From The Los Angeles Herald
27 October 1910

STOOD IN WATER WAIST 
DEEP, SAYS WOMAN; SUES

School Teacher Seeks $15-500 
from Santa Fe Railway

   Alleging that she stood for three hours in water up to her waist, after a train on which she had been riding had been derailed, Miss Alice M. Gilliland testified yesterday in the United States circuit court, in the suit for $15,500 damages she brought against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad company. Miss Gilliland claims that as a result of the hardships undergone she has been unable to continue her work as a school teacher.
   The complaint further alleges that the tracks of the company at that point were in an unsafe condition and that as the weight of the train on which she was riding bore down on them the rails spread, derailing the train. Miss Gilliland testified she was thrown from her seat and severely injured and declares her medical bill so far has been $500. The case was continued until today. The woman came from New York to testify. The accident took place in Kansas on July 7, 1909. 

-- transcription by Kate Maynard, 2010