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Indianapolis, IN Train Wreck, Sept 1912

Posted October 22nd, 2007 by Jill

THREE KILLED AND AS MANY HURT IN WRECK

Special to The Syracuse Herald.

Indianapolis. Sept. 18.—Three persons met death and three others sustained injuries when a switch engine in the Brightwood yards of the Big Four railroad crashed into an empty lumber car early to-day.

The dead: M. P. CHRISTIE, switchman, Indianapolis; EDWIN FOOKS of Columbus, O.; ROY BURTON, address unknown.

The injured; HARRY SMALL, 19, Aberdeen, O.; LAWRENCE PAGGETT, 18, Loveland, O.; WALTER C. CLINE, 20, Cincinnati. O.

Five of the victims were circus employes [sic] and were making their way to their Ohio homes by an inexpensive method.

Syracuse Herald, Syracuse, NY 18 Sept 1912
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Transcribed by Jill. Thank you, Jill!

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