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Reynolds, NE Train Wreck, May 1908

Posted November 8th, 2008 by Linda Horton

One Man Dead and Three Injured In a Wreck Near Reynolds, Neb.

REYNOLDS, Neb., May 24.---One man was killed, three injured and a score of passengers shaken up in a head-on collision on the Burlington road at 4 o'clock this morning between a passenger and freight train.

Dead:

George Finley, engineer of the passenger

Injured:

David B. Hollinger, St. Joseph, mail clerk;

John O'Donnell, fireman on freight;

John Storm, engineer on freight.

Duluth News-Tribune, Duluth, MN 25 May 1908
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Transcribed by Linda Horton. Thank you, Linda!

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