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Mexico, MO Train Wrecked, Jan 1902

Posted July 28th, 2009 by Stu Beitler

WRECK IN MISSOURI.

A DOZEN PASSENGERS ARE INJURED BUT NONE SERIOUSLY.

Mexico, Mo., Jan. 28. -- A freight train which carries passengers was wrecked on the branch of the Chicago and Alton running from Jefferson City to this city. The cause presumably was a broken rail.
Nearly all the passengers in the coaches were injured, some seriously.
The injured:
J. F. ROHN, Fulton, Mo.
JAMES HUMPHREY, superintendent of public schools, Fulton.
GEORGE CONLEY, St. Louis.
EMILE JUDY, Cincinnati.
A. W. FRAZIER, Jacksonville, Ill., hips injured.
W. E. POOLEY, Hibernia, Mo.
CHARLES FISHER, Fulton, Mo.
T. A. WHITMORE, Memphis, Tenn.
ROBERY JUDY, Mexico, Mo.
Conductor WILLIAMS, Mexico, Mo.
FRANK ROBERTSON, Mexico, Mo.
The injured were taken to Mexico.

Hawarden Independent Iowa 1902-01-30
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Researched and Transcribed by Stu Beitler. Thank you, Stu!

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