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Train Wreck
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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.H., Sunday, Sept. 15, 1907, twenty-five people lost their lives, and as many more were seriously injured."
September 15, 1907
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