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Mattoon, IL Train Wreck, Sept 1887

Posted August 13th, 2008 by June

Father and Son Crushed to Death by a Locomotive-Other Collisions-Disastrous Storm.

Father and Son Killed.

Mattoon, Ill., Sept. 19.-Special Telegram.-The engine of the east-bound Bee Line Limited express left the rails and turned over at Fern, Ind. this morning, killing Engineer MIKE REDDINGTON and his son, who fired for him.

The passengers escaped without serious injury. REDDINGTON was one of the bravest and safest men in the employ of the company.

Daily Inter Ocean, Chicago, IL 20 Sept 1887
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Transcribed by June. Thanks June!

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