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Show PROBE IS ORDERED INTO RAIL (DISASTER I ALLIANCE, Neb., Sept. 11, Officials ' of the Burlington "Railroad company, as sisted by a representative of tlie inter-! inter-! state commerce commission, tomorrow ! will make a detailed investigation to de-i de-i - I ermine tlie cause of the collision yesterday yes-terday between westbound Burlington passenger train Xo. A'.i and a work train n2r Hirdsell siding, seven miles east of i, here, in which twelve persons were killed and nearly a score injured. ! Tt was generally understood, however. that a misunderstanding on account of the change in time between Mountain and Central time was responsible for the 1 accident. The crew of the work train started from Eirdsell siding for Allia.nee in the belief that they had time to reach Alliance ahead of No. 43, it was said. The passenger train, however, overlook the work train, and, in the crash that followed, the baggage car of the passenger passen-ger telescoped into t lie smoker, t'ivery man in the front end of the smoker was either killed or injured. |