Crash at Crush
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crash-at-crush-196-1419603
title:
Crash at Crush
text:
The Crash at Crush was a one-day publicity stunt in the U.S. state of Texas that took place on September 15, 1896, in which two uncrewed locomotives were crashed into each other head-on at high speed. William George Crush, general passenger agent of the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, conceived the idea in order to demonstrate a staged train wreck as a public spectacle. No admission was charged, and train fares to the crash site – called Crush, set up as a temporary destination for the event – w
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description:
1896 rail crash publicity stunt in Texas, USA
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_at_Crush
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date modified:
2024-02-04T17:40:01Z
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