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Men killed as steam shovel blows up near Cuba
Two men died and four were seriously injured when a steam shovel blew up on the Erie railroad freight branch near Cuba to Belfast while cleaning the Genesee river bed after floods. The dead were engineer William Van Sickle and brakeman A Newton, both of Port Jervis. Injured include track worker Hosen Hell and Belcher of Lake Ariel, plus William Simms of Cremel and Alexander of Buffalo. All were taken to Hornell hospital. investigation begun.
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Cuba
Belfast
Erla
Genesee
William van Sickle
A. Newton
Treman
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L. Belcher
Lake Ariel
William Simms
Cremel
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Buffalo
Hornell Hospital
Helfast
Boone
Jersey City
Hornell
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