The Awful Train Wreck

A freight train drawn by two steam locomotives rammed the rear-end of a stopped train that was carrying a large amount of dynamite in the last car next to the caboose. A huge explosion occurred whose reverberations affected a thirty-mile radius and caused considerable damage to the surrounding area.

The dismembered bodies of five of the trainmen were scattered across the fields of the small farming community of Vestal, New York and were gathered up in peach baskets; seven others...
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A freight train drawn by two steam locomotives rammed the rear-end of a stopped train that was carrying a large amount of dynamite in the last car next to the caboose. A huge explosion occurred whose reverberations affected a thirty-mile radius and caused considerable damage to the surrounding area.

The dismembered bodies of five of the trainmen were scattered across the fields of the small farming community of Vestal, New York and were gathered up in peach baskets; seven others were severely injured. The head engineer and the flagman were arrested and charged with manslaughter.
Both crews lived in the same neighborhood of Elmira, New York.