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VOL. XV. NO. 26.THREE OP TRAIN OREW KILLEDWEDNESDAY MORNING.• ' k • * ’ •• ' •'Roller of No. A Engine (BlowNear Cuba Mine.......... . - 1 . * .Three lives were snuffed out in thetwinkling of, an eye Wednesday morning wihen Engine No. ‘4 on the St, Louis, Troy Eastern'ratlnoadblew^ up about one and'one-’half miles west Of Donk Bros. No. 1 mine at Cuba, near CoUinsvHie. The dead are.:Engtpeer Thomas Durell, age 45 years, df Venice.Fireman Richard Lewis, aged 40 years, of Venice. r Head. Brakeman Charles Murphy, 35 years old, of East St.-Louiis.The accident occurred Wednesday morning about 8:30 while switching empty oars near the!N^o; l |mine. The engine was standing still at the time.. Fireman Lewis! 'was bhe oab and Engineer Durfell and Brakeman Murphy were standing bn the ground by the side of the 4ocomotiye. Conductor Charles Robb and Rear Brakeman W. N. Williams, the other two members of the train crew had just left the caboose and were walking forward toward the • engine. Had the explosion occurred a few minutes later the entire crew would doubtless have been killed.tsc1atcart\t\*i;vcr■iiL%C►af£
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Troy Weekly Call
Troy, Illinois, US
Sat, Jun 04, 1910
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