 Downing avenue, Denver; nephew of Representative WEBSTER BALLINGER of Park county. Lower part of chest crushed; serious.
JOHN CARLSON of Como; leg broken and bruised and may have to be amputated.
W. A. PHILLIPS, laborer; right thigh bone broken and flesh crushed; and may require amputation.
The train wrecked was No. 82 mixed freight and passenger. Besides one passenger coach there was a tool and bunk car in which a large number of laborers who had been working on the grade near Como were being brought back to Denver. The train was coming down the Kenosha hill at thirty-five miles an hour when the engine left the rails. Nine cars, including the bunk car, followed the locomotive down the bank and all of them were demolished. When the wreckage was cleared away it was found that all except three men were only slightly hurt. The wrecked cars were loaded with ore and bullion from Leadville and with lumber.
The track was torn up for several car lengths and travel was blocked until 22.09. afternoon. Just why the train left the track will not be known until after an investigation. |
| Buena Vista (Colorado) |
02.02.1902 |
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A Colorado Midland passenger train, west-bound, for Salt Lake City and San Francisco, had a narrow escape from instant destruction Sunday morning two miles west of Buenavista, Col. The locomotive dashed into a freight train standing on a trestle, 65 feet high, hurling the caboose and one freight car into the creek bottom and instantly killing Owen McCarthy, rear brakeman on the freight train. Engineer Peck and his fireman were prevented from jumping by the high trestle and remained on their engine, expecting to be dashed to death. The engine left the rails, but miraculously remained on the trestle, almost balanced on its edge.
Owen McCarthy, the only man to lose his life, received orders to flag the coming passenger train, but tarried in the caboose warming himself, as the morning was extremely cold. He had just started to flag the train when he saw the headlight of the locomotive rounding a curve not 100 feet distant. He retreated toward the caboose, but was caught and knocked into the creek, being shockingly mangled. |
| Colorado Springs (USA) |
05.08.1902 |
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Another collision between a street car and a Santa Fe train occurred at the Pike's Peak avenue crossing last night shortly before 9 o'clock.
A Knob hill car, coming from the hill, ran into a freight engine which was passing over the crossing. The front end of the car was smashed in and a lady named Mrs. Taylor, the only passenger was thrown across the car, and sustained a bad shaking up and some bruises. She lives on East Cimarron street and was attended by Dr. Estill later in the evening. The doctor stated that there were no serious injuries.
It took about an hour to get the wrecked car to the barn. The whole front end was smashed in. The cause of the accident could not be learned. |
| Florence (Colorado) |
06.08.1902 |
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Indiana Pythians in route to California were treated to a hair-raising experience in racing with a cloudburst in which the Rio Grande limited and a thrilling escape from being swept off the track by a rush of water. Only the watchfulness and prompt action of the engineer saved the train from destruction. About twenty miles south of Colorado Springs the train ran into one cloudburst. The rain fell in torrents. Through this the train ran swiftly and safely. Beyond there was no rain. Looking up the track, the engineer saw the second cloudburst. Driven by a strong wind, the huge volume of water was sweeping along like a mill race. In a few seconds, the train was on its edge. There was but one outlet, according to the prompt reasoning of the engineer, and he took that course. That was to drive the engine at its greatest speed. He did so. The engine leaped forward at a speed of more than sixty-five miles an hour. The train rushed through the edge of the cloudburst, and not a moment too soon. Within a minute after the cloudburst had passed there was a deluge of water, and the track was torn up in a dozen places. Had the train been one minute late, it would have been swept from the track. As it was, the second section was wrecked by the flood at Riverton, five miles west of Pueblo. The last two sleepers of the train were swept from the tracks by a wave of water fifteen feet high and overturned and inundated for a time. The cars were crowded. Fortunately no one was killed. While the trainmen were clearing the track and right of way, a passenger, who was looking up the river, suddenly gave a cry of warning and ran toward the Pullman sleepers. He directed the attention of the passengers to the rapidly rising waters, and every one made a hasty exit from the sleepers into the other coaches. The water struck the rear coaches and hurled them against the wall of the canyon. |
| Potlatch (Idaho, USA) |
1903 |
Potlatch Lumber Company |
Eintragung der Gesellschaft unter den Gesetzen des Staates Maine, mit Charles Weyerhaeuser als erstem Präsdenten |
| Vallsburg (Arizona) |
03.1896 |
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A disastrous collision occurred on the Southern Pacific railroad in the early morning between two passenger trains. The wreck occurred near Vallsburg, Ariz., 17 miles east of Tucson, and details as to the cause are difficult to obtain. The engines and cars were piled up in a mass and immediately took fire from the exploding oil tanks of the engines. The flames were communicated to the cars, 11 of which were consumed. A relief train was sent from Tucson to the scene of the disaster. This train has just returned, bringing 17 of the injured. Several of the injured were taken to Benson, Ariz.
Following is a list of the dead, as far as obtainable at this hour: J. M. HILTON, Cambridge, Mass.; J. W. BRUCE, engineer; R. R. WILKEY, engineer; GEORGE MCGRATH, fireman.
Seriously injured: FREDERICO ROMERO, Juarez, Mexico; H. W. HAREMAN, Saginaw, Mich.; FREDERICK DONAHUE, Battle Creek, Mich.; BEN SAWYER, mail clerk; A. B. SILVERTON, New York; C. S. GILBERT, fireman; BEN BRADSFORD, Mayhill, N. Y.
Among the injured are also S. F. GLINNEN, Cambridge, Mass., and Dr. MEYERS, Springfiled, O.
Twenty dead bodies had been recovered up to 3 o'clock this morning and the total number may reach 25. |
| Phoenix (Arizona) |
03.1896 |
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A big explosion was heard here about 9 o'clock tonight in the direction of Alhambra.
A freight train on the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix railroad has not arrived and the wires are down. Later it was learned that two cars of dynamite on the southbound freight train was blown up five miles from Phoenix. The relief train sent out on the Santa Fe., Prescott and Phoenix railroad to investigate the cause of the explosion heard at Phoenix, Ariz., Friday night, reported that two cars of giant powder on the southbound freight train had blown up five miles from Phoenix. So far as known the only persons injured were Engineers Chambers and Fireman Shipp. Both will recover. No details have been learned regarding the damage to the track. |
| Ogden (Utah) |
20.02.1904 |
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In Ogden im US-Staat Utah kommen bei der Explosion von zwei Waggonladungen Schießpulver 25 Arbeiter ums Leben. Zahlreiche Personen werden verletzt. Das Unglück ereignet sich beim Rangieren auf einer Bahnstation. |
| Cameron (Colorado) |
06.07.1904 |
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Three persons were killed and more than forty injured, some of them dangerously, by the running away of a passenger car on the Short Line railroad at 8:30 o'clock last night, while the train was being remade up at Cameron for splitting into two trains, one for Cripple Creek, the other for Victor.
A Republican special says: At Cameron, before the train is broken, the Cripple Creek passengers are told to take the rear car known as the observation car. The Victor passengers take the coach in the middle of the train which is switched off.
The train was on time arriving at Cameron and the cars were crowded. The switching had commenced. Without warning, after the car had been cut out, it suddenly started down the grade. The brakeman, A. B. ROSS, rushed to the air brake, found it worthless and advised the passengers to jump. About fifty took this advice before the car gained the terrible momentum in its nearly three-quarters of a mile run before it was ditched.
Losing control it shot down the heavy grade with ever increasing speed, whipping around curves and threatening destruction of all occupants at any moment. |
| Eden (Colorado) |
07.08.1904 |
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Bei einem schweren Eisenbahnunglück in den Vereinigten Staaten werden 76 Menschen getötet. Zu der Katastrophe kommt es, als der Schnellzug nach St. Louis bei Eden im US-Bundesstaat Colorado eine Brücke über den Fountain River passiert. Die vom Hochwasser beschädigte Brücke bricht zusammen, so daß die Lokomotive und die ersten drei Wagen in den Fluß stürzen. |
| Eden (Colorado) |
07.08.1904 |
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Train No. 11, the Missouri Pacific flyer, crashed through a bridge over an arroya, or dry creek, near Eden, on the Denver & Rio Grande railroad, about eight miles from Pueblo, at 8 o'clock last night. It is estimated that of the 125 passengers on board the ill-fated train between eighty and one hundred lost their lives, either under the water of the raging torrent or beneath the wreckage. Upon the news reaching Pueblo a special train bearing all the available surgeons and Rio Grande and Missouri Pacific officials left for the scene. About 11 o'clock a second train, carrying stretchers, coffins and a number of police officers, was sent out from the Union station. The alarm was sent out by Fireman MAYFIELD, who escaped unharmed from the wreck. About 1:45 o'clock this morning the relief train returned to the city, bringing those who had escaped with their lives, about seventeen in all, the only ones, so far as now known, who did not perish in the disaster. Dry creek is fifty feet wide and fifteen feet deep, with steep banks, one mile north of Eden. Water was flowing over a trestle when the train struck it. The engine got almost across, but fell back, and baggage car, smoker and chair cars plunged into the torrent. The engine fell on its right side. The chair car was carried half a mile down Fountain creek. The baggage car and smoker have not been found. Dry creek empties into the Fountain less than a half mile below the wreck. There was no water in the creek two hours after the accident. The diner and sleeper did not go down. |
| Potlatch (Idaho, USA) |
Sommer 1905 |
Potlatch Lumber Company |
Der bekannte Sägewerksarchitekt William A. Wilkinson aus Minneapolis wird damit beauftragt, das Werk zu planen |
| Cottonwood (Gilpin, Colorado) |
01.08.1905 |
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One of the worst wrecks in the history of the Central City and Black Hawk branch of the Colorado & Southern road occurred to a freight train at 3:15 o'clock this afternoon, causing the death of Engineer WILLIAM ALLEN of Denver and JOHN FERGUSON, section boss, of Black Hawk.
