Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell
THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number 38
Marlin, Texas, Wednesday, October 2, 1907
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Southbound I. & G. N. Wrecked.
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Austin, Texas, Sept 28.--The southbound I. & G. N. passenger train No. 9 due
here at 4:05 this afternoon, was wrecked six miles north of here this afternoon.
Fortunately only one passenger was injured, that being J. B. Clark of Chicago,
who had his back badly sprained, though not seriously. The train was in
charge of Conductor Evans, and all cars left the track except a sleeper.
Engineer John Smith remained at his post, but the fireman jumped and received
slight injuries. The train was crowded, one of day coaches being filled
with negroes returning from the cotton patch and it was a miracle that there no
fatalities.
Some of the cars were somewhat damaged.
The exact cause of the wreck is not known. Some of the passengers,
however, declare that defective trucks on the coal tender caused the wreck.
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