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	Great train wreck of 1918 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Great train wreck of 1918 occurred on July 9, 1918, in Nashville, Tennessee when two passenger trains collided head-on.
		The Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis train No. 4 left Union Station in downtown Nashville at 7:07 a.m.
		As he stopped to record the train in his logs, he noticed that there was no entry showing that the No. 1 had passed.
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	Great Circus Train Wreck of 1918
		The engineer of the oncoming troop train did not see the circus train blocking his right of way, because he had just fallen asleep at the throttle.
		Of the 300 passengers on board the circus train 86 were killed and some 127 were injured.
		he fire spread so rapidly because when the trains collided flames broke out from the kerosene lanterns which were used for lighting the sleeper cars of the circus train.
	www.hammondindiana.com /history/circus.htm (414 words)

	1918 in rail transport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1918.
		July 9 - Great train wreck of 1918, Nashville, Tennessee, United States: Two Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad trains collide head-on.
		The provincial government of British Columbia, Canada, agrees to take over control of Pacific Great Eastern Railway.
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	Nashville Wreck of 1918
		As the trains rumbled forward, tower operator J.S.Johnson showed train No.4 a green sign from the tall, wooden tower, which ment all was clear.
		Train No.4 snaked around the curve, blind to what was ahead, as No.1 approached the White Brige Road area.
		Kennedy was found at the wreck with the train scheduled folded under his body.
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	The Malbone Street Wreck (11/2/1918) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The pillars cut great gashes in the sides of the cars, which were still traveling at high speed, and mowed down the passengers who were standing striking the heads of some from their bodies.
		Mayor Hylan visited the scene of the wreck last night, went down the ladder and into the tunnel, where he viewed the wreckage, from which bodies and parts of bodies were still being taken.
		Commissioner Enright went to the wreck to direct the police, in their efforts to find the names of the men who were running the train.
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	Gallery: Ivanhoe, Indiana - 1918 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		At 3.56am on 22 June 1918, the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus train had been moved onto a siding while it awaited clearance to proceed onto the line to Hammond where the circus was due to perform.
		Following the circus train was an empty troop train en route from Kalamazoo to Chicago.
		The driver of this train, having fallen asleep did not see the danger and ploughed into the rear of the stationary train at around 60 mph.
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	Great train wreck of 1918 -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Great train wreck of 1918 -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		The Great train wreck of 1918 occurred on July 9, 1918, in (Click link for more info and facts about Nashville, Tennessee) Nashville, Tennessee when two passenger trains collided head-on.
		As many as 50,000 people came to the track that day to help rescue survivors, search for loved ones, or simply witness the tragic scene.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/gr/great_train_wreck_of_1918.htm (431 words)

	Circus Train Wreck Dead, Forest Park, Illinois (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The rumor, perpetuated by generations of Illinois schoolchildren, is that elephants killed in a train wreck couldn't be moved and were buried where they fell.
		On the fateful early morning of June 22, 1918, a 26-car circus train was heading from Illinois into Hammond, Indiana, with 400 performers and roustabouts asleep in the rear cars.
		The train was halted on the Michigan Central tracks near Ivanhoe due to an overheated axle box.
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	'That mournful sound'
		As the trains rumbled forward, tower operator J. Johnson showed train No. 4 a green sign from the tall, wooden tower, which meant all was clear.
		Train No. 4 snaked around the curve, blind to what was ahead, as No. 1 approached the White Bridge Road area.
		Some writers have since speculated that World War I was too dominant a story for much of the nation to bother over a train wreck and racism may have kept others from caring.
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	Great train wreck of 1918 Online Research :: Information about Great train wreck of 1918 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Great train wreck of 1918 Online Research :: Information about Great train wreck of 1918
		The collision killed 101 people and injured 171, making it the deadliest List of rail accidents in United States history.
		The Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad train No. 4 left Union Station in downtown Nashville at 7:07 a.m.
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	CalendarHome.com - 1918 - Calendar Encyclopedia
		1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.
		May 16 - The Sedition Act of 1918 is approved by US Congress.
		December 27 - Beginning of Great Poland Uprising, the Poles in Greater Poland (or Grand Duchy of PoznaÅ rise against the Germans.