The accident happened on a reverse curve about one and a half miles below Smith hill and a mile west of Cottonwood, the engine leaving the track on the right side and falling down an embankment about twenty feet into a portion of the dry bed of North Clear creek, both cab and tender turning over, leaving the engine wheels up in the air.
Engineer W. M. ALLEN and Section Boss JOHN FERGUSON were caught partly under the cab of the engine and their death must have been instantaneous, ALLEN being crushed about the head and upper part of the body, while FERGUSON evidently was suffocated, being completely covered by sand and dirt.
Engineer ALLEN, when uncovered, was still holding the broken end of the air valve, having stuck to his post to the end. Fireman ABE GOLIGHTLY of Golden, a brother-in-law of Engineer ALLEN, escaped, being thrown about ten feet from the engine when it turned over, and escaping with a few scratches and minor bruises.
General Superintendent J. H. YOUNG believes that washing of water along the track weakened it and that this was the cause of the wreck. |
| Potlatch (Idaho, USA) |
Sept. 1905 |
Potlatch Lumber Company |
Beginn der Bauarbeiten |
| Brush (USA) |
05.09.1905 |
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Three persons were killed and seven or eight injured last night at Brush, Colorado, on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railway, 88 miles east of Denver, in a rear end collision between a passenger and a freight train, both west bound.
The dead:
JOHN LINDSEY, colored porter.
MOSES VAUGHAN, colored cook.
A passenger, name unknown.
The passenger train was standing at the station while the engine was taking water. A fast freight train crashed into a private car in the rear of the passenger train, telescoping it and killing the porter and cook. A chair car and two sleeping cars ahead were ditched.
In the private car was a party of eastern capitalists under the guidance of Col. R. L. DAVAL, who left Philadelphia Saturday. East of Brush is a steep grade and it is said the engineer of the freight was unable to control his train while coming down the hill. |
| Georgetown (Colorado) |
1906 |
The Georgetown Loop Railroad, Inc. |
An additional rail connection is completed from Silver Plume accessing the Belmont Mine with its ice crystal formations, and the peak view of the Rockies from above 14,000 feet in railroad cars with open sides. The tourist route is known as "Grays Peak Special and is billed as the highest railroad trip in North America. |
| Morenci (Ariz.) |
1906 |
Phelps Dodge |
Das Export-Import-Geschäft wird eingestellt. |
| Potlatch (Idaho, USA) |
Jan. 1906 |
Potlatch Lumber Company |
Die Gesellschaft wirbt C. Ferris White aus Spokane (Washington) an, um eine Arbeiterstadt zu planen |
| Potlatch (Idaho, USA) |
1906 |
Potlatch Lumber Company |
Es werden 143 Arbeiterhäuser gebaut |
| Adobe (Colorado) |
16.03.1906 |
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In a blinding snowstorm which prevailed in the Arkansas Valley, trains No. 16 east-bound and No. 3 west-bound, on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, collided, head-on at Adobe Station, near Portland, Col., about thirty miles west of Pueblo, at two o'clock a.m.
The accident brought death in most horrible form to at least thirty-five persons. Half of them were incinerated so completely that identification in some cases is impossible, and the exact number of dead man never be determined. The injured number about twenty and all will recover. Almost every person killed in the wreck was cremated and little remains except blackened timbers and twisted rods, with here and there a pile of ashes.
The impact overturned both locomotives. A smoking car and a day coach on the express were also thrown violently off the track and upset. Fire stated immediately in both these cars, and it is said that few of the passengers in either of them escaped. |
| Potlatch (Idaho, USA) |
Aug. 1906 |
Potlatch Lumber Company |
Die Fabrikstadt hat ca. 1.000 Einwohner |
| Potlatch (Idaho, USA) |
11.09.1906 |
Potlatch Lumber Company |
Inbetriebnahme |
| Georgetown (Colorado) |
1907 |
The Georgetown Loop Railroad, Inc. |
A second tourist connection is completed from Silver Plume in the form of a 46-minute roundtrip tour on a gondola ride rising over 3,000 feet. The Sunrise Peak Arial contains 26 gondolas and is the areas third major attraction. |
| Potlatch (Idaho, USA) |
1907 |
Potlatch Lumber Company |
Es werden weitere 58 Arbeiterhäuser gebaut |
| Ray (Ariz.) |
14.05.1907 |
Ray Consolidated Copper Co. |
Eintragung der "Ray Consolidated Copper Company" unter den Gesetzen des Staates Maine |
| Potlatch (Idaho, USA) |
1908 |
Potlatch Lumber Company |
Es werden weitere 14 Arbeiterhäuser gebaut |
| Flagstaff (Arizona) |
03.1896 |
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Mert Kennedy, a lumberjack formerly employed by the Saginaw and Manistee Lumber company at Camp 3, north of Bellmont, was instantly killed and horribly mangled in the morning freight train on the Santa Fe near Flagstaff. Kennedy had been drinking and it is supposed he attempted to board the moving freight while in an intoxicated condition. The man's left leg was cut off and his head was crushed to a pulp. At the time of his death Kennedy was employed by the Greenlaw Lumber company. He was a native of Massachusetts, thirty-three years old and was known as a hardworking man in this section for many years past. |
| Hado (USA) |
03.08.1908 |
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The Chicago Golden State Limited, the fast trans-continental all-Pullman train of the Rock Island railroad, west bound from Chicago to Los Angeles, struck a broken rail while running at full speed at Hado Station, forty miles east of Benson early today, and the two rear Pullman coaches were ditched, injuring eighteen passengers. It is considered miraculous that none was killed.
J. C. MYERS, a capitalist, of Kansas City, is the most seriously injured. He sustained internal injuries and his condition is critical.
Other injured:
MRS. W. A. REAGAN, Big Springs, Tex.
BASCOM REAGAN, son of MRS. REAGAN.
LOUIS MARTINEZ DECASTRO, Sinaloa, Mexico.
S. S. CALTON, Chicago, Pullman conductor.
HENRIQUE S. AMADA, City of Mexico.
FRED W. FREEMAN, El Paso, Tex.
E. E. LENNON, train conductor, El Paso, Tex.
Practically all of the injured sustained cuts and bruises, some of them severely. All of them were taken to St. Mary's hospital in Tucson.
The accident occurred on a straight stretch of track. The train, consisting of eight coaches, passed safely over the broken rail until the diner struck it. The rear trucks of the diner left the rails and the two coaches turned over on their sides and were dragged for some distance. All the passengers were in their berths at the time and were thrown violently about the cars. Nearly every person in the overturned coaches was injured. |
| Castle Rock (Colorado) |
11.08.1908 |
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In a collision between two Denver & Rio Grande freight trains four miles south of Castle Rock this morning L. A. Phillips, a fireman, whose home is in Denver, was probably fatally crushed. The trains met at high speed, three cars in each being telescoped and demolished and both engines being badly damaged. Failure of the northbound train to follow orders is given as the cause for the wreck. Traffic over the line is tied up and trains are being run over the Santa Fe tracks. |
| Denver (Colorado) |
11.08.1908 |
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Four persons were seriously injured and six others received minor cuts and bruises in a street car collision at 16th and Boulder streets at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The victims are Frank McKee and three unknown women. McKee and one of the women were hurried to a hospital and the other two women were placed in a cab and taken to their homes.
The cars colliding were an eastbound Berkeley car and an outbound 44th avenue car. The collision occurred at a switch when the 44th avenue car should have turned to the right, but through negligence or accident the switch was not turned and both cars going in opposite direction came together. |
| Young's Point (USA) |
25.09.1908 |
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Der Zusammenstoß ereignete sich auf einem eingleisigen Streckenabschnitt, da das Lokpersonal die Vorschrift, einen übergeordneten, in Gegenrichtung fahrenden Zug zuerst passieren zu lassen, nicht beachtet hatte. 23 Tote |
| Potlatch (Idaho, USA) |
1909 |
Potlatch Lumber Company |
Es wird ein weiteres Arbeiterhaus gebaut |
| Dotsero (USA) |
15.01.1909 |
---- |
Auf dem eingleisigen Abschnitt östlich des Glenwood Canyon kam es zu einem Frontalzusammenstoß, weil das Zugpersonal die vorgesehene Zugfolge nicht eingehalten hatte. 20 Tote |
| Avondale (Colorado) |
08.08.1909 |
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The chair car and smoker of Missouri Pacific passenger train No. 2 which leaves at 12:01 p. m. for St. Louis, went into the ditch at Avondale, 13 miles east of here, at 12:30 today, and were overturned.
