The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-17

Several Women and Children Not Yet Identified
---Scenes of Horror Witnessed
by Rescuers.
Engineer the Passenger Train Understood His Orders but
Failed to Read His Watch Correctly

reached GlenwoOd Springs every avail
able physician and nurse in the city
was pressed into service and a relief
train was soon on the scene never to be
forgotten for its gruesomeness and
horror.
The work of rescue was immediately
begun Body after body was taken
from the wreckage and, for time, il
appeared as though the heartrending
task would never be completed. As
the bodies were taken from the ruins
they were laid side by side on a bier of
snow, amid the agonizing shrieks of
husband, wife, child and parent, as
they searched among the dead for their
loved ones, many of whom were man
gled beyond recognition.
Two Little Orphans.
A pathetic feature of the accident
was the killing of a father and mother,
leaving two small children, the eldest
being years old, the youngest 2 The
elder boy told a nurse at the sanitarium
that his father called him Bonnie, and
this is all he will say. From fellow
passenger it was learned that the fam
lily was en- route to Grand Junction to
visit relatives. 1t is supposed Mr.. and
Mrs. Kettle, whose names appear
among the dead. were the parents of
those two little ones. who are badly
injured.
Another sad case was the destruction
of an entire family with the exception
of an infant of months. This helpless
child was taken care of by a kind fam
lily at Shoshone, who intend to adopt
the sole survivor of a once happy fam
lily.
One of the remarkable incidents of
the wreck was the miraculous escape
g.
Stall Of Pueblo. Colo, salesman for a
commission company of that city. Mr..
Stall escaped without a scratch, but
soon afterward suffered a severe nerv-
Gus shock, and is tonight on the verge
of nervous collapse.
Parents Both Killed.
Another heartbreaking scene was en-
acted in the wreck zone when kind
hands gently lifted pretty 4-year-oid
girl from the death clasp of her moth
ers arms. Nearby lay the body of her
father. decapitated, and on every side
we're lifeless bOdies-victims of the dis
as-er.
The body of a woman was found
lying a dozen yards from the wreckage
/ close to the banks of Grand river, both
arms missing and otherwise horribly
mangled.
A trainload of thirty. wounded and
bloody men and WOMEN, who barely
/ escaped with their lives, arrived in
Glenwood Springs at o'clock this
morning. Carriages and wagonettes
were waiting at the Rio Grande depot
when the train came to a stop. The
wounded were taken to the county hos
pital and to the sanitarium, and when
the cots and ward had been filled
rooms were secured in the hotels of
Glenwood Springs for the manned.
Died en- Route TO Hospital.
1t was found at an early hour that
there was a shortage of surgeons. and
only first aid could be administered un-
til late this afternoon surgeons from
all the surrounding cities began to pour
into Glenwood Springs. A woman died
from her injuries on tile relief train
while on her way here.
1t is expected that at least a dozen or
more who were brought here Will die
from their wounds.
Fireman John Anderson of the freight
crew, who escaped injury in a remark
able manner, tonight said:
Il was turning my shovel toward the
/ tender when the glare of a headlight
| shore in my eyes. There was but one
/ thing to do. and that was to leap. There
/ was 100 nllEn eAGlletUSul 10 remember
| where I landed. My first thought, as
/ in the case of the engineers. was to as
/ sist the injured passengers.
Train No. ; was made uD of an en-
I CINE and tender, a baggage car, a
! smoking car, followed by chair car,
1 tourist sleeper and a full complement
/ of Pullman sleepers and a dining car.
Scene After the Accident.
| The locomotives are up on end and
I Joined together as one piece OF mechan-
/ ism. Their wheels were rolled down
| into the Grand river. and pieces Of ma
/ chinery are scattered all over the scene
of the wreck. The smoking car was
only partly derailed. while the chair
! car, Immediately following. was COM
pletely telescoped by the tourist sleeper.
4. None of the Pullman sleeDers left the
/ track, and no one was killed or injured
in these cars, most Of the dead and in
/ jured being removed from the ruins of
the chair cars. which was split COM
pletely in twain.
A morbid crowd gathered around the
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