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Item
Title
D30081-4
Date(s)
- 1947-10-16 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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A 40 car Milwaukee main line freight train plowed into a yard engine near East 11th St. and Milwaukee Way, killing one man. The accident occurred while a yard crew was making up a main line eastbound track changes. Trainmen believe the switch engine moved into the wrong track, and the freight train engineer did not stop for a long enough period. View of steaming wreckage, crushed cab is marked No. 126 (T. Times, 10/16/47, p. 1).
Railroads--Tacoma; Railroad tracks--Tacoma; Railroad accidents--Tacoma; Railroad cars--Tacoma; Disasters--Tacoma; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Co. (Tacoma);