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IIWABASH “HOODOO ENGINEEnglrm No B47, Wrfokml n««r Gsn-tralli Hun a Rtoord of KillingBtxticn ManOolumlila TribuneWilli record ol sixteen men killed »nd score* of people Injuredduring six nod a half year* on theroad; twice blown up nod a dozen times into the ditch, Wabash engine No. 847, that jumped the mile near Thompson Station east of OaatmUa a week ago Saturday killing engineer Jones and injuring a desen passengers, te looked upon hy trainmen ae the1 ‘Hoodoo of the Waba«h system and every angina- driver that pulls her throttle and sends her speeding down the traak feels that he has taken his life ia. his hands and may never take another trip on the road.Transferred from the eastern division to thedivision west] of the Mississippi about eighteen months ago with eleven deaths to her credit and an explosion which has caused her boiler makers to transform her from a compound to a simple engine, No. 847 has maintained her reputation on the went side by being the star actor in four wrecks ; three being fatalities. At O'Flion about a year ago a terri-ho explosion destroyed her boilera second time and killed the engineer, fireman and brakenan. The latter was riding in the front pan of the caboose, whioh was the only car attached to the engine at the time.At Ferguson No, 847 oaused the death of Fred Hhauer who was 1 thrown against the opposite traint ab he jumped from the cab. A lessi Fserious accident ocoured later inthe yards at Moberly followed bythe wreck at Thompson Station when the engineer was killed and the fireman seriously hurt.I Engine No. 847 was a little Injured in Saturday** wreck and is now In the round house at Moberly being overhauled and made readyfor another run. But trainmen along the Wabash are predicting 1 it will be no easy matter to get a [ driver to sit in the cab and pull 1 the throttle and a fireman to feed
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Montgomery City Tribune
Montgomery City, Missouri, US
Fri, Nov 08, 1907
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