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Freight Trains Crash Headon Killing Man at KYLESBURG
A head on collision of two freight trains near Kylesburg Ohio killed conductor Robert Willey and seriously injured engineer Al Mercer. Officials blamed a misread train order on the triple track between Columbus and Newark as both locomotives and cars were destroyed. Baltimore and Ohio and Pennsylvania lines involved.
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Kylesburg
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Robert Willey
al Mercer
Columbus
Newark
Baltimore and Ohio Road