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Show Wreck oe Saeti Fe; Twelve People Burt Entire Train of Sis Cars Ditched Ono Mile East' of Scranton, Kansas. SCRANTON, aKn., Aug. 17. A special, train from Cincinnati bound for Colorado Beach, Cal , and running as tho second section of No. 5 on tho Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fo railway wa3 ditched ono mile cast of Scranton this afternoon. One person was fatally Injured fivo were hurt seriously and six others sustained slight injuries. Fatally Hurt. MRS. ROBERT GRAY, Flora, I1L, rib broken, Internal injuries, will die Seriously Injured. EMMA BERRY, Ulysses, Kan hip and sldo hurt, also Internal Injuries. HARRY HARRIS, Kansas City, shoulder shoul-der hurt and fnco cut. W. B. ROBINSON, Indianapolis, chin and scalp cut, shoulder hurt. R. H. SULLIVAN, Indianapolis, shoulder shoul-der and chest hurt. MRS. R. B. BROWN, Westwood, O., lower limbs bruised nnd other injuries. Entire Train Ditched. Tho train consisted of cnclnc, baggage car, ono day coach and four Pullman sleopers. While the train was running at a high rate of speed tho front trucks of the tender jumped the tracks and becoming becom-ing uncoupled from tho engine tho whole train was ditched. Tho baggage car was overturned and landed thirty-flvo feet off the roadbed, tho day coach was turned ovor and badly smashed and tho forward Pullman was half upset. Tho threo fol-lowlnn fol-lowlnn Pullmans remained upright. All the Injured wore In tho chair car. They wore taken to Topeka. |