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Durand, MI Circus Train Wreck - list of dead and injured

Posted December 1st, 2007 by Stu Beitler
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Casualty and Seriously Injured Listings
DURAND, Mich., Aug. 8 – Listings for the Wallace Brothers train collision:

Fatalities (at site or died in hospital):
WILLIAM GRIFFIN, 36, laborer, Saginaw, Mich.
ALLEN JOHNSON.
FRANK (CHARLES) KERNS.
JOSEPH H. KEYES, Penna.
C. R. MAXWELL.
JOHN STILLMAN, menagerie worker.
GEORGE SMITH, blacksmith, O.
JOHN THOMPSON, 36, Peru, Ind. (died in hospital).
JOSEPH WILSON, driver, Pittsburgh, Penna.
Unidentified Male.
CHARLES H. (last name not known).
ANDREW HOWLAND, canvas-man, N. Y.
JOHN KELLEY, showman, Ind.
LAFE LARSON, six-horse driver, Cambridge, O.
JOHN LEARY, ring boss, Springfield, Ill.
JOHN McCOY, canvas-man, Columbus, O.
JOHN PURCELL, canvas boss, Peru, Ind.
ROBERT RICE, harness-maker.
CHARLES SANDS, Peru, Ind.
HARRY ST. CLAIR, ticket seller.
JOHN R. STEWART, 31, Denver, Colo. (died in hospital).
FRANK S. THORPE, 37, master of circus train, Dundee, Mich.
FRANK TILLY, Rising Sun, Ind. (died in hospital).
TOFFLEMEYER, 26, Ia.
ROBERT WRIGHT, showman.
EDWARD YORK, 38, teamster, Terre Haute, Ind. (died in hospital).
JAMES W. McCARTHY, 39, engineer Grand Trunk, Battle Creek, Mich.
ALBERT W. SANGER, 41, special officer for Grand Trunk, Mich.
A. N. LARGE, special officer for Grand Trunk, Battle Creek, Mich.

Seriously Injured:
JAMES W. FOLEY, Detroit, shoulder dislocated and badly bruised about body.
JOSEPH K. BENTON, New Milford, Conn., internal injuries.
W. H. ROE, Armstrong, Ill., internal injuries.
BOLO ANDREWS, Sandusky, O.
BURT McGRATH, Connellsville, O.
JOHN W. KOONS, Bairdstown, O.
GEORGE BARTLEY, Los Angeles, Cal.
W. L. CONE, Dubuque, Ia.
JOSEPH PATTERSON, Grand Prairie, Ia.
JAMES COFFELMIRE, Orel, Ia.
JOHN COLLINS, Des Moines, Ia.

Parts of the above listings were taken from:
The Ogden Standard Examiner Utah 1903-08-07
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Researched and Transcribed by Stu Beitler. Thank you, Stu!

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