Five people were injured but none will die. The injured:
Ollie O. Moore, Pueblo.
Lloyd Brown, Ordway, Colo.
F. E. Ruthbun, Piedmont, W. Va.
Mrs. Vergie Martin, Los Angeles, California.
Mrs. L. E. Caperton, St. Louis, Mo.
All of the injured were brought to the Pueblo hospitals with the exception of Mrs. Caperton who was able to continue on her journey.
The cause of the wreck was spreading rails. While the Pullmans left the track they did not overturn.
The train later detoured on the Santa Fe and it was announced that the track would be cleared for traffic early tomorrow morning. |
| Benson (Arizona) |
03.1896 |
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Engineer Tom Walker and Fireman P. W. Bauer, both of Tucson, were killed, thirteen persons were seriously injured and thirty nine others cut and bruised when Southern Pacific train No. 4, formerly known as the Golden State Limited was wrecked three miles west of Benson at 4:01 o'clock Sunday morning. At the time of the accident the train was running thirty miles an hour. Southern Pacific officials ascribe the wreck to striking a curve at too high speed. |
| Tucson (Arizona) |
03.1896 |
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Engineer Tom Walker and Fireman P. W. Bower, both of Tucson, were killed, 10 persons seriously injured and 13 others cut and bruised when cast-bound Southern Pacific train No. 4, formerly known as the Golden State limited, was wrecked three miles west of Benson at 4 o'clock this morning. The most seriously injured were brought here. The train was running 30 miles and hour. Southern Pacific officials say the train struck a curve at too high speed. |
| Potlatch (Idaho, USA) |
1910 |
Potlatch Lumber Company |
Die Gesellschaft baut ein Sägewerk in Elk River (bis 1930 in Betrieb) |
| Potlatch (Idaho, USA) |
1910 |
Potlatch Lumber Company |
Es werden 40 weitere Arbeiterwohnhäuser gebaut |
| Ray (Ariz.) |
1910 |
Ray Consolidated Copper Co. |
Bildung der "Ray Consolidated Copper Company" zum Betrieb eines Kupferbergwerks in Ray, Arizona, ursprünglich erschlossen durch die "Ray Copper Company" im Jahre 1883 |
| Denver (Colorado) |
31.01.1910 |
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JAMES A. BAKER of Attleboro, Mass., and two women, whose identity is unknown, were killed and Russell A. Talbot of New York was fatally injured when a trolley car crashed into the automobile in which five persons were riding. Morris Mayer, owner of the machine, who was at the wheel, was stunned, but suffered only minor injuries.
BAKER and Talbot were traveling men and guests of Mayer. All efforts to ascertain the names of the women were unavailing. The machine in which the party was riding was speeding along South Broadway at a furious rate, running between the street car tracks.
Cars were approaching from both directions, and in an effort to avoid the northbound car Mayer tried to cross the tracks. The machine skidded on the rails and it is supposed Mayer instinctively set the brake to keep from going over. The southbound car crashed into the machine from the rear, completely demolishing it. Talbot and BAKER, with one of the women, were in the back seat. The woman's head and body were crushed to a pulp and BAKER had a number of broken bones. Both were dead when picked up.
Talbot suffered severe internal injuries and were unconscious when help arrived. The other woman, who was sitting beside Mayer, was thrown to the ground and her skull was crushed. Mayer was tossed to one side, and was but little hurt. |
| Denver (Colorado) |
01.02.1910 |
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Two women who were killed here late last night in a collision between a trolley car and the automobile in which they were riding, have not yet been identified. One other person was killed, James A. Baker of Attleboro, Mass., a traveling man, Russell A. Talbot of New York, also a traveling man, was fatally injured.
The four were guests of Morris Mayer, owner of the machine. Mayer was at the wheel when the collision occurred but he suffered only minor injuries.
This afternoon the two women wore identified as Miss Virgil Cain and Mrs. William J. Keating, both of Denver. |
| Ray (Ariz.) |
14.06.1910 |
Ray Consolidated Copper Co. |
Gründung der "Ray & Gila Valley Railroad" in Arizona. Das gesamte Kapital ist im Eigentum der "Ray Consolidated Copper Company". |
| Denver (Colorado) |
12.08.1910 |
Woodson, Frederick. Augustus |
Tod von F. A. Woodson in Denver |
| Georgetown (Colorado) |
1911-1912 |
The Georgetown Loop Railroad, Inc. |
Financial problems prevent the line from operating for a season and new attractions were built in a final attempt to save the dwindling tourist numbers. |
| Hayden (Ariz.) |
März 1911 |
Ray Consolidated Copper Co. |
Der erste Teil des Kupferwerks der "Ray Consolidated Copper Co." in Hayden geht in Betrieb. |
| Ray (Ariz.) |
März 1911 |
Ray Consolidated Copper Co. |
Der erste Teil des Kupferwerks der "Ray Consolidated Copper Co." in Hayden geht in Betrieb. |
| Denver (Colorado) |
18.03.1911 |
Moffat, David |
Tod von David Moffat in New York |
| Hayden (Ariz.) |
1911 |
Ray Consolidated Copper Co. |
Die "American Smelting & Refining Company" erwirbt das teilweise eröffnete Schmelzwerk der "Ray Consolidated Copper Company" in Hayden, Arizona. |
| Ray (Ariz.) |
1911 |
Ray Consolidated Copper Co. |
Die "American Smelting & Refining Company" erwirbt das teilweise eröffnete Schmelzwerk der "Ray Consolidated Copper Company" in Hayden, Arizona. |
| Ray (Ariz.) |
Dez. 1911 |
Ray Consolidated Copper Co. |
Die "Ray Consolidated Copper Company" tritt in Verhandlungen mit der "Ray Central Copper Mining Company" , deren Besitz vorher unter Option der "General Development Co." stand, der aber im Oktober 1910 aufgegeben wurde. |
| New Mexico (USA) |
06.01.1912 |
---- |
New Mexico wird als 47. Mitglied in den Bund der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika (USA) aufgenommen. |
| Hayden (Ariz.) |
12.02.1912 |
Ray Consolidated Copper Co. |
Die Lieferung von Kupfererz-Konzentrat der "Ray Consolidated" zum Schmelzwerk in Hayden beginnt. |
| Ray (Ariz.) |
12.02.1912 |
Ray Consolidated Copper Co. |
Die Lieferung von Kupfererz-Konzentrat der "Ray Consolidated" zum Schmelzwerk in Hayden beginnt. |
| Arizona |
14.02.1912 |
---- |
Arizona wird als 48. Mitglied in die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika aufgenommen. |
| Ray (Ariz.) |
April 1912 |
Ray Consolidated Copper Co. |
Die "Ray Consolidated Copper Company" hat bisher 97 % Anteile der "Ray Central Copper Mining Company" erworben und übernimmt bald danach den gesamten Besitz des Vermögens und beginnt die Erschließung des Geländes gemäß den eigenen, umfangreichen Plänen. |
| Pueblo (Colorado) |
07.09.1912 |
Hewlett-Packard GmbH |
Geburt von David Packard in Pueblo, Colorado |
| Pueblo (Colorado) |
07.09.1912 |
Packard, David |
Geburt von David Packard in Pueblo, Colorado |
| Boulder (Colorado) |
06.06.1913 |
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Returning home from Columbia cemetery, where she had but a few moments before scattered flowers over the graves of departed ones, MRS. FRANK ROOSA of this city was killed by a street car.
MRS. ROOSA and her son, HARRY ROOSA, seventeen, who had taken her to the memorial services of the G. A. R., had driven in front of the street car, when the animal became frightened at a passing automobile and backed the buggy directly in front of the street car. The son was thrown into the street and MRS. ROOSA under the wheels, where she was ground to pieces. It was the gruesome duty of the crew to back the car before the body could be extricated from the tracks. Sympathetic hands tore a banner advertising â??Romeo and Juliet,â? the senior class play of the U. of C., from the side of the car, and laid it over the body.
She had fallen under the wheels in such a manner that the entire front of her face was ground off.
HARRY ROOSA also suffered an injured arm. Faint and weak, he was taken to his home east of town by a physician who reached the scene soon after the accident.
The occupants of the automobile at which the horse shied did not stop their machine, but put on more speed, and so far no one has been found who saw the number or knew the driver. |
| Meridian (Colorado) |
1914 |
Western Union Telegraph Company |
Western Union die erste Kreditkarte für Verbraucher heraus |
| Cheraw (Colorado) |
29.05.1914 |
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Two were killed, one is dying and two others are believed to be fatally injured as a result of a Santa Fe passenger train crashing into an automobile at Cheraw, near here. The automobile was filled with members of the Ordway baseball team, which played a game with the Cheraw team at the latter place and the men were on their way home.
The accident occurred on a railroad crossing in a deep cut. Inability of the chauffeur to see the approaching train is given as the cause of the accident.
The dead: REUBEN ZINN, 26, first baseman Ordway team; TONY PETERS, 27, Denver, right fielder of the Ordway team.
