From the Denver Post, dated Thursday, February 4, 1897, page 3
BURNED TO A CRISP
The Bodies of the Ill-Fated Passengers on This Train
Arlington, S. D., Feb. 4 -
A wreck occurred on the Chicago & Northwestern railway
at this place yesterday in which four persons were killed
and three injured. The killed:
CONDUCTOR ADDINGTON
BAGGAGEMAN FRANK L. HOSAK
W. L. HARRISON, a farmer
JOHN LOFTUS, farmer
They were buried beneath the wreckage, which caught fire,
burning the bodies to a crisp. The injured are: S. B. Graffling,
W. L. Loftus of New Haven, Ia., and W. Rice. The Train was No. 4,
eastbound. The accident is attributed to frosty rails.