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Show WRECKED TRAIN TAKES FIRE AND IS BURNED, BUT PASSENGERS NOT HURT KANSAS CUT, Mo., Jan. 22. Northbound express No. 104, on the 'Frisco railroad, ; which leffOJemphls for Kansas City at 9:15 yesterday morning, was wrecked four miles south of South Greenfield, Mo., at 1 o'clock this morning. The entire train, consisting of baggage car, mail car, smoker and common coach, I chair car and one sleeper, left the track, caught Are and was consumed. Fred i' Fisher of Fort Scott, the engineer, was Instantly killed: Fireman Ed Gilbert of Fort Scott was seriously hurt, but no passengers were seriously hurt. The wreck occurred Just off a trestle and at a sharp curve, when, the train was running at a high rate of speed. The, switch had been set deliberately for the side-track and the lights had been turned'to indicate a clear track. It evl-s evl-s ntly was the work either of train robbers or of persons maliciously inclined. . 'freight train was standing on the siding, and before the passenger engineer tw the open switch his train had passed through It and crashed Into the freight. Up to 11:30 no further details had been received at the offices of the 'Frisco read in tiys city. . . '. .... ' ' - . y |