Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-12-24
BALTIMORE. Nd. Dec. 81.

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BALTIMORE. Md. Dec. 21.--Joe
Jams. who lost to Sam Langford at
Boston Two weeks ago. but still claims
his title OF lightweight champion. Is
to take ON lack Blackburn here to-
night The bout is scheduled for III
teen rounds and is TO be pulled OF at
the Eureka Athletic club Blackburn,
who halls from Philadelphia. has the
In weight and in view OF
Cans poor showing against Langford.
Blackburn and his supporters are CON
Rdcnt of his ability TO make good
showing against the champion.
SILYERT uN, Dec. 2I.-An Austrian
was blown up In the Gold King tunnel
this morning. being brought TO town.
Nature OF injuries have not been as
certained, but II is said he will live.
FORT SCOTT, Kans., Dec, 21.-The
st. Louis and San Francisco Meteor
was ditched near Godfrey. Kans.. ear
.y this morning and seven of the pas
sengers were killed and number
ssriously injured. The dead.
GEORGE HoYT, Sapulpa, 1. T, con
dhctor
CHARLES DEwEEsE, FIT. Scott
engineer
THEODORE, Ft Scott, fire
man.
The following passengers were
killed:
J. II. TWYNER, Fleming, Kans.
ASA MOSELAND, Lenexa, Kans.
LON NORBiN.
JOSEPH CORBIN
BESSIE CORBIN, Oklahoma.
B. +. CARROWY, Jonesboro. Kans
ONE PASSENGER, unknown.
The passengers who were seriously
Injured are as follows:
SHERIDAN KNOBLE, Coppertown
Okla.
w. X. FARMER, Blackwell, Okla.
eg mashed.
ELMER CoRBIN, Foss. Okla, bat
wound in head.
JOHN BRUBAKER, news agent
Kansas City, terribly burned; may die
j. w. ADAMSON, mail clerk, okla
homa City. head badly cut.
S. 3. DARLINGTON, mail clerk
Kansas City, badly bruised.
JOHN BELL. baggageman. Kansai
City. leg broken.
Clara Kellogg. Kansas City pas
senger who was aboard the wrecked
train said, in speaking OF the wreck
II saw nine bodies taken from th'
wreckage before the relief train ar
rived which was no. until two hours
,fter the wreck occurred. Among The
lead were tho engineer and conduct
or. The engine and mail car wer'
completely demolished, and the bag
gage car la fully sixty feet away from
he track. i he chair car, with ever,
seat full, slid fully hundred fee
after the racks had been Torn away
One sleeper was derailed, and another
stayed on the track. The dead were
nearly al. in the smoker The fireman
,ay be ween the trucks of the smoker
,nd WAS released only after digging
tuLael underneath the car. One
nan lay pinioned on the stove of the
imo j car, and for over an houl
md g half number of men tried u
save Lin. iHes Hhhiiy piiNu hihi Vi
the stove with boards, but not unit
he had been terribly burned.
The wreck was due to either spread
lnp rails or misplaced switch. an'
&c red at 1866 this morning, God
irc is n small town OF some twent.
ioases.
I he Meteor was behind time ant
vas running AT the rate of fifty miles
n hour wnen ii dashed into a passinl
witch which the crew of preceding
rain had turned after sending bacl
hagman. but the ilagman has no
cen seen since the accident. Th'
rain then flew along the track TO
.ver hundred feet and then went t
,ieces, The engineer was found be
cath the wrecked engine with hi
,and still remaining ON the air brake
he mail caught fire but was extin
.uished by the passengers.
Later-Shortly before noon the dea,
md injured from the scene of thu
wreck were brought to Fort Scott
where it is thought that the dead will
reach fifteen, as one of the score o
more injured several will die,
The only passengers who escaped in
Jury entirely were those in the las
sleeper.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Dec. Ell
,outhbound Queen a Crescent pas
,enger train collided with freigh
rain near Cottondale today. Railroa,
officials say nobody was killed. bu
hat six people were injured
FORT SCOTT, Kans., Dec. 22.-
With the death of two more victim
ioday the total number of killed IL
yesterdays wreck on the Frisco Me
-eor" at &c rey numbers ten today
Iohn Bruba-or of Kansas City AM
Sheridan X. lie of Coopertown, O
r., succumbed TO their injuries thi
morning The unidentified dead pas
,enger was James Kirkpatrick o
Mosely. Mo. h, +. Marroway, of Jones
Doro, Ark. who was enormously re
ported dead. is still alive this fore
noon. but physicians say he canno
recover
A pail of sorrow overhangs the cit.
md holiday trade is practically sus
pended.
A rigid Investigation is being mad'