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Show BOYS KILLED WniLE SLEEPING ON TRACK LAS ANIMAS, polo. June ' 19. -Carl Drennan, aged 17 years, of Joplln. Mo.., and Carl Phoenix, aged 20, of Cherry-vale, Cherry-vale, Kan., were kffled by a Santa Fe train four miles west of here Sunday, "the Mouths . were . sleeping beside the ' track, with their heads on the ties. They were awakened by th iiolse of a passing train and, raising suddenly, were struck oivthe head -by the steps of the coaches. Drennan Dren-nan lived a short time, but Phoenix was instantly killed. A companion named William Malone, also of Joplln, had a narrow escape. He reported the affair to the Las Animas authorities, who notified the relatives of the dead boys of the mishap. . |