Rock Island Wreck Site
This file appears in: Rock Island Wreck Site, 1894
This file appears in: Rock Island Wreck Site, 1894
Rock Island Wreck Site, 1894
A northbound Rock Island train was derailed from this trestle on August 9, 1894, resulting in a crash, massive fire, and the deaths of eleven passengers and crew, despite the heroic action of Harry Foote, brakeman, who rescued many. G. W. Davis,…