The Human Cost of Publicity

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This file appears in: Crash at Crush
The Human Cost of Publicity

Two people died and at least six other people were seriously injured by flying debris created by the crash, including a Waco photojournalist, Jarvis Deane, who lost an eye.

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 Company (known as M-K-T or "Katy") intentionally set on a…