The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-19

GIcnwood Springs. Col. Jan. 16.-
Twenty persons were killed and thlr-
" injured. many of them seriously, in
q head-on collision between west
bound passenger train No. >, and an
east bound freight train on the Den
yer and Rio Grande Railroad be
twce nDotscUO and Spruce Creek, 22
miles from GIenWood Springs, at 2:56
o'clock last night. Following is re
vised list OF the dead and descrlp-
tious of the unknown dead:
The identified dead
]. d. AIahon, Princeton. Ind.
A. A Hamilton, Polo, Ill.
w {. Kettle, Ashton, Neb.
Mrs. Matte Kettle, Ashton, Neb.
Mrs. Matte EZZel, Winston y. II.
g. w. Oleson, st. Louis.
Or. ArvilIa OIeson. either from Hill
drcth. Nab., or ANtel, Neb.
Rev. L. /. AIiley, either from
Brooklyn, \. Y, or Mechanicsburg,
PENNSYLVANIA.
Clarence \. Goodlng Washington.
John Williams. Clarks, Neb.
J. &. Davis. of Davis, Brigham
Drug Co. Denver.
Henry Dunn. st. Louis
Unidentified dead:
lively, year old boy.
Eight year old girl. wearing plain
ring on third finger OF left hand.
.
SIX year old girl, light hair and
Woman. full faced, brown hair,
about % wears old, wore blue plaid
pctticoat and Catholic brooch.
Woman, no description, badly mu-
Woman. black hair, dark compleN-
ion plain gold ring Inscribed Nancy,
shoes stamped "Selhy Shoe Co, Ports
mouth. Ohio
Woman with red sweater, blue and
white striped waist, about 10 years
old. weight about 40 pounds.
All unidentified are women or chill
dren and bodies arc badly maagled.
misunderstanding OF Ordcrs.
While nothing official has been
given out as to the cause of the Wreck
it is said to have been due TO 4 mis-
understanding OF orders on the part
of En@ineer Gustaf Olson, Of the pas
seu9er train. Olson, however, claims
he understood his instructions per
frctly bat that he misread his watch,
thus encrOachiag on the time of the
freight train which was being drawn
Ify two locomotives, the first of which
was in charge of his brother, Sig Oh
son.
When news of the catastrophe
reached GIenwood Springs every
available physician and nurse in the
city was pressed into service and a
relief train was soon on the scene.
The work of rescue was Immediately
begun.
Bodies Laid on Bier of Snow.
As the bodies We're taken from the
rUbuS they were laid side by side on q
bier OF snow amid the a&onizin 9
shrieks of husband, wife and parent
as they searched among the dead TOR
their loved ones. many OF whom Were
manglcd beyond all recognition.
Two title Children left.
a pathetic feature Of the accident
was the killing Of a father leaving
two small children.a the elder being
four years old. the younger two The
elder boy told a nurse at the Sani-
tarium that his father called him
Bonnie and this all he will say. From
a fellow passenger it was learned that
the family was en- route to Grand
Junction to visit relatives.
It is supposed that Mr.. ana Mrs.
Kettle. whose names appear among
the dead, We're the parents Of these
two little ones who are badly ia
jured.
Whole Family Killed.
destruction Of an entire family
thrc" months. This helpless child was
taken care of by family 1T Shoshont
who intend to adopt the sole survivor
of a once happy family
Another heart-brcaking scene was
enacted in the wreck zone whom kline
hands lifted n four-year-oId child
from the death clasp Of her mother
Nearby lay the body of her father
decapitated and on eyeryside wcr
Hfcless bodies, victims Of the disas
ter.
4 train load of thirty wounded an,
bleeding men and women arrived il
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