| From the New Orleans Daily Crescent |
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| January 10, 1861 |
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| Locomotive Explosion |
| On Friday morning, when the
freight train reached Love's station, eighteen miles from Memphis, on
the Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad, the locomotive, the D. S. White,
was switched off to get water from the tank. No sooner was water
admitted into the interior of the boiler than it exploded with an
immense report, bursting into fragments, which were hurled to a great
distance. William Dougherty, the engineer, and F. M. Downs, the fireman,
were instantly killed. The occurrence was a most fearful one; the
mangled bodies presented a horrible sight. Esquire Malory held an
inquest over the bodies, when a verdict in accordance with the above
facts was rendered. |
| Memphis Appeal, 6th |
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