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Damaged Truck
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A Keystone Fuel & Material Co. truck after it was crushed by a Milwaukee Road train near the Brittingham Park crossing, Greenbush. Thomas Haney, truck driver, was seriously injured. A man is standing on the far right.
June 22, 1935
McVicar, Angus Boyd, 1903-1964
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Truck Wreck
June 22, 1935
A crowd of people viewing the remains of a Keystone Fuel & Material Co. truck after it was crushed by a Milwaukee Road train, near the Brittingham Park crossing, in the Greenbush neighborhood. Thom...
Passenger Train and Truck Accident
March 27, 1947
Northwestern passenger train and truck collision at Commercial Avenue crossing in which two people, Mr. and Mrs. William A. Thompson (Alice) were killed. The accident was witnessed by the wife's fa...
Damaged Oldsmobile
June 4, 1935
Rear view of an Oldsmobile with a slightly damaged left rear fender.
Train at Railroad Crossing
July 29, 1947
Two children on bicycles waiting for a Milwaukee Road train to "unblock" the entrances to Brittingham Park. Most children not on bicycles crawled under the train.
Accident at Park and Regent Streets
May 24, 1948
Injured police ambulance driver Paul Klinglehofer is assisted by Officer C.J. Sparks. Klinglehofer was taken to Madison General Hospital with bruises and shock. In the background are houses and St....
Car Wreck, East Johnson Street
August 27, 1934
Two men are looking at a damaged automobile belonging to Elmer Meixner, DeForest, after a collision with a Milwaukee Road train at the East Johnson Street crossing.
