Photograph
Train Collision
| A collision of a freight train with an excursion train on the Chicago and North Western Railway, resulting in six deaths and at least 46 people injured. |
| Image ID: | 78844 |
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| Creation Date: | date unknown |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
| City: | De Pere |
| County: | Brown |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Subject albums, 1753?-1990? (bulk circa 1850s-circa 1950s) |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | Album 31.21 |
| Original Dimensions: | 7 x 3.5 inches |
| The people killed in this crash were Charles Meirswa, Lawrence Plank, Max Koecher, Adam Weber, and Edward Kuske. The coroner's jury brought the verdict that chief engineer dispatcher J.P. Waldo and his assistant Mr. Luther exercised poor management in allowing the train to depart Green Bay under poor circumstances. Also, the verdict stated that Cotrell, the engineer of the excursion train, didn't apply the airbrakes quickly and effectively after answering the danger signal. |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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