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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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Train Wreck

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Description: Elevated view of train cars that have fallen off the railroad tracks, with men working nearby.
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Railroad Accident

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Description: Elevated view of railroad cars that have fallen off the railroad tracks. Two men are crawling on top of the toppled railroad cars.
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Railroad Accident

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Description: Elevated view of a Northwestern Line railroad accident. Railroad cars have fallen off the railroad tracks and the engine car is lying on its side. Men and ...
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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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Train Wreck

Date: 09 15 1907
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...
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Wells Fargo Express Train Wreck

Date: 03 27 1908
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...
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Men Working on Tipped Train Cars

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Description: A panoramic view of many men gathered on the railroad tracks on an embankment, working to up-right train cars that have tipped over. On the right is a loco...
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Puzzling Train Wreck

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Description: View of the aftermath of a train wreck that left one locomotive on top of another. A small group of men stand in the snow along the tracks near the wreck. ...
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Chicago and Northwestern Train Wreck

Date: 06 21 1900
Description: A crowd of men gather around a wrecked Chicago and North-Western train.
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Engine No. 80 Locomotive Wreck

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Description: Men pose around the remains of runaway train Engine No. 80 after it crashed and the boiler exploded on the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway.
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Train Derailment

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Description: View of a people walking on railroad tracks near a derailed train.
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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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C.M. St. P. Railroad Wreck

Date: 1912
Description: View of group of men standing around the train wreck of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad near Turkey River, Iowa across the river from...
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Derailed Railcars

Date: 09 22 1997
Description: "In Lomira, a Kondex Corp. employee was killed when three derailed railcars plowed into the concrete block building in the background at 5:30 AM. Eleven of...
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Derailed Railcars

Date: 09 22 1997
Description: "A Channel 6 reporter-photographer interviews Dodge County Sheriff, Stephen Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald coordinated security around the crash scene."
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Derailed Railcars

Date: 09 22 1997
Description: "Heavy-duty moving equipment from Michels Pipeline of Brownsville helped to move derailed cars back onto the tracks. Within 27 hours, all cars were righted...
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Derailed Railcars

Date: 09 22 1997
Description: "First assistant fire chief Chuck Trauba and fireman, Dale Krueger, surveyed the damage along the tracks with an overturned railcar as a backdrop."
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Mayville News Reporters

Date: 09 1997
Description: "Mayville news reporters at the train derailment site are Andrea Hansen and Andrew Johnson."
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Car Wrecked by Powder Explosion

Date: 03 09 1911
Description: Man standing in front of a Chicago and Northwestern railroad boxcar sitting on railroad tracks. The sides of the car are splintered, destroyed by an explos...

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