On This Day in 1884: The Anglo-American Circus Train Fire by Trav S.D.

In the wee hours of August 29, 1884, a circus train was making its way from Fort Collins to Greeley, Colorado when an appalling disaster struck. A barrel full of gasoline exploded in one of the cars. Unthinkably, the fuel was not stored in some isolated freight car at the back of the train, but […]

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