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		Great Train Wreck of 1918: In Nashville, Tennessee, an inbound local train collides with an outbound express killing 101.
		Malbone Street Wreck: the worst rapid transit accident in world history occurs under the intersection of Malbone Street and Flatbush Avenue,
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	1918 Online Research :: Information about 1918 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		July 9 - Great train wreck of 1918 : In Nashville, Tennessee, an inbound local train collides with an outbound express killing 101.
		November 1 - Malbone Street Wreck : the worst Rapid transit accident in world history occurs under the intersection of Malbone Street and Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City, with at least 93 Death.
		December 27 - Beginning of Great Poland Uprising, the Poles in Greater Poland (or Grand Duchy of Poznan rise against the Germans.
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	1918 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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		May 26 - The Democratic Republic of Georgia is established.
		November 1 - Malbone Street Wreck: the worst rapid transit accident in world history occurs under the intersection of Malbone Street and Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City, with at least 93 dead.
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		The city is served by Nashville International Airport.
		The so-called Great Train Wreck of 1918 occurred on July 9, 1918 in Nashville when an inbound local train collided with an outbound express, killing 101.
		On March 1, 1945 W47NV began operations in Nashville becoming the first FM radio station.
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		In the 20th century, several politicans from the Middle Tennessee area influenced the national scene, including Cordell Hull, Albert Gore, Sr.
		The Great Train Wreck of 1918 occurred on July 9, 1918 in Nashville when an inbound local train collided with an outbound express, killing 101 people.
		Tennessee was the state that put the 19th Amendment, allowing women to vote, over the top, and the [ratification struggle] convulsed the city in August, 1920.
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		As a sidebar, "Prescott" was also the name of the current U.S. President's grandfather, who, as a member of the elite and extremely powerful "Skull and Bones" Yale secret society, is rumored to have been a grave robber.
		In May, 1918 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma the patriarch Bush entered the tomb of great Apache leader Geronimo, dismembered the heroic chief's skeleton and stole its skull, elbow and a few associated artifacts as ceremonial relics that are reportedly a centerpiece of Skull and Bones' bizarre occultist rituals.
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	GiveMeNashville - Nashville TennesseeCity Information
		In the 20th century, several politicans from the Middle Tennessee area influenced the national scene, including Cordell Hull, Estes Kefauver, Albert Gore, Sr., and Albert Gore, Jr..
		The Great Train Wreck of 1918 occurred on July 9, 1918 in Nashville when an inbound local train collided with an outbound express, killing 101.
		Tennessee was the state that put the 19th Amendment, allowing women to vote, over the top, and the ratification struggle more info convulsed the city in August, 1920.
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	1918 Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		* May 16 - The Sedition Act of 1918 is approved by US Congress.
		* July 9 - Great train wreck of 1918: In Nashville, Tennessee, an inbound local train collides with an outbound express killing 101.
		* November 1 - Malbone Street Wreck: the worst rapid transit accident in world history occurs under the intersection of Malbone Street and Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City, with at least 93 deathdead.
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		Great Circus Train Wreck of 1918 near Hammond, Indiana
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	Everything you always wanted to know about 1918
		Events * Finnish Civil War between the Reds and the Whites, January - April.
		* July 4 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Mehmed V (Resad) (1909-1918) to Mehmed VI (Vahdettin) (1918-1922) * July 9 - Great Train Wreck of 1918: In Nashville, Tennessee, an inbound local train collides with an outbound express killing 101.
		* December 4 - Wilson sails for the Paris Peace Conference Art, Culture & Fashion * 1918 in film o February 14 - The movie Tarzan of the Apes is released.
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		Grand Calumet Riverwalk Park - New city park with an accent on history.
		Great Circus Train Wreck of 1918 - Historical look back at the city's greatest tragedy.
		South Shore Railroad - Hammond Station, train schedules and more.
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		From the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 to the Coconut Grove Fire of '42.
		from the Great Nashville Train Wreck of 1918 to 1953's Waco Tornado, here are the famous as well as the forgotten events that illustrate our will to survive in the face of certain doom.
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