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The Evening Bulletin
Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky
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In Pittsburg on Nov. 18, a Pennsylvania Railroad express train derailed and caught fire, injuring six passengers, one fatally. Victims included Joseph Boucher, critically burned, and others with various injuries en route to Europe.
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Six Persons Injured, One Fatally, in Pittsburg-Other Wrecks.
PITTSBURG, Nov. 18.—A serious accident occurred in the Pennsylvania railroad yards last night, resulting in the injury of six persons, one of them fatally. The third coach of the eastern express, No. 6, Pennsylvania railway, jumped the track rounding a curve at Seventeenth street, immediately turning over and catching on fire. There were forty passengers in the car. The crew of the train and yard men set to work at once to rescue the passengers from the burning car.
The injured were removed to the West Pennsylvania hospital and are:
Joseph Boucher, of Chicago, enroute to Germany, right leg and arm badly burned, not expected to live; Louis Hogard, of Pittsburg, enroute to France, scalp wounds; Edward Williams, of Pittsburg, bruised and back sprained; Sarah Williams, his wife, foot crushed, both enroute to England; Richard Lefevre, 1019 Stiles street, Philadelphia, contusion right foot; Mary McTighe, of Pittsburg, contusion back, on her way to England.
The other passengers were but slightly injured.
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Pittsburg
Event Date
Nov. 18.
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six persons injured, one fatally (joseph boucher); others with burns, scalp wounds, bruises, sprains, crushed foot, contusions; passengers rescued from burning car; other passengers slightly injured.
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The third coach of the eastern express, No. 6, Pennsylvania railway, jumped the track rounding a curve at Seventeenth street in the Pennsylvania railroad yards last night, turning over and catching on fire. There were forty passengers in the car. The crew and yard men rescued the passengers.