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Locomotive explosion took life of Herbert Van Every

Treestone marker in shape of a locomotive The Cook County Coroner’s inquest for Herbert C. Van Every states that on June 28, 1894, Herbert, 32, a locomotive fireman, died from “shock and injuries received by the giving way of the crown sheet of the C&NW Rail Road Company’s freight engine No. 773” near Arlington Heights.   A crown sheet on a steam locomotive is a thick steel slab […]

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