Fatally Injured: RAY WANSTEAD, 23, chauffeur, chest crushed; CHARLES GARRET, 21, Ordway pitcher, both legs broken, chest crushed; OSCAR GOETZ, 19, second baseman; skull fractured, injured internally.
CLARENCE MELVER, 11, mascot, was cut and bruised. The car was struck squarely and flung far from the track. Uninjured members of the baseball team cared for the injured until medical assistance arrived. |
| Potlatch (Idaho, USA) |
1916 |
Potlatch Lumber Company |
Die Gesellschaft baut eine große Turnhalle und ein neues Theater anstelle der am 25.12.1915 abgebrannten Gebäude |
| Potlatch (Idaho, USA) |
1916 |
Potlatch Lumber Company |
Es werden 5 weitere Arbeiterwohnhäuser gebaut |
| Morenci (Ariz.) |
1917 |
Phelps Dodge |
Nach fast vier Jahrzehnten Untertage-Bergbau in Bisbee, Ariz., stellt man sich erfolgreich auf Tagebau um |
| Santa Fé (New Mexico) |
15.10.1917 |
Eberline Instrument Corporation |
Geburt von Howard Clayton Eberline in Soap Creek, Iowa |
| Santa Fé (Santa Fe) |
15.10.1917 |
Eberline Instrument Corporation |
Geburt von Howard Clayton Eberline in Soap Creek, Iowa |
| Aspen (Colorado) |
15.10.1918 |
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MICHAEL GREEN was killed and JOHN ORT severely wounded in a smash-up on the Midland railroad about 6:30 o'clock Tuesday a.m. The accident occcurred[sic] to the freight train which left Aspen at 4:30 o'clock in the morning, and at a point about 16 miles from here. The dead man and his wounded companion were brought into town about 2:45 this afternoon.
As near as can be ascertained an irrigating ditch, which was near the road at the point mentioned, overflowed and broke loose sometime in the night, and washed loose some of the track. The freight train, in which were twenty-two loaded cars, was running along at a fair rate of speed, and no thought of danger was felt until the cars struck the washed out place, when the first car went end up and the others piled on top of it, smashing six of seven of them up into kindling. The engine had gone in safety over the bad spot and the engineer and fireman received no injuries.
GREEN and ORT were in a car loaded with ore, and were beating their way one the train. |
| Aspen (Colorado) |
15.10.1918 |
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What undoubtedly would have been the greatest disaster of modern times was averted from the city of Aspen by a hair's bredth in the afternoon at about 3:30 o'clock. When it was learned that a car loaded with twenty-nine thousand pounds of giant powder, standing on the track at the Midland depot, had been partly crushed by a runaway flat car loaded with heavy timbers, all other topics were immediately absorbed by the discussion of the grave matter.
Many persons, ordinarily of calm judgment, who claim to be practically familiar with the great power of dynamite, expressed the opinion that had the powder exploded at that point, backed up as it was by the mountain side, there would have been but few people left alive in Aspen to tell the tale of her great disaster. The most moderate opinion was that had the explosion occurred it would have destroyed every building and living thing within two blocks, at least, of the scene.
At about 3 o'clock in the afternoon a car consigned to the Tomkins Hardware company and containing 20,000 pounds of giant powder, arrived at the Midland depot, having been transferred from the Rio Grande railroad. The car was immediately pushed on to the Compromise tramway track and left standing at the tramway building, ready for the dangerous explosive to be unloaded and hauled off the to powder house located on the Roaring Fork just above the old burying ground. |
| Arapahoe (Colorado) |
16.10.1918 |
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Passenger train, No. 104, east bound thru Hugo, was wrecked at Arapahoe, Colorado, Wednesday morning at 1:15 o'clock, when the engine struck a couple of cattle causing the front trucks of the engine to leave the track. Before Engineer BRUNSON could stop his train, the engine struck the east switch at Arapahoe station and went into the ditch.
The big engine, No. 2810, turned over twice, climbed a four foot embankment and landed headed west, about twenty feet from the track. The tender broke loose from the engine and stood across the track, while the express car stood north and south on the south side of the track. The baggage car, mail car, and first passenger coach were derailed and the baggage car was demolished. No passengers were injured, but the express messenger, Engineer BRUNSON and Fireman JAMES GUM were badly bruised and shaken up. Their escape from instant death was miraculous, as both the engineer and fireman were buried beneath the debris under the baggage car of the wrecked train. MR. BRUNSON suffered a broken leg and internal injuries, while the fireman suffered some broken ribs and was badly battered and bruised. The express messenger suffered some bad cuts about the face and head.
The injured engineer and fireman were taken to a Denver hospital, passing thru Hugo Wednesday afternoon, and are now on the road to recovery.
Fireman JAMES GUM is a son of MR. And MRS. SAM GUM of Hugo, and was raised in this place from early boyhood. His parents and sister, MISS ANNIE, accompanied him to Denver, but as he was recovering nicely, they returned home to Hugo Thursday night. |
| Salt Lake City (USA) |
07.11.1918 |
Silver Brothers Iron Works |
Tod von William John Silver in Salt Lake City. Todesursache ist Altersschwäche ("old age"). Er wird auf dem Salt Lake City Cemetery beigesetzt |
| Salt Lake City (USA) |
07.11.1918 |
Silver, William John |
Tod von William John Silver in Salt Lake City. Todesursache ist Altersschwäche ("old age"). Er wird auf dem Salt Lake City Cemetery beigesetzt |
| Georgetown (Colorado) |
1920 |
The Georgetown Loop Railroad, Inc. |
The Sunrise Peak Ärial and the Grays Peak line up Mt. McClellan close. |
| Denver (Colorado) |
06.09.1920 |
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Ten persons were killed and more than fifty injured in a crash of interurban line electric cars in Globeville, a suburb of Denver, today.
Both cars are said to have been running fifty miles an hour when they collided. The accident occurred near Fifty-sixth and Washington streets.
The injured are being brought to hospitals here.
All the city's ambulances were sent to the scene and the task of removing the dead and injured was begun.
The cars collided on a curve and were practically telescoped.
One of the cars was en route from Denver to Boulder, Colo., while the second was coming to Denver from Boulder.
With an impact heard for blocks, accompanied by the grinding of brakes and the screams of the injured, the big coaches smashed head-on. The Boulder coach polwed fifteen feet into the front of the outbound coach. The cars were so badly telescoped that their front ends were a mass of wreckage.
Those in the front part of the coaches were enmeshed in the wreckage, and great difficulty was encountered by rescuers in bringing out the dead and injured.
At offices of the railroad company it was announced that the outbound car was a special to El Dorado, a mountain pleasure resort, and had the right of way. LAWRENCE C. CRIPPS, motorman on that car, was instantly killed.
The bodies of the coaches were jammed on the front trucks and the aerials were torn away by the impact. As the crews of both cars were killed, the reason they rounded the curve at fifty miles an hour has not been learned. Chief of Police HAMILTON ARMSTRONG and military authorities rushed to the scene. The military took charge of the situation, as the city has been under their control for nearly a month, due to the strike of employees of the City Traction Company.
Chief ARMSTRONG said he knew that eight dead had been removed from the telescoped coaches. |
| Georgetown (Colorado) |
1921 |
The Georgetown Loop Railroad, Inc. |
The tracks up Mt. McClellan ("Grays Peak Special) are removed from the mountain and only one train a day runs to Silver Plume from Denver. |
| Potlatch (Idaho, USA) |
1921 |
Potlatch Lumber Company |
Es wird ein weiteres Arbeiterhaus gebaut |
| Ray (Ariz.) |
08.04.1921 |
Ray Consolidated Copper Co. |
Vorübergehende Schließung für 1 Jahr |
| Ray (Ariz.) |
01.04.1922 |
Ray Consolidated Copper Co. |
Wiederinbetriebnahme nach 1 Jahr |
| Potlatch (Idaho, USA) |
1923 |
Potlatch Lumber Company |
Es werden 26 weitere Arbeiterwohnhäuser gebaut |
| Glenrock (USA) |
27.09.1923 |
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Die Eisenbahnlinie überquert das Flüßchen Cole auf einer 33 m langen Jochbrücke, bevor es in den North Platte River mündet. Normalerweise war der Wasserspiegel sehr niedrig, denn die jährliche Niederschlagsmenge in diesem Gebiet betrug durchschnittlich nur 300 mm. Im Jahre 1923 allerdings fielen allein im September rund 120 mm, von denen ungefähr 75 mm an den beiden Tagen vor dem Unglück fielen. Man wußte, daß Gefahr für die Jochbrücke bestand, und obwohl sie noch eine Stunde zuvor inspiziert worden war, stürzte sie ein, als ein Zug über sie hinwegfuhr. Die Lokomotive und die ersten fünf Wagen wurden regelrecht weggespült. Man fand sie später wieder, nahezu vollständig mit Sand bedeckt, der wahrscheinlich von einer quer durch das Flüßchen verlaufenden Sandbank herrührte. Man vermutete, daß diese plötzlich nachgegeben hatte und der Scheitel der entstehenden Wasserwelle die Jochbrücke in dem Moment überflutete, als der Zug sie erreichte. 31 Tote, 3 Verletzte |
| Castle Hot Springs (Arizona) |
03.1896 |
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In the cactus-lined desert country one and one-half miles west of Hot Springs Junction, lay the wreckage of the locomotive and three coaches of westbound California Limited No. 3, crack Santa Fe train.
