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Show : HE INJURED i WHEN III IS WRECKED ! One man was injured Wednesday . afternoon when tne local south bound freight train wcs wrecked near the "Y" just north. of Ephra-'m. Alexander Patterson, age 67 years, j was taking a free ride on tne cars, j and when the freight cars piled up ) in a heap, Patterson received several i bruises and a fractured bone in the i leg. ! 1 It is reported that the wreck was caused by rails spreading. Another report gives it that otie of the break beams on a freight car was down. Whatever the cause, there wen: 12 cars piled up in a veiy short space. The train wrecker was called from Thistle and when- it arrived just north of Mt. Pleasant it encountered an accident and was delayed into the j niht. I This is the first wreck which has j occured in this part of the state in j many months. |