Iowa Old Press

The Humeston New Era
Humeston, Wayne co. Iowa
September 21, 1910

BOILER EXPLODES, ONE DEAD
Katy Locomotive Blows Up While Running 35 Miles an Hour-Engineer Killed.
Coffeyville, Kan. - While running 35 miles an hour, the locomotive of a Missouri, Kansas & Texas passenger train blew up at the top of a grade four miles out of this city, killing Horace Holloway, the engineer, and probably fatally injuring the fireman, L.E. Goodrich. The locomotive was completely wrecked. None of the passengers or train crew was injured.

[transcribed by 'anonmyous', July 2007]

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