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Show BLOWN OUT OF CAB. Engineer la Killed nnd Two Other Trainmen Injiitcd. New York, Sept 15 fleorge I.titz, engineer, en-gineer, James O Dooley, llremnn, nn.l Waller Weber, conductor, were blown out of Ihe cab nf n locomotive which exploled on the I'eiinsjlvnnlii rallnml Just west of Jeisej city Lutz wan killed and the cithern were seriously scolded nnd bruised. Nn cnuso for Ihe explosion has been discovered The boiler had been lllled, there was plenty nf water In the tender nnd the loiomn-live loiomn-live hail been working smoothly. The engjne was one of the Ingest on the roiel nnd of the Mogul tjpe It was drawing a heivy freight train Into Jersey City Tho w roc k of the boiler Indicates that the crown sheet blew nut, nnd the force of the explosion lifted the holler up nnd forvvnid off the bed plates on the trucks, nnd, with tho cab, the holler flew Into Iho nil Almut 1G0 feet from tho spot where the explosion occurred, nnd when In the nlr, the cab split In two, dropping In parts to the track- with Lutz In ono part and Dooley d Weber In the otheA The bollei .vv onward nnd up-vvnrcl up-vvnrcl 100 feet mnro nnd then struck Iho side nf a cut, linunded off Ihe rock nnd (lew dovvnvvnrd but still forwnrd lo the tracks, lauding sevcnti-flvo feet bc-S bc-S ond. |