Funeral services for Mrs. Sally Ham Blagg, 20, who was killed by a Missouri Pacific freight train on the south outskirts of town Saturday morning were conducted this afternoon at the First Christian Church with the Rev. Harold Roberts officiating.
Mrs. Blagg, a bride of a week, and her husband, Robert Blagg, were walking north across the Whisky Creek trestle when she was fatally injured by the northbound train. He was brushed off the side of the trestle, landing in soft mud 12 feet below. He was taken to the Atchison hospital suffering from shock, monor cuts and bruises and is reported recovering satisfactorily.
A member of the family quoted Blagg as saying that he and his wife did not know the train was approaching from the rear until they felt the track and trestle shake. As they attempted to flee to the end of the 60 foot long structure her foot became caught between the ties only six feet from safety. Blagg had his arm around his wife trying to help her when they were struck and he was brushed off the trestle.
As they crossed the trestle, which spans Whisky Creek, the couple was watching a southbound freight train as it pulled off the main line tracks ont a side track. The engineer of the train said the couple was south of the trestle when he noticed them and he sounded the whistle. Because the wind was in the north at that time, t hey were unable to hear the approaching train.
Pallbearers at the funeral were Robert Estes, James Estes, Richard McFarland, James Saunders, Robert Ham and George Comer. Burial was in Mt. Vernon Cemetery.