The locomotive Best Friend of Charleston explodes after a fireman annoyed by the hissing of steam escaping from the engine, tied down an exhaust valve. Though not a wreck, the explosion marks the first railroad-related fatality in the United States.
July 17, 1831: Best Friend of Charleston
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