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Locomotive crash in 1896 near Waco draws 40,000; deadly explosion shocks spectators and reshapes railroad history | Weird Wild West

When the locomotives met, their boilers exploded almost simultaneously, hurling metal fragments and debris high into the air.
The New York Times

FEARFUL BOILER EXPLOSION.; A RAILROAD LOCOMOTIVE BLOWN INTO PIECES THREE MEN KILLED AND ONE SERIOUSLY INJURED.

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The New York Times

Terrific Explosion of a Locomotive Boiler--Engineer Killed and Fireman Badly Wounded.

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