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| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a locomotive collision at the Wisconsin State Fair. This was a much advertised spectacle. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Derailed locomotive and coal car. Wreck on the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha Railway, locomotive #287, in the vicinity of Black River Falls. |
| Date: | 06 21 1900 |
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| Description: | Wreck of a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad train at Little Rapids. A group of men and boys are viewing the damage to the locomotive. |
| Date: | 09 15 1907 |
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| Description: | View of the train wreck which occurred September 15th. The locomotive lies on its side with a damaged passenger car. Caption reads: "The wreck at Canaan, N... |
| Date: | 03 27 1908 |
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| Description: | View of the train wreck of the Wells Fargo Express, March 27th. Several men sit on the wreckage, and several other men and a women are nearby. Captionh rea... |
| Date: | 03 27 1908 |
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| Description: | View of the wreck of the Wells Fargo Express number 13, March 27th. Number on the front of the train is "2539." Caption reads: "Wreck of the Wells Fargo Ex... |
| Date: | 06 21 1900 |
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| Description: | A crowd of men gather around a wrecked Chicago and North-Western train. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View looking down at men gathered at railroad wreck The locomotive is on its side, and the freight cars are demolished. |
| Date: | 09 27 1908 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter view from front right of the badly damaged Engine No. 423 of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway. The boiler remains on the railroad ... |
| Date: | 09 1907 |
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| Description: | A group of men and boys are standing amid the wreckage of a train. |
| Date: | 07 1907 |
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| Description: | A man wearing a hat, bow tie and suspenders is posing standing on a ladder on the side of a boxcar at McCormick Works. There is a poster on the side that r... |
| Date: | 07 1907 |
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| Description: | Boxcar at McCormick Works. There is a poster on the side that reads: "Deering Threshing Machines." The front wall of the boxcar is burst out. Perhaps from ... |
| Date: | 12 22 1906 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Trolley Wreck at Reedsville, Dec. 22, 1906." A streetcar has rolled onto its side, off of the tracks. Several people are looking at t... |
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