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PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, Sept, 10.
The Bulletin has the following special dispatch:
MIFFLIN, Penn., Saturday, Sept. 10.
An accident occurred on the Pennsylvania Railroad, near Latrobe, last evening. Three men were killed and one injured by the explosion of the locomotive attached to a freight train. Six cars loaded with cattle were totally demolished. The engineer, CHARLES CAMKEN, was instantly killed, and WILLIAM WALTER, the conductor, is missing. Both belonged to Pittsburgh. R. JONES, fireman, was killed. Most of the cattle in the forward car were killed. The passenger train which left Pittsburgh at 8:40 P.M., Friday, was detained six hours. The wreck has been removed and trains are now running regularly.
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