Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-01-17
Terrible Catastrophe on Dem
YER & Rio Grande Road Due
TO Misunderstanding of Train
Orders,
VICTIMS MUTILATED
BEYOND RECOGNITION
Helpless Infant Sole Survivor
Of Once Happy Family
Scenes Beggar Descriptions
Long List of Dead,
inv Morning Journal Special Leased wireI

tBy Morning journal Special Leased Wire
Glcnwood Springs Colo, Jan. l6.-
Twenty-onc persons were killed ano
over forty injured, many seriously
in a head-on collision between west
hound passenger train No and an
eastbound freight train on the Denver
& Rio Grande railroad between Dot
zero and Spruce Creek, twenty-five
miles from Glenwood Springs, at 9.36
o'clock last night.
The Identilicd Dead.
J. D. MAHCN, Princeton, Ind.
A. A. HAMILTON, Polo, Ill.
w G. KETTLE, Ashton, Neb.
MRS. MATTE KETTLE. Ashton,
Neb
MRS MATTE ELIHEL. Willston,
n D.
G. W OLESON. st. Louis.
DR. ARNILLA a. OLESON either
from Hildreth, Neb.. or Aztcll, Neb
REV. r. l.. MERLEY, either from
Brooklyn. n. T.. or Mochanicsburg, P1.
CLARENCE a. GOODING, WASH
neton
JOHN WILLIAMS Clarl<s, Neb.
j c. DAVIS. of DAVIS Bridham
Drug company, Denver
HENRY DUNN. st Louis.
ARTHUR WILLIAMS, Dcs Moines,
Iowa
Unidentified Dcad.
NE-YEAR-O-D BOY.
ElGHT-Y EAR-OLD GIRL wearing
plain ring on third finger of left hand,
TEN-YEAR-OLD BOY light hair.
sIN-YEAR-OLD GIRL, light hair
and eyes
WOMAN. full faced, brown hair
about thirty years of age, wore blue
plaid pottlcoat and Catholic brooch.
UNlDENTIFIE ED WOMAN, no de-
seripton, badly mutilated.
WOMAN, black hair dark complex
ion, plain gold ring inscribed Nancy;
shoes stamped Selby Shoe company
Portsmouth. Ohio.
WOMAN. with red sweater, blue
and white striped waist, about forty
five years old, weight about 40
pounds
All unidentified are women or chill
dfen. These bodies are badly manglcd.
The Injured.
John Rosso, laborer Cleveland,
Ohio
Thomas Elliott. Pendleton, Iowa.
" Adair. Ravenna, Ohio.
7, b. Miller, Denver
Mrs Ganke. Napoleon, Mo.
W NJ Barber, Anthony, kas.
j. II Heydon and child, Buffalo,
Okla
Fred Jensen, Iowa Falls. Iowa.
Mrs Nellie }. Morton, Standish,
Cal
Mrs A. w McCauley and child, Los
Angeles
J. b. Thompson, Brooklins, $. d
+. Chandler, Denver.
clyde E. McCown, Pullman con
ductor
Charles NJ. Wilson. Denver, badly
bruised about the head.
W o Vinack, Omaha, in serious
Philip Peters, Jr., express mcssen-
yer on passenger train No. 5. Denver
oadly bruised.
Clarence NASSAU, Middlebury. Vt.
cracked knee cap and badly bruised.
W. ii, Jcffries, engineer on freight,
broken leg
Il B. schulcr, chief of police. Cow
=. 5. j. Martin. sergeant of police.
NoFington, Ky, badly bruised and cut
"oout head. He VIII be blind.
W. G. Maxey. 1347 Walnut street
Los Angeles
y. Z. Cannon. Twin Falls, Idaho.
L. EXCL, Williston, n. D.. inter-
mai injuries
Margaret Excl. Williston, y. D.,
lhuhs DddiN cut.
lAliidn Mahoun, Princeton. Ind. So
llous condition. She says her hus-
1and was killed.
Gus Olson, engineer on passenger
"@in badly bruised about head.
~ Wheeler, fireman, head and
shoulders bruised.
Harvey Mitchell. Salida. dislocated
nll and badly bruised
p, Mi aud Mrs. Charles p Nance.
roc ekland Cal, both injured inter
-r. Nfeiris IS Rontcimas. Fort Worth,
i'Aas, badly injured
-, Areisls N0lopolis, Fort Worth.
lfAas, badly bruised
- Il. Robiuson, Denver. badly cut
aud bruised
;. Bennett Faymington Wash.
shghtly Injured
ihnmas Cadawallcr. vice president
''A general salesman of Illinois tx
- ~ company, badly cut.
inafles Wilson. Denver. face and
s'alp wounds
bruises.
!" nile nothing official has been given
."t as 10 the cause or the wreck. it
sad 10 have been due To misun-
standing Of orders ON the part of
--'.- iheer Gustaf Olson of the passen-
ualh. Olson. however. claims he
,,'.. eistood his Instructions perfectly
mat ne misread his watch. thus
'aching on the time Of the freight
,-'-Nr which was being drawn by two
4 tlNes. the first of which was in
'else OF his brother. Sig Olson.
~. n nen news of the terrible catas-
9F"e reached Glenwood every avail