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Alden, NY Train Wreck in Snowstorm, Feb 1900
Posted November 22nd, 2010 by Linda Horton
Train Wreck in a Snowstorm.
BUFFALO, Feb. 25.---A Delaware, Lackawanna and Western fast freight, southbound, ran into the rear of an irregular train of empty coal and box cars at Alden Station during a blinding snowstorm at 2:10 o'clock this afternoon. L. E. Smith of Elmira, conductor of the irregular train, was killed. Smith in the caboose, which was crushed by the collision. His limbs were mangled, and he died while being sent to a Buffalo hospital.
The New York Times, New York, NY 26 Feb 1900
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Transcribed by Linda Horton. Thank you, Linda!
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