The state herald., 1909-01-22
AWFUL WRECKON
D. & R. G. ROAD
HEAD.oN COLLISION OF PAssEN.
GER AND FREIGHT TRAIN
AT DoTsERo.
TWENTY-0NE ARE DEAD
THIRTY.FoUR 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 fa-
tally. the collision Of passenger and
freight trains on the Rio Grande at
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, hut 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 rescuers, there being but
two trainmen's lanterns available; the
wreckage of long freight train OBJ
structirg the arrival of rescuers, doc
tors and nurses. the narrowness Of the
embankment beside the wreckage,
where a 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
who otherwise might have survived.
Even after the living victims were
brought here there were not enough
surgeons to attend them, and 1t 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 freight's
time and caused the collision.
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 MIR. 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 Clarks, Neb.
Mrs. Oleson, wife Of DR.. orville L.
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. 3l5 Bond build
Ing. Washington. ID. c., special agent
for the Mutual Indemnity Company.
w. c. Kettle. Ashton. Neb.
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. 3l33 South Broadway.
81. Louis.
Unidentified Dead.
Woman forty.three years old. weight
1l0 pounds. red sweater. blue and white
striped waist. false teeth.
Colorado People Injured.
w. II. 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 June
tion. 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
lncerated wounds elbow. burn on right
leg.
L. F. Robinson. Denver. spinal In.
Jury.
W. o. Vlnack. Denver. fracture left
leg. extensive lacerated wound right
thigh. iractared rib. condition serious.
ID. L. Wheeler, Grand Junction.
wound OF left thigh. severe confusion
Of right knee. laceratcd wound OF palm.
Sig Olson. engineer. Grand Junction.
contusions left shoulder. abdomen and
back.
Mr. Wilson. Denver. scalp and face
wounds. taken home.