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Show FREIGHT WRECK BURNS Some of tho Crow Are Sovorely Injured, In-jured, but Escapo Death. TOPEKA, Kan.. Aug. 24, At an early hour this morning the Chicago, Rock Island Is-land &. Pacific "flyor" No. 2fl, known as tho El Paso train, westbound, crashed into the rear of a freight train threo miles east of Alta Vista, Kan., derailing a dozen cars of the freight train, which were afterwards destroyed by fire. The crew of the passenger engine os-caped os-caped death by jumping, although the engineer en-gineer was lnjurod about tho hoad and shoulders. An unknown passenger was also severely lnjurod. |