Missouri Valley, Ia., Jan. 7 — The passenger who was killed was Louis DeLario of Washington, D. C, clerk of the house committee on irrigation and private secretary to Representative Mondell of Wyoming. His mother lives at Laramie, Wyoming.
The northwestern train was within a mile of Loveland, near Missouri Valley, when the passengers in the Pullman car Redfield were aroused by smoke. The origin of the fire could not be determined, but it had undoubtedly been smoldering for some time before being discovered as the car was filled with dense smoke, which almost suffocated the passengers.
Louis DeLario, aged 23, whose home is in Laramie, Wyoming, but who has for some time held the position of clerk in the house committee on Irrigation, was dead when found.
The fire had started in or near his berth and the flames had reached his body, almost denuding it and causing some disfiguration.
The passengers from the burned car lost practically all the personal effects they had with them, most of them escaping in their sleeping clothes.
The cause of the fire is not known. It is said by the conductor and passengers to have originated inside the car, and apparently in one of the berths. One theory is that it started in a berth occupied by a woman with a small infant, who had been using an alcohol lamp to heat milk for the baby. The car was badly damaged.
As was told in The Boomerang's special bulletins this morning, Louis DeLario of this city, enroute to Washington, D.C. was burned to death on Los Angeles Limited No. 8, yesterday morning about five o'clock while the train was between Council Bluffs and Missouri Valley, Iowa. The above dispatch conveys the details of the awful death of one of Laramie's most popular young men.
As was stated in the bulletin this morning, it was intended to ship the remains from Missouri Valley, Iowa, at eleven o'clock this morning. Mr. Stryker has not as yet received any definite word as to when the body will arrive but it is thought, that No. 7 will bring the remains to this city at 1:50 o'clock in the morning.
A week ago yesterday morning, Mayor McKee, husband of Louis DeLario's mother, died in this city. Louis had been in the city attending the funeral of his step-father and comforting his mother. He left for the east Saturday morning. Sunday morning one week later at nearly the same hour as that of Mayor McKee's death, he met his fate. Mrs. McKee is undergoing a trying ordeal. She is bearing up bravely, however, and feels that God's will be done.
About eighteen months ago the deceased was married to Miss Alberta Vance, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vance of this city. Mrs. DeLario has been in Washington with her husband for some time.
Rev. A.C. Hogbin of the Presbyterian church wired Congressman Mondell at Washington, telling him that the report of Mr DeLario's death was true and asking him to break the news to Mrs. DeLario. Mr. Mondell replied that he had told the sad news to Mrs. DeLario and that she would leave for Laramie today. She will arrive here Wednesday.
Mr. DeLario had intended to start back to Washington on No. 6 Friday evening instead of Saturday morning as be did, but missed the train Friday night. Shortly before he left Saturday morning he casually remarked that one who travels nowadays carries his life in his hands.
Louis DeLario was born in this city in the month of July, in 1883. When about five years of age his father died. Soon after that his mother moved with the family to Fremont, Nebraska, where she taught school for some time. About ten years ago she returned to Laramie, and it was in this city that Louis grew to manhood, he attended the public schools and later entered the university, where he received the splendid business education which he possessed.
After leaving the university, he served as court reporter for the Second Judicial district, having been appointed first by his grandfather, Judge C.W. Bramel, and later he was reappointed by Judge Carpenter.
About two years ago, the deceased was appointed private secretary to Congressman Mondell and later was made clerk of the house committee on Irrigation. These offices he held at the time of his death, Louis was an exceptionally smart young man and had the brightest of prospects for the future. It is said there have been few court reporters in Wyoming as good as he.
Mr. DeLario was an exemplary young man of sterling character, sunny disposition and was a general favorite with the young men and women of this city who knew him. His friends in this city are numbered by the score and are shocked at his untimely death. A general feeling of regret is prevalent in Laramie today.
The deceased is survived by two brothers one, Charles DeLario, who is employed at Los Angeles, California left that city today for Laramie. The other brother, John DeLario is a resident of this city. The Boomerang offers sincere condolences to the bereaved relatives.
