Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-18
VICTIMS OF WRECK
DESCRIBE HORROR
DotserO Survivors Happy in Their
Escape From
Death.
SIX TRAINS ARRIVE IN CITY
Garry Many Who We're injured aud
All Are Hoping They May Never
Sec Repetition of Catastrophe.

Six trains. each off them carrying
survivors OF the awful wreck ON tine
Denver q Rio Grande road at Dotsero
/ Colo, Friday night rolled into the Eiu
| Gumdo station ia this city Yesterday
afternoon between 4.30 and $3.50 O'Clock.
/ AS each train arrived, passengers who
| had been in the fatal collision. many of
them scratched and bruised. and uoar-
ing. muulated apparel and some ,n
borrowed clothing made their way up
town to seek "a few days rest after
their terrible experience u the collision
There were no Salt Lake residents
ON the train. singularly enough but
those who were there. and travelling
| through were O. very grateful Dot of
people They almost danced with joy
at having escaped with their lives from
the sconc of the death of more than
twenty of their fellow passengers AS
soon as they reached tho hotel. tele-
grams were dispatched to loved ones
east and west appus.uc them of the
safety of the ones rescued from Che
wreck. THE actual number of dead
is given as %. and l9 injured
According to stories of the survivors.
most of the fatalities occurred Zoo Tire
chair carr The occupants Of tho smok-
cr which was just ahead of the chair
ear escaped practically without i'm
jury ami tourist sleeper just be-
hind the 900 f1ted carriage turned
partially over hui The passengers with
lu were not injured. Those n tive
Pullman cars DOB the r.ar OF the train.
scarcely felt the shock of the collision.
and none of those passengers were iu-
iured The cook ON the diner WAS
injured but Notwithstanding this. the
man worked like hero with the oth-
crs in cXtriCatng the dead and wound
ed from under the vreckage.
TRAMP CRUSHED TO DEATH.
a tramp who was stealing n ride bc-
tween the engine and blind baggage
car was crushed 10 death in the wreck.
A family Of six consisting OF father.
mother two sons and two little daugh-
ters, were pinned under the Wreckagc.
The father cried out 90 the workers.
For Gods sake. save my children
ann dying The rcscuers told him his
daughters We're safe and the man OK
pired His wife soon followed him
Among tho survivors Of tho catas-
rophe arc Eugene Black and Clarence
Cox Of Fairfield. Iowa. who We're ON
their way 90 California These gentle
men We're practically unlnjurcd and
We're Instrumental in assisting the
unfortunate dead and wounded. eft
was the most horrible experience
ever had, said Mr. Black when the
crush came 1 was doing. but im-
mediately on finding I was not in
iured. I rushed 10 the front where the
ruins OF the chair car were piled up
and the cries of the wounded and
dying were piercing the night air.
Tho sight was q sickcning one
Luckily fire did not break out. and
we did not have that frightful fea-
ture TO contend with A surgeon and |
n medical student were on the train. |
and as soon as the victims were taken /
from under the broken timbers and |
dining car. where they were attended I
Co as rapidly as possible kilograms !
for medical assistance were sent 20 I
.ilenwood and 10 Gypsum and every /
hing was done that could Doe done bv /