When thousands of Texans gathered to watch two trains crash head-on
Around 100 years ago, many Americans got their entertainment from watching two steam engines crash into each other.
The New York Times1mon
CITY INTELLIGENCE.; Explosion on Shipboard. BOILER ON BOARD THE SUNKEN STEAMER GRANADA BURST--ONE MAN KILLED--ELEVEN OTHERS SCALDED.
Some of the sufferers attribute the calamity to carelessness on the part of the engineers, while others who profess to be experienced in the construction of steam boilers, after having examined ...