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Chicago, IL Train Wreck, Jul 1903

Posted November 13th, 2009 by June

Hundred People Are Thrown Into Panic

Only One Person Seriously Hurt in Wreck of Suburban Train in Chicago.

Chicago, July 21.-Miss Kate Minard, a passenger, was seriously injured and 100 others thrown into a panic by the wrecking of a Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific suburban train at Forty-Seventh street today. The wreck was caused by a head-on collision. The forward car was telescoped, immediately caught fire and was burned.

Salt Lake Telegram, Salt Lake City, UT 21 Jul 1903

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