Mclennan County Texas Archives News.....Two Trainmen Die as Engine Blows Up November 22, 1942 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/txfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandra Beaver sgmbeaver@charter.net September 10, 2007, 6:20 pm The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX November 22, 1942 Waco, Texas, Nov. 21.-Engineer J. Thomas Grizzard of Smithville and Fireman K. C. Phelps of San Antonio were killed instantly Saturday afternoon when a Missouri-Kansas-Texas freight engine boiler exploded nine and a half miles south of Waco. Brakeman Joe Walker Jr. of Smithville, who was riding on the engine tender, was hurt seriously. He was brought to a local hospital. The engine, which was almost demolished, was hauling a string of loaded oil tankers, three of which caught fire-two that were derailed and another on the track. A switch engine pulled the remaining sixteen cars away from the bridge. Cause of the explosion was not determined, but M-K-T investigators said there was no evidence of sabotage. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/mclennan/newspapers/twotrain117gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/txfiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb