OCR Text |
Show FIRE DESTROYS MAIL New London. Conn . Dec. 20. An express car, heavily laden with Christ mas packages, caught fire while pass lng through East Lyme Today the express messenger vsas driven to the outside of the car. where he clung, unable to notify the engineer, and near collapse until the truin reached the Ncw Haven railroad station here Practically all the merchandise in tlK ear was damaged The loss is estimated esti-mated at 75,000 A coffin within the car. containing the body of David Ixmergan of Nev. York, was bndly charred. . oo |