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  2. Hammond Circus train wreck - Wikipedia

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    The Hammond circus train wreck occurred on June 22, 1918, and was one of the worst train wrecks in U.S. history. Eighty-six people were reported to have died and another 127 were injured when a locomotive engineer fell asleep and ran his troop train into the rear of a circus train near Hammond, Indiana.

  3. List of circus accidents - Wikipedia

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    On June 22, 1918, the famous Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus suffered a deadly train accident while traveling to a show in Hammond, Indiana. While the second of the team's trains had pulled off to the side to fix an engineering issue, an empty train used to transport soldiers crashed into five wooden sleeping cars, which ignited a quickly-spreading fire.

  4. List of American railroad accidents - Wikipedia

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    1918 Hammond Circus Train Wreck, Gary/Hammond, Indiana; 86 killed plus 127 injured. Remains Indiana's deadliest rail disaster to date [97] 1918 Great train wreck of 1918, Nashville, Tennessee; 101 killed plus 171 injured. Officially the deadliest U.S. rail disaster to date [98] [99]

  5. File:Train wreck at Hammond Circus Train Wreck, at Hammond ...

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    English: Train wreck at Hammond Circus Train Wreck, at Hammond, Indiana June 22, 1918. East Oregonian Newspaper caption "Close 100 Hagenbach-Wallace people died when their sleeping car train was run into near Gary, Ind., by a train of empty pullmans returning at high speeds from the east.

  6. List of rail accidents (1910–1919) - Wikipedia

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    Hammond Circus train wreck June 22 – United States – Hammond circus train wreck, near Hammond, Indiana: An empty Michigan Central Railroad troop train collides into the rear end of the stopped Hagenbeck-Wallace circus train, resulting in 86 deaths and 127 injured. The engineer of the troop train had been taking "kidney pills" that had a ...

  7. 1918 in rail transport - Wikipedia

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    June 22 – Hammond Circus Train Wreck, Hammond, Indiana, United States: The engineer of a troop train operating on the Michigan Central Railroad falls asleep while the train is in motion; he misses several signals and runs his train into the rear of a stopped circus train.

  8. Showmen's Rest - Wikipedia

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    They were killed in the Hammond circus train wreck on June 22, 1918, at Hessville, Indiana, (about 5 1 ⁄ 2 miles east of Hammond, Indiana), when an empty Michigan Central Railroad troop train from Detroit, Michigan, to Chicago, Illinois, plowed into their circus train. The engineer of the troop train, Alonzo Sargent, had fallen asleep. Among ...

  9. Category:Railway accidents in 1918 - Wikipedia

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    Great Train Wreck of 1918; H. Hammond Circus train wreck; L. Little Salkeld rail accident; M. Malbone Street wreck; W. Weesp train disaster