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Jones, (John Luther) Casey

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Jones, (John Luther) Casey (1864-1900)

US railroad engineer and folk hero. His death on the ‘Cannonball Express’, while on an overnight run 1900, is the subject of popular legend. Colliding with a stalled freight train, he ordered his fireman to jump to safety and rode the ‘Cannonball’ to his death. The folk song ‘Casey Jones’ is an account of the event.



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