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The National Reflector
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas
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Insurgents detonated dynamite on a railway culvert near Havana, Cuba, wrecking a passenger train and pilot engine on June 10. Killed: 7 soldiers, 2 engineers, 1 fireman, 1 conductor, 1 insurgent. 3 passengers severely injured, 32 bruised. Military drove off attackers.
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Seven Soldiers, Two Engineers, One Fireman and One Conductor Instantly Killed. Dynamite Connected With Electric Machines Wrought the Havoc.
HAVANA, June 11.—The passenger train which leaves Havana for Matanzas daily at 6 a. m., had been ordered to go ahead and a pilot engine to follow. At a bend in the line about twelve miles from Havana a terrible explosion yesterday completely wrecked the passenger engine, which fell into a pit twenty-nine feet deep, dragging three third class cars after it. At the same moment another explosion wrecked the pilot engine, which was coming to the rescue, and it fell into the pit also.
Both engineers, one fireman, one conductor and seven soldiers were killed and three passengers were severely injured, while thirty-two suffered more or less serious bruises.
Dynamite connected with electric machines had been placed on a culvert at the curve by insurgents. The body of an insurgent was found lying near the wire communicating with the bombs. The military escort of the train quickly recovered and opened fire upon the insurgents, who had advanced toward the cars, and drove them off.
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Primary Location
Havana, Cuba
Event Date
Yesterday, June 11
Outcome
seven soldiers, two engineers, one fireman, one conductor, and one insurgent killed; three passengers severely injured; thirty-two with bruises. insurgents driven off by military escort.
Event Details
Insurgents placed dynamite connected with electric machines on a culvert at a curve twelve miles from Havana on the line to Matanzas. The explosion wrecked the passenger train engine, which fell into a 29-foot pit, dragging three third-class cars. A second explosion wrecked the following pilot engine. Military escort fired on advancing insurgents, driving them off.