Jan 24, 1898 – Madison, WI
The boiler of engine 249 exploded in the Chicago and Northwestern Railway company’s roundhouse a few blocks east of the passenger depot on
Blount Street. Three men were instantly killed and others painfully injured.
The fatalities were:
Frank Beck - Foreman of the roundhouse. 1128 Jenifer St. (
Forest Hill Cemetery)
Wesley Schelper/C. W. Shelper - Engineer - Baraboo (Walnut Hill Cemetery - Baraboo, WI)
Charles E. Young - Engineer - Baraboo
