Crash at Crush (September 15, 1896)

Recognizing that nothing draws a crowd like the promise of danger, two locomotives of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company were intentionally set on a head-on collision course in order to promote the railway's new two dollar round-trip tickets for state wide travel. The event drew more than 40,000 spectators. However, tragedy struck when both boilers exploded and flying metal missiles hurled towards the unprepared crowd.