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La Grange, IL Electric Car Wreck, Sept 1897

Posted December 10th, 2007 by Linda Horton

ELECTRIC CARS COLLIDE

Chicago, Sept. 14.---Two electric cars on the suburban electric railway, collided while running at full speed on Harlem avenue. In La Grange, this morning. Both cars were crowded and nearly all of the passengers were more or less injured. The two motormen, J. Murphy, and John Jamison will die. The accident was caused by a heavy fog.

Aspen Weekly Times, Aspen, CO 18 Sept 1897

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Transcribed by Linda Horton. Thank you, Linda!

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