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Glen Rock Wyoming train disaster.....
Glen Rock Wyoming train disaster.....
Item # 576364
September 28, 1923
THE DETROIT NEWS, Detroit, Michigan, September 28, 1923
* Glen Rock WY train wreck (1st report)
* Coal Creek - Casper Wyoming
This 48 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "TRAIN IN RIVER; FEAR 40 DEAD", "Passengers Are Drowned as Engine, Five Cars Plunge Through Bridge", and "Snow Hinders Rescuers"
This tells of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy passenger train disaster which sent the train off a bridge into Coal Creek near Casper, Wyoming.
Other news, sports, and advertisements of the day. Light browning, minor margin wear, otherwise good.
Category: The 20th Century