© Laramie Boomerang January 07, 1907, page 1 & 4
The northwestern train was within a mile of Loveland, near Missouri Valley, when the passengers in the Pullman car Redfield were aroused by smoke. The origin of the fire could not be determined, but it had undoubtedly been smoldering for some time before being discovered as the car was filled with dense smoke, which almost suffocated the passengers.
Louis DeLario, aged 23, whose home is in Laramie, Wyoming, but who has for some time held the position of clerk in the house committee on Irrigation, was dead when found.
The fire had started in or near his berth and the flames had reached his body, almost denuding it and causing some disfiguration.
The passengers from the burned car lost practically all the personal effects they had with them, most of them escaping in their sleeping clothes.
The cause of the fire is not known. It is said by the conductor and passengers to have originated inside the car, and apparently in one of the berths. One theory is that it started in a berth occupied by a woman with a small infant, who had been using an alcohol lamp to heat milk for the baby. The car was badly damaged.
As was told in The Boomerang's special bulletins this morning, Louis DeLario of this city, enroute to Washington, D.C. was burned to death on Los Angeles Limited No. 8, yesterday morning about five o'clock while the train was between Council Bluffs and Missouri Valley, Iowa. The above dispatch conveys the details of the awful death of one of Laramie's most popular young men.
As was stated in the bulletin this morning, it was intended to ship the remains from Missouri Valley, Iowa, at eleven o'clock this morning. Mr. Stryker has not as yet received any definite word as to when the body will arrive but it is thought, that No. 7 will bring the remains to this city at 1:50 o'clock in the morning.
A week ago yesterday morning, Mayor McKee, husband of Louis DeLario's mother, died in this city. Louis had been in the city attending the funeral of his step-father and comforting his mother. He left for the east Saturday morning. Sunday morning one week later at nearly the same hour as that of Mayor McKee's death, he met his fate. Mrs. McKee is undergoing a trying ordeal. She is bearing up bravely, however, and feels that God's will be done.
About eighteen months ago the deceased was married to Miss Alberta Vance, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vance of this city. Mrs. DeLario has been in Washington with her husband for some time.
Rev. A.C. Hogbin of the Presbyterian church wired Congressman Mondell at Washington, telling him that the report of Mr DeLario's death was true and asking him to break the news to Mrs. DeLario. Mr. Mondell replied that he had told the sad news to Mrs. DeLario and that she would leave for Laramie today. She will arrive here Wednesday.
Mr. DeLario had intended to start back to Washington on No. 6 Friday evening instead of Saturday morning as be did, but missed the train Friday night. Shortly before he left Saturday morning he casually remarked that one who travels nowadays carries his life in his hands.
Louis DeLario was born in this city in the month of July, in 1883. When about five years of age his father died. Soon after that his mother moved with the family to Fremont, Nebraska, where she taught school for some time. About ten years ago she returned to Laramie, and it was in this city that Louis grew to manhood, he attended the public schools and later entered the university, where he received the splendid business education which he possessed.
After leaving the university, he served as court reporter for the Second Judicial district, having been appointed first by his grandfather, Judge C.W. Bramel, and later he was reappointed by Judge Carpenter.
About two years ago, the deceased was appointed private secretary to Congressman Mondell and later was made clerk of the house committee on Irrigation. These offices he held at the time of his death, Louis was an exceptionally smart young man and had the brightest of prospects for the future. It is said there have been few court reporters in Wyoming as good as he.
Mr. DeLario was an exemplary young man of sterling character, sunny disposition and was a general favorite with the young men and women of this city who knew him. His friends in this city are numbered by the score and are shocked at his untimely death. A general feeling of regret is prevalent in Laramie today.
The deceased is survived by two brothers one, Charles DeLario, who is employed at Los Angeles, California left that city today for Laramie. The other brother, John DeLario is a resident of this city. The Boomerang offers sincere condolences to the bereaved relatives.
