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Mattoon, IL Train Wreck, Dec 1893

Posted January 23rd, 2008 by June

A Passenger Train Wrecked.

Five Persons Badly Injured and Two Coaches Thrown Into a Creek.

Mattoon, Ill., Nov. 30.-The passenger train on the Illinois Southern Railroad was wrecked while running at a slow rate of speed through the city limits this morning. The following passengers were injured:

GOULEY, J.R., Terre Haute, Ind.; commercial traveler; severe sprain of back.
HERRON, MRS. HELEN, Odin, Ind.; bruised about face and shoulders.
HERRON, two children of Mrs. Herron, ages six and two years respectively; badly cut and bruised about face and head.
JOHN, EDWARD T., Mount Vernon, Ill.; sprained back.

Two coaches left the rails and were thrown into Beezer Creek, a shallow stream running parallel with the tracks. The accident was caused by a broken rail.

The New York Times, New York, NY 1 Dec 1893
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