Four trainmen were crushed to death when the engine overturned and the head coaches crashed into it while rounding a sharp bend in the road.
When the wreck occurred the train was traveling about forty miles an hour over a detour made necessary by undermined roadbeds and washouts on the main line of the road in northern Arizona.
Passengers were hurled from their seats by the impact and some suffered minor abrasions, but none was listed as injured.
The wrecked train was the second section of the Number 3 train. It left Chicago for Los Angeles and carried 128 passengers.
The engine turned over on its left side, while turning the sharp right curve, and the wooden buffet car behind it, used by members of the crew hurdled the locomotive and was dashed to splinters. The porter and barber met death in this car. They were its only occupants at the time of the wreck.
Two steel mail cars, which had been attached to the train when it passed through Phoenix, about two hours before the wreck, rolled over the embankment and plowed into the locomotive. Behind the mail cars, another buffet car and a Pullman partly left the rails. Windows were shattered, tracks were twisted about, but occupants of the cars were uninjured.
Passengers on the train attributed their escape from death to the fact that the mail cars had been placed behind the locomotive at Phoenix thus placing the Pullman cars well back from the engine. There were five Pullman cars on the train.
After the impact, which came with startling suddenness and sent passengers sprawling from their seats, women and men poured from their coaches and rushed to the wrecked cars ahead. The dead fireman and engineer were extricated from beneath the wreckage of the cab. |
| Ray (Ariz.) |
15.02.1924 |
Ray Consolidated Copper Co. |
Die Anteilseigner der "Ray Consolidated Copper Company" und der "Chino Copper Company" stimmen für einen Zusammenschluß beider Gesellschaften, für 1-2/3 Anteil von Ray für jeden Anteil von Chino. |
| Ray (Ariz.) |
20.10.1925 |
Ray Consolidated Copper Co. |
Die "Nevada Consolidated Copper Company" erhält das Angebot zum Zusammenschluß mit der "Ray Consolidated Copper Company", die schon im Eigentum der "Chino Copper Company" ist von von dieser kontrolliert wird. Die Direktoren beider Gesellschaften stimmen der Fusion zu. |
| Ray (Ariz.) |
1926 |
Ray Consolidated Copper Co. |
Die "Ray Consolidated Copper Company" wird Teil der "Nevada Consolidated Copper Company", beide im Anteilseigentum von Guggenheim, dem auch die "Kennecott Copper Company" und die "Utah Copper Company" gehört. |
| Granite (Colorado) |
05.09.1926 |
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Die Entgleisung des Ausflugzugs "Scenic Special" zwischen Salt Lake City und Denver (USA) in einem Bogen infolge überhöhter Geschwindigkeit fordert 15 oder 23 Todesopfer. Die Lokomotive und sechs der 14 Wagen stürzen in den Arkansas River. Mehr als 50 Schwerverletzte.
The death list in the derailment of the Denver and Rio Grande Western's crack Scenic Limited train 45 miles west of Salida mounted to 23 early on 06.09., according to an official announcement by the company officials. The accident occurred on a sharp curve nine miles below Granite when the giant mogul engine, pulling a train of 14 cars, was derailed, plunged into the Arkansas river and carried five coaches into the stream with it. Most of the deaths occurred in the two foremost day coaches, which crashed into the cliff, telescoping as they struck before plunging into the icy waters. According to Denver & Rio Grande officials, the train was on time and was proceeding at its normal speed or slightly less when the accident occurred. The giant engine that pulled a score to death in its plunge was returning from its maiden trip over the route after a successful run two days before to Salt Lake City from Denver. It was one of the largest locomotives in use on any American railroad, with a length of 106 feet and equipped with the most modern of engineering devices. The road management concluded the first phase of its investigation last night and President J. S. PYEATT announced that 'excessive speed' by the train on sharp curves was responsible for the accident. The president's statement placed responsibility for the crash on the shoulders of G. M. LILLIS, road foreman of equipment, who was at the throttle when the giant mogul left the tracks and pulled five cars into the bed of the Arkansas river with it. |
| Denver (Colorado) |
1927 |
The Denver Rock Drill Manufacturing Company |
J. Wills Gardner in Quincy (Ill.) vereinigt seine "Gardner Governor Co." mit dem Unternehmen in Denver zu "Gardner-Denver Co.". |
| Yampai (Arizona) |
03.1896 |
---- |
Three persons were killed, one seriously injured and several others shaken up and bruised late last night when No. 10 Santa Fe passenger train, the scout, was derailed at Yampai, Ariz.
The engineer, TOM COLE, and Fireman BAILEY, both of Needles, Calif., and a mail clerk named DAUGHERTY, were dead. Another mail clerk was seriously injured.
The engine, baggage and mail cars went clear of the tracks and turned on their sides. The coach, chair cars and three sleepers left the rails, but did not turn over.
The train a tourist passenger bound for Chicago, left here yesterday morning at 8:30. It crashed at 11:10 o'clock last night.
Santa Fe train No. 10 is one of the system's fast through trains from Los Angeles to Chicago and is due into Amarillo at 1:10 a. m. The train left Los Angeles at 8:30 o'clock Tuesday morning and was to have been due in Amarillo at 1:10 o'clock Thursday morning. The Amarillo general offices have received no reports in detail, as that particular division reports direct to Topeka, Kansas. |
| Potlatch (Idaho, USA) |
1930 |
Potlatch Lumber Company |
Schließung des Sägewerks in Elk River (erbaut 1910) |
| Ray (Ariz.) |
April 1933 |
Ray Consolidated Copper Co. |
Kennecott schließt vorübergehend seine Grube in Ray wegen der niedrigen Kupferpreise. |
| Wolf Point (USA) |
1934 |
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Entgleisung des Great Northern Fast Mail Zugs in Wolf Point, Montana. Die Lokomotive legt sich auf die rechte Seite, und zumindest ein Wagen stellt sich quer und legt sich auf die Seite. |
| Boulder (Colorado) |
1935 |
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co. |
Die welt-größten Wasserkraft-Generatoren für den Boulder-Dam werden gebaut. |
| Boulder City (Nevada) |
1935 |
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co. |
Westinghouse baut die stärksten Wasserturbinen-Generatoren für den Boulder-Stausee. |
| Morenci (Ariz.) |
1937 |
Phelps Dodge |
Morenci, etwa 150 Meilen östlich von Phoenix, wird auf Tagebau umgestellt. |
| Ray (Ariz.) |
01.01.1937 |
Ray Consolidated Copper Co. |
Wiedereröffnung des Kupferbergwerks unter Kennecott |
| Georgetown (Colorado) |
1938 |
The Georgetown Loop Railroad, Inc. |
The last of the excursion trains runs from Denver to Silver Plume. The line from Idaho Springs to Silver Plume is abandoned and the Georgetown Loop dismantled ending a colorful era of railroad history. |
| Saugus (Montana) |
20.06.1938 |
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47 oder 69 Tote und 65 Verletzte fordert ein Zugunglück in den Vereinigten Staaten: Der Hochgeschwindigkeitszug Seattle-Chicago stürzt in der Nähe von Saugus (Montana) in den Custer-River. Ursache des Eisenbahnunglücks ist eine zusammengebrochene Brücke. Die Brücke über den Custer Creek stürzt ein, als der in westliche Richtung fahrende "Olympian" kurz nach Mitternacht darüber hinwegfährt. Die Brücke bestand aus sieben Brückenbögen und überspannte einen Nebenfluß des Yellowstone-River, der normalerweise neun Monate des Jahres trocken ist. Es war allerdings bekannt, daß in dieser Gegend auch plötzliche Überschwemmungen vorkamen, und die Brücke war 1913 so gebaut worden, daß sie diesen Wassermassen standhielt. In der betreffenden Nacht wurden aus den Bergen starke Regenfälle gemeldet, und erst zwei Stunden vor dem Unglück war die Brücke noch einmal inspiziert worden. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt betrug der Wasserpegel erst ca. 2 m und lag damit deutlich unter der 5 m-Marke. Dann jedoch gab es einen Wolkenbruch und eine 6 m hohe Flutwelle stürzte den Fluß entlang und riß einen Brückenpfeiler mit sich. Als der aus elf Wagen bestehende Expreßzug darüber hinwegfährt, stürzt die Brücke ein. Die Lokomotive und die ersten fünf Wagen erreichen noch die andere Seite, aber zwei Schlafwagen werden ins Wasser gerissen und versinken. Die letzten vier Wagen entgleisen nicht und können später ihre Reise fortsetzen. Einige Leichen werden aus dem Yellowstone-River, 80 km entfernt, geborgen und es ist nicht ausgeschlossen, daß die Anzahl der Todesopfer noch höher liegt als angegeben. |
| Carlin (Nevada) |
12.08.1939 |
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Der Expreßzug "City of San Francisco" (Union Pacific Train auf Streckenabschnitten der Southern Pacific) der Union Pacific Railroad, der von drei dieselelektrischen Lokomotiven gezogen wurde, entgleiste bei einer Geschwindigkeit von knapp 100 km/h 25 km westlich von Carlin. Unfallursache war Sabotage - im äußeren Strang eines Gleisbogens war eine Schiene entfernt worden. Einige der entgleisten Wagen kollidierten sodann mit der Stahlkonstruktion einer Unterführung, die sich ca. 50 m von der Stelle entfernt befand, an der die Wagen aus den Schienen gesprungen waren. Die gesamte, ca. 36 m lange Konstruktion wurde zerstört, und mehrere Wagen landeten im Humboldt River, mehr als 9 m unterhalb des Gleisbettes. Den Speisewagen traf die ganze Wucht des Aufpralls. Er wurde zusammen mit den drei Wagen unmittelbar dahinter am schwersten beschädigt. Die erste Lokomotive und die beiden letzten der insgesamt 14 Wagen blieben im Gleis. Von den 24 Todesopfern waren 15 Angestellte des Speisewagens, unter den Verletzten befanden sich 16 weitere Eisenbahnangestellte. Dieses Unglück war das erste schwere, an dem ein amerikanischer Leichtbau-Stromlinienzug beteiligt war. Nun wollte man natürlich herausfinden, wie gut die aus Aluminiumlegierung bestehenden Wagen einem solchen Aufprall standgehalten hatten. Damals war die Konstruktion der Wagen noch nicht geschweißt, und so rissen die Verkleidungen an einigen Stellen aus den Nieten. Während in dem Bericht des Sicherheitsbüros die Unglücksursache ausführlich diskutiert wurde, war die Wirkung eines Aufpralls auf die Wagen nicht mit der gleichen Gründlichkeit untersucht worden. Der Stromlinienzug sollte die 3620 km zwischen Chicago und Oakland in 39 3/4 Stunden zurücklegen. Das bedeutete eine Reisegeschwindigkeit von ca. 90 km/h. Obwohl der Zug der Union Pacific gehörte und auf den Strecken dieser Gesellschaft verkehrte, benutzte er auch die Gleise der Chicago & North Western und der Southern Pacific-Eisenbahngesellschaft. 24 Tote, 115 Verletzte |
| Denver (Colorado) |
12.08.1939 |
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A Denver and Rio Grande Western train, pulled by two locomotives, crashed into a Santa Fe passenger train at a crossover in South Denver today, killing one person, injuring twenty-eight so seriously they required hospital treatment and hurting several others less seriously.
