The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-01-17
Identified Dead.


reports from Dotsero are thought TO be
reliable
Identified Dead.
Among the identified dead are:
JOHN c. DAVIS. President nuFts-Bridahaz D-uz
Company. Denver
ARTHUR WILLIAMS. Des 8Ioinss. Iowa
Mrs. L J. EZELL. wIlEs,oa. $ Oak
CHARLES MAHON, Princeton. Ind.
Mrs ARTHUR WILLIAMS, Des Mosaes. ioza
GEORGE " OLSON. s.. Louis. No.
d.. ORyIJLE bison. Axtsn. Ns1r.
Rev. r. L NELLY. Brooklyn. y Y.
Others Who Perished.
Unidentified wou1n: wore plain gold ing narksd
''Sancey:" shoes marked --selby Brothers. Po-ss-
mouth. Ohio
Uuideutded Eonan; were red sweater ard blus
skirt
CLARENCE A. GOODISG. WasbiaEs9s, D. c,
- KETTLER- Aston, Ns5-
Ms NARY KETTLER. Ashton. Sshz.
John WILLIAMS, Clarks, Seh-.
Boy. twelve years old; unideneised.
Cir. eight years Old: unidentified
Boy. tsa years Old; Unidsztised-
Gil. six years Cd: unidentified
Cnideutifed EGrsn. thirty yearS: -o-s Cstbolso
emblem
A. A HAMILTON. Polo. IL
HARRY DUNN. s. Louis No.
Uuideutifed tramp
Unidg16ed yosng Eonzn-
Some of the Injured.
Among the injured are:
Charles b Wilkins. Deu7s-; CIT ard bruised
shout head; internal injuries.
T B. Miller Denve--
Fred Chandler. Denver.
Philip Peters DeuTe; exr-ss Messenger.
Clyde Z McCovn. Denver. Pullman conductor.
william o. yinack, Denver; les broken. lbs
frscturei; serious
D. T. Robinson. De1ver: cut about head
Thomas Caldwell Joliet. IL; TrObaby de.
7. Eel. Wlliston. :. OAK.
Lillian Mahoa Princeton. Ind internal inS--ies-
Z B Schuyler poliCs CHEZ q C0v1ngto1 ky.
S ] Martin. seTgszHt q police. q CoEinE1on. ky.:
VII i0se sight.
W. J. Jefies. engineer Of fTeisht tain leg
mashed.
Gus Olson. G-snd Junction. Colo; engineer pas
senger
I passenEer-
/ Charles P Nance Rocklsnd. Cal
Ms. Charles Nance
John Ross Cleveland. Ohio.
/ Thomas Elliott. Pendlet0n. Iowa
". AGair. RaTenns. Ohio.
/ Mrs G. Blsnke, Nspoln, No.
/ J. T. HAYDEN and child. Buffalo. Okis.
Mrs Nellie J. Morton. StzEdish. Cal.
/ Fred Jensen. Iowa Fails. Iowa
Mrs A ". NcCsuley and child, Wl1nsnuc-As
Ner
W C. Mo1ey. Los Angeles.
Clarence ysssau. SIiddlebury. VI: nay diA
l Areis Routocialuis. Fc-t Worth Tex
/ Ariso Volopotis FoTt Worth. Tex.
/ J. B. Thompson. B1Ookings. 5. OAK.
! Mis- ]. B. Thompson,
/ D. z Cannon. TWIn Falls Iowa
/ Harvey Mitchell Salida Colo. hip disiocated-
! c S. Bennett. Faruington Wash.
( Martin Staple Denver travelling msu,
Rails Torn from Ties.
! The immense force OF the collision IS
shown by the condition OF the track az
/ the scene Of the wreck The rails were
torn from the ties and twisted into all
shares. The ties were ripped out Of the
ground and even the car wheels and
trucks were smashed TO bits.
/ The road bed IS torn up for hundreds
Of feet. and OF the engines nothing re-
mains but a smoking heap OF metal.
welded ogether by the terrific force OF
/ the impact
/ Many headIess bodies were taken from
the chair car and this fact furnishes evi-
dence that lie coach behind mounted the
trucks of the chair car and, catching the
heads OF the passengers as they lay back
on the head-rest, tore them of befors
they had the least warning.
Head Is Severed.
The bodies of two men. both Of whom
had lost their legs. were found in the
front end Of the chai=9 car They had
lust time TO catch at each other. and the
dead bodies were found with fingers
locked in each others thrOats. The
father Of. the little girl, who was the
only one found alive in the DAY coach,
was picked I'D near where the mother
IIav. His head had been severed as clean
/ il as with knife.
Fireman John Anderson tells a graphic
story OF his narrow escape. He said:
'T had my shovel in my hands and
\ lust turning toward the tender when the
| glare from headlight shown full in my
| face. OF course. knew thai could mean
only one thing. and I didn't stop TO look
or TO think-and jumped, and that saved
my Iife-
10 me the engines met, and after
struck the ground I scrambled along 70
get out OF the way in case they JoppIei
over on that side. I suppose / did not
have more than second to spare after
m first saw the headlight. / hare had
uanv close call in my railrOading. bat
this was the nearest one"
! A pitiful feature OF the wreck IS that
several entire families were in the chair
lear and OF these families all but the one
little girl were killed
In the first section Of the tourist sleeper
four little girls were found. two in each
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