http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?action=detail&id=11695  Description: Accidental death Date: May 17 1906   Pottsville Republican Contributed by Robert_Lightcap       Newspaper published in: Pottsville Source: Pottsville Public Library Page/Column: Front pageTWO MEN KILLED BY AN EXPLOSION Harrisburg May 17- Two men were killed and another fatally scalded by the explosion of a boiler on a Northern Central freight engine at Herndon, near Sunbury, last night. The dead are: Engineer C.F. Gottshall, Sunbury; Brakeman F.E. Duke, Northumberland. Fireman Ernest White, Sunbury, was badly scalded and is not expected to recover.. The engine was drawing a heavy draught of cars and running at a high rate when the boiler exploded. The bodies of the men were thrown some distance and were badly mutilated. Submitted: 04/22/05