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October 22, 1887
Fort Worth Daily Gazette
Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas
What is this article about?
On October 20, a rail car loaded with cotton caught fire from engine sparks one mile south of Elgin, Texas. Sixteen bales were saved, two scorched; the car and eleven bales destroyed after ditching. No delays or major track damage.
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Cotton Fire Near Taylor.
Special to the Gazette.
Taylor, Tex., Oct. 21.-One mile south of Elgin, on the Taylor, Bastrop and Houston Railroad yesterday afternoon, a car loaded with cotton caught fire from sparks thrown by the engine. Sixteen bales were saved uninjured and two scorched bales. Running the train into Elgin the burning car was side-tracked and ditched. The car, with eleven bales of cotton, were totally destroyed. No damage to track except cutting of side-track in order to ditch the burning car. No trains delayed by this occurrence.
Special to the Gazette.
Taylor, Tex., Oct. 21.-One mile south of Elgin, on the Taylor, Bastrop and Houston Railroad yesterday afternoon, a car loaded with cotton caught fire from sparks thrown by the engine. Sixteen bales were saved uninjured and two scorched bales. Running the train into Elgin the burning car was side-tracked and ditched. The car, with eleven bales of cotton, were totally destroyed. No damage to track except cutting of side-track in order to ditch the burning car. No trains delayed by this occurrence.
What sub-type of article is it?
Disaster
What themes does it cover?
Misfortune
What keywords are associated?
Cotton Fire
Railroad Incident
Elgin Texas
Where did it happen?
One Mile South Of Elgin, On The Taylor, Bastrop And Houston Railroad
Story Details
Location
One Mile South Of Elgin, On The Taylor, Bastrop And Houston Railroad
Event Date
Yesterday Afternoon (October 20)
Story Details
A car loaded with cotton caught fire from engine sparks. Sixteen bales saved uninjured, two scorched. The burning car was side-tracked and ditched in Elgin, destroying the car and eleven bales. No track damage except side-track cut; no train delays.