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An American descendant of a 19th Century railway worker has discovered a connection with a fatal Leeds railway explosion. Lisa Roger travelled more than 5,000 miles from Arizona to West Yorkshire ...

HAMILTON. C.W., Saturday, Aug. 4. As the Toronto train was leaving here at 3 o'clock this afternoon, the boiler of the locomotive exploded, throwing the engine and tender off the track.

Image caption, Lisa Roger came from a long line of engineers, one of whom worked on a locomotive ... Leeds railway explosion. Lisa Roger travelled more than 5,000 miles from Arizona to West ...