Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1909-02-17 | Page 1 | Running at High Speed

RUNNING AT HIGH SPEED Train on the Illinois Central Wrecked Near Murphysboro Three Killed and Injured Murphysboro Ill III Feb 16 Three passengers were killed and injured today when Illinois Central train No 20 03 southbound from St StLouis StLouIs Louis to New Orleans was wrecked by b running into a broken rail six miles mile east or ot nere acre The Dead Walter B D Long Joliet III Mrs Cerena Walton Anna III Ill Miss Mollie Moltie Walker Mount Carmel Cannel I III The train running miles an hour was on a trestle when the engine hit the broken rail The engine passed over oer the break safely but the baggage car and smoker went off the track and threw the four remaining cars down an embankment Some of the Injured were taken in special trains to hospitals hospital In Carbondale e Many Ian were brought here