Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-01-17
TWENTY WERE KILLED
AND THIRTY INJURED
Hesrlrending incidents Follow Head
on Collision Between Freight
and Passenger Trains.
INFANTS LEFT ALONE N THE WORLD
Parents Sisters and Brothers Siaush-
tered In Wreckase-Dead Mothers
Arms Clasp Living Chiid-Oeeap''
tated Body Of Husband and Father
Nearey-Features Pathetic.

tBv Associated Frtss).
GLENWOOD SPRINGS. COLO.
Jan. lG-Twrn,y persons wcr" kiliei
and thirty injured, mary Of them SORT
ously. in a h,ad-on collision between
West bound passenger train No. and
an. East lcurd freight train on tn"
Denver 4 Rio Grande RailrCad be-
tween Dctsrro and Spruc" Creek. 30
miles from Glenwooi Springs at 93G
o'ciC~k last night.
Al the unidrntificd ar" wnmcn or
children AID The bodies are badly
manclcd.
Orders Probably Misunderstood.
While ncthins official has been civ.
IN ont as to the cause Of tho wreck.
it is said to have been duo to mis-
understanding Of orders on the par,
of Engineer Olsen OF the passenger
train. Olsen. however. claims he IN
derstoCd his instructions perfectly.
bit that he m.sresd his watch. thus
cncrc aching on the time OF the
freight train. which was being drawn
l.: two locomotives. the first Of which
was in charge Of his brother. Sig o.
sen
When news of the crash rescued
Glenwood Springs every available
rhvsscian and nurse in the city was
pressed into service and relief train
| was soon on the scene.
/ The work OF rescue was Immediate
ly begun.
! Aaorizing Incidents.
AS the bodies were taken from th"
| ruins ,hev were laid side tv SIDE on
| y bier of snow enid the acorizinS
ahricke of husbands wives End Dar-
.n.s ae they searched among the dead
fer their loved ones many of when
were mancled bevond all recognition
| A rathetic feature az the Hrciien'
! wcs the k.lliro o. father. levin"
two small children. tn" cider being
forr years old. the Younger two.
| The elder h0v told p nurs" at the
o,nitarinm thu his father called him
penrie ard this is all DO will sav
F-or, ? follow passenger It was learn
81 that n" family was cnroutc to
Gr,rd Junction 70 -is't relatives.
T. Is errnosf, tho Mr.. and Mrs
Kettle whose rames anrear amcnr
.he dead were the narents Ct these
-wo little ones who are radI-- in
imred.
All But I-ssnt Killed.
Another sad case WIS the destru"
ton Cf an entir" family with the "S
certinn Of N inf"nt Of three months
This heIrIrss child vas taken care
of hv = fomlv nj Shcsbore who in
tend 20 ?1nr' ~" sole survivor Ct 2
cnca harry family
| Another hcarthreaking scene wa
enacted in the wreck zone wh"'
kindly hands lifted a 4-vear-old cir
from tho death Gasp Of her mother
arms Nearhv Law the bc6v Of hr'
father. deraDitateI and on every sff'
wore Iifo!ess bodies victims OF tn
disaster
Tram Load ~ Wounded.
4 train load ~ thirty wounded an
bleeding mon and women arrived il
GIcrv cod Springs al : O'Clock thi'
morning. The wounded wcr" taknI
10 the co.:nty hospita al ami to the SAM
tarirm. and when the co.'s and ward
j'here had been filed. room was mad
lin hrtoiS fer tho maim"d
woman dicd fr~m h"r .1irri"s "
No -oIi.f train Will" on h"r way -
Grerw0Cl Springs
II j. said tn; al last = dozen 9th
"rs WHO ucro brought her" vii Ill.
! rom 'h"iT wounds.
Train ~ : VS. md M {: - on
girn a~h t"ndor = haccag" car.
s-,,nLinr ca followed l. chair car
, iour ., ,l""D"- md a full ""mn''
r.nf of star lard s'"cp"rs ard a din
'rc car
Locomotives o, erd.
IT,, loccrr~iivc- a." up ~ "rd an
joir. 'ogc'h.r as or" pi"c" of n"
r. MI. Thci- rn""ls x"T" roNrt
Hoxu u IN" Cord river and ni"~"'
NJ MECH scai''rcd all o'"
lih" sccr" no wreck
Tho smCk &c "ar vas onl:. nar'''
J ora lci whilo IN" hair go 'mnrf'
laicI, fo'lowirC vas c"npi"'"Ir tel"
ts~nprd IL tho .o~ris' sic"p'r
None n tho s'-ndarG fl""r"rs l"f
tho t-arI AID mono wa Killed - in
| irr"d in ;hcS" cars mos. ~ the d"a
ard injured b"irg removed from tn
ruins NJ The chair car. which was spill
l rom Mot civ in twain