The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-21
AWFUL WRECKON
D. & R. G. ROAD.
MEADOW COLLISION OF pAssEN-
GER AND FREIGHT TRAIN
AT DoTsERo.
TWENTY-ONE ARE DEAD
WERE INJURED,
SOME OF WHOM WILL NOT
RECOVER.

! Denver-A Republican special from
Glenwood Springs Saturday night
says: With twenty-one known to be
| dead and thirty-four injured, some ia
tally, the collision of passenger and
freight trains on the Rio Grande al
Dotsero last night, ranks second in
horror only to the Adobe and Eden
wrecks on the same line.
At Dotsero bodies were mangled be.
yond recognition and cannot be iden.
titled, but at Adobe they were burned
and at Eden swept away by flood.
The most narrowing conditions OF
the Dotsero wreck were the lack of
light fol the rescners, there being but
two trainmen's lanterns available; the
wreckage of long freight train OBJ
structing the arrival of rescuers, doc
tors and nurses; the narrowness of the
embankment beside the wreckage,
where misstep meant probable death
In the river.
Thus sufferings of the injured were
prolonged and this, with exposure to
cold. probably means death for some
Wiio otHci Wise iItBlL nave ouINlNtu.
Even after the living victims were
brought here there were not enough
surgeons to attend them, and it was
more than twelve hours after the
wreck before it was possible to give
them more than the usual first aid
Responsibility for the disaster is
fixed upon Engineer Gus Olson of the
passenger. who says he misread his
watch after reading and understanding
his orders, left Dotsero on the freights
time and caused the colnoion.
A Sunday night special gives the
following list of dead and injured,
emitting in the latter all but Colorado
people:
Newly Identified Dead.
Miss Pearl Kettle, Ashton, Neb.
Boy ten years old and girl eight
years old, children of Mr. and Mrs. w.
C. Kettle of Ashton, Neb.
Rollie, nine years old, and Mildred,
seven years old, children of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Williams of ClarlSs, Neb.
Mrs. Oleson, wife of DR.. Orville e.
Oleson, Axtell, Neb.
Nancy Lewis. address unknown.
John P. Cregan, ST. Augustine. Fla.
Previously Identified Dead.
John c. Davis, president Davis
Bridaham Company, Denver.
Alexander A. Hamilton, Polo, Ill.
Mrs. Matte Ezell, Trenton. N. d.
Clarence A. Gooding. 315 Bond build
ing, Washington, d. c., special agent
for the Mutual Indemnity Company
w n Ratt1a Acbtop Mob
Mrs. May Kettle, his wife. Ashton.
Neb.
John Williams, Clarks. Neb.
Mrs. Bertha Williams, his wife,
Clarks. Neb
George w. Oleson, en- route from St
Louis to Caliente, New.
Dr. Orville A. Oleson, Axtell, Neb.
Rev. /. L. Nelly. 16 Lafayette avenue,
or Mechanicsburg, Pa
Henry Dunn, 3133 South Broadway,
st. Louis.
Unidentified Dead.
Woman forty-three years old, weight
110 pounds. red sweater, blue and white
striped waist, false teeth.
Colorado People Injured.
w. H. Jefferey, engineer, Glenwood
Springs, compound fracture left foot,
fracture of right thigh, condition Sc
rious
Harvey Mitchell, fireman, Salida. dis
located hip.
Gus Olson, engineer, Grand juno
ton. small scalp wound, severe contu-
sion of left leg.
Phil Peters, Jr.. express messenger,
Denver, general contusions
Williams boy, four years old, frac-
ture left leg, small scalp wounds, small
lacerated wounds elbow, burn on right
leg.
e. F. Robinson, Denver, spinal in,
jury.
w. o. Vinack, Denver, fracture left
leg, extensive lacerated wound right
thigh, fractured rib, condition serious
d. e. Wheeler, Grand Junction
wound of left thigh. severe confusion
of right knee, lacerated wound of palm
Sig Olson. engineer. Grand Junction
| Commissions left shoulder, abdomen and
back.
Mr.. Wilson. Denver, scalp and face
wounds. taken home.