Location: Toledo, OH - Wabash Yard

The main yard of the Wabash Railroad was along the Maumee River, south of the New York Central main line.

The railroad had yards and a roundhouse here.

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Time Line

1895. Fire broke out in the cupola of the roundhouse of the Wabash railroad at the foot of South Street about 10 o'clock yesterday morning and quickly spread to the roof of the roundhouse. A strong wind aided the fire in spreading and at about 10:45 the roof expanded with heat and the brick wall, sixty feet in circumference, eighteen feet high and eighteen inches thick fell outward, burying under it twelve men who were working at the fire on the southeast side. Two men were instantly killed and one man died shortly after being taken out. Among the dead men were a painter, car inspector, and a spectator. Nine others were seriously injured. At noon the fire was under control. The roundhouse, which had a capacity for twenty locomotives, contained only six engines and these were badly damaged. A Wheeling & Lake Erie box car and a B&O car were consumed. [PHTH-1895-0318[