The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-01-03

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chair cars with less difficulty. and
apparently all were rescued How
ever some of III. passengers declared
a woman and little girl were burned
To death IN The chair car.
f NJ sigourncy OF Iowa said Il
saw that woman and her baby. The
flames were all around her. but she
seemed pinioned down and could not
get out. and none OF us were able Ia
reach her Half a dozen men tried Ia
fight their way into the car. but could
not get through the flames. and We
had To stand there and see the woman
and her baby burned 10 death.
John Lynes. the telegraph operator
h1 aH of Tor Loft No
20 get by him, was arrested al Alma,
ten miles away. There, after making
4 statement to the clerk OF the dis.
trict court, Was placed in jail. Lynes,
who is bu, nineteen years old, SAID
Il had been awake all night and
was perfectly sober. About or 5
O'Clock this morning the dispatcher
gave me four or five orders. One
was for second No % to meet No.
80 al Volland instead Of Alta Vista;
No 20 also to meet No IA at Noliand
at the same time. No. 20 beaded into
the east switch and headed down the
main line | thought il was going to
stop at the depot to take water. a.
trains have been doing, but instead
II went by about six to ten miles al
hour. Both boards were at danger
from the way the lever stood in the
office. cleared No. IA by pulling
down the right hand board for tha'
train. as | had no orders for NO, 4
leaving the westbound board at dan
ger. as my lever was in proper place
In the office but No. % did not stop
and | ran out with my lantern, nu1
with two swings across the track II
went out. | then ran to the pump
house. grabbed the pumpman's Ian
tern, aved few times and II also
went out. | also called the pumper
telling him what had happened.
went back to the depot and told the
dispatcher that No. % was by ant
we waited 10 see If they We're going
to come back. | told the dispatcher
that | as going TO Topeka and was
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