The Detroit times., 1909-01-16
SURVIVORS SAY 70.
MET DEATH IN
WRECK
PASSENGER cOlLIDES HEAD-ON
WITH FREIGHT IN COLORADO
PASSENGER CREW TRIES TO
MAKE WRONG SIDING.
THE KNOWN DEA0

THE KNOWN DEAA
OLSEN, GUS, engineer Of the pas
senser train, Salida.
EDWARD COOLING, Omaha.
ARTHUR WILLIAMS, Des Moines.
Iowa.
MRS. ARTHUR WILLIAMS, Des
Molnes, Iowa.
MRS. L. J. EZELL, WiilIston, s. D.
THOMAS CALDWELL, Joliet, Ill.,
vice president Illinois Express.
n. 3. SCHUYLER, chief Of police,
CoVington, KY.
S. J. MARTIN, sergeant Of police,
Covinston, KY. -
JOHN C. DAVIS, Denver, president
Davis. 6ridaham Drug Co.
CHARLES MAHON. Princeton, Ind.
THE INJURED.
JOHN ROssO, iaborer, Cleveland.
THOMAS ELLIOTT, Pendieton, Ia.
w. A. DAiR, Ravenns, o.
T. 3. MILLER, Denver.
MRS. G. BlANkE, Napolln, Mo.
HUGH GREGG and family, Harris
burg, ~.
CHARLES p. NANCE and wife, no
address.
AviUs DALoPl. Iaborer, no ad-
dress.
w. M. BARBER, Anthony, kas.
J. n. HAYDEN and child, Buffalo,
Okla.
FRED JENSEN, Iowa Falls, Iowa.
MRS. NELLIE J. NORTON, stand
lsh, Cal.
MRS. A. w. MccAULEY, and child,
Winnemucca, New.
w. c. MAxEY, Los Angeles.
DENVER, Col, Jan. 16.-Passenger
train No. 5, westbound. crashed head
on into double-header freight train No.
66. eastbouud, at Dotsero Siding, 20
miles east OF Glenwood Springs. on
the Denver Il Rio Grande railroad, late
last night. The railroad officials in
Denver say that % persons were killed
and two fatally injured, besides large
number who were seriously hurt The
survivors declare that over 20 were
killed large number of the bodies
were mutilated beyond recognition.
In day coach containing 90 pas
sengers only one person so Tar mas
been identified as escaping unhurt, a
woman as yet unidentified Is wander
ing In the snow, crazed by fright
The passenger train crashed into the
head engine of the freight train while
crossing d switch at Dotsero. which Ii
a blind siding. The chair car and the
first passenger coach were wrecked. IL
was from these two cars that the dead
and injured were taken.
The day coach was telescoped. 1t
was In this coach that 90 persons are
believed to have been killed or in
jured as none but the crazed woman
is known to have escaped uninjured.
Groans from the wreckage OF the
two coaches greeted the ears OF the
uninjured passengers as soon as they
emerged In safety after a severe jolt
ing and to their heroic efforts many
OF the injured passengers today owe
their lives.
The wreck was due to an attempt
on the part OF the crew OF the passen-
ger train to make a siding beyond
that at which they were ordered 10
meet the freight
The freight train had 80 minutes in
which to make the siding and had al
most reached II when the passenger
came through little cut from an OBJ
scured angle and crashed full head
on, striking the freight at a tangent
! the latter tearing through the two
coaches at II crossed the switch. One
| OF the crew of the passenger train
/
good rate Of speed when II reached
the siding at Dotsero and he supposed
that the engineer OF the passenger had
assumed that the freight had taken
the siding When he discovered the
mistake and saw his danger he was
going too rapidly 10 stop his train, &C
cording 10 his theory
The engineer OF the passenger train,
however. stuck to his post To the end
and his was among the first OF the bod
les 20 be taken out OF the wreck.
The relief train which left Glenwood
/ Springs shortly before II O'Clock last
night with all the doctors and nurses
I'm the city was late In reaching the
wreck because OF the long line OF
freight cars ON the doubleheader
freight train
Il was necessary 10 back the freight
ears down 20 Shoshone before the re-
lief train could reach the scene of the
wreck II was impossible To carry the
wounded around the wreck This de-
laycd the relief OF the passengers FOR
more than an hour.
The passenger engine and the heal
engine Of the freight were rammed to-
gether 50 that they looked like one
machine The combination mail AMI
baggage car stood on end. The bag
gage car behind II was smashed -
spiiuters.
The scene OF the wreck is In the
canon OF the Grand river, one OF the
most picturesque spots in Colorado.
In summer the on-rushing waters u
the river dash against the spume-ieck-
ed rocks In their journey 90 Glenwood
Springs and Grand Junction. In the
vicinity there are, gem-like lake.,
cones. broken ont and rounded trick.
linz brooks. majestic trees stretching
out from the gigantic rocks Tar above.
aud other features that have made
the Colorado scenery worldfamed
In the canon ot the Grand river the
railroad has a single track except M
certain sections where there are short
sections OF double tracks Co ALLOW
trains 10 pass one another
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