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Editor Survives Narrow Train Fall From Southwest Trip
Joseph E. Turner editor of the Daily Citizen returns home after a two week southern journey. He recounts a violent train wreck near El Paso to New Orleans, being hurled from a sleeping car vestibule, injuring his skull and hand but surviving, aided by locals and hospital care before a partial damages settlement with railway companies. O'Neal of Lorraine was fellow traveler injured but not ejected.
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Joseph E. Turner
Daily Citizen
Southwest
Turner
el Paso
New Orleans
O’neal
Loraine
Texas
Mr. Turner
Hondo
San Antonio
Terre Haute
Pullman
Southern Pacific Railway
Ates Turner
The
Old Mexico