1887 Great Chatsworth Train Wreck, at midnight on
1887 Great Chatsworth Train Wreck, at midnight on Aug. 10, 1887, near Chatsworth, Illinois. A Niagara Excursion Train traveling from Peoria, with 500 passengers crashed killing 85 passengers. The 2 engines and 20 cars piled up in a culvert when a bridge failed (BSLOC_2017_17_117)
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11971253
Media ID
45359976
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3000px x 2284px
(1.4MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Everett Collection
Source
Everett Collection
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