Its definitely a senseless tragedy for those injured and killed, as it would be today. I agree there's risk involved when there's a an audience for such an eve

Its definitely a senseless tragedy for those injured and killed, as it would be today. I agree there's risk involved when there's a an audience for such an event. But necessity or foolishness of an explosion doesn't really negate the ability to perform it both safely and for entertainment. But the modern equivalent of say crashing two high speed trains in front of an audience? would probably not occur due to insurance reasons