Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-09-14 | Page 6 | Five Men Killed in Railroad Wreck

FIVE MEN KILLED IN RAILROAD WRECK MONROE La Sept 14 Five Five unidentified bodies were removed early today from the ruins of ot about 15 freight cars which were destroyed destroyed destroyed de de- de- de by fire after the der derailment of ot an Illinois Central eastbound train three miles mUes west of here Five men transients riding the freight were removed from the wreckage and taken to the hospital hospitals s suffering fr from m injuries One of oC the injured listed as Pete Riggs about 25 of t Calhoun La was pinned in the wreckage b be be- tween Aveen two derailed cars and two physicians had to amputate his right leg with pocket knives knives' on n the scene acene to release him Rescue workers feared that th there re were other bodies of ot transients under Under under un un- der the ruins