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Locomotive Explosion

--Killing of the --On Tuesday when the train coming north was at Saulsbury, beyond Grand Junction the boiler of the locomotive exploded. The engine was shattered to pieces, and the engineer, John McManus, together with the fireman, William Pilman, were instantly killer. Both these men were residents of this city, McManus had a family, Pitman was a single man. No person on the train was injured, s--Memphis Appeal, 9th.

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