Conductor Dead.
All the injured were passengers on the Santa Fe train, which was rammed at the second coach back of the baggage car. MERIETT said the Santa Fe train, running late, had a signal to clear the cross-over switch. It was well into the cross-over when the head Scenic Limited engine crashed into the fourth car of the Santa Fe train.
Steam spurted 100 feet into the air from the smashed Scenic Limited locomotive. |
| Georgetown (Colorado) |
1940-1945 |
The Georgetown Loop Railroad, Inc. |
The demand for manpower on the battlefields and in supply production during World War II prompts the final closing of Georgetowns gold and silver mines, compounding railroad losses. |
| Georgetown (Colorado) |
1941 |
The Georgetown Loop Railroad, Inc. |
The final miles of track from Golden to Idaho Springs are closed. |
| Los Alamos (New Mexico) |
01.01.1943 bis 07.05.1945 |
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory |
Fermi arbeitet ab ca. 1943 bis zum Ende des 2. Weltkrieges in Los Alamos (New Mexico, USA) an der Atombombe |
| Los Alamos (New Mexico) |
1943-1945 |
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory |
1943-45 arbeitet Bohr in Los Alamos an der Entwicklung der Atombombe |
| Ray (Ariz.) |
01.01.1943 |
Ray Consolidated Copper Co. |
Das frühere Bergwerk der "Ray Consolidated" (im Eigentum und Betrieb der "Nevada Consolidated") wird die "Ray Mines Division" der "Kennecott Copper Corporation". |
| Clearfield (Utah) |
05.02.1943 |
Bushnell, Nolan |
Geburt von Nolan Bushnell in Clearfield, Utah |
| Los Alamos (New Mexico) |
01.07.1943 bis 01.08.1945 |
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory |
Unter Oppenheimers Leitung wird bis 1945 die amerikanische Atombombe entwickelt und gebaut. |
| Los Alamos (New Mexico) |
07.1943 |
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory |
Im Juli 1943 ernennt man Oppenheimer zum Direktor der Forschungslaboratorien in Los Alamos (New Mexico) und wissenschaftlichen Leiter des amerikanischen Atomenergieprojektes (Manhattan Project). Er wird damit zum "Vater der Atombombe". |
| Kingman (Arizona) |
03.1896 |
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A Transcontinental fast freight slashed into an army bus crammed with air cadets just outside the main gate of the Kingman air bast last night, killing 27 and injuring eight in one of the worst bus-train wrecks in Arizona's history.
Army authorities said the bus, a semi-trailer type, was returning 36 cadets from night gunnery practice when the accident occurred.
Witnesses said the heavy diesel-powered Santa Fe freight was rolling west of a slight downgrade as it approached the crossing.
Bus Leaps Forward.
At a signal from the crossing guard the bus halted. After pausing for several seconds, it suddenly leaped forward onto the tracks directly in the path of the onrushing freight.
The train's cowcatcher caught the vehicle squarely jackknifing it and dragging the crumpled wreckage several hundred yards down the track. Pieces were thrown over a wide area.
Base medical officers immediately set up a field hospital at the scene and ordered 300 men to stand by for blood transfusions to the more seriously injured. |
| Ogden (Utah) |
31.12.1944 |
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Ein heißgelaufenes Achslager eines Güterzuges war der Grund dafür, daß der erste Teil des "Pacific Limited" entlang dem Great Salt Lake sein Tempo auf Schnittgeschwindigkeit bei der Betriebsstelle Bagley (27 km westlich von Ogden) verringern mußte. Obwohl die zweigleisige Strecke durch automatische Signale gesichert war, legte der Bremser des Schnellzuges zwei Knallkapseln aus. Dessen ungeachtet raste der zweite Zugteil mit 20 Wagen und mit einer Geschwindigkeit von 100 km/h durch den Nebel heran und bremste erst 12 s vor dem Aufprall ab. Der 64jährige Lokführer des zweiten Zuges trug eindeutig die Schuld und es wurde später festgestellt, daß er, nachdem er den Bremsvorgang eingeleitet hatte, an den Folgen eines Schocks oder durch Herzversagen gestorben war. Vielleicht aber war ihm auch schon eher übel geworden, denn als der Heizer ihm zurief, daß auch das zweite Signal auf Halt steht, hatte der Lokführer nur träge reagiert. Da sich das Unglück auf einer mehrere Kilometer langen Böschung ereignete, die durch sumpfiges Gelände neben dem Great Salt Lake verlief, war es für die Rettungsmannschaften schwierig, an den Unfallort heranzukommen. Sämtliche Hilfe mußte von der Schiene aus geleistet werden, doch zum Glück konnten die Verletzten in den beiden Militärhospitalwagen, die zu dem nicht beschädigten Teil des ersten Zuges gehörten, versorgt werden. 50 Tote |
| Kirtland (N.M., USA) |
06.05.1951 |
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Ein sechsmotoriger Bomber der amerikanischen Luftwaffe stürzt während eines Sandsturms auf dem Militärflughafen Kirtland ab. Das Unglück fordert 21 Tote und drei Schwerverletzte. |
| Potlatch (Idaho, USA) |
Spätjahr 1951 |
Potlatch Lumber Company |
Die Gesellschaft kündigt an, daß sie die Arbeitersiedlung verkaufen will. - Das erfolgt zwischen Frühjahr 1952 und 1954 |
| Evanston (Wyoming) |
12.11.1951 |
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Im US-Bundesstaat Wyoming fordert ein schweres Zugunglück 17 Tote und 100 Verletzte, davon 49 Schwerverletzte bei der Union Pacific Railroad. Der Schnellzug "City of San Francisco" mit 14 Wagen kollidiert in dichtem Schneesturm um 11.32 Uhr mit dem "City of Los Angeles", beide mit dem Ziel Chicago und ca. 30 Minuten verspätet. Letzterer Zug hielt in Weber Canyon in den Wasatch Mountains, 4 Meilen westlich von Evanston und 26 Meilen östlich von Ogden. Dabei werden die vier letzten Wagen des "Los Angeles" von der dreiteiligen Lokomotive des auffahrenden Zuges zerstört. Elf Wagen des "City of San Francisco" entgleisen und stellen sich zick-zack und kollidieren mit abgestellten Wagen auf dem Nebengleis. Die Opfer sind alle im "City of Los Angeles" |
| Ray (Ariz.) |
1952 |
Ray Consolidated Copper Co. |
Beginn der Umstellung des Bergwerks auf offenen Tagebau unter Kennecott |
| Santa Fé (New Mexico) |
1953 |
Eberline Instrument Corporation |
Howard Clayton Eberline veläßt die "Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory" und gründet sein eigenes Unternehmen |
| Santa Fé (Santa Fe) |
1953 |
Eberline Instrument Corporation |
Howard Clayton Eberline veläßt die "Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory" und gründet sein eigenes Unternehmen |
| Wyoming |
27.04.1953 |
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Die Lokomotive der Union Pacific "Big Boy 4005" entgleist auf einem Ausweichgleis bei 50 mph (80 km/h) im südlichen Wyoming |
| Denver (Colorado) |
1954 |
Honeywell International Inc. |
Übernahme der "Heiland Research Corp." in Denver (Colorado) (gegründet 1934) durch Honeywell und deren Umwandlung in die Abteilungen für Test-Instrumente und Fotoabteilung |
| Hayden (Ariz.) |
1955 |
Ray Consolidated Copper Co. |
Asarco kauft das Schmelzwerk in Hayden von Kennecott |
| Ray (Ariz.) |
1955 |
Ray Consolidated Copper Co. |
Asarco kauft das Schmelzwerk in Hayden von Kennecott |
| Ray (Ariz.) |
1955 |
Ray Consolidated Copper Co. |
Der Betriebs des Bergwerks als offener Tagebau beginnt. Der untertägige Teil wird geschlossen. |
| Wyoming |
06.10.1955 |
