Moberly, MO Train Wreck, Aug 1880
Posted January 2nd, 2009 by Teri
ACCIDENT ON THE WABASH, ST. LOUIS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY.
One Man Killed and Two Injured.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, Aug 4. The Kansas express train on the Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railroad ran through an open switch at Clark Station, eight miles from Moberly, Mo, early this morning, and the mail and baggage cars were ditched. William Tolman, the fireman was killed, and Frank Beauville, the engineer, dangerously scalded about the head and body. A brother of the engineer, who was riding on the engine, was also seriously scalded.
Boston Journal, Boston, MA 5 Aug 1880
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