Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1898 — Engineer and Fireman Perish. [ARTICLE]

Engineer and Fireman Perish.

New Orleans, May 6. —A freight train was wrecked at the Riverside division of the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley railroad, near Rolling Fork. The engine and four cars were demolished. Engineer Rowton, of Memphis, and Fireman Sloat were scalded to death.