Unintended Result

ID: 558 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University
This file appears in: Crash at Crush

Upon impact, the expected crowd-pleasing bits of smashed metal and splintered timber filled the air. However, tragedy struck when both boilers exploded simultaneously and flying metal missiles varying in size hurled towards the unprepared crowd. 

This file appears in: Crash at Crush

By Terri Jo Ryan
One of the most infamous publicity stunts of all time, "The Crash at Crush," took place about 3 miles south of West, Texas, featuring two locomotives of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad…