The Colorado statesman., 1909-01-23
AWFUL WIRE OK ON
D. & R. C. ROAD
HEAD-ON COLLISION OF pASSEN
GER AND FREIGHT TRAIN
AT DoTSERO.
TWENTY ARE DEAD
THlRTY-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 ia
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, but at Adobe they were burned
and at Eden swept away by a 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
structing 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 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
n bp h. hi
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 tho 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.
G. 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 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 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. L. Nelly, 16 Lafayette avenue,
or Mechanicsburg, Pa.
Henry Dunn, 3133 South Broadway,
st. Louis.
Unidentified Dead.
Woman fortythree years old, weight
ITO pounds, red sweater, blue and white
striped waist, false teeth
Colorado People Injured.
w. H. Jefferey, engineer, Glenwood
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.
contusions left shoulder, abdomen and
back.
Mr.. Wilson, Denver, scalp and face
wounds, taken home.
ConsuI's Body Recovered.
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