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Show Three Killed in Wreok. Cedar Rapids, la. Train No. 444, southbound, on the Decorah branch of the Chicago & Rock Island, was wrecked within two miles of Maynard at 3:45 Monday. The entire train was derailed, rolling down a ten-foot embankment. em-bankment. Three were instantly killed kill-ed and thirty-five others were more or less seriously injured. The cause of the accident was the spreading of the rails. "As soon as the engine left the rails the coaches turned over and slid down the embankment. A special train was made up at Oelwein and left Maynard, bringing the injured to this city. The train was running between twenty-five and thirty miles an hour, w-hich is an unusual speeed for trains on this branch. |