In London, a locomotive on the new underground railway explodes spectacularly, though no lives are lost

In central London, just after nine in the morning, on the new Metropolitan Underground Railway, a locomotive exploded while standing in the station at Bishop's Road.  The force blew the engine's boiler through the roof of the station to land next to a pub called the Dudley Arms two hundred yards away.  Few people were on the platform and the crew had a lucky escape.  Just a few people suffered cuts from flying glass and were taken to hospital nearby.  (By John Osborne)