On Sept. 6, 1920, two Denver & Interurban Railroad interurban trains collided in the Globeville area of Denver. Scores of people were hurt. About a dozen died.
"Fifty patrolmen and two details of firemen were rushed to the scene," the Rocky Mountain News reported. "Ambulances were sent from hospitals and police headquarters."
Uninjured passengers aided in the rescue.
Passenger P.F. Zarina., whose brother died in the wreck, described the collision to the Rocky Mountain News:
“I was riding with the motorman on the inbound Interurban ... the car was so crowded there was hardly room to breathe."
"As we rounded the long turn coming into Globeville, the conductor turned to me, white as a sheet, and stammered, ‘My God! What is that? Then the motorman shouted ‘Jump!"
“The conductor and another of the men hit telegraph poles, and were crushed by the impact. I was lucky and hit dirt."
"As soon as I could walk I started to look for my brother. Pretty soon I found some firemen and policemen pulling him out of the wreck."
The News said pickpockets mixed in with rescuers, adding insult to injury.
“I was riding with the motorman on the inbound Interurban ... the car was so crowded there was hardly room to breathe."
"As we rounded the long turn coming into Globeville, the conductor turned to me, white as a sheet, and stammered, ‘My God! What is that? Then the motorman shouted ‘Jump!"
“The conductor and another of the men hit telegraph poles, and were crushed by the impact. I was lucky and hit dirt."
"As soon as I could walk I started to look for my brother. Pretty soon I found some firemen and policemen pulling him out of the wreck."
The News said pickpockets mixed in with rescuers, adding insult to injury.
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