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Source citation
“Explosion of a Locomotive—Family Poisoned by a Slave.” New York Times, January 2, 1857, p. 1: 5.
Newspaper: Publication
New York Daily Times
Newspaper: Headline
Explosion of a Locomotive — Family Poisoned by a Slave
Newspaper: Page(s)
1
Newspaper: Column
5
Type
Newspaper
Date Certainty
Exact
Transcriber
Meghan Allen, Dickinson College
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Transcription
The following text is presented here in complete form, as it originally appeared in print. Spelling and typographical errors have been preserved as in the original.
Explosion of a Locomotive—Family Poisoned by a Slave.
CINCINNATI, Friday, Jan. 1.
A freight locomotive on the Central Ohio Railroad exploded yesterday afternoon, killing the engineer and brakeman.
A special dispatch to the Commercial says that a family of eight persons, named STITH, in Hardin County, Ky., was poisoned by a negro cook. Six died, and the others are not expected to live.