RAILWAY DISASTER.
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE
NEW YORK, May 13
A naphtha train was shunting at Sheridan, near Pittsburg, when the rear cars telescoped and the switch light ignited the leakage. Successive explosions followed- The flames spread to the suburbs a mile away, enveloping a hotel and mansion. Altogether 20 persons were killed and 200 injured, 150 fatally.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIII, Issue 114, 15 May 1902, Page 5
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