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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">From the <em>Railroad Gazette</em>:</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;"></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;"></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;">.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;">.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;">.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;">January 1892</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;">.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-size: large;">15<sup>th</sup>, on Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, near Brenham, Tex., a passenger train of 6 cars was derailed, and although there were a large number of passengers aboard, only 7 of them were injured.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It appears that the rails had been loosened for a considerable distance by the cutting out of the spikes by a derailed freight car in a train which had passed a short time before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This derailed car, after running about 2 miles, was rerailed at a road crossing, so that the injury done by it to the track was not promptly discovered.</span></span></p>
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