© Laramie Boomerang January 07, 1907, page 1 & 4
Missouri Valley, Ia., Jan. 7 — The passenger who was killed was Louis DeLario of Washington, D. C, clerk of the house committee on irrigation and private secretary to Representative Mondell of Wyoming. His mother lives at Laramie, Wyoming.
The northwestern train was within a mile of Loveland, near Missouri Valley, when the passengers in the Pullman car Redfield were aroused by smoke. The origin of the fire could not be determined, but it had undoubtedly been smoldering for some time before being discovered as the car was filled with dense smoke, which almost suffocated the passengers.
Louis DeLario, aged 23, whose home is in Laramie, Wyoming, but who has for some time held the position of clerk in the house committee on Irrigation, was dead when found.
The fire had started in or near his berth and the flames had reached his body, almost denuding it and causing some disfiguration.
The passengers from the burned car lost practically all the personal effects they had with them, most of them escaping in their sleeping clothes.
The cause of the fire is not known. It is said by the conductor and passengers to have originated inside the car, and apparently in one of the berths. One theory is that it started in a berth occupied by a woman with a small infant, who had been using an alcohol lamp to heat milk for the baby. The car was badly damaged.
As was told in The Boomerang's special bulletins this morning, Louis DeLario of this city, enroute to Washington, D.C. was burned to death on Los Angeles Limited No. 8, yesterday morning about five o'clock while the train was between Council Bluffs and Missouri Valley, Iowa. The above dispatch conveys the details of the awful death of one of Laramie's most popular young men.
As was stated in the bulletin this morning, it was intended to ship the remains from Missouri Valley, Iowa, at eleven o'clock this morning. Mr. Stryker has not as yet received any definite word as to when the body will arrive but it is thought, that No. 7 will bring the remains to this city at 1:50 o'clock in the morning.
A week ago yesterday morning, Mayor McKee, husband of Louis DeLario's mother, died in this city. Louis had been in the city attending the funeral of his step-father and comforting his mother. He left for the east Saturday morning. Sunday morning one week later at nearly the same hour as that of Mayor McKee's death, he met his fate. Mrs. McKee is undergoing a trying ordeal. She is bearing up bravely, however, and feels that God's will be done.
About eighteen months ago the deceased was married to Miss Alberta Vance, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vance of this city. Mrs. DeLario has been in Washington with her husband for some time.
Rev. A.C. Hogbin of the Presbyterian church wired Congressman Mondell at Washington, telling him that the report of Mr DeLario's death was true and asking him to break the news to Mrs. DeLario. Mr. Mondell replied that he had told the sad news to Mrs. DeLario and that she would leave for Laramie today. She will arrive here Wednesday.
Mr. DeLario had intended to start back to Washington on No. 6 Friday evening instead of Saturday morning as be did, but missed the train Friday night. Shortly before he left Saturday morning he casually remarked that one who travels nowadays carries his life in his hands.
Louis DeLario was born in this city in the month of July, in 1883. When about five years of age his father died. Soon after that his mother moved with the family to Fremont, Nebraska, where she taught school for some time. About ten years ago she returned to Laramie, and it was in this city that Louis grew to manhood, he attended the public schools and later entered the university, where he received the splendid business education which he possessed.
After leaving the university, he served as court reporter for the Second Judicial district, having been appointed first by his grandfather, Judge C.W. Bramel, and later he was reappointed by Judge Carpenter.
About two years ago, the deceased was appointed private secretary to Congressman Mondell and later was made clerk of the house committee on Irrigation. These offices he held at the time of his death, Louis was an exceptionally smart young man and had the brightest of prospects for the future. It is said there have been few court reporters in Wyoming as good as he.
Mr. DeLario was an exemplary young man of sterling character, sunny disposition and was a general favorite with the young men and women of this city who knew him. His friends in this city are numbered by the score and are shocked at his untimely death. A general feeling of regret is prevalent in Laramie today.
The deceased is survived by two brothers one, Charles DeLario, who is employed at Los Angeles, California left that city today for Laramie. The other brother, John DeLario is a resident of this city. The Boomerang offers sincere condolences to the bereaved relatives.