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Ein viermotoriges Verkehrsflugzeug zerschellt auf dem Flug von Salt Lake City nach Denver in 3600 m Höhe an einem Berggipfel der Rocky Mountains (US-Bundesstaat Wyoming). Es ist mit 65 Toten das bisher größte Flugzeugunglück in den USA. |
| Ray (Ariz.) |
April 1956 |
Ray Consolidated Copper Co. |
Die "Kennecott Copper Corporation" plant Ausgaben von $40.000.000, und die Lebensdauer und Wirtschaftlichkeit der Kupfergrube in Ray zu erhöhen. |
| Springer (Neu Mexiko) |
05.09.1956 |
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In den frühen Morgenstunden erhielten zwei von je vier Dieselloks gezogene Schnellzüge die Anweisung, bei Robinson (5 Meilen südlich von Springer) zu kreuzen. Da der Bahnhof nicht besetzt war, mußten die Beimänner der Züge die Weichen stellen. Als erster sollte der aus 16 Wagen bestehende Zug Richtung Osten erfahren. Obwohl er wegen der Ostrichtung Vorrang hatte, erhielt er die Anweisung, das Nebengleis zu benutzen. Nachdem der Beimann die Weichen gestellt hatte, ging er weiter, schloß die Weichen am anderen Ende des Nebengleises auf und blieb an der Weiche stehen. Damit handelte er in beiden Fällen vorschriftswidrig. Die Vorschrift lautet wie folgt: "An Kreuzungspunkten darf der die Weiche bedienende Angestellte weder die Weiche für das Hauptgleis betätigen noch sich innerhalb des freizuhaltenden Bereichs aufhalten,... bis der erwartete Zug eingetroffen ist bzw. vorbeigefahren ist". Als sich der in Richtung Westen fahrende Gegenzug mit ziemlicher Geschwindigkeit näherte, gab der Lokführer des haltenden Zuges Signal und betätigte mehrmals das Spitzensignal, möglicherweise als Warnung für den Beimann. Das verwirrte diesen jedoch, er rannte los und änderte die Weichenstellung erneut. Auf diese Weise stießen die beiden Züge mit einer Geschwindigkeit von knapp 100 km/h zusammen. Die Opfer waren Eisenbahner. Die meisten gehörten zum Personal der Speisewagen, hatten dienstfrei und hielten sich im Schlafwagen hinter der Lok des in Richtung Westen fahrenden Zuges auf. 20 Tote |
| Santa Fé (New Mexico) |
1958 |
Eberline Instrument Corporation |
Gründung der "Eberline Instrument Company" |
| Santa Fé (Santa Fe) |
1958 |
Eberline Instrument Corporation |
Gründung der "Eberline Instrument Company" |
| Georgetown (Colorado) |
1959 |
The Georgetown Loop Railroad, Inc. |
The centennial celebration of the discovery of gold in Georgetown and the Georgetown Loop Historic Park is formed under the leadership of James Grafton Rogers, chair of the Colorado Historical Societys board of directors. Almost 100 acres of mining claims and mills are donated, including the Lebanon-Everett mines. The Society begins a program of land acquisition and lease with plans to eventually reconstruct the entire length of the Georgetown Loop. |
| Santa Fé (New Mexico) |
1960 |
Eberline Instrument Corporation |
Patent für einen Proportionalzähler |
| Santa Fé (Santa Fe) |
1960 |
Eberline Instrument Corporation |
Patent für einen Proportionalzähler |
| Santa Fé (New Mexico) |
1961 |
Eberline Instrument Corporation |
Patent für einen Analysator der Dichte von Röntgenfilmen |
| Santa Fé (New Mexico) |
1961 |
Eberline Instrument Corporation |
Patent für einen Apparat für unterirdische Untersuchungen |
| Santa Fé (Santa Fe) |
1961 |
Eberline Instrument Corporation |
Patent für einen Analysator der Dichte von Röntgenfilmen |
| Santa Fé (Santa Fe) |
1961 |
Eberline Instrument Corporation |
Patent für einen Apparat für unterirdische Untersuchungen |
| Evans (Colorado) |
14.12.1961 |
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Twenty school children were killed Thursday morning in a tragic school bus-train collision two miles east and a mile south of Evans. The accident involving a Greeley School District (No. 6) bus, was the worst in the Greeley area's history. Bodies of the victims were taken to the old Armory on 8th Ave. Last time the Armory was used as a morgue was when the plane bombed by JOHN GILBERT GRAHAM crashed in southwest Weld County.
Sixteen youngsters were rushed to Weld County General Hospital by ambulance and private automobiles. Seventeen doctors were called into action to handle the emergencies at the hospital. The bus carried 38 and the driver. The school bus was carrying students to Delta School, east of Greeley, Arlington Elementary School, Meeker Junior High School and Greeley High School. Law enforcement officers barred admittance to the hastily prepared morgue, where white sheets covered the 20 victims. The accident occurred about 8:30 a. m., at an open, but diagonal crossing. The school bus, driven by DUANE HARMS, rolled onto the track first and the westbound Union Pacific streamliner, City of Denver, No. 111, smashed into it at the rear. |
| Manitou Springs (USA) |
1964 |
Manitou and Pike’s Peak Railway |
Lieferung der ersten beiden Zahnradtriebwagen durch die Schweizerische Lokomotivfabrik. Der erste Wagen (Nr. 14) mit luftgekühltem Achtzylindermotor erweist sich oberhalb der Baumgrenze als unbefriedigend, wird in die Schweiz zurückgeschickt und auf Wasserkühlung umgebaut. Der Wagen 15 wird auf zwei wassergekühlte Cummins 724 umgebaut. |
| Park City (Utah) |
bis 1964 |
Ontario Silver Mining Company |
Die Ontario Mine produzierte von 1874 bis 1964 41.289 Unzen Gold, 55.710.608 Unzen Silber, 164.231.209 Pfund Blei, 210.350.684 Pfund Zink und 3.911.102 Pfund Kupfer |
| Santa Fé (New Mexico) |
1964 |
Eberline Instrument Corporation |
Patent auf einen Scintillation Detektor und einen Kreis für radioaktives Plutonium mit geringer Energie |
| Santa Fé (New Mexico) |
1964 |
Eberline Instrument Corporation |
Patent auf einen Plutonium-Detektor |
| Santa Fé (Santa Fe) |
1964 |
Eberline Instrument Corporation |
Patent auf einen Scintillation Detektor und einen Kreis für radioaktives Plutonium mit geringer Energie |
| Santa Fé (Santa Fe) |
1964 |
Eberline Instrument Corporation |
Patent auf einen Plutonium-Detektor |
| Aurarla (Denver) |
1965 |
Tivoli-Union Brewery (Milwaukee Brewery) |
Der Brauereikomplex wird an Carl und Joseph Occhiato verkauft. |
| Denver (Colorado) |
1965 |
Tivoli-Union Brewery (Milwaukee Brewery) |
Der Brauereikomplex wird an Carl und Joseph Occhiato verkauft. |
| Santa Fé (New Mexico) |
1966 |
Eberline Instrument Corporation |
Patent einen Radiometer für Gammastrahlen |
| Santa Fé (New Mexico) |
1966 |
Eberline Instrument Corporation |
Patent für einen schnellen und langsamen Neutronenzähler |
| Santa Fé (Santa Fe) |
1966 |
Eberline Instrument Corporation |
Patent einen Radiometer für Gammastrahlen |
| Santa Fé (Santa Fe) |
1966 |
Eberline Instrument Corporation |
Patent für einen schnellen und langsamen Neutronenzähler |
| Santa Fé (New Mexico) |
1967 |
Eberline Instrument Corporation |
Patent für ein tragbares Strahlungsmeßgerät |
| Santa Fé (Santa Fe) |
1967 |
Eberline Instrument Corporation |
Patent für ein tragbares Strahlungsmeßgerät |
| Manitou Springs (USA) |
1968 |
Manitou and Pike’s Peak Railway |
Die Schweizerische Lokomotivfabrik in Winterthur liefert zwei weitere Dieseltriebwagen (Wagen 16 und 17) |
| Aurarla (Denver) |
1969 |
Tivoli-Union Brewery (Milwaukee Brewery) |
Schließung |
| Denver (Colorado) |
1969 |
Tivoli-Union Brewery (Milwaukee Brewery) |
Schließung |
| Georgetown (Colorado) |
1969 |
The Georgetown Loop Railroad, Inc. |
Work begins on opening the Lebanon mine tunnel and the tunnel is cleared its full length and wired for lighting. Excavation outside uncovers the sites of four mine buildings apparent in historic photographs including a blacksmith shop, miners change room, mine managers office and tool shed. |
