I've seen a photo of the wreck. The track was on a long high trestle, which curved around to the left. The train took the curve too fast and left the track, falling to the foot of the trestle. Broady was thrown out and died as a result of the fall, not from scalding. (And definitely not with his hand on the throttle, but it's a shame to spoil a good line with facts!)

Somewhere back in another thread, someone kindly supplied the name of the book with the photo, which tells the story of all the famous train wreck songs, such as the FFV.

Steve