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Show CARELESSNESS OF BOYS MAY HAVE WRECKED TRAIN Whllo walking on' tho D. & II. G. railroad tracks smith of town Sunday n citizen found two lnrgo rail platos nnd a largo nut at as many different plnros on tho track. In each caso tho obstruction waB noar cattle guards and on tho outsldo or tho curve. Tho two rail or tlo platoB woro largo enough and heavy enough to dornll u train as thoy woro placed. Had a fast train struck them It Is llkoly they would havo boon gripped by tho tbngo nnd running pnrt of tho whools nnd tho train would havo been derailed de-railed with possible loss or llfo. Tho man discovering tho obstruction ob-struction said ho wns almost positive that had a train hit tho platos Just rinht thoro was groat llkelyhood that a wreck would havo resulted, It Is presumed thnt unthinking boys had placed tho obstruction on tbo roll. It this Is truo .tho lads should rcollzo what nn awful position thoy would bo plnqcd In had sovoral porsons lost their lives through a wreck. Tho danger ot such octs as these should bo appreciated by tho young people and moro thought used by thorn. It might nlso ho said to them that tho ponalty for such octs Ib sovcro. |