| Georgetown (Colorado) |
1973 |
The Georgetown Loop Railroad, Inc. |
Construction of the rail line begins after Union Pacific Railroad donates the track and ties for the reconstruction of the Georgetown Loop. Rolling stock is gathered and bridges set in place. |
| Phoenix (Arizona) |
1974 |
Honeywell International Inc. |
Honeywell übernimmt das Prozeßrechner-Geschäft von "General Electric". Daraus wird später die "Process Solutions Division" von Honeywell mit Sitz in Phoenix, Arizona |
| Georgetown (Colorado) |
1975 |
The Georgetown Loop Railroad, Inc. |
The first operating season of the new Georgetown Loop operates on a small portion of completed track. |
| Sanders County (Montana) |
1975 |
Noxon Rapids Power Plant |
Lieferung einer Francis-Spiralturbine durch J. M. Voith, Heidenheim |
| Manitou Springs (USA) |
1976 |
Manitou and Pike’s Peak Railway |
Die Schweizerische Lokomotiv- und Maschinenfabrik liefert die Dieseltriebwagen 18 und 19. Sie haben hydraulische Kraftübertragung. - Es folgen noch die SLM-Wagen 24 (1984) und 25 (1989) |
| Belt (USA) |
26.11.1976 |
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Ein Schienenbruch führt zu einer Entgleisung von Wagen eines Zuges der Burlington Northern Railway, die mit Propan- und Butangastanks sowie Treibstoff beladen sind. 2 Tote und 22 Verletzte |
| Georgetown (Colorado) |
1977 |
The Georgetown Loop Railroad, Inc. |
The line slowly lengthens into Silver Plume and tracks reach the upper end of Devils Gate. |
| Denver (Colorado) |
05.08.1977 |
Kuhler, Otto |
Tod von Otto Kuhler in Denver (Colorado) |
| Georgetown (Colorado) |
1978 |
The Georgetown Loop Railroad, Inc. |
The historic buildings at the Lebanon mine are reconstructed and open to the public and tourists. The Lebanon Mill is also stabilized and rebuilt for the opening by the Colorado Historical Society through its work with historians, archaeologists and a preservation architect. |
| Santa Fé (New Mexico) |
1979 |
Eberline Instrument Corporation |
Übernahme der "Eberline Instrument Company" durch die "Thermo Electron Corporation" und Umwandlung in Thermo Fisher Scientific" |
| Santa Fé (Santa Fe) |
1979 |
Eberline Instrument Corporation |
Übernahme der "Eberline Instrument Company" durch die "Thermo Electron Corporation" und Umwandlung in Thermo Fisher Scientific" |
| Santa Fé (New Mexico) |
26.05.1981 |
Eberline Instrument Corporation |
Tod von Howard Clayton Eberline vmtl. in Oklahoma City. Er wird auf dem Oklahoma Memorial Park Cemetery beerdigt |
| Santa Fé (Santa Fe) |
26.05.1981 |
Eberline Instrument Corporation |
Tod von Howard Clayton Eberline vmtl. in Oklahoma City. Er wird auf dem Oklahoma Memorial Park Cemetery beerdigt |
| Potlatch (Idaho, USA) |
14.08.1981 |
Potlatch Lumber Company |
Schließung des Werks |
| Georgetown (Colorado) |
1982 |
The Georgetown Loop Railroad, Inc. |
A $1 million grant from the Boettcher Foundation, in honor of E. Warren Willard, a former partner of Boettcher & Company and a member of the CHSs board of directors, finances the final segment of the railroad's reconstruction, the Devil's Gate highbridge. |
| Hayden (Ariz.) |
1982 |
Ray Consolidated Copper Co. |
Schließung des Schmelzwerks in Hayden (Kennecott) |
| Ray (Ariz.) |
1982 |
Ray Consolidated Copper Co. |
Schließung des Schmelzwerks in Hayden (Kennecott) |
| Potlatch (Idaho, USA) |
1983-1985 |
Potlatch Lumber Company |
Abbruch des Sägewerks |
| Potlatch (Idaho, USA) |
16.03.1983 |
Potlatch Lumber Company |
Mitteilung der dauerhaften Schließung des Werks |
| Georgetown (Colorado) |
01.08.1984 |
The Georgetown Loop Railroad, Inc. |
The Devil's Gate high bridge is dedicated by Governor Richard D. Lamm and the reconstruction of the Georgetown Loop is complete and open for visitors along the entire route. |
| Georgetown (Colorado) |
1985 |
The Georgetown Loop Railroad, Inc. |
The historic Silver Plume Depot is restored to its original appearance. |
| Reno (Nevada) |
21.01.1985 |
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Kurz nach dem Start in Reno (US-Bundesstaat Nevada) stürzt eine Chartermaschine ab. Das Unglück fordert 69 Todesopfer. |
| Georgetown (Colorado) |
19.08.1985 |
The Georgetown Loop Railroad, Inc. |
The Historical Society turns its attention to increasing visitor facilities and historical interpretation along the route. In August 1985, the Morrison Valley Center and the Morrison Theater, including boarding and ticketing areas, visitor facilities, parking and a slide show theater are dedicated. |
| Phoenix (Arizona) |
1986 |
Honeywell International Inc. |
Honeywell erwirbt die "Sperry Aerospace Group" für 1,029 Billion Dolla und verbindet die "Honeywell Commercial Division" mit dem Geschäftsfeld der "Sperry Commercial Flight Systems" in Phoenix, Arizona |
| Park City (Utah) |
1995 |
Ontario Silver Mining Company |
Wiedereröffnung als Touristenattraktion |
| Morenci (Ariz.) |
1999 |
Phelps Dodge |
Mit der Erwerbung der "Cyprus Amax Minerals Co." verstärkt und diversifiziert Phelps Dodge weiter sein Kupferbergbau-Geschäft durch Hinzufügung von El Abra in Chile, Cerro Verde in Peru und Sierrita, Bagdad und Miami in Arizona. Mit "Cyprus" erhält die Gesellschaft auch die "Climax Molybdenum Co." mit der Molybdänmine und den Aufbereitungsanlagen in Colorado, ferner Aufbereitungsanlagen in Iowa, in Großbritannien und in den Niederlanden. |
| Salt Lake City (USA) |
2000 |
Schenker Deutschland AG |
Nominierung von Schenker, Inc. für die Olympischen Winterspiele Salt Lake City 2002. |
| Hayden (Ariz.) |
2004 |
Ray Consolidated Copper Co. |
Abbruch des Schmelzwerks in Hayden (Kennecott) |
| Ray (Ariz.) |
2004 |
Ray Consolidated Copper Co. |
Abbruch des Schmelzwerks in Hayden (Kennecott) |
| Morenci (Ariz.) |
03.2007 |
Phelps Dodge |
"Phelps Dodge" wird ein Teil der "Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc." |
| Alberton (Montana) |
03.07.2014 |
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Auf der Strecke am Clark Fork River in West-Montana bei Alberton entgleist ein mit Boeing-Flugzeugrümpfen beladener Güterzug. Dabei stürzen drei Rümpe der Boeing 737 den Hang herunger teilweise in den Fluß. Der Zug ist unterwegs von Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita, Kansas, zum Montagewerk in Renton, Washington. |
| Lakewood (Colorado) |
Anf. 2017 |
Vossloh-Werke GmbH |
Akquisition von "Rocla Concrete Tie, Inc.", Lakewood, Colorado durch Vossloh, Werdohl. Rocla beliefert seit 1986 Kunden im Fokusmarkt USA mit Betonschwellen. Zu den Kunden zählen neben den großen Class-1-Eisenbahnbetreibern auch die Personenbeförderungsgesellschaften in den USA |
| Noxon (Montana) |
13.08.2017 |
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Entgleisung eines Güterzugs auf dem Montana Rail Link Sonntagnacht bei Noxon (Montana). 30 mit Kohlen beladene Wagen stürzen in den Clark Fork River |
| Cut Bank (Montana) |
02.08.2018 |
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Ein Dutzend Wagen eines mit Getreide beladener Güterzug entgleisen bei 25 mph am Brückenkopf des Cut Bank Creek in Montana |
| Columbus (Montana) |
25.09.2018 |
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Ein Güterzug mit 40 Wagons, beladen mit 4.720 tons (4.282 metric tons) Kohle entgleist bei Columbus (Montana) um 23.30 Uhr mit weniger als 40 mph Geschwindigkeit |
