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Train and Truck Accident

Date: 03 27 1947
Description: Police and trainmen for the Northwestern Railroad removing the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. William C. Thompson (Alice) from their truck, which collided with a N...
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Milwaukee Road Train Wreck

Date: 01 11 1948
Description: The remains of the Milwaukee Road railroad engine of the Portage to Madison passenger train, which exploded and derailed south of Arlington in Columbia Cou...
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Milwaukee Road Train Wreck

Date: 01 11 1948
Description: The remains of the boiler tank of the Milwaukee Road railroad engine of the Portage to Madison passenger train, which exploded and derailed south of Arling...
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Raymond Dvorak, Band Director

Date: 05 16 1948
Description: Raymond Dvorak, University of Wisconsin band director arriving in Madison after a train accident in Kremlin, Oklahoma. He is on a gurney with attendants, a...
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Chicago Northwestern Railroad Accident

Date: 06 21 1948
Description: Chicago Northwestern Railroad tracks and train crossing Monona Bay, the site of an accident in which Harry R. Frankey, 112 South Henry Street, was killed i...
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Car Wreck and Train

Date: 11 27 1949
Description: Car wreckage and a Milwaukee Road switch engine are shown at the University Avenue railroad crossing. The four persons in the car were hurt. They were Mr....
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Illinois Central Railroad Car Interior

Date: 01 25 1951
Description: Interior view of a wooden Illinois Central Railroad car containing damaged orange crates.
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Milwaukee Road Switch Engine Derailment

Date: 04 14 1956
Description: Onlookers stand near a Milwaukee Road switch engine and two boxcars derailed near the East Johnson Street crossing of the Yahara River.

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