THE GREAT TRAIN CRASH IN CRUSH, TEXAS

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

Jon Hagadorn

Society & Culture, History

4.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2015

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

"The Great Train Crash in Crush, Texas"-On Sept. 15th, 1896, the KATY railroad staged a big publicity stunt in North Central Texas that drew an estimated 40,000 onlookers. The draw: a staged crash of two steam powered locomotives. A carnival atmosphere prevailed all day as the railroad delivered crowds eager to witness the event and have some fun in the process. But when the locomotives collided and both pressurized boilers exploded, the scene turned dreadly. references: Wikipedia "The Town of Crush" The Crash at Crush Mary Ramos Texas Almanac Texas State Historical Assoc. J.R. Sanders Crush's Locomotive Crash was a Monster Smash Wild west Magazine LeeKrystik The Great Texas Train Crash at Crush the Museum of Unnatural History Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:11.6	our history series is called The Great Train Crash in
1:14.9	Crush Texas and it's one of those historical tidbits that remind us the truth
1:19.6	is often stranger than fiction. This is share our shows with a friend week so please if
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1:46.5	Have you ever wondered what people did in their spare time 100 years ago?
1:50.3	There was no internet.
1:51.7	Movies were just in their infancy. There was no TV, no radio, no
1:56.3	NFL football, and no kids sports games. Sunday afternoon picnics after church were probably the most
2:02.3	popular and anticipated events because the kids could play all the women out did themselves to bring the tastiest chicken and pies and people had the day off to enjoy.
2:12.0	Occasionally a circus would come through
2:14.0	and sometimes there was a hanging,
2:16.0	which could be a big draw depending upon who was stretching the rope.
2:19.0	So when William George Crush
2:21.0	devised the idea to have two speeding locomotives crash into each other head on at full steam, so to speak, what must have seemed like half the state of Texas bought $2 train tickets to see the event.
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