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1918 Hammond Circus Train Wreck...
1918 Hammond Circus Train Wreck...
Item # 712816
June 23, 1918
THE WILMINGTON DISPATCH, N.C., June 23, 1918
* Hammond Circus Train Wreck
* Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus disaster
* Michigan Central Railroad - Indiana
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "CIRCUS TRAIN IS SMASHED IN WRECK" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 16 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, generally in good condition.
wikipedia notes: The Hammond Circus Train Wreck occurred on June 22, 1918, and was one of the worst train wrecks in U.S. history. Eighty-six people were reported to have died and another 127 were injured when a locomotive engineer fell asleep and ran his troop train into the rear of a circus train near Hammond, Indiana. The circus train held 400 performers and roustabouts of the Hagenbeck–Wallace Circus.
Category: The 20th Century
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