© Laramie Boomerang January 07, 1907, page 1 & 4
The northwestern train was within a mile of Loveland, near Missouri Valley, when the passengers in the Pullman car Redfield were aroused by smoke. The origin of the fire could not be determined, but it had undoubtedly been smoldering for some time before being discovered as the car was filled with dense smoke, which almost suffocated the passengers.
Louis DeLario, aged 23, whose home is in Laramie, Wyoming, but who has for some time held the position of clerk in the house committee on Irrigation, was dead when found.
The fire had started in or near his berth and the flames had reached his body, almost denuding it and causing some disfiguration.
The passengers from the burned car lost practically all the personal effects they had with them, most of them escaping in their sleeping clothes.
The cause of the fire is not known. It is said by the conductor and passengers to have originated inside the car, and apparently in one of the berths. One theory is that it started in a berth occupied by a woman with a small infant, who had been using an alcohol lamp to heat milk for the baby. The car was badly damaged.
As was told in The Boomerang's special bulletins this morning, Louis DeLario of this city, enroute to Washington, D.C. was burned to death on Los Angeles Limited No. 8, yesterday morning about five o'clock while the train was between Council Bluffs and Missouri Valley, Iowa. The above dispatch conveys the details of the awful death of one of Laramie's most popular young men.
As was stated in the bulletin this morning, it was intended to ship the remains from Missouri Valley, Iowa, at eleven o'clock this morning. Mr. Stryker has not as yet received any definite word as to when the body will arrive but it is thought, that No. 7 will bring the remains to this city at 1:50 o'clock in the morning.
A week ago yesterday morning, Mayor McKee, husband of Louis DeLario's mother, died in this city. Louis had been in the city attending the funeral of his step-father and comforting his mother. He left for the east Saturday morning. Sunday morning one week later at nearly the same hour as that of Mayor McKee's death, he met his fate. Mrs. McKee is undergoing a trying ordeal. She is bearing up bravely, however, and feels that God's will be done.
About eighteen months ago the deceased was married to Miss Alberta Vance, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vance of this city. Mrs. DeLario has been in Washington with her husband for some time.
Rev. A.C. Hogbin of the Presbyterian church wired Congressman Mondell at Washington, telling him that the report of Mr DeLario's death was true and asking him to break the news to Mrs. DeLario. Mr. Mondell replied that he had told the sad news to Mrs. DeLario and that she would leave for Laramie today. She will arrive here Wednesday.
Mr. DeLario had intended to start back to Washington on No. 6 Friday evening instead of Saturday morning as be did, but missed the train Friday night. Shortly before he left Saturday morning he casually remarked that one who travels nowadays carries his life in his hands.
Louis DeLario was born in this city in the month of July, in 1883. When about five years of age his father died. Soon after that his mother moved with the family to Fremont, Nebraska, where she taught school for some time. About ten years ago she returned to Laramie, and it was in this city that Louis grew to manhood, he attended the public schools and later entered the university, where he received the splendid business education which he possessed.
After leaving the university, he served as court reporter for the Second Judicial district, having been appointed first by his grandfather, Judge C.W. Bramel, and later he was reappointed by Judge Carpenter.
About two years ago, the deceased was appointed private secretary to Congressman Mondell and later was made clerk of the house committee on Irrigation. These offices he held at the time of his death, Louis was an exceptionally smart young man and had the brightest of prospects for the future. It is said there have been few court reporters in Wyoming as good as he.
Mr. DeLario was an exemplary young man of sterling character, sunny disposition and was a general favorite with the young men and women of this city who knew him. His friends in this city are numbered by the score and are shocked at his untimely death. A general feeling of regret is prevalent in Laramie today.
The deceased is survived by two brothers one, Charles DeLario, who is employed at Los Angeles, California left that city today for Laramie. The other brother, John DeLario is a resident of this city. The Boomerang offers sincere condolences to the bereaved relatives.
© Laramie Boomerang January 07, 1907, page 1 & 4
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