1887 Great Chatsworth train wreck
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title:
1887 Great Chatsworth train wreck
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The Great Chatsworth train wreck was a major rail accident that occurred late on the night of August 10, 1887, 3 miles (5 km) east of Chatsworth, Illinois, in the United States. A Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad (TP&W) train bound for Niagara Falls crossed over a trestle, weakened earlier in the day by a fire, causing it to collapse. In 2007, staff of the McLean County Museum of History wrote that "the Chatsworth Train Wreck probably ranks as the second- or third-deadliest U.S rail accident
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1887 railroad accident in Illinois
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1887_Great_Chatsworth_train_wreck
date created:
2006-11-21T17:21:14Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T19:31:30Z
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