Salt Lake Telegram | 1947-12-29 | Page 5 | 1 Killed, 50 Injured in Texas Derail

1 Killed 50 r rIn 50 Injured In Texas Derail CORSICANA Tex Dec 29 UP P One person was dead and 50 others othera injured in the derailment of four cars cara on the sleek Sam Houston Burlington Zephyr here early Sunday Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day night Emmitt Austin Holman Dallas Tex died in a Corsicana hospital at 1150 pm p.m. nearly p.m.-nearly nearly six hours after three chair cars and a diner lounge left the tracks on a a. foot 75 trestle Only two of an estimated 50 persons person Injured when the heavily loaded cars l left ft the track were now considered in a serious condition con The streamlined train had made madea a a regularly scheduled stop here at pm p.m. A few minutes later while traveling at a speed estimated estimated estimated esti esti- mated at II less s than 50 SO miles an hour the four cars overturned into a dry ditch A broken rail raU was believed to have been the cause of the ac ao cadent Sheriff Dave Castles reported reported reported re re- ported after investigating The engine and two of or the cars crossed the trestle safely before the four plunged Into the ditch The rest remained upright One of the passengers W W. F. F Colbaugh Houston Tex said he heard something that sounded like a flat tire fire and the cars began to shake He was in one of the cars that remained upright Holman Holman- w was s a passenger on th the train The wreckage blocked the tracks Monday and P P. P F. F Thomas s Burlington Burling Burling- ton n and Rock Island superintendent from Houston said he he hoped the debris could be bo cleared late Monay Monday Monday Mon Mon- day ay afternoon