 Denison  Section 2
  Russell B. Williams 15 May 1894 - 4 January 1962 Texas Private Co. C 61st Engineers WWI FATAL WRECK ON M.K. & T. RAILWAY South Bound Katy Flyer Crashes Into Freight Train at Connelly ENGINEER ON FLYER KILLED Fireman Is Missing and Believed to Have Been Burned Up in Fire Box of Engine - No Passengers Hurt. By Associated Press Cleburne, April 24 - The south bound Katy Flyer struck a freight train at Connelly switch between Alvarado and Grandview last night, partially wrecking the passenger train and splintering a number of freight cars. Engineer Tom Williams of Denison was killed and fireman Ed Pierson, also of Denison, Texas, is also believed to have been pitched headlong through the door of his fire box into the engine furnace. He is missing and this theory is the only possible solution of the mystery of his disappearance. It is believed that his body was literally burned up. No Passengers Hurt No passengers were injured. The freight had taken a siding but was too long for the switch some of the cars remaining on the main line. Mistaken Signals Engineer Williams was one of the oldest men in the Katy service and had been running on the flyer for several years. Railroad men believe that Williams mistook a signal to the freight train for the "high ball" signalling him to come ahead.  OAKWOOD CEMETERY
Susan Hawkins
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