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Bad Wreck at Clinton 1901

KEEFE, MOTT

Posted By: Cheryl Locher Moonen (email)
Date: 12/15/2016 at 00:05:20

Dubuque Daily Telegraph – March 4, 1901

Bad Wreck at Clinton
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Clinton, March 4. – Northwester passenger train No. 16 and a freight collided here this morning in the yards, coming together head on. Engineer Thomas Keefe of Clinton and Firemen P.P. Mott of Boone were seriously injured. Both engines were severely damaged and several cars derailed. The main line was blocked for three hours. The accident was caused by a misplaced switch.


 

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